title: Monohydroxamates of aspartic acid and glutamic acid exhibit antioxidant and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitory activities.
abstract: Two monohydroxamates of l-aspartic acid beta-hydroxamate (AAH) and l-glutamic acid gamma-hydroxamate (GAH) were used for testing antioxidant and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activities in comparison with those of asparagine and glutamine, respectively. The half-inhibition concentrations, IC(50), of scavenging activity against 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) were 36 and 48 microM and against superoxide radicals were 18.99 and 6.33 mM, respectively, for AAH and GAH. However, no activities of asparagine and glutamine were found. AAH and GAH also exhibited activities against peroxynitrite-mediated dihydrorhodamine 123 oxidations and hydroxyl radical-mediated DNA damage. For ACE inhibitory activities, the IC(50) values were 4.92 and 6.56 mM, respectively, for AAH and GAH. The ACE hydrolyzed products on the TLC chromatogram also confirmed the inhibitory activities of the two amino acid hydroxamates on ACE. When 1.23 mM AAH was added, AAH showed competitive inhibitions against ACE, and the apparent inhibition constant (K(i)) was 2.20 mM.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Biomedical Materials and Graduate Institute of Pharmacognosy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Der-Zen
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yin-Shiou
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Wen-Chi
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Hou
mesh_terms: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001216:Asparagine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D004249:DNA Damage / Q000187:drug effects; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000494:pharmacology; D005971:Glutamates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical / Q000494:pharmacology; D010851:Picrates; D013481:Superoxides
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D000975:Antioxidants; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D005971:Glutamates; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids; D010851:Picrates; D013481:Superoxides; C050614:glutamate-gamma-hydroxamic acid; C024848:beta-aspartylhydroxamic acid; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; D001216:Asparagine; C004931:1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl