title: An evaluation of the inhibition of human butyrylcholinesterase and acetylcholinesterase by the organophosphate chlorpyrifos oxon.
abstract: Acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7) and butyrylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.8) are enzymes that belong to the superfamily of alpha/beta-hydrolase fold proteins. While they share many characteristics, they also possess many important differences. For example, whereas they have about 54% amino acid sequence identity, the active site gorge of acetylcholinesterase is considerably smaller than that of butyrylcholinesterase. Moreover, both have been shown to display simple and complex kinetic mechanisms, depending on the particular substrate examined, the substrate concentration, and incubation conditions. In the current study, incubation of butyrylthiocholine in a concentration range of 0.005-3.0 mM, with 317 pM human butyrylcholinesterase in vitro, resulted in rates of production of thiocholine that were accurately described by simple Michaelis-Menten kinetics, with a K(m) of 0.10 mM. Similarly, the inhibition of butyrylcholinesterase in vitro by the organophosphate chlorpyrifos oxon was described by simple Michaelis-Menten kinetics, with a k(i) of 3048 nM(-1) h(-1), and a K(D) of 2.02 nM. In contrast to inhibition of butyrylcholinesterase, inhibition of human acetylcholinesterase by chlorpyrifos oxon in vitro followed concentration-dependent inhibition kinetics, with the k(i) increasing as the inhibitor concentration decreased. Chlorpyrifos oxon concentrations of 10 and 0.3 nM gave k(i)s of 1.2 and 19.3 nM(-1) h(-1), respectively. Although the mechanism of concentration-dependent inhibition kinetics is not known, the much smaller, more restrictive active site gorge of acetylcholinesterase almost certainly plays a role. Similarly, the much larger active site gorge of butyrylcholinesterase likely contributes to its much greater reactivity towards chlorpyrifos oxon, compared to acetylcholinesterase.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
authors.forename: Josephine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shenouda
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Lester
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sultatos
mesh_terms: D000110:Acetylcholinesterase / Q000737:chemistry*; D000122:Acetylthiocholine / Q000737:chemistry; D002091:Butyrylcholinesterase / Q000737:chemistry*; D002092:Butyrylthiocholine / Q000737:chemistry; D004390:Chlorpyrifos / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics
chemical_list: D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors; D000122:Acetylthiocholine; D002092:Butyrylthiocholine; C009618:O,O-diethyl O-3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridyl phosphate; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase; D002091:Butyrylcholinesterase; D004390:Chlorpyrifos
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