Shannon Robin, Khalil Ben Hassine, Simona Jurkovic Mlakar, Vid Mlakar, Marc Ansari, Chakradhara Rao S Uppugunduri
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Abstract
Background: Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are phase II metabolic enzymes crucial for the metabolism of electrophilic drugs. Additionally, several GST isoforms are involved in protein- protein interaction with mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), modulating apoptosis pathways.
Methods: To assess the potential change of enzymatic activity, we performed a GST enzyme assay with human recombinant GSTM1 in the presence and absence of MAPK8. Recently, GSTM1 has been demonstrated to interact with MAPK8 both in silico and in vitro. The binding interface predicted in silico comprised amino acid residues present on the surface of the protein and a few were deep in the active site of the protein.
Results: The experiment demonstrated that the GSTM1 activity was conserved even in the presence of MAPK8 in the assay.
Conclusion: The possible alteration in the activity of MAPK8 in this interaction needs to be evaluated in further experiments.
期刊介绍:
Drug Metabolism Letters publishes letters and research articles on major advances in all areas of drug metabolism and disposition. The emphasis is on publishing quality papers very rapidly by taking full advantage of the Internet technology both for the submission and review of manuscripts. The journal covers the following areas: In vitro systems including CYP-450; enzyme induction and inhibition; drug-drug interactions and enzyme kinetics; pharmacokinetics, toxicokinetics, species scaling and extrapolations; P-glycoprotein and transport carriers; target organ toxicity and interindividual variability; drug metabolism and disposition studies; extrahepatic metabolism; phase I and phase II metabolism; recent developments for the identification of drug metabolites.