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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-7-27
pubmed:abstractText
The cytosolic enzymes asymmetrical diadenosine tetraphosphate hydrolase (EC 3.6.1.17, Ap4Aase) and diadenosine triphosphate hydrolase (EC 3.6.1.29, Ap3Aase) are inhibited competitively by suramin. Ap4Aase and Ap3Aase were assayed in cytosolic rat brain extracts using fluorogenic analogues of the respective substrates diadenosine tetraphosphate (Ap4A) and diadenosine triphosphate (Ap3A). Ki values for suramin as inhibitor of Ap4Aase and Ap3Aase were 5 x 10(-6) M and 3 x 10(-7) M, respectively. Results indicate that suramin or suramin-like derivatives may be useful tools to investigate diadenosine polyphosphate cleaving enzymes and that the intracellular diadenosine polyphosphate metabolism may be a pharmacological target of suramin with biological and clinical implications.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Acid Anhydride Hydrolases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dinucleoside Phosphates, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neoplasm Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/P(1),P(5)-di(adenosine-5'-)pentaphos..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Suramin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tissue Extracts, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/bis(5'-nucleosyl)tetraphosphatase..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/diadenosine polyphosphate hydrolase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/diadenosine tetraphosphate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/diadenosine triphosphate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/fragile histidine triad protein
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
429
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
143-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Potent inhibition of specific diadenosine polyphosphate hydrolases by suramin.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. protllan@ull.es
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't