title: The cyanogenic glucoside, prunasin (D-mandelonitrile-beta-D-glucoside), is a novel inhibitor of DNA polymerase beta.
abstract: A DNA polymerase beta (pol. beta) inhibitor has been isolated independently from two organisms; a red perilla, Perilla frutescens, and a mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris. These molecules were determined by spectroscopic analyses to be the cyanogenic glucoside, D-mandelonitrile-beta-D-glucoside, prunasin. The compound inhibited the activity of rat pol. beta at 150 microM, but did not influence the activities of calf DNA polymerase alpha and plant DNA polymerases, human immunodefficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase, calf terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase, or any prokaryotic DNA polymerases, or DNA and RNA metabolic enzymes examined. The compound dose-dependently inhibited pol. beta activity, the IC(50) value being 98 microM with poly dA/oligo dT(12-18) and dTTP as the DNA template and substrate, respectively. Inhibition of pol. beta by the compound was competitive with the substrate, dTTP. The inhibition was enhanced in the presence of fatty acid, and the IC(50) value decreased to approximately 40 microM. In the presence of C(10)-decanoic acid, the K(i) value for substrate dTTP decreased by 28-fold, suggesting that the fatty acid allowed easier access of the compound to the substrate-binding site.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biological Science, Science University of Tokyo, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizushina
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsurugaya
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koshino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takemura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsukage
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
mesh_terms: D000678:Amygdalin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D000818:Animals; D019306:Artemisia / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology; D002417:Cattle; D019951:DNA Polymerase beta / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D003652:Decanoic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D054306:Dideoxynucleotides; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006801:Humans; D020128:Inhibitory Concentration 50; D007700:Kinetics; D019686:Lamiaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D009570:Nitriles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D051381:Rats; D013942:Thymine Nucleotides / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D003652:Decanoic Acids; D054306:Dideoxynucleotides; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D009570:Nitriles; D013942:Thymine Nucleotides; C019063:prunasin; D000678:Amygdalin; C031071:decanoic acid; D019951:DNA Polymerase beta; C017216:2',3'-dideoxythymidine triphosphate