THE ROLE OF NAD(P)H - QUINONE REDUCTASE (EC 1.6.99.2, DT-DIAPHORASE) IN THE REDUCTIVE BIOACTIVATION OF THE NOVEL INDOLOQUINONE ANTITUMOR AGENT EO9
THE ROLE OF NAD(P)H - QUINONE REDUCTASE (EC 1.6.99.2, DT-DIAPHORASE) IN THE REDUCTIVE BIOACTIVATION OF THE NOVEL INDOLOQUINONE ANTITUMOR AGENT EO9
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DOI:
10.3727/095535491820873164
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发表时间:
1991-01-01
影响因子:
16.2
通讯作者:
WORKMAN, P
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作者:
WALTON, MI;SMITH, PJ;WORKMAN, P
EO9 [3-hydroxymethyl-5-aziridinyl-1-methyl-2-(H-indole-4,7-indione)-propenol] is a novel indoloquinone structurally related to mitomycin C, a quinone anticancer drug that requires reductive bioactivation. NAD(P)H: (quinone-acceptor) oxidoreductase (quinone reductase, DT-diaphorase, EC 1.6.99.2) is an obligate 2-electron donating enzyme that can reduce a variety of quinones resulting either in bioactivation or bioprotection. Using quinone reductase (QR) preparations from rat Walker 256 mammary tumor cells and human HT29 colon carcinoma cells, we have characterized the role of this enzyme in EO9 reductive metabolism. QR activity was assayed under optimal conditions by following cytochrome c reduction at 550 nm in the presence of enzyme, quinone substrate, NADH, and bovine albumin, and confirmed by loss of EO9 absorbance at 550 nm. Both the rat and human tumor cell enzymes catalyzed reduction of the benchmark quinone menadione with a similar K(m) of 1.4-3.1-mu-M, although the V(max) was 7 to 8-fold lower for the human preparation. EO9 was readily reduced by the rat Walker QR. The mean K(m) was about 5-fold higher than for menadione at around 15-mu-M and the V(max) was 6-fold lower at around 2.5-mu-mol of cytochrome c reduced mg-1 of protein. EO9 was also metabolized by QR from HT29 human colon carcinoma cells but rather less efficiently than by the rat tumor enzyme. For example, the rate was 6-fold lower than that for the Walker tumor enzyme at 100-mu-M substrate concentration after correcting for the 7- to 8-fold difference in specific activity for the two preparations. Reduction of EO9 by both the rat and the human tumor preparations was inhibited by the QR inhibitor dicoumarol (100-mu-M). Using highly purified rat Walker tumor enzyme, EO9 was shown to be reduced to a species causing single strand breaks in pBR 322 plasmid DNA in vitro, as detected by agarose gel mobility. This activity was maximal at between 10-50-mu-M EO9. It was inhibited completely by 10-mu-M dicoumarol and unaffected by superoxide dismutase up to 2000 Units mL-1. These studies show that rat and human QR reduced EO9 in vitro and that for the rat enzyme this represents a bioactivation pathway which causes DNA single strand breaks.