The Mechanism of Formation of<i>N</i>-Formylkynurenine by Heme Dioxygenases

Basran, Jaswir; Efimov, Igor; Chauhan, Nishma; Thackray, Sarah J.; Krupa, James L.; Eaton, G. R.; Griffith, Gerry A.; Mowat, Christopher G.; Handa, Sandeep; Raven, Emma Lloyd

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“…3, B and C involve formation of an acetyl radical, which has adequate chemical precedent (32, 48 -50). The dioxetane mechanism is similar to one that has been proposed for tryptophan and indole dioxygenases (51). One of these two FeO 3ϩ mechanisms is proposed to contribute to the lyase reaction in that (i) iodosylbenzene can support the lyase reaction, and (ii) we report that P450 17A1-17␣-hydroxysteroid complexes are poised for multiple hydroxylation reactions in addition to lyase reactions.…”

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Mechanism of 17α,20-Lyase and New Hydroxylation Reactions of Human Cytochrome P450 17A1

Yoshimoto

Gonzalez

Auchus

et al. 2016

Journal of Biological Chemistry

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We propose three mechanisms that can involve the FeO 3؉ entity and that explain the 18 O label in the acetic acid, two involving the intermediacy of an acetyl radical and one a steroid 17,20-dioxetane. P450 17A1 was found to perform 16-hydroxylation reactions on its 17␣-hydroxylated products to yield 16,17␣-dihydroxypregnenolone and progesterone, suggesting the presence of an active perferryloxo active species of P450 17A1 when its lyase substrate is bound. The 6␤-hydroxylation of 16␣,17␣-dihydroxyprogesterone and the oxidation of both 16␣,17␣-dihydroxyprogesterone and 16␣,17␣-dihydroxypregnenolone to 16-hydroxy lyase products were also observed. We provide evidence for the contribution of a compound I mechanism, although contribution of a ferric peroxide pathway in the 17␣,20-lyase reaction cannot be excluded. Cytochrome P450 (P450)3 enzymes catalyze oxidations of more chemicals than any other group of proteins (1). The list of reactions includes aliphatic and aromatic hydroxylations, heteroatom oxidations, epoxidations, and reactions involving both ring formation and cleavage (2-4). Many P450 reactions are important in the biosynthesis and degradation of steroids and sterols (4, 5), including several critical C-C bond cleavage reactions, i.e. those catalyzed by P450s 11A1, 17A1 (Fig. 1), 19A1, and 51A1 (6, 7).The mechanisms of the C-C cleavage reactions have been the subject of considerable interest and debate. One of the questions with P450s 17A1, 19A1, and 51A1 has been whether the active oxidant is a ferric peroxide (FeO 2 Ϫ ), which is an early intermediate following oxygen addition to the iron (Fig. 2, step 4) or the FeO 3ϩ species (Fig. 2, step 6), often referred to as compound I (4, 10, 11). With P450s 17A1 and 19A1, a variety of approaches has been applied, including theoretical calculations, biomimetic models, spectroscopy, substrate atom labeling, and kinetics (12-32).These C-C bond cleavage reactions are complex, and many of the results are ambiguous; also, a "mixed" mechanism would not be discerned in many of these experiments. One powerful approach originally used by Akhtar and co-workers (27-31) analyzes the actual reaction and can provide discrimination between the nucleophilic FeO 2 Ϫ and electrophilic FeO 3ϩ reactions (Fig. 2), based on the incorporation of 18 O label from O 2 into the carboxylic acid products (Fig. 3) (7). However, these experiments are complicated due to the ubiquitous presence of formic acid (P450 19A1 and 51A1 reactions) and acetic acid (P450 17A1) in laboratory settings. Thus, the data from such experiments are interpreted with the most confidence when the steroid substrates are labeled with 2 H or 13 C isotopes to facilitate analysis (15,33). Even then, the mass spectrometry results can be problematic, particularly if a shift of only one atomic mass unit is introduced and isotopologues derived from 18 O incorporation are not discriminated from molecules containing natural abundance 13 C atoms (33). The incorporation of one atom of 18 O label from O 2 into formic acid (F...

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Mechanism of 17α,20-Lyase and New Hydroxylation Reactions of Human Cytochrome P450 17A1

Yoshimoto

Gonzalez

Auchus

et al. 2016

Journal of Biological Chemistry

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“…One possible intermediate is the highly labile indoline-2,3-epoxide (43)(44)(45), which decays to I-and V-type species (44,45), consistent with the nearly identical incorporation of 18 O into these two products. Recently, L-Trp epoxide has been proposed to accept an oxygen atom from IDO compound II during catalysis to regenerate IDOFe 2+ (46,47). A similar mechanism could convert the epoxide (before rearrangement) to II.…”

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Indole peroxygenase activity of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase

Kuo

Mauk

2012

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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The heme enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) was found to catalyze the oxidation of indole by H 2 O 2 , with generation of 2-and 3-oxoindole as the major products. This reaction occurred in the absence of O 2 and reducing agents and was not inhibited by superoxide dismutase or hydroxyl radical scavengers, although it was strongly inhibited by L-Trp. The stoichiometry of the reaction indicated a one-to-one correspondence for the consumption of indole and H 2 O 2 . The 18 O-labeling experiments indicated that the oxygen incorporated into the monooxygenated products was derived almost exclusively from H 2 18 O 2 , suggesting that electron transfer was coupled to the transfer of oxygen from a ferryl intermediate of IDO. These results demonstrate that IDO oxidizes indole by means of a previously unrecognized peroxygenase activity. We conclude that IDO inserts oxygen into indole in a reaction that is mechanistically analogous to the "peroxide shunt" pathway of cytochrome P450.monooxygenase | oxygen isotopic labeling T he heme enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) catalyzes the first and rate-determining step of L-tryptophan metabolism in nonhepatic mammalian tissues by inserting both atoms of O 2 into the indole ring to form N-formylkynurenine (N-FK) (1). This dioxygenase activity of IDO requires O 2 and the reduced (Fe 2+ ) enzyme or O 2•− and the oxidized (Fe 3+ ) enzyme. In recent years, an increasing number of physiological consequences of IDO activity have been identified, including links to neural, ocular, and immunological disorders (2). Of these roles, the ability of IDO expressed by tumors to suppress the normal response of T lymphocytes and enable tumor survival and growth has attracted the most intense interest, owing to its implications for the development of new therapeutic approaches in cancer treatment (3).Aside from tryptophan (Trp), the dioxygenase activity of IDO extends to oxidation of other indoleamines, such as 5-hydroxy-LTrp, serotonin, and tryptamine, whereas indole, 3-methylindole, and indoleacetic acid are not substrates (4-6). Although indole can apparently bind to the oxygenated enzyme (IDOFe 3+ -O 2•− ) or to the IDOFe 2+ -CO complex (7), autoxidation to IDOFe 3+ is unaffected by the presence of indole, and oxidation of indole does not occur (5). Notably, IDO does not catalyze oxidation of L-Trp by H 2 O 2 (4, 8, 9). Consequently, the reactivity of IDO with H 2 O 2 received little attention for more than 30 years. During that time, IDO was noted to have peroxidase activity (6) and to catalyze the H 2 O 2 -supported N-demethylation of benzphetamine and hydroxylation of aniline (10), but these activities were not studied further.Recently, reactivity of the enzyme with H 2 O 2 has received considerable attention in light of spectroscopic detection of a compound II-like ferryl species (11, 12) and quantum mechanics/ molecular mechanics simulations implicating a role for this intermediate in the catalytic cycle (13). Subsequently, the peroxidase activity of IDO has received renewed atten...

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“…Article epoxide ring opening reaction, 21 and therefore, the more basic, electron-rich ferryl−oxo heme is favored to promote the reactions. This heme substitution study of PaTDO is likely not to support the possible involvement of the ferryl−oxo hemedependent chemical step(s) in the mechanism.…”

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Initial O₂Insertion Step of the Tryptophan Dioxygenase Reaction Proposed by a Heme-Modification Study

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L-Tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (TDO) is a protoheme-containing enzyme that catalyzes the production of N-formylkynurenine by inserting O₂ into the pyrrole ring of L-tryptophan. Although a ferrous-oxy form (Fe²⁺-O₂) has been established to be an obligate intermediate in the reaction, details of the ring opening reaction remain elusive. In this study, the O₂ insertion reaction catalyzed by Pseudomonas TDO (PaTDO) was examined using a heme-modification approach, which allowed us to draw a quantitative correlation between the inductive electronic effects of the heme substituents and the substituent-induced changes in the functional behaviors of the ferrous-oxy form. We succeeded in preparing reconstituted PaTDO with synthetic hemes, which were different with respect to the inductive electron-withdrawing nature of the heme substituents at positions 2 and 4. An increase in the electron-withdrawing power of the heme substituents elevated the redox potential of reconstituted PaTDO, showing that the stronger the electron-withdrawing ability of the heme substituents, the lower the electron density on the heme iron. The decrease in the electron density of the heme iron resulted in a higher frequency shift of the C-O stretch of the heme-bound CO and enhanced the dissociation of O₂ from the ferrous-oxy intermediate. This result was interpreted as being due to weaker π back-donation from the heme iron to the bound CO or O₂. More importantly, the reaction rates of the ferrous-oxy intermediate to oxidize L-Trp were increased with the electron-withdrawing ability of the heme substituents, implying that the more electron-deficient ferrous-oxy heme is favored for the PaTDO-catalyzed oxygenation. On the basis of these results, we propose that the initial step of the dioxygen activation by PaTDO is a direct electrophilic addition of the heme-bound O₂ to the indole ring of L-Trp.

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The Mechanism of Formation ofN-Formylkynurenine by Heme Dioxygenases

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Mechanism of 17α,20-Lyase and New Hydroxylation Reactions of Human Cytochrome P450 17A1

Mechanism of 17α,20-Lyase and New Hydroxylation Reactions of Human Cytochrome P450 17A1

Indole peroxygenase activity of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase

Initial O₂Insertion Step of the Tryptophan Dioxygenase Reaction Proposed by a Heme-Modification Study

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The Mechanism of Formation ofN-Formylkynurenine by Heme Dioxygenases

Cited by 76 publications

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Mechanism of 17α,20-Lyase and New Hydroxylation Reactions of Human Cytochrome P450 17A1

Mechanism of 17α,20-Lyase and New Hydroxylation Reactions of Human Cytochrome P450 17A1

Indole peroxygenase activity of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase

Initial O2Insertion Step of the Tryptophan Dioxygenase Reaction Proposed by a Heme-Modification Study

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Initial O₂Insertion Step of the Tryptophan Dioxygenase Reaction Proposed by a Heme-Modification Study