title: Sulfonamide inhibition studies of two β-carbonic anhydrases from the bacterial pathogen Legionella pneumophila.
abstract: Two β-carbonic anhydrases (CAs, EC 4.2.1.1) were identified, cloned and purified in the pathogenic bacterium Legionella pneumophila, denominated LpCA1 and LpCA2. They efficiently catalyze CO2 hydration to bicarbonate and protons, with kcat in the range of (3.4-8.3) × 10(5)s(-1) and kcat/Km of (4.7-8.5) × 10(7)M(-1)s(-1), and are inhibited by sulfonamides and sulfamates. The best LpCA1 inhibitors were aminobenzolamide and structurally similar sulfonylated aromatic sulfonamides, as well as acetazolamide and ethoxzolamide(KIs in the range of 40.3-90.5 nM). The best LpCA2 inhibitors belonged to the same class of sulfonylated sulfonamides, together with acetazolamide, methazolamide and dichlorophenamide (KIs in the range of 25.2-88.5 nM). As these enzymes may be involved in pH regulation in the phagosome during Legionella infection, their inhibition may lead to antibacterials with a novel mechanism of action.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan.
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nishimori
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Firenze, Polo Scientifico, Laboratorio di Chimica Bioinorganica, Rm. 188, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vullo
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Minakuchi
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Firenze, Polo Scientifico, Laboratorio di Chimica Bioinorganica, Rm. 188, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scozzafava
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Biochimica delle Proteine-CNR, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Clemente
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Capasso
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Firenze, Polo Scientifico, Laboratorio di Chimica Bioinorganica, Rm. 188, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy; Università degli Studi di Firenze, Polo Scientifico, Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy. Electronic address: claudiu.supuran@unifi.it.
authors.forename: Claudiu T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Supuran
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002257:Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D016952:Legionella pneumophila / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002257:Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors; D013449:Sulfonamides; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases
keywords: Antibacterial agent; Carbonic anhydrase; Legionella pneumophila; Sulfonamide