Enzyme Modification and Oxidative Cross‐linking Using Carboxylate‐, Phenol‐ and Catechol‐Conjugated 1,8‐Naphthalimides

The ground‐ and excited‐state interactions of β‐alanine, tyrosine and l ‐dopa substituted 1,8 naphthalimides (NI‐Ala, NI‐Tyr and NI‐Dopa) with lysozyme and mushroom tyrosinase were evaluated to understand the mechanism of oxidative modification. Photooxidative cross‐linking of lysozyme was observed for all three conjugates. The yield was significantly reduced for NI‐Tyr and NI‐Dopa due to intramolecular electron transfer to the excited singlet state of the 1,8‐naphthalimide. Incubation of NI‐Tyr and NI‐Dopa with mushroom tyrosinase resulted in an increased fluorescence from the naphthalimide, suggesting that the phenol and catechol portion of the conjugates are oxidized by the enzyme. This result demonstrates that the compounds bind in the active site of mushroom tyrosinase. The catalytic activity of mushroom tyrosinase to oxidize both tyrosine (monophenolase) and l ‐dopa (diphenolase) was modified by NI‐Tyr and NI‐Dopa. Monophenolase activity was inhibited, and the diphenolase activity was enhanced in the presence of these conjugates. Detailed Michaelis–Menten studies show that both V_max and K_m are modified, consistent with a mixed inhibition mechanism. Collectively, the results show that the compounds interact in the enzyme's active site, but also modify the distribution of the enzyme's oxidation states that are responsible for catalysis.     

Kinetic Evaluation of Aminoethylisothiourea on Mushroom Tyrosinase Activity

This study demonstrates that aminoethylisothiourea (AET), a potent inhibitor of inducible nitric oxide synthase, is an irreversible competitive inhibitor of mushroom tyrosinase by chelation to the active site of tyrosinase when l-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine was assayed spectrophotometrically. The spectrophotometric recordings of the inhibition of tyrosinase by AET were characterized by the presence of a lag period prior to the attainment of an inhibited steady-state rate. The lag period corresponded to the time in which AET was reacting with the enzymatically generated o-quinone. Increasing AET concentrations provoked longer lag periods as well as a concomitant decrease in the tyrosinase activity. Both lag period and steady-state rate were dependent on AET, substrate, and tyrosinase concentrations. The inhibition of diphenolase activity of tyrosinase by AET showed positive kinetic cooperativity which arose from the protection of both substrate and o-quinone against inhibition by AET. The UV-visible spectrum of a mixture of tyrosinase and AET exhibited a characteristic shoulder peak ascribed to the chelation of AET to the active site of tyrosinase. Moreover, the presence of copper ions only partially prevented but not reverted mushroom tyrosinase inhibition when CuSO₄ was added to the assay medium on tyrosinase activity.     

Kinetics of Ergothioneine Inhibition of Mushroom Tyrosinase

The native amino acid ergothioneine, a thiourea derivative of histidine, inhibits mushroom tyrosinase activity in a dose-dependent manner, with an IC₅₀ value of 1.025 mg/ml (4.47 mM). By contrast, histidine exhibited no inhibitory effect on mushroom tyrosinase activity. We characterized ergothioneine as a noncompetitive tyrosinase inhibitor using a Lineweaver–Burk plot of experimental kinetic data. The IC₅₀ value for ergothioneine scavenging of 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl was 6.110 ± 0.305 mg/ml, much higher than the IC₅₀ for inhibition of tyrosinase activity which indicating ergothioneine on tyrosinase shows a weak correlation to its antioxidative activity. The results demonstrated that ergothioneine has a potent inhibition effect on tyrosinase enzyme activity, resulting from the presence of the sulfur substituted imidazole ring in ergothioneine.     

Inhibition of α/β-K6P2W18O62·10H2O on the Activity of Mushroom Tyrosinase and Its Antimicrobial Effects

Dawson-type phosphotungstic polyoxometalate α/β-K₆P₂W₁₈O₆₂·10H₂O(P₂W₁₈) was synthesized and its inhibitory effect on the mushroom tyrosinase was investigated. It could inhibit diphenolase activity of mushroom tyrosinase as an irreversible inhibitor. When the concentration of the enzyme reached 0.0176 mg/mL, the concentration of P₂W₁₈ leading to 50% activity lost(IC₅₀) was 0.05 mmol/L for monophenolase and 0.64 mmol/L for diphenolase. In addition, the antimicrobial activity of P₂W₁₈ was evaluated by zone of inhibition test. The results show that P₂W₁₈ possesses effective antimicrobial ability against Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, yeast, especially Escherichia coli and yeast.     

Methoxy-Substituted Tyramine Derivatives Synthesis,Computational Studies and Tyrosinase Inhibitory Kinetics

Targeting tyrosinase for melanogenesis disorders is an established strategy. Hydroxyl-substituted benzoic and cinnamic acid scaffolds were incorporated into new chemotypes that displayed in vitro inhibitory effects against mushroom and human tyrosinase for the purpose of identifying anti-melanogenic ingredients. The most active compound 2-((4-methoxyphenethyl)amino)-2-oxoethyl (E)-3-(2,4-dihydroxyphenyl) acrylate (Ph9), inhibited mushroom tyrosinase with an IC₅₀ of 0.059 nM, while 2-((4-methoxyphenethyl)amino)-2-oxoethyl cinnamate (Ph6) had an IC₅₀ of 2.1 nM compared to the positive control, kojic acid IC₅₀ 16700 nM. Results of human tyrosinase inhibitory activity in A375 human melanoma cells showed that compound (Ph9) and Ph6 exhibited 94.6% and 92.2% inhibitory activity respectively while the positive control kojic acid showed 72.9% inhibition. Enzyme kinetics reflected a mixed type of inhibition for inhibitor Ph9 (K_i 0.093 nM) and non-competitive inhibition for Ph6 (K_i 2.3 nM) revealed from Lineweaver–Burk plots. In silico docking studies with mushroom tyrosinase (PDB ID:2Y9X) predicted possible binding modes in the catalytic site for these active compounds. Ph9 displayed no PAINS (pan-assay interference compounds) alerts. Our results showed that compound Ph9 is a potential candidate for further development of tyrosinase inhibitors.     

Ethyl Xanthate and Propyl Xanthate as Activators and Inhibitors of Mushroom Tyrosinase in Different Concentrations

The effect of ethyl xanthate(I) and propyl xanthate(II) on the kinetics of hydroxylation by mushroom tyrosinase (MT) has been investigated at 20°C in 10 mM phosphate buffer solution, pH 6.8. 4‐[(4‐Methyl‐phenyl)azo]‐phenol (MePAPh) was used as a synthetic substrate for the enzyme for cresolase reaction. The results show that ethyl xanthate and propyl xanthate can activate or inhibit the cresolase activity of mushroom tyrosinase depending on the concentration of these effectors. Both I and II act uncompetitive at relatively high concentrations (20‐50 μM). The inhibition constant (K_i) values for I and II are 13.8 and 11 μM, respectively. However, both I and II act as activators at relatively low concentrations (0‐11.5 μM). Activation of the enzyme in low concentrations of xanthates arises from increasing the affinity of binding for the substrate as well as increasing the enzyme catalytic constant. The activation constant (K_a) values for I and II are 1.88 and 2.68 μM, respectively. The enzyme has two distinct sites for both effectors. The first one is a high‐affinity activation site and the other is a low‐affinity inhibition site.     

含三氟甲基1,2,3-三氮唑衍生物对蘑菇酪氨酸酶活性的抑制动力学(英文)

研究表明,含三氟甲基1,2,3-三氮唑衍生物(TF-TZ)对蘑菇酪氨酸酶具有很强的抑制性:不仅抑制单酚酶活性,而且对二酚酶活性也是可逆性抑制,其半抑制浓度IC50分别为30.4和34.5μmol.L-1,并且单酚酶延滞时间随着TF-TZ浓度增加而延长.TF-TZ对二酚酶的抑制为抛物线型竞争性抑制,表明一分子的酶可以和两分子的TF-TZ相结合,从而形成两种酶-抑制剂复合物:EI和EI2,其抑制常数分别为76.9和9.71μmol.L-1.紫外-可见光谱表明,TF-TZ和酶相互作用后产成特征的"肩峰",说明TF-TZ能够作用于酶的活性中心.     

Inhibitory Effects of Fatty Acids on the Activity of Mushroom Tyrosinase

The effects of fatty acids, octanoic acid, (2E, 4E)-hexa-2,4-dienoic acid, hexanoic acid, (2E)-but-2-enoic acid, and butyric acid on the activities of mushroom tyrosinase have been investigated. The results showed that the fatty acids can potently inhibit both monophenolase activity and diphenolase activity of tyrosinase, and that the unsaturated fatty acids exhibited stronger inhibitory effect against tyrosinase than the corresponding saturated fatty acids, and the inhibitory effects were enhanced with the extendability of the fatty acid chain. For the monophenolase activity, the fatty acids could not only lengthen the lag period, but also decrease the steady-state activities. For the diphenolase activity, fatty acids displayed reversible inhibition. Kinetic analyses showed that octanoic acid and hexanoic acid were mixed-type inhibitors and (2E,4E)-hexa-2,4-dienoic acid and (2E)-but-2-enoic acid were noncompetitive inhibitors. The inhibition constants have been determined and compared.     

Novel Anti-Melanogenic Compounds, (Z)-5-(Substituted Benzylidene)-4-thioxothiazolidin-2-one Derivatives: In Vitro and In Silico Insights

To confirm that the β-phenyl-α,β-unsaturated thiocarbonyl (PUSTC) scaffold, similar to the β-phenyl-α,β-unsaturated carbonyl (PUSC) scaffold, acts as a core inhibitory structure for tyrosinase, twelve (Z)-5-(substituted benzylidene)-4-thioxothiazolidin-2-one ((Z)-BTTZ) derivatives were designed and synthesized. Seven of the twelve derivatives showed stronger inhibitory activity than kojic acid against mushroom tyrosinase. Compound 2b (IC₅₀ = 0.47 ± 0.97 µM) exerted a 141-fold higher inhibitory potency than kojic acid. Kinetic studies’ results confirmed that compounds 2b and 2f are competitive tyrosinase inhibitors, which was supported by high binding affinities with the active site of tyrosinase by docking simulation. Docking results using a human tyrosinase homology model indicated that 2b and 2f might potently inhibit human tyrosinase. In vitro assays of 2b and 2f were conducted using B16F10 melanoma cells. Compounds 2b and 2f significantly and concentration-dependently inhibited intracellular melanin contents, and the anti-melanogenic effects of 2b at 10 µM and 2f at 25 µM were considerably greater than the inhibitory effect of kojic acid at 25 µM. Compounds 2b and 2f similarly inhibited cellular tyrosinase activity and melanin contents, indicating that the anti-melanogenic effects of both were due to tyrosinase inhibition. A strong binding affinity with the active site of tyrosinase and potent inhibitions of mushroom tyrosinase, cellular tyrosinase activity, and melanin generation in B16F10 cells indicates the PUSTC scaffold offers an attractive platform for the development of novel tyrosinase inhibitors.     

Kinetics and Computational Docking Studies on the Inhibition of Tyrosinase Induced by Oxymatrine

A combination of enzymatic inhibition kinetics and computational prediction was employed to search for an effective inhibitor of tyrosinase. We found that oxymatrine significantly inhibited tyrosinase, and that this reaction was not accompanied by detectable conformational changes. Kinetic analysis showed that oxymatrine reversibly inhibited tyrosinase in a mixed-type manner. Measurements of intrinsic and ANS-binding fluorescences showed that oxymatrine did not induce any conspicuous changes in the tertiary structure. We also conducted a docking simulation between tyrosinase and oxymatrine using two docking programs, Dock6.3 and AutoDock4.2 (binding energy was ?118.81 kcal/mol for Dock6 and ?8.04 kcal/mol for AutoDock4). The results also suggested that oxymatrine interacts mostly with the residues of CYS83 and HIS263 in the active site of tyrosinase. This strategy of predicting tyrosinase inhibition by simulation of docking coupling with kinetics may prove useful in screening for potential tyrosinase inhibitors. Knowledge of tyrosinase inhibition can provide medical, cosmetic, and agricultural applications. Our study suggests that oxymatrine is an important agent for various applications related to pigment formation.     

Unravelling the interaction between α-cyclodextrin with the thaumatin protein and a peptide mimic

G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are responsible for signal transduction; through these transmembrane proteins, our senses are evoked: sight, smell and taste. Thaumatin is a natural sweet-tasting protein that is 100,000 times sweeter than sucrose but its use in food products has been hampered due to a liquorice aftertaste. Thaumatin has been shown to bind to a class C GPCR and the active binding site of the thaumatin protein is known. Here, we report on the binding of a well-known food grade host: α-cyclodextrin to thaumatin. We show through a combination of one- and two-dimensional NMR experiments that α-cyclodextrin binds to aromatic residues on thaumatin with K_a = 8.5 ± 2.4 M ^? 1. We also synthesise a heptapeptide KTGDRGF that mimics the active binding site of thaumatin and show that α-cyclodextrin binds to the C-terminal solvent accessible phenylalanine residue of this peptide with K_a = 8.8 ± 3.1 M ^? 1. This indicates that α-cyclodextrin may interact with the active binding site on thaumatin, suggesting that α-cyclodextrin could be used to modify the interaction of thaumatin with GPCRs and hence its sweet-taste profile.     

Screening of tyrosinase inhibitors by capillary electrophoresis with immobilized enzyme microreactor and molecular docking

A new method for screening tyrosinase inhibitors from traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) was successfully developed by capillary electrophoresis with reliable online immobilized enzyme microreactor (IMER). In addition, molecular docking study has been used for supporting inhibition interaction between enzyme and inhibitors. The IMER of tyrosinase was constructed at the outlet of the capillary by using glutaraldehyde as cross‐linker. The parameters including enzyme reaction, separation of the substrate and product, and the performance of immobilized tyrosinase were investigated systematically. Because of using short‐end injection procedure, the product and substrate were effectively separated within 2 min. The immobilized tyrosinase could remain 80% active for 30 days at 4°C. The Michaelis–Menten constant of tyrosinase was determined as 1.78 mM. Kojic acid, a known tyrosinase inhibitor, was used as a model compound for the validation of the inhibitors screening method. The half‐maximal inhibitory concentration of kojic acid was 5.55 μM. The method was successfully applied for screening tyrosinase inhibitors from 15 compounds of TCM. Four compounds including quercetin, kaempferol, bavachinin, and bakuchiol were found having inhibitory potentials. The results obtained in this work were supported by molecular docking study.     

Purification and Characterization of RNA Allied Extracellular Tyrosinase from Aspergillus Species

Production of l-DOPA, an anti-Parkinson’s drug, using biological sources is widely studied in which tyrosinase is known to play a vital role. Tyrosinase is an omnipresent type 3 copper enzyme participating in many essential biological functions. Understanding properties of tyrosinase is essential for developing useful tyrosinase-based applications. Hence, extracellular tyrosinase from Aspergillus flavus UWFP 570 was purified using ammonium sulphate precipitation and DEAE ion exchange chromatography up to 8.3-fold. Purified protein was a riboprotein in nature containing significant amount of RNA which was confirmed colorimetrically and by electrophoresis. Removal of RNA reduced the activity and altered the conformation of tyrosinase as suggested by spectroflurometric results. Optimum pH and temperature of this 140 kDa protein were 7 and 40 °C, respectively. Copper sulphate and magnesium chloride enhanced the activity whereas in contrast FeCl₃ inhibited the activity completely. Purified tyrosinase transformed l-tyrosine (5 mM) to l-DOPA within 5 h.     

HPLC study of tyrosinase inhibition by thiopronine

Thiopronine (N-2-mercaptopropionyl-glycine, NMPG) inhibits the o-dihydroxy-phenolase activities of mushroom tyrosinase. When d,l-3-4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) is employed as substrate, the inhibition was found to be a competitive-type with K(i) of 0.95 micro m. We found in addition that thiopronine interacts with the enzymatic generated product (o-quinone) to form a colourless conjugate compound causing an apparent inhibition. These data suggest that thiopronine inhibits mushroom tyrosinase activity in two ways: (1) by forming an adduct with dopaquinone; and (2) by direct interaction with the enzyme probably towards the copper (II) present in the active site or cysteine-rich domains. This finding was indicated by the presence of a lag period prior to the attainment of an inhibited steady-state rate. Both lag period and steady-state rate were dependent on thiopronine and substrate concentrations. An increase of thiopronine concentration causes longer lag periods as well as a concomitant decrease in the tyrosinase activity. The presence of an excess of copper (II) reverses the inhibition exerted by thiopronine.     

Dawson结构的多金属氧酸盐对酪氨酸酶的抑制作用

按文献方法合成了两种Dawson结构的多金属氧酸盐,并对其结构进行紫外光谱和红外光谱分析。以H_6[P_2Mo_(18)O_(62)]和H_8[P_2Mo_(17)Cr(OH_2)O_(61)](简写为P_2Mo_(18)和P_2Mo_(17)Cr)为效应物,采用紫外分光光度法和酶动力学方法研究两种Dawson结构的多金属氧酸盐效应物对蘑菇酪氨酸酶二酚酶活性的抑制作用。结果表明,P_2Mo_(18)和P_2Mo_(17)Cr对酪氨酸酶二酚酶均具有显著的抑制效果,测定抑制酪氨酸酶活力下降50%的抑制浓度(IC_(50))分别为(0.482±0.009)mmol/L和(0.503±0.011)mmol/L。动力学分析表明,P_2Mo_(18)和P_2Mo_(17)Cr对酪氨酸酶的抑制作用均表现为可逆的竞争型,抑制常数K_I分别为0.212和0.249 mmol/L。其中,综合考虑IC_(50)值和抑制常数,P_2Mo_(18)对酪氨酸酶二酚酶活性的抑制效果略优于P_2Mo_(17)Cr。     

钒取代的Dawson型磷钼酸对酪氨酸酶的抑制作用

采用酶动力学方法研究了5种钒取代的Dawson型磷钼酸H₇[P₂Mo₁₇VO₆₂]、H₈[P₂Mo₁₆V₂O₆₂]、H₉[P₂Mo₁₅V₃O₆₂]、H₈[P₂Mo₁₄V₄O₆₂H₂]和H₉[P₂Mo₁₃V₅O₆₂H₂](分别简写为P₂Mo₁₇V、P₂Mo₁₆V₂、P₂Mo₁₅V₃、P₂Mo₁₄V₄和P₂Mo₁₃V₅)对蘑菇酪氨酸酶二酚酶的抑制作用,结果表明,效应物P₂Mo₁₇V、P₂Mo₁₆V₂和P₂Mo₁₅V₃能够明显地抑制酪氨酸酶的活性,其半抑制浓度(IC₅₀)值分别为0.409、0.386和0.386 mmol/L,且均表现为可逆的竞争型抑制,效应物P₂Mo₁₇V、P₂Mo₁₆V₂和P₂Mo₁₅V₃对游离酶的抑制常数K_I分别为0.234、0.391和0.249 mmol/L。 而效应物P₂Mo₁₄V₄在0~1.0 mmol/L浓度范围内,对酪氨酸酶二酚酶无明显抑制作用,效应物P₂Mo₁₃V₅对酪氨酸酶二酚酶表现为激活作用。     

胀果甘草提取物对蘑菇酪氨酸酶的抑制作用

筛选胀果甘草是对蘑菇酪氨酸酶抑制活性最强的提取物,并研究其对蘑菇酪氨酸酶的抑制类型,探究其抑制作用机理。 考察了胀果甘草7种不同溶剂包括甘草酸、提酸废液、石油醚、氯仿、乙酸乙酯、正丁醇及水提取物对蘑菇酪氨酸酶的抑制作用和对2,2-联氮-双(3-乙基苯并噻唑啉-6-磺酸)二胺盐(ABTS)自由基阳离子(ABTS·﹢)、羟基自由基(HO·)的清除作用,根据双倒数曲线图形判断对蘑菇酪氨酸酶的抑制作用类型,结合抗氧化能力探究对蘑菇酪氨酸酶的抑制作用机理。 在胀果甘草7种溶剂提取物中,以乙酸乙酯提取物对蘑菇酪氨酸酶具有最强的抑制作用,IC50为3.4775 g/L,双倒数曲线做图得到了一组纵轴截距不变的曲线,抑制常数K1为0.6667 g/L,胀果甘草乙酸乙酯提取物也具有最强的清除ABTS·﹢、HO·的能力,半清除浓度和速率常数分别为0.0442 g/L和4.634×108 L/(g·s)。 胀果甘草乙酸乙酯提取物对蘑菇酪氨酸酶的抑制作用是可逆竞争性抑制,推测其对酪氨酸酶的抑制是通过清除了氧自由基和作为竞争性底物而实现的。     

The Effect of Trifluoroethanol on Tyrosinase Activity and Conformation: Inhibition Kinetics and Computational Simulations

We studied the inhibitory effects of trifluoroethanol (TFE) on the activity and conformation of tyrosinase. TFE increased the degree of secondary structure of tyrosinase, which directly resulted in enzyme inactivation. A reciprocal study showed that TFE inhibited tyrosinase in a slope-parabolic mixed-type inhibition manner (K _I = 0.5 ± 0.096 M). Time-interval kinetic studies showed that the inhibition was best described as first order with biphasic processes. Intrinsic and 1-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonate-binding fluorescences were also measured to gain more insight into the supposed structural changes; these showed that TFE induced a conspicuous tertiary structural change in tyrosinase by exposing hydrophobic surfaces. We also predicted the tertiary structure of tyrosinase and simulated its docking with TFE. The docking simulation was successful with significant scores (binding energy for Autodock4 = −4.75 kcal/mol; for Dock6 = −23.07 kcal/mol) and suggested that the TRP173 residue was mainly responsible for the interaction with TFE. Our results provide insight into the structure of tyrosinase and allow us to describe a new inhibition strategy that works by inducing conformational changes rather than targeting the active site of the protein.     

Inhibitory effects of 1,3-selenazol-4-one derivatives on mushroom tyrosinase

This study reports depigmenting potency of 1,3-selenazol-4-one derivatives, which would be based upon the finding of direct inhibition to mushroom tyrosinase. 1,3-Selenazol-4-one derivatives exhibited inhibitory effect on dopa oxidase activity of mushroom tyrosinase. In this study, inhibitory effects of six kinds of 1,3-selenazol-4-one derivatives (A, B, C, D, E and F) on mushroom tyrosinase were investigated. Compounds at a concentration of 500 microM exhibited 33.4-62.1% of inhibition on dopa oxidase activity of mushroom tyrosinase. Their inhibitory effects were higher than that of kojic acid (31.7%), a well known tyrosinase inhibitor. 2-(4-Methylphenyl)-1,3-selenazol-4-one (A) exhibited the strongest inhibitory effect among them dose-dependently and in competitive inhibition manner.     

Partial Purification and Characterization of a Novel Extracellular Tyrosinase from Auricularia auricula

Extracellular tyrosinase from Auricularia auricula RF201 was purified in a three-step procedure involving ammonium sulfate precipitation, Sephadex G-100, and DEAE-Sepharose column chromatography. The partially purified enzyme showed a single protein band of 12.6 kDa on SDS-PAGE. The optimum pH for tyrosinase activity was 7, and the enzyme was stable between pH 6 and 9. Tyrosinase has optimal activity at 40 °C and retained most of its activity between 4 and 50 °C. A. auricula tyrosinase could oxidize l-tyrosine, l-DOPA, catechol, and caffeic acid and displayed dark brown or peach color. However, the enzyme was unable to catalyze l-phenylalanine and ferulic acid. In comparison with other substrates, l-tyrosine displayed the highest affinity (K _m of 0.11 mM) and the maximal reaction velocity (V _max of 102.58 μmol/min). Tyrosinase activity was reduced in the presence of numerous tested compounds. Particularly SDS, it significantly inhibited enzyme activity. CuSO₄ and NaCl showed an activation effect on enzyme activity, with the maximum activation found in the presence of CuSO₄.