作者:M. Wada
DOI:10.1093/jb/mvh059
日期:2004.4.1
Prostacyclin synthase (PGIS), which catalyzes the conversion of prostaglandin (PG) H2 to prostacyclin (PGI2), is a member of the cytochrome P-450 (P450) superfamily, CYP8A1. To study the enzymatic and protein characteristics of human PGIS, the enzyme was overexpressed in Spodoptera frugiperda 21 (Sf21) cells using the baculovirus expression system. PGIS was expressed in the microsomes of the infected Sf21 cells after culture in 5 µg/ml hematin-supplemented medium for 72 h. The holoenzyme was isolated from the solubilized microsomal fraction by calcium phosphate gel absorption and purified to homogeneity by DEAE-Sepharose and hydroxyapatite column chromatography. The Km and Vmax values of the purified human PGIS for PGH2 were 30 µM and 15 µmol/min/mg of protein at 24°C, respectively. The optical absorption and EPR spectra of the enzyme revealed the characteristics of a low-spin form of P450 in the oxidized state. The carbon monoxide-reduced difference spectrum, however, exhibited a peak at 418 nm rather than 450 nm. The addition of a PGH2 analogue, U46619, to the enzyme produced an oxygen-ligand type of the difference spectrum with maximum absorption at 407 nm and minimum absorption at 430 nm. Treatment with another PGH2 analogue, U44069, produced a peak at 387 nm and a trough at 432 nm in the spectrum (Type I), while treatment with tranylcypromine, a PGIS inhibitor, produced a peak at 434 nm and a trough at 412 nm (Type II). A Cys441His mutant of the enzyme possessed no heme-binding ability or enzyme activity. Thus, we succeeded in obtaining a sufficient amount of the purified recombinant human PGIS from infected insect cells for spectral analyses that has high specific activity and the characteristics of a P450, indicating substrate specificity.
催化前列腺素(PG)H2 转化为前列环素(PGI2)的前列环素合成酶(PGIS)是细胞色素 P-450 (P450)超家族 CYP8A1 的成员。为了研究人类 PGIS 的酶和蛋白质特性,我们利用杆状病毒表达系统在弗氏蹼翅虫 21(Sf21)细胞中过表达了该酶。用磷酸钙凝胶吸收法从溶解的微粒体部分分离出全酶,再用DEAE-Sepharose和羟基磷灰石柱层析法纯化至均一。24°C 时,纯化的人 PGIS 对 PGH2 的 Km 值和 Vmax 值分别为 30 µM 和 15 µmol/min/mg 蛋白。该酶的光学吸收和 EPR 光谱显示了 P450 氧化态低自旋形式的特征。不过,一氧化碳还原差异光谱在 418 nm 而不是 450 nm 处显示了一个峰值。向酶中加入 PGH2 类似物 U46619 会产生氧配体类型的差异光谱,最大吸收波长为 407 纳米,最小吸收波长为 430 纳米。用另一种 PGH2 类似物 U44069 处理会在光谱中产生波长为 387 纳米的峰值和波长为 432 纳米的谷值(I 型),而用 PGIS 抑制剂氨酰丙咪嗪处理会产生波长为 434 纳米的峰值和波长为 412 纳米的谷值(II 型)。该酶的 Cys441His 突变体不具有血红素结合能力或酶活性。因此,我们成功地从受感染的昆虫细胞中获得了足量的纯化重组人 PGIS 用于光谱分析,它具有很高的特异性活性和 P450 的特征,表明了底物的特异性。