title: Molecular mechanism of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase inactivation by α,β-unsaturated carbonyl derivatives.
abstract: α,β-Unsaturated carbonyls make up an important class of chemicals involved in environmental toxicity and disease processes. Whereas adduction of cysteine residues on proteins is a well-documented reaction of these chemicals, such a generic effect cannot explain the molecular mechanism of cytotoxicity. Instead, more detailed information is needed regarding the possible specificity and kinetics of cysteine targeting and the quantitative relationship between adduct burden and protein dysfunction. To address these data gaps, we incubated purified human glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) with acrylamide (ACR), acrolein, or methylvinyl ketone (MVK). Results show that these α,β-unsaturated carbonyl toxicants inhibited GAPDH activity in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. The rank order of enzyme inhibition (K(I)) (i.e., ACR ≪ MVK < acrolein) was related to the calculated electrophilic reactivity of each compound and to the corresponding kinetics of cysteine adduct formation. Tandem mass spectrometry revealed that adduct formation was selective at lower concentrations; i.e., ACR preferentially formed adducts with Cys152 (residues 146-162). At higher concentrations, ACR also formed adducts with Cys156 and Cys247 (residues 235-248). Adduct formation at Cys152 was correlated to enzyme inhibition, which is consistent with the regulatory role of this residue in enzyme function and its location within the GAPDH active site. Further analyses indicated that Cys152 was present in a pK(a)-lowering microenvironment (pK(a) = 6.03), and at physiological pH, the corresponding sulfhydryl group exists in the highly reactive nucleophilic thiolate state. These data suggest a general cytotoxic mechanism in which electrophilic α,β-unsaturated carbonyls selectively form adducts with reactive nucleophilic cysteine residues specifically associated with the active sites of proteins. These specialized cysteine residues are toxicologically relevant molecular targets, because chemical derivatization causes loss of protein function.
authors.affiliation: Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32601, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Martyniuk
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Koomen
authors.forename: Terrence
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gavin
authors.forename: Lihai
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Barber
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Lopachin
mesh_terms: D000171:Acrolein / Q000737:chemistry; D020106:Acrylamide / Q000737:chemistry; D000447:Aldehydes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002074:Butanones / Q000737:chemistry; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007659:Ketones / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D002074:Butanones; D007659:Ketones; D020106:Acrylamide; D000171:Acrolein; C057920:3-buten-2-one; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases
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