title: Inhibition of adenylyl and guanylyl cyclase isoforms by the antiviral drug foscarnet.
abstract: The pyrophosphate (PP(i)) analog foscarnet inhibits viral DNA-polymerases and is used to treat cytomegalovirus and human immunodeficiency vius infections. Nucleotide cyclases and DNA-polymerases catalyze analogous reactions, i.e. a phosphodiester bond formation, and have similar topologies in their active sites. Inhibition by foscarnet of adenylyl cyclase isoforms was therefore tested with (i) purified catalytic domains C1 and C2 of types I and VII (IC1 and VIIC1) and of type II (IIC2) and (ii) membrane-bound holoenzymes (from mammalian tissues and types I, II, and V heterologously expressed in Sf9 cell membranes). Foscarnet was more potent than PP(i) in suppressing forskolin-stimulated catalysis by both, IC1/IIC2 and VIIC1/IIC2. Stimulation of VIIC1/IIC2 by Galpha(s) relieved the inhibition by foscarnet but not that by PP(i). The IC(50) of foscarnet on membrane-bound adenylyl cyclases also depended on their mode of regulation. These findings predict that receptor-dependent cAMP formation is sensitive to inhibition by foscarnet in some, but not all, cells. This was verified with two cell lines; foscarnet blocked cAMP accumulation after A(2A)-adenosine receptor stimulation in PC12 but not in HEK-A(2A) cells. Foscarnet also inhibited soluble and, to a lesser extent, particulate guanylyl cylase. Thus, foscarnet interferes with the generation of cyclic nucleotides, an effect which may give rise to clinical side effects. The extent of inhibition varies with the enzyme isoform and with the regulatory input.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology, University of Vienna, Währinger Str. 13a, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kudlacek
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mitterauer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nanoff
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hohenegger
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Freissmuth
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kleuss
mesh_terms: D000067956:Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors; D000818:Animals; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006224:Cricetinae; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D019281:Dimerization; D011756:Diphosphates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D004317:Doxorubicin; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D017245:Foscarnet / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019205:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gs / Q000378:metabolism; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014750:Vincristine
chemical_list: D000067956:Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D011756:Diphosphates; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D017245:Foscarnet; D014750:Vincristine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D019205:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gs; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase; D006152:Cyclic GMP