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Table 1. Summary of the purification procedure for hCA I and hCA II.
Sample type
Total volume (ml)
Activity (EU/ml)
Protein (mg/ml)
Specific activity (EU/mg)
% Yield
Purification factor
Haemolysate
CA-I
CA-II
48.00
9.60
4.80
169.00
498.00
891.60
19.67
0.57
0.12
8.59
873.70
7430.00
100.00
58.90
52.7
1.00
101.70
864.95
Table 2. Ki values for the hCA I and hCA II inhibition data for
compounds 1, 2, 4–10 and AZA by an esterase assay.
the compounds 4–8, with Ki values of 88.92 and 83.22,
respectively.
The synthesized compounds in this study were not found to be
better inhibitors than AZA, a clinically used sulfonamide.
However, comparing our results with studies on molecules that
were similar to the synthesized compounds, we found some
interesting results. The synthesized compounds 9 and 10 contain
both phloroglucinol and p-coumaric acid groups, which have both
been shown to have inhibition effects on different CA isozymes in
previous studies3,5. We had thought that when combined in a
single molecule, these two groups would either increase or reduce
each other’s effects. However, comparing our results with the
results obtained in previous studies, we found the inhibition
activities of our synthesized compounds to be comparable.
The pharmacological effects of the synthesized compounds 9
and 10 could be developed clinically for hCA I and II. Due to their
suitability for derivatization, these compounds could be used for
the design of novel inhibitors. In addition, compounds 9 and 10
could be improved to become more effective inhibitors by adding
groups to their structure with stronger inhibitory effects toward
the hCA I and II isozymes. The novel therapeutic applications of
these enzyme inhibitors or activators would be toward designing
prodrugs and drugs in the health sector.
Ki (mM)
Compounds
hCA I
hCA II
Phenol (1)
Pyrgallol (2)
p-Hydroxybenzoic (4)
p-coumaric acid (5)
Ferulic acid (6)
Gallic acid (7)
Syringic acid (8)
4-p-Methoxycinnamyl phloroglucinol (9)
4,6-bis-p-methoxycinnamyl
phloroglucinol (10)
Acetazolamide (AZA)
10.2*
7.41y
1061z
441z
408z
1052z
919z
77.00
n.d
5.5*
0.54y
675z
537z
210z
758z
695z
88.92
83.22
36x
3.7x
Mean from at least three determinations. Errors in the range of 3–5% of
the reported value (data not shown).
*From Ref.22–25
yFrom Ref.3
zFrom Ref.5
xFrom Ref.15
erythrocytes (Figure 2) and successfully synthesized compounds 9
and 10, which contained both phloroglucinol and cinnamyl
groups. Then, the effects of the synthesized compounds were
determined using the esterase activity method, with 4-nitrophenyl
acetate as the substrate from a previous study14. The purification
of hCA I was achieved with a 101.7-fold purification, a specific
activity of 873.70 EU mg/mL, and an overall yield of 58.90%;
hCA II was purified with a 864.95-fold purification, a specific
activity of 7430.00 EU mg/mL, and an overall yield of 52.70%
(Table 1). The inhibitory effects of 9 and 10 on enzyme activity
were tested under in vitro conditions. Lineweaver–Burk graphs
were drawn, from which the Ki values were calculated. These
results are given in Table 2.
In a previous study, the inhibition effect of compounds 1, 2,
and acetazolamide (AZA) on the rapid cytosolic isozyme, hCA
I, was investigated. These compounds showed a good inhibition
activity (Ki of 10.2, 7.41, and 36 mM, respectively) (Table
1)3,22–25. In this study, the inhibition effect of the synthesized
compound 9 was less than that of the compounds 1 and 2. In
another study, the inhibition effects of the compounds 4–8 on
the slow cytosolic isozyme, hCA I, were found to be moderate
to weak, with Ki values in the range of 408–1061 mM5. The
presence of a –COOH group and either one or three –OH
groups in the structure of these compounds changes their
inhibition effects. The inhibition effects of the synthesized
compound 9 were better than those of the compounds 4–8,
with Ki of 77.00 mM. Ki value for compound 10 couldn’t be
determined under the test conditions.
Declaration of interest
The authors report no declarations of interest. We thank the
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
(TUBITAK, Project number: 114Z554) and Erzincan University
(Project number: FEN-A-300614–0098) for their financial sup-
ports of this work.
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