Journal
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 22, Issue 17, Pages 4537-4543Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2014.07.048
Keywords
Carbonic anhydrase; Beta-class enzyme; Sulfonamide; Porphyromonas gingivalis
Funding
- FP7 EU Project [HEALTH-F2-2010-261460]
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The oral pathogenic bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis, encodes for two carbonic anhydrases (CAs, EC 4.2.1.1) one belonging to the gamma-class (PgiCA) and another one to the beta-class (PgiCAb). This last enzyme has been cloned and characterized here for its inhibition profile with the main class of CA inhibitors, the sulfonamides. Many of the clinically used sulfonamides as well as simple aromatic/heterocyclic sulfonamides were ineffective as PgiCAb inhibitors whereas better inhibition was observed with simple derivatives such as sulfanilamide, metanilamide, 4-aminoalkylbenzenesulfonamides (K(I)s of 364-475 nM). The halogenosulfanilamides incorporating heavy halogens, 4-hydroxy- and 4-hydroxyalkyl-benzenesulfonamides, were also micromolar, ineffective PgiCAb inhibitors. The best inhibitors of the beta-class enzyme were acetazolamide and ethoxzolamide, with K(I)s of 214-280 nM. Interestingly, the gamma-class enzyme was much more sensitive to sulfonamide inhibitors compared to the beta-class one, PgiCAb. Identification of potent and possibly selective inhibitors of PgiCAb/PgiCA may lead to pharmacological tools useful for understanding the physiological role(s) of these enzymes, since this bacterium is the main causative agent of periodontitis and few treatment options are presently available. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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