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Isocoumarins are potent mechanism-based heterocyclic irreversible inhibitors for a variety of serine proteases. Most serine proteases are inhibited by the general serine protease inhibitor 3,4-dichloroisocoumarin, whereas isocoumarins containing hydrophobic 7-acylamino groups are potent inhibitors for human leukocyte elastase and those containing 7-alkylureidogroups are inhibitors for procine pancreatic elastase. Isocoumarins containing basic side chains that resemble arginine are potent inhibitors for trypsin-like enzymes. A number of 3-alkoxy-4-chloro-7-guanidinoisocoumarins are potent inhibitors of bovine thrombin, human factor Xa, human factor XIa, human factor XIIa, human plasma kallikrein, porcine pancreatic kallikrein, and bovine trypsin. Another cathionic derivative, 4-chloro-3-(2-isothiureidoethoxy) isocoumarin, is less reactive toward many of these enzymes but is an extremely potent inhibitor of human plasma kallikrein. Several guanidinoisocoumarins have been tested as anticoagulants in human plasma and are effective at prolonging the prothrombin time. The mechanism of inhibition by this class of heterocyclic inactivators involves formation of an acyl enzyme by reaction of the active site serine with the isocoumarin carbonyl group. Isocoumarins with 7-amino or 7-guanidino groups will then decompose further to quinone imine methide intermediates, which react further with an active site residue (probably His-57) to form stable inhibited enzyme derivatives. Isocoumarins should be useful in further investigations of the physiological function of serine proteases and may have future therapeutic utility for the treatment of emphysema and coagulation disorders.
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PMID:Mechanism-based isocoumarin inhibitors for serine proteases: use of active site structure and substrate specificity in inhibitor design. 265 46

The inhibitory effect of the clinically used p-carbethoxyphenyl ester of epsilon-guanidino-caproic acid methanesulphonate (epsilon-GCA-CEP) on the catalytic properties of human LYS77-plasmin (EC 3.4.21.7), bovine factor Xa (EC 3.4.21.6), bovine alpha-thrombin (EC 3.4.21.5), ancrod (EC 3.4.21.28), crotalase (EC 3.4.21.30), bovine beta-trypsin (EC 3.4.21.4), porcine pancreatic beta-kallikrein-B (EC 3.4.21.35), human urinary kallikrein (EC 3.4.21.35) and the Mr 54,000 species of human urokinase (EC 3.4.21.31) was investigated (between pH 2.0 and 8.5, I = 0.1 M; T = 21 +/- 0.5 degrees C), and analyzed in parallel with that of the homologous derivative p-carbethoxyphenyl epsilon-amino-caproate hydro chloride (epsilon-ACA-CEP). On lowering the pH from 5.5 to 3.0, values of the apparent dissociation inhibition constant (Ki) for epsilon-GCA-CEP and epsilon-ACA-CEP interaction with the serine proteinases considered increase, reflecting the acidic pK-shift upon inhibitor binding of a single ionizing group. Over the whole pH range explored, (i) epsilon-GCA-CEP interacts with bovine factor Xa and bovine alpha-thrombin with an higher affinity than that observed for epsilon-ACA-CEP binding; (ii) both inhibitors associate to bovine beta-trypsin with the same affinity; and (iii) epsilon-ACA-CEP inhibits human Lys77-plasmin and the Mr 54,000 species of human urokinase with an higher affinity than that reported for epsilon-GCA-CEP association, thus reflecting the known enzyme primary specificity properties. However, the affinity of epsilon-ACA-CEP for ancrod, crotalase, porcine pancreatic beta-kallikrein-B and human urinary kallikrein, all of which preferably bind arginyl rather than lysyl side chains at the primary position of substrates and/or inhibitors, is paradoxically higher than that displayed by epsilon-GCA-CEP. By considering the amino acid sequences, the X-ray three-dimensional structures and/or the computer-generated molecular models of serine proteinase: inhibitor adducts, the observed binding behaviour of epsilon-GCA-CEP and epsilon-ACA-CEP to the enzymes considered has been related to the inferred stereochemistry of proteinase: inhibitor contact region(s).
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PMID:Inhibition of serine proteinases by p-carbethoxyphenyl esters of epsilon-guanidino- and epsilon-amino caproic acid: thermodynamic and molecular modeling study. 272 72

Phosphatidylserine (PS) in the plasma membrane of nonactivated human platelets is almost entirely located on the cytoplasmic side. Stimulation of platelets with the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 or combined action of collagen plus thrombin results in a rapid loss of the asymmetric distribution of PS. Also, treatment with the sulfhydryl-reactive compounds diamide and pyridyldithioethylamine (PDA) causes exposure of PS at the platelet outer surface. PS exposure is sensitively measured as the catalytic potential of platelets to enhance the rate of thrombin formation by the enzyme complex factor Xa-factor Va, since this reaction is essentially dependent on the presence of a PS-containing lipid surface. In this paper we demonstrate that endogenous PS, previously exposed at the outer surface during cell activation or sulfhydryl oxidation, can be translocated back to the cytoplasmic leaflet of the membrane by addition of dithiothreitol (DTT) but not by nonpermeable reducing agents like reduced glutathione. Treatment of platelets with trypsin or chymotrypsin, prior to addition of DTT, inhibits the inward transport of exposed PS. Moreover, severe depletion of metabolic ATP, as obtained by platelet stimulation with A23187 in the presence of metabolic inhibitors, though not inhibiting PS exposure at the outer surface, blocks the translocation of endogenous PS to the internal leaflet of the plasma membrane. These results strongly indicate the involvement of a membrane protein in the inward transport of endogenous PS. Recently, an aminophospholipid-specific translocase in the platelet membrane was postulated on the basis of the inward transport of exogenously added PS (analogues) [Sune, A., Bette-Bobillo, P., Bienvenue, A., Fellmann, P., & Devaux, P.F. (1987) Biochemistry 26, 2972-2978].(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Exposure of endogenous phosphatidylserine at the outer surface of stimulated platelets is reversed by restoration of aminophospholipid translocase activity. 273 Aug 70

The three-dimensional structure of a thrombin inhibitor-trypsin complex has been determined by an X-ray analysis at 2.5 A resolution. The result has given experimental support to the mechanisms previously proposed by the authors for the selective inhibition of trypsin, thrombin, factor Xa, and plasmin by inhibitors with an arginine or lysine backbone. The differences in the amino acid sequences at the positions corresponding to Ilc63, Leu99, and Ser190 of trypsin give each enzyme different binding affinities toward inhibitors and result in the selective inhibition. Furthermore, the X-ray analysis has revealed a novel type of interaction between the inhibitor and trypsin. The hydrogen bonds between the inhibitor main chain and trypsin Gly216 play an essential role in the complex formation.
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PMID:X-ray analysis of a thrombin inhibitor-trypsin complex. 276 21

Incubation of HTC rat hepatoma cells with the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone rapidly inhibits plasminogen activator (PA) activity secondary to the induction of a specific acid-stable inhibitor of plasminogen activation (Cwikel, B. J., Barouski-Miller, P.A., Coleman, P.L., and Gelehrter, T.D. (1984) J. Biol. Chem. 259, 6847-6851). We have further characterized this inhibitor with respect to its interaction with both urokinase and tissue plasminogen activator, and its protease specificity. The HTC PA inhibitor rapidly inhibits urokinase and tissue plasminogen activator with an apparent second-order rate constant of 3-5 x 10(7) M-1 X s-1. The inhibitor forms stable covalent complexes with both urokinase and tissue plasminogen activator, with which plasmin, trypsin, and factor Xa apparently do not compete. Complex formation is saturable and requires the active site of the PA. The mass of the inhibitor-PA complex is 50,000 daltons greater than that of PA alone, consistent with an Mr for the PA inhibitor of 50,000 as demonstrated directly by reverse fibrin autography. The HTC PA inhibitor does not inhibit thrombin and differs in its kinetic and biochemical properties from protease nexin.
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PMID:Characterization of the dexamethasone-induced inhibitor of plasminogen activator in HTC hepatoma cells. 293 42

The tertiary structure of a thrombin inhibitor-trypsin complex has been predicted by a molecular modelling considering the van der Waals interactions between the inhibitor and the enzyme. The selective inhibition of trypsin, thrombin, factor Xa, and plasmin exhibited by arginine and lysine derivatives has been clearly explained based on the predicted structure and the homology in the amino acid sequences of these enzymes. The differences in the amino acid sequences at the positions corresponding to Ile63, Leu99, and Ser190 of trypsin give each enzyme different binding affinities toward inhibitors and result in the selective inhibition. The X-ray analysis of the inhibitor-trypsin complex is in progress to prove the predicted structure.
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PMID:A predicted tertiary structure of a thrombin inhibitor-trypsin complex explains the mechanisms of the selective inhibition of thrombin, factor Xa, plasmin, and trypsin. 296 79

The inhibitory effect of gabexate mesylate, which is used therapeutically in the treatment of pancreatitis and disseminated intravascular coagulation, and as a regional anticoagulant agent for hemodialysis, has been measured on bovine factor Xa, bovine alpha-thrombin, human Lys77-plasmin, human urinary kallikrein, human urokinase, porcine pancreatic beta-kallikrein-B, and bovine beta-trypsin catalyzed hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl esters of N-alpha-carbobenzoxy-L-arginine and N-alpha-carbobenzoxy-L-lysine. On the basis of enzyme:gabexate mesylate affinities, the serine proteases can be arranged as follows: human urinary kallikrein approximately porcine pancreatic beta-kallikrein-B much less than bovine beta-trypsin approximately bovine factor Xa approximately human Lys77-plasmin approximately human urokinase approximately bovine alpha-thrombin. The mode of binding of gabexate mesylate to the serine proteases conforms to the active-reactive site geometries observed in their complexes with natural and synthetic inhibitors. Differences in gabexate mesylate affinities for these proteases reflect structural differences at their primary specificity subsite, which have been investigated by comparative analysis of amino acid sequences and by computer-graphics techniques.
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PMID:Gabexate mesylate inhibition of serine proteases: thermodynamic and computer-graphics analysis. 310 78

Trypsin, porcine pancreatic kallikrein, and several blood coagulation enzymes, including bovine thrombin, bovine factor Xa, human factor Xa, human plasma factor XIa, human plasma factor XIIa, and human plasma kallikrein, were inactivated by a number of substituted isocoumarins containing basic functional groups (aminoalkoxy, guanidino, and isothiureidoalkoxy). 3-Alkoxy-4-chloro-7-guanidinoisocoumarins were found to be the most potent inhibitors for the coagulation enzymes tested with kobsd/[I] values in the range of 10(3)-10(5) M-1 s-1. 4-Chloro-3-isothiureidoalkoxyisocoumarins show high inhibitory potency toward porcine pancreatic kallikrein, human plasma kallikrein, human factor XIa, human factor XIIa, and trypsin with kobsd/[I] values of the order of 10(4)-10(5) M-1 s-1. The inhibition of these serine proteases by the substituted isocoumarins are time dependent, and the inactivation of trypsin by 3-alkoxy-4-chloro-7-guanidinoisocoumarins and 7-amino-4-chloro-3-(3-isothiureidopropoxy)isocoumarin occured concurrently with the loss of the isocoumarin absorbance. The complex formed from inactivation of trypsin by these two types of inhibitors was very stable and regained less than 4% activity in 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid buffer (pH 7.5) after 1 day at 25 degrees C and regained 8-45% activity upon addition of buffered 0.29 M hydroxylamine. Trypsin inactivated by other inhibitors regained full activity upon standing or addition of hydroxylamine. Thrombin inactivated by 3-alkoxy-4-chloro-7-guanidinoisocoumarins was also quite stable and only regained 9-15% activity under similar conditions. These results are consistent with a proposed mechanism, where serine proteases inactivated by aminoalkoxyisocoumarins or isothiureidoalkoxyisocoumarins form acyl enzymes that will deacylate upon standing or addition of hydroxylamine. However, the acyl enzymes formed from 3-alkoxy-4-chloro-7-guanidinoisocoumarins or 7-amino-4-chloro-3-(3-isothiureidopropoxy)-isocoumarin will decompose further, probably through a quinone imine methide, to give an irreversibly inactivated enzyme by reaction with an active-site nucleophile such as His-57. The quinone imine methide intermediate may also react with a solvent nucleophile to give an acyl enzyme that can be reactivated by hydroxylamine. The inhibitors 4-chloro-7-guanidino-3-methoxyisocoumarin and 4-chloro-3-ethoxy-7-guanidinoisocoumarin have been tested as anticoagulants in human plasma and were effective at prolonging the prothrombin time. However, they are unstable in plasma (t1/2 = 4-8 min), and their in vivo utility may be limited.
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PMID:Mechanism-based isocoumarin inhibitors for trypsin and blood coagulation serine proteases: new anticoagulants. 316 17

A low molecular weight serine protease inhibitor, named trypstatin, was purified from rat peritoneal mast cells. It is a single polypeptide with 61 amino acid residues and an Mr of 6610. Trypstatin markedly inhibits blood coagulation factor Xa (Ki = 1.2 x 10(-10) M) and tryptase (Ki = 3.6 x 10(-10) M) from rat mast cells, which have activities that convert prothrombin to thrombin. It also inhibits porcine pancreatic trypsin (Ki = 1.4 x 10(-8) M) and chymase (Ki = 2.4 x 10(-8) M) from rat mast cells, but not papain, alpha-thrombin, or porcine pancreatic elastase. Trypstatin forms a complex in a molar ratio of 1:1 with trypsin and one subunit of tryptase. The complete amino acid sequence of this inhibitor was determined and compared with those of Kunitz-type inhibitors. Trypstatin has a high degree of sequence homology with human and bovine inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitors, A4(751) Alzheimer's disease amyloid protein precursor, and basic pancreatic trypsin inhibitor. However, unlike other known Kunitz-type protease inhibitors, it inhibits factor Xa most strongly.
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PMID:Kunitz-type protease inhibitor found in rat mast cells. Purification, properties, and amino acid sequence. 326 66

Seventy-four peptide amides of 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin (Mec) of the type Boc-Xaa-Yaa-Arg-NH-Mec were newly synthesized and tested to find specific substrates for blood-clotting proteases and trypsin. The Xaa and Yaa residues of these substrates have been replaced by 12 and 15 different amino acids, respectively. Among these peptides, the followings were found to be most sensitive substrates for individual enzymes: Boc-Asp(OBzl)-Pro-Arg-NH-Mec (kcat = 160 s-1, Km = 11 microM, kcat/Km = 15,000,000 M-1 s-1) for human alpha-thrombin, Z-less than Glu-Gly-Arg-NH-Mec (kcat = 19 s-1, Km = 59 microM, kcat/Km = 320,000 M-1 s-1) for bovine factor Xa, Boc-Gln-Gly-Arg-NH-Mec (kcat = 5.8 s-1, Km = 140 microM, kcat/Km = 42,000) for bovine factor XIIa, Boc-Asp(OBzl)-Ala-Arg-NH-Mec (kcat = 9.2 s-1, Km = 120 microM, kcat/Km = 77,000 M-1 s-1) for bovine activated protein C, and Boc-Gly-Phe-Arg-NH-Mec (kcat = 29 s-1, Km = 230 microM, kcat/Km = 130,000 M-1 s-1) for bovine plasma kallikrein. Moreover, Boc-Glu(OBzl)-Ala-Arg-NH-Mec (kcat = 46 s-1, Km = 370 microM, kcat/Km = 120,000 M-1 s-1) was newly found as a good substrate for human factor XIa. Bovine trypsin effectively hydrolyzed peptide-NH-Mec substrates containing Ala and Pro at the P2 site. The most reactive substrate was Boc-Gln-Ala-Arg-NH-Mec (kcat = 120 s-1, Km = 6.0 microM, kcat/Km = 20,000,000 M-1 s-1).
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PMID:Highly sensitive peptide-4-methylcoumaryl-7-amide substrates for blood-clotting proteases and trypsin. 327 5


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