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ArticleFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2014

8-Methoxypsoralen is a competitive inhibitor of glutathione S-transferase P1-1.

Diêgo Madureira de Oliveira, Marcel Tavares de Farias, André Lacerda Braga Teles, Manoelito Coelho Dos Santos Junior, Martins Dias de Cerqueira, Rute Maria Ferreira Lima, Ramon Santos El-Bachá

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Article in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Diêgo Madureira de OliveiraLaboratory of Molecular Pathology of Cancer, University of Brasilia Brasilia, Brazil.
Marcel Tavares de FariasLaboratory of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, São Rafael Hospital Salvador, Brazil.
André Lacerda Braga TelesLaboratory of Molecular Modeling, State University of Feira de Santana Feira de Santana, Brazil.
Manoelito Coelho Dos Santos JuniorLaboratory of Molecular Modeling, State University of Feira de Santana Feira de Santana, Brazil.
Martins Dias de CerqueiraLaboratory of Natural Products, Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Bahia Salvador, Brazil.
Rute Maria Ferreira LimaLaboratory of Neurochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Federal University of Bahia Salvador, Brazil.
Ramon Santos El-BacháLaboratory of Neurochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Federal University of Bahia Salvador, Brazil.
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana · BRHospital São Rafael · BRUniversidade de Brasília · BRUniversidade Federal da Bahia · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is known to protect healthy brain cells from potentially dangerous chemical agents, but there are many evidences supporting the idea that this protective action is extended to tumor cells. Since the process of angiogenesis in brain tumors leads to BBB breakdown, biochemical characteristics of the BBB seem to be more relevant than physical barriers to protect tumor cells from chemotherapy. In fact, a number of resistance related factors were already demonstrated to be component of both BBB and tumor cells. The enzyme glutathione S-transferases (GST) detoxify electrophilic xenobiotics and endogenous secondary metabolites formed during oxidative stress. A role has been attributed to GST in the resistance of cancer cells to chemotherapeutic agents. This study characterized 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) as a human GST P1-1 (hGST P1-1) inhibitor. To identify and characterize the potential inhibitory activity of 8-MOP, we studied the enzyme kinetics of the conjugation of 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB) with GSH catalyzed by hGST P1-1. We report here that 8-MOP competitively inhibited hGST P1-1 relative to CDNB, but there was an uncompetitive inhibition relative to GSH. Chromatographic analyses suggest that 8-MOP is not a substrate. Molecular docking simulations suggest that 8-MOP binds to the active site, but its position prevents the GSH conjugation. Thus, we conclude that 8-MOP is a promising prototype for new GST inhibitors pharmacologically useful in the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders and the resistance of cancer to chemotherapy.

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