Protoporphyrinogen oxidase: high affinity tetrahydrophthalimide radioligand for the inhibitor/herbicide-binding site in mouse liver mitochondria.
Protoporphyrinogen oxidase: high affinity tetrahydrophthalimide radioligand for the inhibitor/herbicide-binding site in mouse liver mitochondria.
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原卟啉原氧化酶:针对小鼠肝线粒体中抑制剂/除草剂结合位点的高亲和力四氢邻苯二甲酰亚胺放射性配体。
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10.1021/tx960074h
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1996
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Casida,JE
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Birchfield,NB;Casida,JE
Protoporphyrinogen oxidase (protox), the last common enzyme in heme and chlorophyll biosynthesis, is the target of several classes of herbicides acting as inhibitors in both plants and mammals.N-(4-Chloro-2-fluoro-5-(propargyloxy)phenyl)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydrophthalimide (a potent protox inhibitor referred to as THP) was synthesized as a candidate radioligand ([3H]THP) by selective catalytic reduction of 3,6-dihydrophthalic anhydride (DHPA) with tritium gas followed by condensation in 45% yield with 4-chloro-2-fluoro-5-(propargyloxy)aniline. Insertion of tritium at the 3 and 6 carbons of DHPA as well as the expected 4 and 5 carbons resulted in high specific activity [3H]THP (92 Ci/mmol). This radioligand undergoes rapid, specific, saturable, and reversible binding to the inhibitor/herbicide binding site of the protox component of cholate-solubilized mouse liver mitochondria with an apparentKdof 0.41 nM andBmaxof 0.40 pmol/mg of protein. In the standard assay, mouse preparation (150 μg of protein) and [3H]THP (0.5 nM) are incubated in 500 μL of phosphate buffer at pH 7.2 for 15 min at 25 °C followed by addition of ammonium sulfate and filtration with glass fiber filters. The potencies of five nitrodiphenyl ethers and two other herbicides as inhibitors of [3H]THP binding correlate well with those for inhibition of protox activity (r2= 0.97,n= 7), thus validating the binding assay as relevant to enzyme inhibition. It is also suitable to determinein vivoblock as illustrated by an ∼50% decrease in [3H]THP binding in liver mitochondria from mice treated ip with oxyfluorfen at 4 mg/kg. This is the first report of a binding assay for protox in mammals. The high affinity and specific activity of [3H]THP facilitate quantitation of protox and therefore research on a sensitive inhibition site for porphyrin biosynthesis.