Structural basis for inhibition of human PNP by immucillin-H.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
; 309(4): 917-22, 2003 Oct 03.
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ABSTRACT
Purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) catalyzes the phosphorolysis of the N-ribosidic bonds of purine nucleosides and deoxynucleosides. PNP is a target for inhibitor development aiming at T-cell immune response modulation. This work reports on the crystallographic study of the complex of human PNP-immucillin-H (HsPNP-ImmH) solved at 2.6A resolution using synchrotron radiation. Immucillin-H (ImmH) inhibits the growth of malignant T-cell lines in the presence of deoxyguanosine without affecting non-T-cell tumor lines. ImmH inhibits activated normal human T cells after antigenic stimulation in vitro. These biological effects of ImmH suggest that this agent may have utility in the treatment of certain human diseases characterized by abnormal T-cell growth or activation. This is the first structural report of human PNP complexed with immucillin-H. The comparison of the complex HsPNP-ImmH with recent crystallographic structures of human PNP explains the high specificity of immucillin-H for human PNP.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Pirimidinonas
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Pirroles
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Purina-Nucleósido Fosforilasa
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Inhibidores Enzimáticos
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
Año:
2003
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Brasil