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- Title
- Inhibition of indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase activity by H₂O₂
- Related
- Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, Vol. 450, Issue 1, p.9-19
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.abb.2006.03.003
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Date
- 2006
- Author/Creator
- Poljak, Anne
- Author/Creator
- Grant, Ross
- Author/Creator
- Smythe, George A
- Author/Creator
- Austin, Chris J. D
- Author/Creator
- Jamie, Joanne F
- Author/Creator
- Willows, Robert D
- Author/Creator
- Takikawa, Osamu
- Author/Creator
- Littlejohn, Tamantha K
- Author/Creator
- Truscott, Roger J. W
- Author/Creator
- Walker, Mark J
- Author/Creator
- Sachdev, Perminder
- Description
- Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase is the first and rate limiting enzyme of the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism, has potent effects on cell proliferation and mediates antimicrobial, antitumorogenic, and immunosuppressive effects. As a potent cytotoxic effector, the mechanisms of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase inhibition deserve greater attention. The work presented here represents the first systematic study exploring the mechanisms by which low levels of hydrogen peroxide (10–100 µM) inhibit indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase in vitro. Following brief peroxide exposure both enzyme inhibition and structural changes were observed. Loss of catalysis was accompanied by oxidation of several cysteine residues to sulfinic and sulfonic acids, observed by electrospray and MALDI mass spectrometry. Enzyme activity could in part be preserved in the presence of sulfhydryl containing compounds, particularly DTT and methionine. However, these structural alterations did not prevent substrate (L-tryptophan) binding. Some enzyme activity could be recovered in the presence of thioredoxin, indicating that the inhibitory effect of H₂O₂ is at least partially reversible in vitro. We present evidence that cysteine oxidation represents one mechanism of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase inhibition.
- Description
- 11 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase
- Subject Keyword
- hydrogen peroxide
- Subject Keyword
- inhibition
- Subject Keyword
- kynurenine pathway
- Subject Keyword
- tryptophan metabolism
- Subject Keyword
- cysteine
- Subject Keyword
- oxidation
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Dept. of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/9206
- Identifier
- ISSN:1096-0384
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2006002742
- Language
- eng
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