期刊
MOLECULES
卷 24, 期 22, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules24224057
关键词
human carboxylesterase 1; catalytic mechanism; QM-cluster; novel intermediate; drug metabolism
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81872782, 81761128016]
- Drug Innovation Major Project [2018ZX09711001-006-008, 2018ZX09711001-007-003]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province [ZR2016BL05]
- Shandong Province Higher Educational Science and Technology Program [J17KA260]
- NSFC cultivation project of Jining Medical University [JYP2018KJ18]
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Antimicrobial Agents [2019BJZDS004]
Human carboxylesterase 1 (hCES1) is a major carboxylesterase in the human body and plays important roles in the metabolism of a wide variety of substances, including lipids and drugs, and therefore is attracting more and more attention from areas including lipid metabolism, pharmacokinetics, drug-drug interactions, and prodrug activation. In this work, we studied the catalytic hydrolysis mechanism of hCES1 by the quantum mechanics computation method, using cocaine as a model substrate. Our results support the four-step theory of the esterase catalytic hydrolysis mechanism, in which both the acylation stage and the deacylation stage include two transition states and a tetrahedral intermediate. The roles and cooperation of the catalytic triad, S221, H468, and E354, were also analyzed in this study. Moreover, orthoester intermediates were found in hCES1-catalyzed cocaine hydrolysis reaction, which significantly elevate the free energy barrier and slow down the reaction. Based on this finding, we propose that hCES1 substrates with beta -aminocarboxylester structure might form orthoester intermediates in hCES1-catalyzed hydrolysis, and therefore prolong their in vivo half-life. Thus, this study helps to clarify the catalytic mechanism of hCES1 and elucidates important details of its catalytic process, and furthermore, provides important insights into the metabolism of hCES1 substrates and drug designing.
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