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Mutagenicities of N-acyl-N-arylhydroxylamines for Salmonella.

The N-formyl, N-acetyl and N-propionyl derivatives of N-hydroxy-trans-4-aminostilbene (N-OH-AS), N-hydroxy-4-aminobiphenyl (N-OH-ABP) and N-hydroxy-2-aminonaphthalene (N-OH-AN) were synthesized and examined for their mutagenicities in Salmonella typhimurium TA 98. The N-formyl derivatives were direct-acting mutagens possibly due to hydrolysis, either spontaneously or by bacterial enzymes to hydroxylamines. Their mutagenicities were enhanced by rat liver microsomes and cytosol. All acetyl and propionyl derivatives required activation by either liver cytosol or microsomes. NADPH slightly decreased the microsome-mediated mutagenicities of the N-acyl derivatives of N-OH-AN. However, it greatly enhanced the cytosol-mediated mutagenicities of these hydroxamic acids, probably due to stabilization of their hydroxylamine derivatives. The mutagenicities reported here do not correlate with previously reported carcinogenicity data. Thus, data obtained in Salmonella mutagenicity studies may not necessarily directly reflect carcinogenic potential in mammalian systems due to the different mechanisms of activation.

Aminobiphenyl Compounds↗

Reaction of trans-4-N-acetoxy-N-acetylaminostilbene with guanosine and deoxyguanosine in vitro: the primary reaction product at N2 of guanine yields different final adducts.

The model ultimate carcinogen, trans-4-N-acetoxy-N-acetylaminostilbene (N-acetoxy-AAS), was reacted with guanosine (Guo) and deoxyguanosine (d-Guo) and the resulting adducts were purified by Sephadex LH-20 chromatography and HPLC for structure identification. A number of new adducts was identified by mass and 1H-NMR spectroscopy. The generation of all known adducts can now be explained by a common mechanism. The electrophile formed from the hydroxamic acid ester at C-beta reacts in a first step predominantly with N2 of guanine (Gua). The resulting quinone-imide intermediate reacts in a second step with either one of three nucleophiles: (1) predominantly with N3 of Gua to yield the previously described angular cyclic adducts ((5R,6R)/(5S,6S)-9-oxo-5,6,7,9-tetrahydro-imidazo(2,1-b)purines); (2) with N1 of Gua to yield linear cyclic adducts ((6R,7R)/(6S,7S)-9-oxo-5,6,7,9-tetrahydro-imidazo(1,2-a)purines); (3) with water to yield the open ring (1R,2R)/(1S,2S)-2-(N2'-guanyl)-1-hydroxyethanes. To some minor extent (1:8-1:9) the electrophile reacts first with N1 or N3 of guanine which leads to the formation of two pairs of the corresponding regioisomeric cyclic adducts. This reaction mechanism may also explain the formation of cross-links between different bases.

Carcinogens↗

Hydroxyurea and infected stones.

The formation of struvite stones is closely linked to the enzyme urease produced by certain bacteria found in urine. It has been shown that hydroxamic acids will block the activity of this enzyme. One of these, hydroxyurea, in a morning dose of 500 mg. was used in 21 patients for three months or longer. Most were then able to acidify their urine despite persistent urinary infection. After three months, treatment with nitrofurantoin (Macrodantin and hydroxyurea (Hydrea), 78.6 per cent of patients had persistently sterile urine. There are 11 patients who have been observed for one year, and no toxic effect of the drug has been found. Three patients have shown some decrease in size of their retained calculus. This experimental study has shown that hydroxyurea may be useful in the management of struvite stones and deserves further study.

Humans↗

The basis of the insensitivity of Salmonella typhimurium strain TA98/1,8-DNP6 to the mutagenic action of nitroarenes.

Salmonella typhimurium tester strain TA98/1,8-DNP6 is resistant to the mutagenicity of 1,8-dinitropyrene because it lacks an esterification enzyme which is needed for the formation of the ultimate mutagen, presumably the corresponding hydroxamic acid ester. This enzyme does not appear to be required for the activation of all nitroarenes and arylamines, as some of these are fully active in TA98/1,8-DNP. It is suggested that these form electrophilic arylnitrenium ions nonenzymatically from nitroso- and N-hydroxylamino-arenes intermediates. The esterification enzyme appears to be a transacetylase. An assay using 2-aminofluorene as the acetyl acceptor is described. Derivatives of S. typhimurium TA100 also lacking this enzyme were obtained by Tn5-mediated mutagenesis.

Biotransformation↗

Respiration of Leishmania mexicana amastigotes and promastigotes.

Promastigotes of Leishmania mexicana mexicana recently derived from amastigotes by transformation in vitro respired at a rate (17 nmol O2/min per 10(8) parasites) 4-5 times higher than that of amastigotes, but when the difference in cell protein content between the two preparations was taken into account the rates were not significantly different (32 nmol O2/min per mg protein). The respiration of both amastigotes and promastigotes was sensitive to cyanide, azide, antimycin A, 2-n-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline-N-oxide and high concentrations of amytal, but insensitive to rotenone and salicyl-hydroxamic acid, indicating that the two developmental forms possess a similar cytochrome-containing respiratory chain. D-Glucose and non-esterified fatty acids stimulated promastigote respiration and amastigote transformation to promastigotes in vitro; possibly these substances are important exogenous energy substrates for both forms of the parasites. Amino acids (incuding L-proline) and proteins did not appear to be used as energy substrates. The respiration rate of promastigotes was found to rise significantly upon continued sub-culture in vitro; at the same time cell size and protein content increased.

Amino Acids↗

Urea metabolism in isolated perfused lungs of the laboratory rat and of a desert rodent, Notomys alexis.

1. Using the isolated perfused lung preparation we have demonstrated a low-activity ureolytic enzyme present in rodent lung tissue. The enzyme shares four characteristic features with jack bean urease (EC 3.5.1.5). 2. Ureolytic activity was inhibited by fluoride ions and methionine hydroxamic acid; using the latter inhibitor, the I50 value and maximum inhibition were similar to those reported for jack bean urease. The apparent Km for rat lung urease was similar to the plasma urea level. 3. The low level of urease activity in the rat lung and in that of Notomys alexis, a desert rodent, suggests that the enzyme is not involved in urea excretion, rather that pulmonary ammonia production may influence fluid balance at the alveolus.

Animals↗

Lack of carcinogenicity of 2-aminofluorene, its glucuronide and the glucuronide of N-hydroxy-2-acetylaminofluorene in heterotopic bladder of the rat.

The role of 2-aminofluorene and its N-glucuronide and the O-glucuronide of N-hydroxy-2-acetylaminofluorene in the bladder carcinogenesis by 2-aminofluorene were investigated. These compounds were injected into heterotopically transplanted bladders of male rats at a weekly dose of 1 mumol for 20 weeks. The experiment was terminated at the end of 50 weeks. The results showed that none of these compounds were carcinogenic in the heterotopically transplanted bladder. The O-glucuronide was not carcinogenic even when it was administered in a phosphate saline (pH 8.0), that favors the activation of this compound. The N-glucuronide of N-hydroxy-2-aminofluorene, a positive control, produced urothelial tumors. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the N-glucuronides of hydroxylamines, but not the O-glucuronides of hydroxamic acids, are responsible for bladder carcinogenesis by arylamines.

Animals↗

The action of alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase on 4-chloronitrosobenzene: evidence for species-dependent differences in active site properties.

The reaction of bovine (Bos taurus) and porcine (Sus scrufa) cardiac alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex (alpha-KGD) with 4-chloronitrosobenzene (I) was shown to produce a hydroxamic acid (IV) and a product due to a Bamberger rearrangement as previously shown for Escherichia coli alpha-KGD. The conversion of I into an active site-bound electrophile was general among the three alpha-KGD enzymes tested, but quantitative differences in products and kinetics were shown. The reaction of I was specific for the resolved alpha-ketoglutarate decarboxylase subunit.

Animals↗

Analysis of elimination mechanisms of some 99mTc-complexes.

The biological behaviour of complexes of 99mTc with aminopolycarboxylic and aminocarbohydroxamic ligands EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid), DTPA (diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid), EDTAH (ethylenediaminetetraacetohydroxamic acid) and HIDAmH (N-2-hydroxyethyl-N-carboxymethyl-aminoacetohydroxamic acid) was studied in rabbits. The pharmacokinetic parameters determined in intact rabbits were compared with the results obtained in the study of renal and hepatic clearance of the complexes under study. Hepatobiliary excretion, which in [99mTc]EDTA forms 20-30% of the total excreted amount, is of negligible magnitude in the other 99mTc-complexes studied (less than 2%). Their renal clearance is not influenced by the inhibition of tubular secretion with probenecid. Binding to plasma proteins increases in the order [99mTc]DTPA less than [99mTc]EDTA less than [99mTc]HIDAmH less than [99mTc]EDTAH and the elimination half-life increases in the same order. The value of renal clearance of the complexes studied related to inulin clearance correlates well with the fraction of the free drug in the plasma. In rabbits the complexes under study are excreted mainly by the mechanism of glomerular filtration in the kidney.

Animals↗

Desferrioxamine protects human red blood cells from hemin-induced hemolysis.

Hemin binding to red cell membranes, its effect on red cell hemolysis, and it interaction with desferrioxamine (DFO) in these processes were investigated. DFO interacted with hemin via the iron moiety. Blockage of the binding groups in DFO prevented interaction of DFO with hemin, implying the importance of the hydroxamic acid groups in DFO-hemin interactions. Since hemolysis is a result of hemin association with the membrane components, its binding in the presence and absence of DFO was studied. DFO strongly inhibited hemin-induced lysis in a concentration-dependent manner. With 50 microM hemin, 1 mM DFO completely inhibited lysis. Preincubation of ghost membranes with DFO (1 mM) inhibited binding of hemin (50 microM) to membranes by 42%. After ghost membranes were preincubated with hemin (50 microM), the addition of DFO (1 mM) removed 20% of the membrane-bound hemin. It is suggested that DFO may have an important role in alleviating the hemin-induced deleterious effects on the red cell membrane, especially in hemolytic anemias associated with unstable, autoxidized hemoglobins.

Deferoxamine↗

Application of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy for monitoring hydrolysis and synthesis reactions catalyzed by a recombinant amidase.

This study demonstrates the use of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy for monitoring both synthesis and hydrolysis reactions catalyzed by a recombinant amidase (EC 3.5.1.4) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The kinetics of hydrolysis of acetamide, propionamide, butyramide, acrylamide, benzamide, phenylalaninamide, alaninamide, glycinamide, and leucinamide were determined. This revealed that very short-chain substrates displayed higher amidase activity than did branched side-chain or aromatic substrates. In addition, on reducing the polarity and increasing the substrates' bulkiness, a reduction of the amidase affinity for the substrates took place. Using FTIR spectroscopy it was possible to monitor and quantify the synthesis of several hydroxamic acid derivatives and ester hydrolysis products. These products may occur simultaneously in a reaction catalyzed by the amidase. The substrates used for the study of such reactions were ethyl acetate and glycine ethyl ester. Hydroxylamine was the nucleophile substrate used for the synthesis of acetohydroxamate compounds. Results presented in this article demonstrate the usefulness of FTIR spectroscopy as an important tool for understanding the enzyme structure-activity relationship because it provides a simple and rapid real-time assay for the detection and quantification of amidase hydrolysis and synthesis reactions in situ.

Amidohydrolases↗

Degranulation of uterine mast cell modifies contractility of isolated myometrium from pregnant women.

OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to test that uterine mast cell degranulation alters human myometrial contractility in vitro and to define what mediators are involved in this process. STUDY DESIGN: Longitudinal myometrial strips prepared from biopsy specimen obtained from the lower uterine segment of women at preterm and term gestation (with and without labor) were studied. Contractile responses to compound 48/80, a mast cell degranulator, were compared in the absence or presence of a mast cell stabilizer, H 1 and H 2 receptor antagonists, cyclooxygenase, and lipoxygenase inhibitors. RESULTS: Compound 48/80 increased myometrial contractility in all groups. The mast cell stabilizer cromolyn inhibited contractility, whereas the cyclooxygenase inhibitor ibuprofen, the H 1 -receptor antagonist S(+)-chlorpheniramine maleate, but not the H 2 antagonist cimetidine, only slightly attenuated this effect. The lipoxygenase inhibitor linoleyl hydroxamic acid augmented the responses to compound 48/80 in the preterm but not in the term group. CONCLUSION: Uterine mast cell degranulation, or the effects of their mediators, can modulate uterine contractility during pregnancy.

Cell Degranulation↗

Epigenetic control of CTCFL/BORIS and OCT4 expression in urogenital malignancies.

Aberrant hypomethylation in many cancers reactivates retrotransposons and selected single-copy genes such as cancer-testis antigens. Genes reactivated in this manner have recently been postulated to include CTCFL/BORIS, a presumptive testis-specific chromatin regulator, and OCT4/POU5F1, a transcriptional activator in pluripotent cells. We found both genes expressed at high levels in testis and at much lower levels in normal prostate tissue. In prostate and bladder carcinoma cell lines and cancer tissues expression remained largely unchanged, but individual prostate carcinomas showed modestly increased CTCFL expression compared to normal tissues. OCT4 expression was significantly decreased in cancer tissues. Promoter methylation in both genes paralleled expression levels. CTCFL, but not OCT4 was dramatically induced in cancer cell lines by 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine, but neither gene by the histone deacetylase inhibitor suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid. Thus, CTCFL and OCT4 resemble cancer-testis antigens in being selectively hypomethylated and expressed in male germ cells but differ in lacking significant reexpression and hypomethylation in prostate carcinomas. DNA methylation appears the crucial mechanism in the control of CTCFL transcription, but less decisive in that of OCT4. These findings imply that inhibitors of DNA methylation used for cancer treatment may induce CTCFL expression. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated nuclear localization of CTCFL in developing spermatocytes, and cytoplasmatic localization in spermatogonia, Leydig cells, and epithelial prostate cells. Teratocarcinoma cell lines showed nuclear, and 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine-treated prostate cancer lines nuclear or cytoplasmatic localization. These different localizations might indicate additional control of CTCFL function via intracellular compartmentation.

Adenocarcinoma↗

Validation of a diffusion chamber as in vitro system for the analysis of compound diffusibility through cartilage tissue.

The validation of a diffusion chamber comprising a donor and a receptor side separated by a cartilage membrane was undertaken according to the basic principles described by Peng et al. (1998). The study had three targets: first to evaluate the chamber as in vitro system by the examination of the diffusibility of compound through bovine cartilage samples; second the analysis of the affinity of compound (RS-130830) to cartilage; third to test the influence of two pre-incubation periods (one or three nights) of the cartilage samples. The validation of the chamber as in vitro system for the analysis of compound diffusibility and affinity to cartilage was performed using membrane slices of fresh bovine cartilage and a hydroxamic acid derivative (RS-130830) known as matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor (MMPI). The influence of the pre-incubation of cartilage was also examined. Compound concentrations in donor, receptor and membrane were determined by high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS). Diffusion could be demonstrated after 6 h and finally 24 h incubation: the compound concentration in the receptor increased from 0 to 35 microM (mean) while it decreased in the donor from 200 to 144 microM (mean). We also found compound in the cartilage membrane (approximately 1.2 nmol (mean)). Pre-incubation of cartilage samples in culture buffer is suitable as a storage procedure, since the results on the donor side only were influenced significantly but not for the receptor and the cartilage affinity. Thus, the system could clearly reflect relevant properties of the tested compound with regard to its diffusibility and affinity to cartilage tissue.

Cartilage↗

Novel matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors: generation of lead compounds by the in silico fragment-based approach.

Generation of structurally new matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors was successfully carried out using an in silico technique. In order to identify the small fragment interacting with residues in the S1' pocket of MMP-1 through hydrogen bonds, we performed in silico screening using the LUDI program. As a result, acetyl-L-alanyl-(N-methyl)amide (Ac-L-Ala-NHMe) was selected to link with another fragment, hydroxamic acid that interacted with catalytic zinc. By this approach, the L-glutamic acid derivative 2b was discovered to be a new type of matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor. Further transformation to reduce its peptidic nature and improve activity yielded nonpeptidic lead compounds as inhibitors of MMP-1, -2, -3, and -9.

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy↗

Synthesis and structure activity relationships of novel non-peptidic metallo-aminopeptidase inhibitors.

Racemic derivatives of 3-amino-2-tetralone were synthesised and evaluated for their ability to inhibit metallo-aminopeptidase activities. New compounds substituted in position 2 by methyl ketone, substituted oximes or hydroxamic acids as well as heterocyclic derivatives were evaluated against representative members of zinc-dependent aminopeptidases: leucine aminopeptidase (E.C. 3.4.11.1), aminopeptidase-N (E.C. 3.4.11.2), Aeromonas proteolytica aminopeptidase (E.C. 3.4.11.10), and the aminopeptidase activity of leukotriene A(4) hydrolase (E.C. 3.3.2.6). Several compounds showed K(i) values in the low micromolar range against the 'one-zinc' aminopeptidases, while most of them were rather poor inhibitors of the 'two-zinc' enzymes. This interesting selectivity profile may guide the design of new, specific inhibitors of target mammalian aminopeptidases with one active site zinc.

Aeromonas↗

Synthesis and structure-activity relationship of a novel sulfone series of TNF-alpha converting enzyme inhibitors.

Replacement of the amide functionality in IM491 (N-hydroxy-(5S,6S)-1-methyl-6-[[4-(2-methyl-4-quinolinylmethoxy)anilinyl]carbonyl]5-piperidinecarboxamide) with a sulfonyl group led to a new series of alpha,beta-cyclic and beta,beta-cyclic gamma-sulfonyl hydroxamic acids, which were potent TNF-alpha converting enzyme (TACE) inhibitors. Among them, inhibitor 4b (N-hydroxy-(4S,5S)-1-methyl-5-[[4-(2-methyl-4-quinolinylmethoxy)phenyl]sulfonylmethyl]-4-pyrrolidinecarboxamide) exhibited IC50 values of < 1 nM and 180 nM in porcine TACE (pTACE) and cell assays, respectively, with excellent selectivity over MMP-1, -2, -9 and -13 and was orally bioavailable with an F value of 46% in mice.

ADAM Proteins↗