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P L Bounds

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PubMed1992

Nature of the intermediate in the 3-oxo-delta 5-steroid isomerase reaction.

The role of Tyr-14 of 3-oxo-delta 5-steroid isomerase (KSI) was probed by analysis of the spectra of 3-amino-1,3,5(10)-estratrien-17 beta-ol (4) and equilenin (5) bound to the active site of KSI. The ultraviolet spectrum of 4 bound to KSI is identical to that for 4 in neutral solution. This observation indicates that Tyr-14 does not protonate the amine group of 4 at the active site. By analogy, it is argued that the 3-oxo group of steroid substrates for KSI is not protonated during the reaction. In contrast, the fluorescence excitation spectra of 5 bound to KSI show characteristics of an ionized phenol, even at pH values as low as 3.8. It is concluded that the pKa of equilenin is perturbed from its value in solution of 9 to less than or equal to 3.5 at the active site of KSI. Similarly, the pKa of the intermediate dienol in the KSI reaction should be lowered to less than or equal to 4.5 when it is bound to KSI. Thus, the function of Tyr-14 as an electrophilic catalyst is likely the stabilization of the anion of the dienol by hydrogen bonding rather than by proton transfer.

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PubMed1991

The reaction of xanthine oxidase with aldehydic products of lipid peroxidation.

A quantitative structure-activity relationship for the reaction of xanthine oxidase with a homologous series of alpha, beta-unsaturated aldehydes, which are known to be products of lipid peroxidation, was investigated. Aldehydes in the series 2-butenal through 2-nonenal and 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal, displayed differential reactivity toward xanthine oxidase as measured by production of the superoxide radical anion. Kinetic parameters for the rate of superoxide production and substrate affinity were determined via the superoxide dismutase-sensitive reduction of cytochrome c. Trends in kinetic parameters as a function of carbon number for the series of trans-2-enals was consistent with a dependence on substrate hydrophobicity. Log kw', a hydrophobicity constant widely employed as a model for the octanol/water partition coefficient, was determined by reversed phase liquid chromatography for the alpha, beta-unsaturated aldehydes in this study. Linear relationships for the correlation of substrate binding (pKm) and efficiency of superoxide production (log kcat/Km) with substrate hydrophobicity (log kw') were found. The mode of inhibition of xanthine oxidation by 2-butenal is shown to be noncompetitive, suggesting distinct binding sites for purine and aldehydic substrates. It is suggested that the reaction of xanthine oxidase with unsaturated aldehydes could be an important route of amplification of oxidative damage in cells.

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PubMed1990

Profiles of ethanol-induced microsomal alkoxyresorufin (alkoxyphenoxazone) O-dealkylation: comparison with phenobarbital- and Aroclor 1254-induced systems.

The O-dealkylation of various substituted alkoxyphenoxazones by liver microsomes from rats chronically fed ethanol is compared with that from pair-fed controls to determine whether there is any catalytic selectivity which could serve as an indicator for induction of cytochrome P-450j. Microsomes derived from animals pretreated with the better characterized inducers phenobarbital and Aroclor 1254 were also studied as positive controls. The specific activities (units/mg microsomal protein) but not the turnover numbers (units/nmol cytochrome P-450) were significantly increased by ethanol ingestion compared to pair-fed controls for methoxy-, ethoxy-, and pentoxy-resorufin O-dealkylation. Ethanol ingestion produced a significant increase in both specific activity and turnover number for the O-dealkylation of benzyloxy-resorufin. The degrees of induction of alkoxyresorufin-O-dealkylation activity measured for EtOH-induced microsomes range from 1.7 for methoxyresorufin to 4.8 for benzyloxyresorufin and are small in comparison to the values for phenobarbital and Aroclor 1254. This pattern of induction suggests that the minor isoforms induced by phenobarbital may be propagated by chronic ethanol ingestion.

Alcoholism↗

PubMed1990

Differential induction of peroxygenase-dependent microsomal aniline hydroxylase by chronic ethanol ingestion.

The liver microsomal-mediated hydroxylation of aniline, which is selectively induced by chronic (EtOH) ingestion, has been studied as a function of NADPH plus dioxygen (O2)- or hydroperoxide-dependent reactions. Consistent with the well-documented induction of aniline hydroxylase following chronic ethanol -ingestion, the results showed selectivity towards aniline hydroxylase by the NADPH plus O2- and tert-butyl hydroperoxide (t-BuOOH)-dependent reactions with microsomes from EtOH-fed rats. On the other hand, the cumene hydroperoxide (CumOOH)-dependent aniline hydroxylase activity was not discriminated between microsomes from EtOH- and pair-fed rats. In parallel experiments with positive controls, CumOOH did show selectivity for phenobarbital (PB)-induced microsomal aniline hydroxylase compared to chow-fed rats. The Kcat/KM values, which indicate the efficiency of enzyme catalysis, for NADPH plus O2-, t-BuOOH, and CumOOH-dependent aniline hydroxylase from EtOH-fed rats were 102, 37, and 5 and from pair-fed rats were 68, 4, and 4 (nmol p-aminophenol/min/nmol cytochrome P-450)/mM aniline, respectively. The relative Kcat/KM ratio for EtOH-fed to that of pair-fed microsomal aniline hydroxylase from NADPH plus O2-, t-BuOOH-, and CumOOH-dependent reactions were 1.5, 7.4, and 1.2, respectively. The present preliminary studies indicate that the catalytic efficiency of EtOH-induced aniline hydroxylase is significantly greater for the t-BuOOH-dependent reaction.

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PubMed1989

Hormesis.

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PubMed1987

Affinity alkylation of 3-oxo-delta 5-steroid isomerase by steroidal 3 beta-oxiranes: identification of the modified amino acid by reduction with hydroxyborohydride.

The steroidal 3 beta-oxirane (3S)-spiro[5 alpha-androstane-3,2'-oxiran]-17 beta-ol (1 beta) is an active site directed irreversible inhibitor of the 3-oxo-delta 5-steroid isomerase from Pseudomonas testosteroni. Two steroid-bound peptides (TPS1 and TPS2) were isolated by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) from the trypsin digest of enzyme inactivated with 1 beta. The modified tryptic peptides (residues 14-45 of the enzyme) were further digested with chymotrypsin, each giving rise to a single steroid-containing product (CPS1 and CPS2, respectively) derived from residues 31 to 45 of the enzyme. The modified chymotryptic peptides were isolated by HPLC, and the peptide-steroid ester linkage was reduced with sodium hydroxyborohydride. Amino acid analysis of the reduced peptides gave ca. 0.5 residue of homoserine and one less residue of aspartic acid than the corresponding unreduced peptides. Sequence analysis of both reduced chymotryptic peptides revealed that homoserine was located at position 8 in the peptide sequence, corresponding to residue 38 of the enzyme. The finding that the steroidal 3 beta-oxirane, like the 17 beta-oxiranes, inactivates the isomerase via esterification of aspartic acid-38 is strong evidence that this enzyme binds steroids in at least two orientations.

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PubMed1986

Detection of a transient enzyme-steroid complex during active-site-directed irreversible inhibition of 3-oxo-delta 5-steroid isomerase.

The reaction of the active-site-directed irreversible inhibitor (17S)-spiro[estra-1,3,5(10),6,8-pentaene-17,2'-oxiran]-3-ol (5 beta) with 3-oxo-delta 5-steroid isomerase has been monitored by repetitive scanning ultraviolet spectroscopy of a solution of 5 beta plus isomerase against a blank containing only 5 beta. Upon initial mixing of 5 beta with the isomerase an absorbance maximum at ca. 250 nm appears. With time, this peak decreases and is replaced with a new peak near 280 nm. These results directly demonstrate the existence of a transient enzyme-steroid intermediate in the inactivation reaction. The ultraviolet spectrum suggests that the steroid in the transient complex resembles the ionized phenol, while the phenolic group in the irreversibly bound complex is un-ionized. These spectral studies support our previous proposal that there are two enzyme-steroid complexes that are related by a 180 degree rotation about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the steroid nucleus. This hypothesis offers an explanation for the reaction of 17 beta-oxiranes with the same residue (Asp-38) that is thought to be involved in the catalytic mechanism. Two new oxiranes, (17S)-spiro[estra-1,3,5(10)-triene-17,2'-oxiran]-3 beta-ol (6 beta) and (17S)-spiro[5 alpha-androstane-17,2'-oxiran]-3-one (8 beta), were also found to be potent active-site-directed irreversible inhibitors of the isomerase (k3/KI = 31 M-1 s-1 and 340 M-1 s-1, respectively). The relationship of these results to the nature of the active site of the isomerase is discussed.

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PubMed1986

pH dependence of the kinetic parameters for 3-oxo-delta 5-steroid isomerase. Substrate catalysis and inhibition by (3S)-spiro[5 alpha-androstane-3,2'-oxiran]-17-one.

The pH-rate profiles for kcatobsd and (kcat/KM)obsd at 25.0 degrees C have been measured for 3-oxo-delta 5-steroid isomerase by using 5-androstene-3,17-dione (2), 5-pregnene-3,20-dione (3), and 5(10)-estrene-3,17-dione (4) as substrates. Results from the nonsticky substrate 4 suggest values for the pK of a catalytically important group on the free enzyme (pKE) of 4.57 and the pK of the same group in the enzyme-substrate complex of 4.74. For the sticky substrates 2 and 3, pKES is ca. 4.75 and 5.5, respectively. Analysis of the (kcat/KM)obsd vs. pH profile for 2 reveals that the intermediate E X S complex decomposes to products at a rate similar to its reversion to E + S. The pH-rate profile for inhibition of the isomerase by (3S)-spiro-[5 alpha-androstane-3,2'-oxiran]-17-one (7 beta) shows values for pKE of 4.75 and pKEI of 4.90. The similarity of the pH-rate profiles for isomerization of 4 and inhibition by 7 beta suggests that both reactions may be governed by the ionization state of the same carboxyl group of the enzyme.

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