Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Biochemical Pharmacology
Publication Date
7-1-2009
Volume
78
Issue
1
Disciplines
Biology | Life Sciences
Abstract
The diterpene forskolin (FS) binds to, and activates, mammalian membranous adenylyl cyclase (AC) isoforms I-VIII. Diterpenes without C(1)-OH group do not activate ACs. The C(1)-OH group forms a hydrogen bond with the backbone oxygen of Val506 of the C1 catalytic subunit of AC (isoform V numbering). To better understand the mechanism of AC activation we examined the interactions of FS and eight FS analogs with purified catalytic AC subunits C1 (AC V) and C2 (AC II) by fluorescence spectroscopy, using 2',3'-O-(N-methylanthraniloyl)-guanosine 5'-triphosphate (MANT-GTP) as fluorescent reporter probe, and by enzymatic activity. FS analogs induced C1/C2 assembly as assessed by fluorescence resonance energy transfer from Trp1020 of C2 to MANT-GTP and by increased direct MANT-GTP fluorescence in the order of efficacy FS approximately 7-deacetyl-FS approximately 6-acetyl-7-deacetyl-FS approximately 9-deoxy-FS>7-deacetyl-7-(N-methylpiperazino-gamma-butyryloxy)-FS>1-deoxy-FS approximately 1,9-dideoxy-FS approximately 7-deacetyl-1-deoxy-FS approximately 7-deacetyl-1,9-dideoxy-FS. In contrast, FS analogs activated catalysis in the order of efficacy FS>7-deacety-FS approximately 6-acetyl-7-deacetyl-FS approximately 9-deoxy-FS>7-deacetyl-7-(N-methylpiperazino-gamma-butyryloxy)-FS>>1-deoxy-FS, 1,9-dideoxy-FS, 7-deacetyl-1-deoxy-FS and 7-deacetyl-1,9-dideoxy-FS (all ineffective). 1-Deoxy-FS analogs inhibited FS-stimulated catalysis by an apparently non-competitive mechanism. Our data suggest a two-step mechanism of AC activation by diterpenes. In the first step, diterpenes, regardless of their substitution pattern, promote C1/C2 assembly. In the second and yet poorly understood step, diterpenes that form a hydrogen bond between C(1)-OH and Val506 promote a conformational switch that results in activation of catalysis. The apparent non-competitive interaction of FS with 1-deoxy-FS analogs is explained by impaired ligand exchange due to strong hydrophobic interactions with C1/C2.
DOI
10.1016/j.bcp.2009.03.023
Rights
© 2009 The Authors
Recommended Citation
Pinto, Cibele; Hübner, Melanie; Gille, Andreas; Richter, Mark; Mou, Tung-Chung; Sprang, Stephen R.; and Seifert, Roland, "Differential interactions of the catalytic subunits of adenylyl cyclase with forskolin analogs" (2009). Biological Sciences Faculty Publications. 499.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/biosci_pubs/499