STUDIES ON MACROCYCLIC LACTONE ANTIBIOTICS .12. RHIZOXIN BINDING TO TUBULIN AT THE MAYTANSINE-BINDING SITE
STUDIES ON MACROCYCLIC LACTONE ANTIBIOTICS .12. RHIZOXIN BINDING TO TUBULIN AT THE MAYTANSINE-BINDING SITE
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DOI:
10.1016/0304-4165(87)90206-6
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发表时间:
1987-12-07
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SATO, Y
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TAKAHASHI, M;IWASAKI, S;SATO, Y
The binding of rhizoxin, a potent inhibitor of mitosis and in vitro microtubule assembly, to porcine brain tubulin was studied. Tubulin possesses one binding site for rhizoxin per molecule with a dissociation constant (Kd) of 1.7 .cntdot. 10-7 M. Ansamitocin P-3, a homologue of maytansine, was a competitive inhibitor of rhizoxin binding, with an inhibition constant of 1.3 .cntdot. 10-7 M. Vinblastine also inhibited rhizoxin binding, but was not fully competitive, and the inhibition constant was 2.9 .cntdot. 10-6 M. In contrast, both rhizoxin and ansamitocin P-3 were potent inhibitors of vinblastine binding. Rhizoxin inhibited tau-promoted tubulin assembly, but it, differing from vinblastine, did not induce tubulin aggregation into spirals, even at a concentration as high as 2 .cntdot. 10-5 M. In addition, rhizoxin strongly inhibited vinblastine-induced tau-dependent tubulin aggregation. Rhizoxin binding to tubulin was completely independent from colchicine binding. These effects resemble those of maytansine. The results suggested that rhizoxin binds to the maytansine-binding site and that the binding sites of rhizoxin and vinblastine are not the same.