Design of potent inhibitors for Schistosoma japonica glutathione S-transferase
作者:Shu-Chuan Jao、Jessica Chen、Kelvin Yang、Wen-Shan Li
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2005.07.077
日期:2006.1
We implemented both structure-based drug design and the concept of polyvalency to discover a series of potent and unsymmetrical Schistosoma japonicum glutathione S-transferase (SjGST) inhibitors 10-12. This strategy achieved not only an excellent enhancement (10- to 490-fold) in the inhibitory potency, compared to the monofunctional analogues 1-5, but was also an effective modification by selecting a hydrophobic moiety with a flexible linker. The designed compounds with a low micromolar hit demonstrate special values in refining the new generation of SjGST inhibitors. The stoichiometry of the binding is one inhibitor molecule per SjGST monomer via isothermal titration calorimetric measurement. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Quantitative analysis of γ-glutamylpeptides by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and application for γ-glutamyltransferase assays
gamma-Glutamylpeptides are largely produced via the action of gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase or gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT). GGT transfers the gamma-glutamyl moiety from glutathione (GSH) and other gamma-glutamyl compounds to amino acids, peptides, or water. A conventional GGT assay employs a synthetic donor substrate, which facilitates monitoring cleavage activity by means of colorimetric analyses but provides no information on the resulting gamma-glutamylpeptides. In this study, we report on the use of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) to quantitatively measure the levels of 21 gamma-glutamylpeptides including GSH and 45 amino acids, including Cys. Authentic compounds consisting of 17 chemically synthesized and commercially available 4 gamma-glutamylpeptides were adopted as references. We applied this method to the characterization of gamma-glutamylpeptides in blood plasma and livers of mice that had been treated with an overdose of acetaminophen. The established LC-MS-based assay was found to be useful for characterizing the gamma-glutamylation reaction under in vivo and in vitro conditions and was clearly helpful for understanding the physiological significance of the production of gamma-glutamylpeptides.