Comparative studies of suidatrestin, a specific inhibitor of trehalases.
Suidatrestin, isolated from a Streptomyces strain, was characterized as a new trehalase inhibitor. Its inhibitory potential was 7 to 50-fold higher than that of validamycin when tested against insect, fungal and mammalian trehalases. The kinetic properties of suidatrestin were studied in vitro with trehalases from flight muscle mitochondria of the fly, Protophormia terraenovae, from larval midgut of the moth, Spodoptera littoralis, and from porcine kidney, as well as with maltase from yeast. Suidatrestin was inactive on maltase but inhibited all trehalases with IC50 values of 0.08-0.1 microM; Ki values ranged from 0.02 to 0.05 microM. The very low Ki/K(m) ratios (3.9 x 10(-6) -4.9 x 10(-6)) indicated excellent in vitro inhibitory action of suidatrestin. When injected into larvae of S. littoralis, suidatrestin required high and repetitive doses which lead to reversible inhibition of larval growth only. Consecutive omission of the inhibitor even stimulated weight increase above that of controls. Significant mortality was achieved at a rather high dose only. Injection of a growth-inhibiting dose of suidatrestin did not change hemolymph osmolality as a measure of sugar concentration. The discrepancy between in vitro and in vivo potency of suidatrestin may be understood once its chemical structure is fully known.
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Novartis Crop Protection AG, Research Biochemistry Insecticides, Basel, Switzerland.
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D000818:Animals; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D004175:Diptera / Q000201:enzymology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D065089:Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007294:Inositol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D007300:Insect Control; D007306:Insecticides / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology; D018411:Spodoptera / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000737:chemistry; D013552:Swine; D014198:Trehalase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000302:isolation & purification
D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D065089:Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors; D007306:Insecticides; C030790:validamycin A; D007294:Inositol; D014198:Trehalase