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Mechanism-based inhibition of quinone reductase 2 (NQO2): selectivity for NQO2 over NQO1 and structural basis for flavoprotein inhibition.

ABSTRACT: A role for the flavoprotein NRH:quinone oxidoreductase 2 (NQO2, QR2) in human diseases such as malaria, leukemia and neurodegeneration has been proposed. In order to explore the potential of NQO2 as a therapeutic target, we have developed potent and selective mechanism-based inhibitors centered on the indolequinone pharmacophore. The compounds show remarkable selectivity for NQO2 over the closely related flavoprotein NQO1, with small structural changes defining selectivity. Biochemical studies confirmed the mechanism-based inhibition, whereas X-ray crystallography and mass spectrometry revealed the nature of the inhibitor interaction with the protein. These indolequinones represent the first mechanism-based inhibitors of NQO2, and their novel mode of action involving alkylation of the flavin cofactor, provides significant advantages over existing competitive inhibitors in terms of potency and irreversibility, and will open new opportunities to define the role of NQO2 in disease.

SUBMITTER: Dufour M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3880221 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Mechanism-based inhibition of quinone reductase 2 (NQO2): selectivity for NQO2 over NQO1 and structural basis for flavoprotein inhibition.

Dufour Marine M Yan Chao C Siegel David D Colucci Marie A MA Jenner Matthew M Oldham Neil J NJ Gomez Joe J Reigan Philip P Li Yazhuo Y De Matteis Cristina I CI Ross David D Moody Christopher J CJ

Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology 20110419 8

A role for the flavoprotein NRH:quinone oxidoreductase 2 (NQO2, QR2) in human diseases such as malaria, leukemia and neurodegeneration has been proposed. In order to explore the potential of NQO2 as a therapeutic target, we have developed potent and selective mechanism-based inhibitors centered on the indolequinone pharmacophore. The compounds show remarkable selectivity for NQO2 over the closely related flavoprotein NQO1, with small structural changes defining selectivity. Biochemical studies c ...[more]

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Project description:Quinone reductases are flavin-containing enzymes that have been implicated in protecting organisms from redox stress and, more recently, as redox switches controlling the action of the proteasome. The reactions of the catalytic cycle of the dimeric quinone reductase Lot6p from Saccharomyces cerevisiae were studied in anaerobic stopped-flow experiments at 4 degrees C. Both NADH and NADPH reacted similarly, reducing the FMN prosthetic group rapidly at saturation but binding with very low affinity. The enzyme stereospecifically transferred the proS-hydride of NADPH with an isotope effect of 3.6, indicating that hydride transfer, and not an enzyme conformational change, is rate-determining in the reductive half-reaction. No intermediates such as charge-transfer complexes were detected. In the oxidative half-reaction, reduced enzyme reacted in a single phase with the six quinone substrates tested. The observed rate constants increased linearly with quinone concentration up to the limits allowed by solubility, indicating either a bimolecular reaction or very weak binding. The logarithm of the bimolecular rate constant increases linearly with the reduction potential of the quinone, consistent with the notion that quinone reductases strongly disfavor radical intermediates. Interestingly, both half-reactions of the catalytic cycle strongly resemble bioorganic model reactions; the reduction of Lot6p by NAD(P)H is moderately faster than nonenzymatic models, while the oxidation of Lot6p by quinones is actually slower than nonenzymatic reactions. This curious situation is consistent with the structure of Lot6p, which has a crease we propose to be the binding site for pyridine nucleotides and a space, but no obvious catalytic residues, near the flavin allowing the quinone to react. The decidedly suboptimized catalytic cycle suggests that selective pressures other than maximizing quinone consumption shaped the evolution of Lot6p. This may reflect the importance of suppressing other potentially deleterious side reactions, such as oxygen reduction, or it may indicate that the role Lot6p plays as a redox sensor in controlling the proteasome is more important than its role as a detoxifying enzyme.

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Mechanism-based inhibition of quinone reductase 2 (NQO2): selectivity for NQO2 over NQO1 and structural basis for flavoprotein inhibition.

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Mechanism-based inhibition of quinone reductase 2 (NQO2): selectivity for NQO2 over NQO1 and structural basis for flavoprotein inhibition.

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