title: Acrolein, an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde, irreversibly inhibits the acetylation of aromatic amine xenobiotics by human arylamine N-acetyltransferase 1.
abstract: Acrolein is an electrophilic α,β-unsaturated aldehyde of industrial, pharmaceutic, and toxicologic importance to which we are exposed in environmental, occupational, and therapeutic situations. Acrolein is known to exert different biologic effects through reactions with cellular macromolecules such as DNA, certain proteins, or glutathione. In many situations (such as in tobacco smoke or other fumes), exposure to acrolein occurs concomitantly with other compounds such as aromatic amine chemicals. Interestingly, it has been shown that acrolein could impact the cellular metabolism of aromatic xenobiotics through an indirect mechanism based on the transcriptional induction of phase II xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes. Here we report a novel mechanism by which acrolein acts on the metabolism of aromatic foreign chemicals. We provide molecular, kinetic, and cellular evidence that acrolein can react directly and irreversibly with arylamine N-acetyltransferases, a major family of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes involved in the metabolization of aromatic amine chemicals. Formation of an acrolein adduct with a catalytic cysteine residue in the active site is responsible for the impairment of aromatic amine acetylation by the enzyme. This biochemical process may represent an additional mechanism by which acrolein impacts the metabolism and fate of aromatic amine drugs and pollutants.
authors: Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, CNRS EAC 4413, 75013, Paris. France.
authors: Linh C
authors: LC
authors: Bui
authors: Amine
authors: A
authors: Manaa
authors: Ximing
authors: X
authors: Xu
authors: Romain
authors: R
authors: Duval
authors: Florent
authors: F
authors: Busi
authors: Jean-Marie
authors: JM
authors: Dupret
authors: Fernando
authors: F
authors: Rodrigues-Lima
authors: Julien
authors: J
authors: Dairou
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D000171:Acrolein / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001191:Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D015262:Xenobiotics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D015262:Xenobiotics; D000171:Acrolein; D001191:Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase; C089384:N-acetyltransferase 1