Bis-Halogen-Anthraniloyl-Substituted Nucleoside 5′-Triphosphates as Potent and Selective Inhibitors of<i>Bordetella pertussis</i>Adenylyl Cyclase Toxin
作者:Jens Geduhn、Stefan Dove、Yuequan Shen、Wei-Jen Tang、Burkhard König、Roland Seifert
DOI:10.1124/jpet.110.174219
日期:2011.1
Whooping cough is caused by Bordetella pertussis and still constitutes one of the top five causes of death in young children, particularly in developing countries. The calmodulin-activated adenylyl cyclase (AC) toxin CyaA substantially contributes to disease development. Thus, potent and selective CyaA inhibitors would be valuable drugs for the treatment of whooping cough. However, it has been difficult to obtain potent CyaA inhibitors with selectivity relative to mammalian ACs. Selectivity is important for reducing potential toxic effects. In a previous study we serendipitously found that bis-methylanthraniloyl (bis-MANT)-IMP is a more potent CyaA inhibitor than MANT-IMP ( Mol Pharmacol 72: 526–535, 2007). These data prompted us to study the effects of a series of 32 bulky mono- and bis-anthraniloyl (ANT)-substituted nucleotides on CyaA and mammalian ACs. The novel nucleotides differentially inhibited CyaA and ACs 1, 2, and 5. Bis-ANT nucleotides inhibited CyaA competitively. Most strikingly, bis-Cl-ANT-ATP inhibited CyaA with a potency ≥100-fold higher than ACs 1, 2, and 5. In contrast to MANT-ATP, bis-MANT-ATP exhibited low intrinsic fluorescence, thereby substantially enhancing the signal-to noise ratio for the analysis of nucleotide binding to CyaA. The high sensitivity of the fluorescence assay revealed that bis-MANT-ATP binds to CyaA already in the absence of calmodulin. Molecular modeling showed that the catalytic site of CyaA is sufficiently spacious to accommodate both MANT substituents. Collectively, we have identified the first potent CyaA inhibitor with high selectivity relative to mammalian ACs. The fluorescence properties of bis-ANT nucleotides facilitate development of a high-throughput screening assay.
百日咳由百日咳杆菌(Bordetella pertussis)引起,目前仍是导致幼儿死亡的五大原因之一,在发展中国家尤其如此。钙调蛋白激活的腺苷酸环化酶(AC)毒素 CyaA 在很大程度上导致了疾病的发生。因此,强效的选择性 CyaA 抑制剂将是治疗百日咳的重要药物。然而,要获得相对于哺乳动物 AC 具有选择性的强效 CyaA 抑制剂一直很困难。选择性对于减少潜在的毒性作用非常重要。在之前的一项研究中,我们偶然发现双甲基蒽酰(bis-MANT)-IMP 是一种比 MANT-IMP 更有效的 CyaA 抑制剂(《分子药理学》72:526-535,2007 年)。这些数据促使我们研究了一系列 32 种笨重的单蒽酰和双蒽酰(ANT)取代的核苷酸对 CyaA 和哺乳动物 AC 的影响。新型核苷酸对 CyaA 和 AC 1、2 和 5 有不同的抑制作用。双-ANT 核苷酸对 CyaA 有竞争性抑制作用。最引人注目的是,双Cl-ANT-ATP对CyaA的抑制作用比AC 1、2和5高出≥100倍。与 MANT-ATP 相反,双-MANT-ATP 显示出较低的本征荧光,从而大大提高了分析核苷酸与 CyaA 结合的信噪比。荧光检测的高灵敏度表明,在没有钙调蛋白的情况下,双-MANT-ATP 也能与 CyaA 结合。分子建模显示,CyaA 的催化位点足够宽敞,可以容纳两个 MANT 取代基。总之,我们发现了第一个对哺乳动物 AC 具有高选择性的强效 CyaA 抑制剂。双-ANT 核苷酸的荧光特性促进了高通量筛选试验的开发。