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Y Deyashiki

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Crystallization of mouse lung carbonyl reductase complexed with NADPH and analysis of symmetry of its tetrameric molecule.

Mouse lung carbonyl reductase (MLCR), which belongs to the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase family, is an oxidoreductase involved in the metabolism of biogenic and xenobiotic carbonyl compounds. The crystals of MLCR complexed with its cofactor NADPH belong to a monoclinic space group P2(1) with dimensions a = 79.73 A, b = 105.5 A, c = 60.87 A, and beta = 91.43 degrees. X-ray diffraction data were collected up to 1.8 A resolution using a macromolecule-oriented Weissenberg camera at the Photon Factory synchrotron radiation source. Studies using a self-rotation function revealed the presence of a twofold rotational symmetry relating the subunits. This suggests that the tetrameric MLCR molecule has the 222 point group symmetry.

Alcohol Oxidoreductases↗

Expression and kinetic properties of a recombinant 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid/dihydrodiol dehydrogenase isoenzyme of human liver.

Human liver cytosol contains multiple forms of 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and dihydrodiol dehydrogenase with hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity, and multiple cDNAs for the enzymes have been cloned from human liver cDNA libraries. To understand the relationship of the multiple enzyme froms to the genes, a cDNA, which has been reported to code for an isoenzyme of human liver 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid/dihydrodiol dehydrogenase, was expressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant enzyme showed structural and functional properties almost identical to those of the isoenzyme purified from human liver. In addition, the recombinant isoenzyme efficiently reduced 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone and 5 beta-dihydrocortisone, the known substrates of human liver 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and chlordecone reductase previously purified, which suggests that these human liver enzymes are identical. Furthermore, the steady-state kinetic data for NADP(+)-linked (S)-1-indanol oxidation by the recombinant isoenzyme were consistent with a sequential ordered mechanism in which NADP+ binds first. Phenolphthalein inhibited this isoenzyme much more potently than it did the other human liver dihydrodiol dehydrogenases, and was a competitive inhibitor (Ki = 20 nM) that bound to the enzyme-NADP+ complex.

3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases↗

Over-expression of pig lung carbonyl reductase in Escherichia coli.

Tetrameric carbonyl reductase of pig lung has been shown by cDNA cloning to be a member of the short-chain dehydrogenase family of enzymes. Construction of the carbonyl reductase cDNA in an expression vector yielded an abundant, enzymatically active enzyme in Escherichia coli. The recombinant enzyme was purified to homogeneity and shown to be structurally, immunologically and functionally similar to lung carbonyl reductase.

Alcohol Oxidoreductases↗

3-Deoxyglucosone reductase in dog adrenal glands. Identification as aldose reductase.

3-Deoxyglucosone is one of the major cytotoxic intermediates in the Maillard reaction. Adrenal glands showed the highest NADPH-linked 3-deoxyglucosone reductase activity of dog tissues. The enzyme was purified to homogeneity from the adrenal glands, and demonstrated to be structurally, functionally and immunologically identical with aldose reductase, which comprises about 6% of the soluble adrenal proteins.

Adrenal Glands↗

Kinetic studies of the inhibition of a human liver 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid/dihydrodiol dehydrogenase isozyme by bile acids and anti-inflammatory drugs.

We have investigated the steady-state kinetics for a cytosolic 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid/dihydrodiol dehydrogenase isozyme of human liver and its inhibition by several bile acids and anti-inflammatory drugs such as indomethacin, flufemanic acid and naproxen. Initial velocity and product inhibition studies performed in the NADP(+)-linked (S)-1-indanol oxidation at pH 7.4 were consistent with a sequential ordered mechanism in which NADP+ binds first and leaves last. The bile acids and drugs, competitive inhibitors with respect to the alcohol substrate, exhibited uncompetitive inhibition with respect to the coenzyme, with Ki values less than 1 microM, whereas indomethacin exhibited noncompetitive inhibition (Ki < 24 microM). The kinetics of the inhibition by a mixture of the two inhibitors suggests that bile acids and drugs, except indomethacin, bind to overlapping sites at the active center of the enzyme-coenzyme binary complex.

3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases↗

Reduction of prostaglandin D2 to 9 alpha,11 beta-prostaglandin F2 by a human liver 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid/dihydrodiol dehydrogenase isozyme.

Prostaglandin (PG) specificity of two 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid/dihydrodiol dehydrogenase isozymes, DD2 and DD4, of human liver was examined. DD2 exhibited NADPH-linked reductase activity for 9-,11- and 15-ketoprostaglandins at a pH optimum of 6.0, whereas DD4 reduced only 15-ketoprostaglandin F2 alpha. DD2 showed the highest Vmax/Km value for PGD2 of the PG substrates, and the reduced product of PGD2 was identified to 9 alpha,11 beta-PGF2 by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. In the reverse reaction with NADP+ as a cofactor, the two enzymes slowly oxidized several PGs with 9-, 11- and/or 15-hydroxy groups, except that DD2 showed high activity for 9 alpha,11 beta-PGF2 at a pH optimum of 10.0. The Km and Vmax values of DD2 for PGD2 were 57 microM and 250 nmol/min per mg, respectively, at pH 7.0 and 37 degrees C, and the respective values for 9 alpha,11 beta-PGF2 were 72 microM and 10 nmol/min per mg. PGD2 11-ketoreductase activity in human liver cytosol was recovered in 30-75% saturated ammonium sulfate fraction. More than 77% of the PGD2 11-ketoreductase activity in the ammonium sulfate fraction was immunoprecipitated by antibodies against DD2, and inhibited by known inhibitors of the enzyme. These results suggest that DD2 is a major soluble PGD2 11-ketoreductase species in human liver.

3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases↗

Molecular cloning of two human liver 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid/dihydrodiol dehydrogenase isoenzymes that are identical with chlordecone reductase and bile-acid binder.

Human liver contains two dihydrodiol dehydrogenases, DD2 and DD4, associated with 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity. We have raised polyclonal antibodies that cross-reacted with the two enzymes and isolated two 1.2 kb cDNA clones (C9 and C11) for the two enzymes from a human liver cDNA library using the antibodies. The clones of C9 and C11 contained coding sequences corresponding to 306 and 321 amino acid residues respectively, but lacked 5'-coding regions around the initiation codon. Sequence analyses of several peptides obtained by enzymic and chemical cleavages of the two purified enzymes verified that the C9 and C11 clones encoded DD2 and DD4 respectively, and further indicated that the sequence of DD2 had at least additional 16 residues upward from the N-terminal sequence deduced from the cDNA. There was 82% amino acid sequence identity between the two enzymes, indicating that the enzymes are genetic isoenzymes. A computer-based comparison of the cDNAs of the isoenzymes with the DNA sequence database revealed that the nucleotide and amino acid sequences of DD2 and DD4 are virtually identical with those of human bile-acid binder and human chlordecone reductase cDNAs respectively.

3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases↗

Purification and characterization of a novel dimeric 20 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase from Tetrahymena pyriformis.

Tetrahymena pyriformis was found to exhibit high NADPH-dependent 20-oxosteroid reductase activity that converted 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone into 17 alpha,20 alpha-dihydroxypregn-4-en-3-one. The enzyme was purified 400-fold from the cytosolic fraction. The purified enzyme with a specific activity of 6.4 mumol/min per mg of protein had an isoelectric point of 4.9 and M(r) of 68,000, and was composed of two subunits of equal size. The N-terminal sequence was determined to be LAKTVPLNDGTNFPIFGG. The enzyme reduced pregnanes and pregnanes possessing a 17 alpha-hydroxy group to a greater extent than those without the hydroxy group, and oxidized 20 alpha-hydroxy groups of the steroids in the presence of NADP+. The Km values for 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone and 17 alpha-hydroxypregnenolone were 2.9 and 3.4 microM respectively. Although the enzyme was inactive towards androgens and oestrogens with 3- or 17-oxo groups, it reduced several nonsteroidal carbonyl compounds and oxidized trans-benzene dihydrodiol. The enzyme activity was inhibited by synthetic oestrogens, barbiturates, aldose reductase inhibitors and quercitrin. Thus, this enzyme is a novel form of 20 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.149) which structurally and functionally differs from the mammalian and bacterial enzymes.

17-alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone↗

Stereospecificity of trans-dihydrodiol oxidation by dimeric and monomeric dihydrodiol dehydrogenases from mammalian tissues.

The stereochemical course in the enzymatic oxidation of trans-dihydrodiols of benzene and naphthalene by dimeric dihydrodiol dehydrogenase of monkey kidney was compared with that by monomeric dihydrodiol dehydrogenase of rat liver. The monkey kidney and rat liver enzymes each oxidized about half of the racemic dihydrodiol of benzene added to the reaction mixture, but almost all the substrate was disappeared in the reaction mixture containing both enzymes. The CD spectra of the unreacted dihydrodiols of benzene and naphthalene in reaction mixtures containing the rat liver enzyme showed the negative sign of Cotton effect, while those in reaction mixtures containing the monkey kidney enzyme gave the positive sign of Cotton effect. Thus, the monkey kidney dimeric enzyme selectively oxidized (-)-[1R,2R]-dihydrodiols of aromatic hydrocarbons, in contrast to the stereo-specificity of the rat liver enzyme for the (+)-[1S,2S]-isomers. The (+)-[1S,2S]- and (-)-[1R,2R]-dihydrodiols of benzene were separately prepared from the racemic form by using the two enzymes, and were used as substrates to determine the stereospecificity of dihydrodiol dehydrogenases from other mammalian tissues. The dimeric enzymes from pig liver and rabbit lens also exhibited specificity for the (-)-isomer, which was opposite to that of the monomeric enzymes from human and mouse liver, although aldehyde reductase and aldose reductase oxidized both (+)- and (-)-isomers.

Alcohol Oxidoreductases↗

Purification and characterization of dimeric dihydrodiol dehydrogenase from dog liver.

High NADP(+)-linked dihydrodiol dehydrogenase activity was detected in dog liver cytosol, from which a dimeric enzyme composed of M(r) 39,000 subunits was purified to homogeneity. The enzyme oxidized trans-cyclohexanediol, and trans-dihydrodiols of benzene and naphthalene, the [1R,2R]-isomers of which were selectively oxidized. In the reverse reaction in the presence of NADPH as a coenzyme, the enzyme reduced alpha-dicarbonyl compounds, such as methylglyoxal, 3-deoxyglucosone, and diacetyl, and some compounds with a carbonyl group, such as glyceraldehyde, lactaldehyde, and acetoin. 4-Hydroxyphenylketones and ascorbates inhibited the enzyme. The results of steady-state kinetic analyses indicated that the reaction proceeds through an ordered bi bi mechanism with the coenzyme binding to the free enzyme, and suggested that the inhibitors bind to the enzyme-NADP+ binary complex. The dimeric enzyme was detected in liver and kidney of dog, and was immunochemically similar to the dimeric enzymes from monkey kidney, rabbit lens, and pig liver. The sequences (total 127 amino acid residues) of eight peptides derived on enzymatic digestion of the dog liver enzyme did not show significant similarity with the primary structures of members of the aldo-keto reductase and short chain dehydrogenase superfamilies, which include monomeric dihydrodiol dehydrogenases and carbonyl reductase, respectively.

Animals↗

Cloning and sequence analysis of a cDNA encoding tetrameric carbonyl reductase of pig lung.

A cDNA for tetrameric carbonyl reductase was cloned from a pig lung cDNA library. The cDNA had an open reading frame encoding a protein of 244 amino acid residues with a predicted monomer molecular weight of 25,985. The authenticity of the cDNA was confirmed by a perfect match of 80 amino acids determined from sequencing of amino-terminus, carboxy-terminus and internal fragments of the purified enzyme. The deduced sequence of the carbonyl reductase shows a similarity to those of the short-chain alcohol dehydrogenase superfamily proteins; notably it had an extensive homology (85% identical residues) with a putative gene product of murine adipocyte.

Alcohol Oxidoreductases↗

Monkey 3-deoxyglucosone reductase: tissue distribution and purification of three multiple forms of the kidney enzyme that are identical with dihydrodiol dehydrogenase, aldehyde reductase, and aldose reductase.

3-Deoxyglucosone (3DG) is a reactive intermediate in the glucose-mediated cross-linking of proteins. An enzyme catalyzing the reduction of 3DG is thought to prevent the damage to protein by the formation of 3DG. The NADPH-dependent enzyme activity was detected in the extracts of various monkey tissues, among which kidney exhibited the highest specific activity. One dimeric enzyme with subunit M(r) of 39,000 and two monomeric enzymes with M(r) of 38,000 and 34,000 were purified from monkey kidney. The dimeric enzyme exhibited high dihydrodiol dehydrogenase activity and was immunochemically identical to dimeric dihydrodiol dehydrogenase of monkey kidney. The two monomeric enzymes exhibited aldehyde reductase activity, but were clearly distinct from each other in substrate specificity, inhibitor sensitivity, and effect of sulfate ions. One enzyme was immunologically cross-reacted with human liver aldehyde reductase, whereas sequence data of digested peptides from the other enzyme revealed > 97% identity with human placental aldose reductase. Comparison of kinetic constants among the monkey kidney enzymes and aldoketo reductases from several mammalian tissues indicated that dimeric dihydrodiol dehydrogenase and aldose reductase exhibited higher catalytic efficiency for 3DG than did aldehyde reductase, carbonyl reductase, and monomeric dihydrodiol dehydrogenase.

Alcohol Oxidoreductases↗

Chemical modification of cysteinyl, lysyl and histidyl residues of mouse liver 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase.

Monomeric 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase from mouse liver was rapidly inactivated by 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) and 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene-1-sulfonate, and the absorption spectra of the inactivated enzymes indicated that cysteine and lysine residues were modified. The kinetics of inactivation and spectrophotometric quantification of the modified residues suggested that complete inactivation was caused by modification of two cysteine residues or one lysine residue per active site. The inactivation by the two reagents was protected by NADP+ and some coenzyme analogs, but not by a steroid substrate, testosterone. Moreover, chemical modification by diethyl pyrocarbonate also produced inactivation of the enzyme, and showed a difference spectrum with a peak at 242 nm characteristic of N-carbethoxyhistidine residues, which decreased with the addition of hydroxylamine. The inactivation by this reagent, following pseudo-first-order kinetics, was protected partially by either NADP+ or testosterone and completely in the presence of both the coenzyme and substrate. The results suggest the presence of essential cysteine and lysine residues at or near the coenzyme-binding site and that of essential histidine residue(s) in the catalytic region of the active site of mouse liver 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase.

17-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases↗

Structural and functional comparison of two human liver dihydrodiol dehydrogenases associated with 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity.

Two monomeric dihydrodiol dehydrogenases with pI values of 5.4 and 7.6 were co-purified with androsterone dehydrogenase activity to homogeneity from human liver. The two enzymes differed from each other on peptide mapping and in their heat-stabilities; with respect to the latter the dihydrodiol dehydrogenase and 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activities of the respective enzymes were similarly inactivated. The pI 5.4 enzyme was equally active towards trans- and cis-benzene dihydrodiols, and towards (S)- and (R)-forms of indan-1-ol and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphth-1-ol and oxidized the 3 alpha-hydroxy group of C19-, C21- and C24-steroids, whereas the pI 7.6 enzyme showed high specificity for trans-benzene dihydrodiol, (S)-forms of the alicyclic alcohols and C19- and C21-steroids. Although the two enzymes reduced various xenobiotic carbonyl compounds and the 3-oxo group of C19- and C21-steroids, and were A-specific in the hydrogen transfer from NADPH, only the pI 5.4 enzyme showed reductase activity towards 7 alpha-hydroxy-5 beta-cholestan-3-one and dehydrolithocholic acid. The affinity of the two enzymes for the steroidal substrates was higher than that for the xenobiotic substrates. The two enzymes also showed different susceptibilities to the inhibition by anti-inflammatory drugs and bile acids. Whereas the pI-5.4 enzyme was highly sensitive to anti-inflammatory steroids, showing mixed-type inhibitions with respect to indan-1-ol and androsterone, the pI 7.6 enzyme was inhibited more potently by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and bile acids than by the steroidal drugs, and the inhibitions were all competitive. These structural and functional differences suggest that the two enzymes are 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase isoenzymes.

3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases↗

Purification and characterization of pig lung carbonyl reductase.

A pyrazole-sensitive carbonyl reductase from pig lung was purified to homogeneity by electrophoretic criteria. Chemical cross-linking study suggested that the native enzyme is a tetramer with a Mr of 103,000, consisting of apparent identical subunits of Mr 24,000. The enzyme reduced aliphatic and aromatic carbonyl compounds with NADPH as a preferable cofactor to NADH and catalyzed the oxidation of secondary alcohols and the aldehyde dismutation in the presence of NAD(P)+. Immunohistochemical study with the antibodies against the enzyme revealed that the enzyme was localized in the ciliated cells, nonciliated bronchiolar cells, Type II alveolar pneumocytes, and the epithelial cells of the ducts of the bronchial glands in the pig lung. In addition to the properties and distribution, the pig lung enzyme was immunochemically similar to the pulmonary enzymes in the guinea pig and mouse. However, the pig enzyme showed the following unusual features. (1) The enzyme exhibited an equatorial specificity in the reduction of 3-ketosteroids; the 4-pro-S hydrogen of NADPH was transferred to the carbonyl carbon atom of 5 alpha- and 5 beta-androstanes, and the respective reduced products were identified as 3 beta- and 3 alpha-hydroxysteroids. (2) Although the NADPH-linked reduction of carbonyl compounds apparently obeyed the Michaelis-Menten kinetics at pH 6.0, the double-reciprocal plots of the velocity vs concentrations of the carbonyl substrates were convex at pH higher than 6.5. The Hill coefficients and [S]0.5 values for the substrates decreased as the pH for reaction increased. The results suggest that the pig enzyme exhibits negative cooperativity with respect to the carbonyl substrates and that the hydrogen ion acts as an allosteric effector abolishing the negative interaction.

Alcohol Dehydrogenase↗

Activation of carbonyl reductase from pig lung by fatty acids.

The NADPH-linked reductase activity of pig lung carbonyl reductase was activated two- to fivefold by fatty acids with a carbon chain length greater than nine at pH 7.0. cis-Unsaturated fatty acids of C:18 and C:20 were potent activators, showing Ka values of 2-14 microM which were lower than the values of 21-125 microM for saturated fatty acids (C:9 to C:16). Of the fatty acids arachidonic acid (C20:4) gave the highest activation. No significant stimulatory effect was observed with acyl CoAs, fatty alcohols, phospholipids, and nonionic detergents. Anionic detergents (sodium dodecyl sulfate and sarkosyl) stimulated the enzyme activity more than ninefold, but the Ka values for them were much higher than those for the cis-unsaturated fatty acids. Although no change in molecular weight or in subunit composition was observed in the enzyme activated by C20:4, the activation led to a decrease in thermal stability of the enzyme. The binding of C20:4 to the enzyme was instantaneous and reversible, shifted the pH optimum of the activity from 5.8 to 6.5, and changed the inhibitor sensitivity. In addition, C20:4 acted as an allosteric effector abolishing the negative interaction of the enzyme with carbonyl substrates which was seen without the fatty acid, but the activation increased both Vmax and [S]0.5 values for the substrates. Kinetic analysis with respect to NADPH concentration, in which no cooperativity was detected with or without C20:4, indicated that C20:4 was a nonessential activator of mixed type showing a binding constant of 10 microM. These results suggest that cis-unsaturated fatty acids may be potential modulators of pulmonary carbonyl reductase.

Alcohol Oxidoreductases↗