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Query: EC:3.4.24.69 (botulinum neurotoxin)
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A combination of computational methods, electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy (ESI-MS), and NMR spectroscopy has been used to identify novel small molecules that bind to two adjacent sites on the surface of the C fragment of tetanus toxin (TetC). One of these sites, Site-1, binds gangliosides present on the surface of motor neurons, while Site-2 is a highly conserved deep cleft in the structures of the tetanus (TeNT) and botulinum (BoNT) neurotoxins. ESI-MS was used to experimentally determine which of the top 11 computationally predicted Site-2 candidates bind to TetC. Each of the six molecules that tested positive was further screened, individually and as mixtures, for binding to TetC in aqueous solutions by NMR. A trNOESY competition assay was developed that used doxorubicin as a marker for Site-1 to provide insight into whether the predicted Site-2 ligands bound to a different site. Of the six predicted Site-2 ligands tested, only four were observed to bind. Naphthofluorescein-di-beta-galactopyranoside was insoluble under conditions compatible with TetC. Sarcosine-Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser-Pro did not appear to bind, but its binding affinity may have been outside the range detectable by the trNOESY experiment. Of the remaining four, three [3-(N-maleimidopropionyl)biocytin, lavendustin A, and Try-Glu-Try] bind in the same site, presumably the predicted Site-2. The fourth ligand, Ser-Gln-Asn-Tyr-Pro-Ile-Val, binds in a third site that differs from Site-1 or predicted Site-2. The results provide a rational, cost- and time-effective strategy for the selection of an optimal set of Site-1 binders and predicted Site-2 binders for use in synthesizing novel bidendate antidotes or detection reagents for clostridial neurotoxins, such as TeNT and BoNT.
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PMID:Identification of novel small molecules that bind to two different sites on the surface of tetanus toxin C fragment. 1238 17

The botulinum neurotoxin produced by Clostridium botulinum exhibits the strongest neurotoxicity, and causes botulism in mammals. We have found an inactivator for clostridial neurotoxins in black tea extract (thearubigin fraction) as a natural foodstuff. In this study, we have isolated and identified the inactivators. The activity against the neuromuscular blocking action of botulinus neurotoxin type A was examined in mouse phrenic nerve diaphram preparation. The purification procedure of the inactivators was as follows. Tea was extracted with aqueous acetone, and then filtrated and lyophilized. It was also extracted with n-hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, n-butylalchol and water, so the activity of the antidote was recognized to be in the n-butylalchol layer (named the thearubigin fraction). A two-step reversed phase HPLC was developed for the thearubigin fraction. Three flavonoids were found to have the major activity. The structural elucidation of the compounds by means of NMR spectrascopy revealed, kaempfenol-3-O-[glc-(6-1)-rha-(3-1)-glc];keampfetrin, kaempferol-3-O-[glc-(6-1)-rha];nicotiflorin and quercetin glycoside.
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PMID:[Isolation and determination of an antidote for botulinum neurotoxin from black tea extract]. 1249 1

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of fluorine-19 ((19)F NMR) has proven useful for evaluating kinetics of fluorinated chemotherapy drugs in tumors in vivo. This work investigated how three perfusion-enhancing vascular modifiers (BQ123, thalidomide, and Botulinum neurotoxin type A [BoNT-A]) would affect the chemotherapeutic efficacy of gemcitabine, a fluorinated drug widely used in human cancer treatment. Murine tumor growth experiments demonstrated that only BoNT-A showed a strong trend to enhance tumor growth inhibition by gemcitabine (1.7 days growth delay, P = 0.052, Student t-test). In accord with these results, (19)F NMR experiments showed that only BoNT-A increased significantly the uptake of gemcitabine in tumors (50% increase, P = 0.0008, Student t-test). Further experiments on gemcitabine kinetics (NMR vs time) and distribution ((19)F MRI) confirmed the uptake-enhancing properties of BoNT-A. The results of this study demonstrate that (19)F NMR can monitor modulation of the pharmacokinetics of fluorinated chemotherapy drugs in tumors. The results also show that (19)F NMR data can give a strong indication of the effectiveness of perfusion-enhancing vascular modifiers for improving gemcitabine chemotherapy in murine tumors. (19)F NMR is a promising tool for preclinical evaluation of such vascular modifiers and may ultimately be used in the clinic to monitor how these modifiers affect chemotherapy.
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PMID:19F NMR in vivo spectroscopy reflects the effectiveness of perfusion-enhancing vascular modifiers for improving gemcitabine chemotherapy. 1805 Mar 44

Flagellins from Clostridium botulinum were shown to be post-translationally modified with novel glycan moieties by top-down MS analysis of purified flagellin protein from strains of various toxin serotypes. Detailed analyses of flagellin from two strains of C. botulinum demonstrated that the protein is modified by a novel glycan moiety of mass 417 Da in O-linkage. Bioinformatic analysis of available C. botulinum genomes identified a flagellar glycosylation island containing homologs of genes recently identified in Campylobacter coli that have been shown to be responsible for the biosynthesis of legionaminic acid derivatives. Structural characterization of the carbohydrate moiety was completed utilizing both MS and NMR spectroscopy, and it was shown to be a novel legionaminic acid derivative, 7-acetamido-5-(N-methyl-glutam-4-yl)-amino-3,5,7,9-tetradeoxy-D-glycero-alpha-D-galacto-nonulosonic acid, (alphaLeg5GluNMe7Ac). Electron transfer dissociation MS with and without collision-activated dissociation was utilized to map seven sites of O-linked glycosylation, eliminating the need for chemical derivatization of tryptic peptides prior to analysis. Marker ions for novel glycans, as well as a unique C-terminal flagellin peptide marker ion, were identified in a top-down analysis of the intact protein. These ions have the potential for use in for rapid detection and discrimination of C. botulinum cells, indicating botulinum neurotoxin contamination. This is the first report of glycosylation of Gram-positive flagellar proteins by the 'sialic acid-like' nonulosonate sugar, legionaminic acid.
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PMID:Flagellar glycosylation in Clostridium botulinum. 1867 33

The highly poisonous botulinum neurotoxins, produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, act on their hosts by a high-affinity association to two receptors on neuronal cell surfaces as the first step of invasion. The glycan motifs of gangliosides serve as initial coreceptors for these protein complexes, whereby a membrane protein receptor is bound. Herein we set out to characterize the carbohydrate minimal binding epitope of the botulinum neurotoxin serotype A. By means of ligand-based NMR spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, computer simulations, and isothermal titration calorimetry, a screening of ganglioside analogues together with a detailed characterization of various carbohydrate ligand complexes with the toxin were accomplished. We show that the representation of the glycan epitope to the protein affects the details of binding. Notably, both branches of the oligosaccharide GD1a can associate to botulinum neurotoxin serotype A when expressed as individual trisaccharides. It is, however, the terminal branch of GD1a as well as this trisaccharide motif alone, corresponding to the sialyl-Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen, that represents the active ligand epitope, and these compounds bind to the neurotoxin with a high degree of predisposition but with low affinities. This finding does not correlate with the oligosaccharide moieties having a strong contribution to the total affinity, which was expected to be the case. We here propose that the glycan part of the ganglioside receptors mainly provides abundance and specificity, whereas the interaction with the membrane itself and protein receptor brings about the strong total binding of the toxin to the neuronal membrane.
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PMID:Glycans Confer Specificity to the Recognition of Ganglioside Receptors by Botulinum Neurotoxin A. 2795 36