Harpalycin 2 inhibits the enzymatic and platelet aggregation activities of PrTX-III, a D49 phospholipase A2 from Bothrops pirajai venom

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Daniela O Toyama¹  Veronica C G Soares²  Renata M Araújo³  Ticiana P Pereira⁴  Renata S Alves⁴  Edilberto R Silveira⁵  Marcelo Z Hernandes⁶  Marcelo M Rabello⁶  Rafael M Ximenes⁷  Helena S A Monteiro⁷  Henrique H Gaeta⁸  Marcos H Toyama⁸  Daniel Bristot⁸  Camila L Pires⁸ 

[1] Center of Biological and Health Sciences, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Rua da Consolação 896, 01302-970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil;Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Rua Monteiro Lobato 255, 13082-862, Campinas, SP, Brazil;São Vicente Unit, State University of São Paulo Júlio Mesquita Filho, UNESP, Praça Infante Dom Henrique, s/n, 11330-900, São Vicente, SP, Brazil;Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, UFRN, Av. Senador Salgado Filho 3000, 50078-970, Natal, RN, Brazil;Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Federal University of Ceará, UFC, PO Box 12200, Campus do Pici, Bloco 940, 60455-760, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil;Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, Federal University of Ceará, UFC, Rua Capitão Francisco Pedro 1210, 60430-370, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil;Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Federal University of Ceará, UFC, PO Box 12200, Campus do Pici, Bloco 940, 60455-760, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil;Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco, UFPE, Av. Arthur de Sá, s/n, 50740-520, Recife, PE, Brazil;Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Federal University of Ceará, UFC, Rua Coronel Nunes de Melo 1127, 60430-270, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil;São Vicente Unit, State University of São Paulo Júlio Mesquita Filho, UNESP, Praça Infante Dom Henrique, s/n, 11330-900, São Vicente, SP, Brazil;

关键词: PrTX-III;    Phospholipase A;    Bothrops pirajai;    Harpalyce brasiliana;    Isoflavone;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1472-6882-12-139

 received in 2012-04-16, accepted in 2012-08-16,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundHarpalycin 2 (HP-2) is an isoflavone isolated from the leaves of Harpalyce brasiliana Benth., a snakeroot found in northeast region of Brazil and used in folk medicine to treat snakebite. Its leaves are said to be anti-inflammatory. Secretory phospholipases A2 are important toxins found in snake venom and are structurally related to those found in inflammatory conditions in mammals, as in arthritis and atherosclerosis, and for this reason can be valuable tools for searching new anti-phospholipase A2 drugs.MethodsHP-2 and piratoxin-III (PrTX-III) were purified through chromatographic techniques. The effect of HP-2 in the enzymatic activity of PrTX-III was carried out using 4-nitro-3-octanoyloxy-benzoic acid as the substrate. PrTX-III induced platelet aggregation was inhibited by HP-2 when compared to aristolochic acid and p-bromophenacyl bromide (p-BPB). In an attempt to elucidate how HP-2 interacts with PrTX-III, mass spectrometry, circular dichroism and intrinsic fluorescence analysis were performed. Docking scores of the ligands (HP-2, aristolochic acid and p-BPB) using PrTX-III as target were also calculated.ResultsHP-2 inhibited the enzymatic activity of PrTX-III (IC50 11.34 ± 0.28 μg/mL) although it did not form a stable chemical complex in the active site, since mass spectrometry measurements showed no difference between native (13,837.34 Da) and HP-2 treated PrTX-III (13,856.12 Da). A structural analysis of PrTX-III after treatment with HP-2 showed a decrease in dimerization and a slight protein unfolding. In the platelet aggregation assay, HP-2 previously incubated with PrTX-III inhibited the aggregation when compared with untreated protein. PrTX-III chemical treated with aristolochic acid and p-BPB, two standard PLA2 inhibitors, showed low inhibitory effects when compared with the HP-2 treatment. Docking scores corroborated these results, showing higher affinity of HP-2 for the PrTX-III target (PDB code: 1GMZ) than aristolochic acid and p-BPB. HP-2 previous incubated with the platelets inhibits the aggregation induced by untreated PrTX-III as well as arachidonic acid.ConclusionHP-2 changes the structure of PrTX-III, inhibiting the enzymatic activity of this enzyme. In addition, PrTX-III platelet aggregant activity was inhibited by treatment with HP-2, p-BPB and aristolochic acid, and these results were corroborated by docking scores.

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