INHIBITION OF DIHYDROFOLATE-REDUCTASE - EFFECT OF REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE-DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE ON THE SELECTIVITY AND AFFINITY OF DIAMINOBENZYLPYRIMIDINES
INHIBITION OF DIHYDROFOLATE-REDUCTASE - EFFECT OF REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE-DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE ON THE SELECTIVITY AND AFFINITY OF DIAMINOBENZYLPYRIMIDINES
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00263a034
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
KING, RW
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作者:
BACCANARI, DP;DALUGE, S;KING, RW
The selectivity of benzylpyrimidines for bacterial dihydrofolate reductases was studied by equilibrium and kinetic techniques. Trimethoprim [2,4-diamino-5-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzyl)pyrimidine] and a series of close structural analogs with different methoxy group substituions on the benzyl showed in vitro Escherichia coli antibacterial activities that varied according to their degree of substitution. Trimethoprim, the most potent analog tested, was 400-fold more active than benzylpyrimidine; the monomethoxy and dimethoxy analogs were of intermediate antibacaterial activity. The relative antibacterial potencies of all the compounds were directly proportional to their E. coli form 1 dihydrofolate reductase Ki values, as determined by classical enzyme kinetics. Inhibition of the enzyme assay is a measure of the enzyme-inhibitor-NADPH ternary complex and the Ki values ranged from 670 nM for the unsubstituted benzylpyrimidine to 1.3 nM for trimethoprim. Equilibrium dialysis and fluorescence studies with the E. coli and Lactobacillus casei enzymes performed in the absence of NADPH showed that the dissociation of inhibitors from the enzyme-inhibitor binary complex did not vary as widely as kinetic Ki values and that these binary constants were not directly related to kinetic Ki or antibacterial activity. NADPH increased the affinity of the bacterial enzymes for inhibitors; this increased affinity in the enzyme-inhibitor-NADPH ternary complex (cooperativity) varied with the degree of methoxy substitution (.gtoreq. 230-fold for trimethoprim and the form 2 E. coli enzyme). Contrary to this, all the compounds were weak inhibitors of the mammalian enzyme (SR-1 rodent lymphoma) and none showed more than 8-fold binding cooperativity with NADPH. Therefore, NADPH cooperativity is an important factor in the high affinity of E. coli dihydrofolate reductase for trimethoprim and the lack of cooperativity with the mammalian enzyme is important in the selectivity of trimethoprim as an antibacterial.