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- Title
Prostaglandin synthase activity of sigma- and mu-class glutathione transferases in a parasitic trematode, Clonorchis sinensis.
- Authors
Jiyoung Kim; Woon-Mok Sohn; Young-An Bae
- Abstract
Sigma-class glutathione transferase (GST) proteins with dual GST and prostaglandin synthase (PGS) activities play a crucial role in the establishment of Clonorchis sinensis infection. Herein, we analyzed the structural and enzymatic properties of sigma-class GST (CsGST-σ) proteins to obtain insight into their antioxidant and immunomodulatory functions in comparison with mu-class GST (CsGST-μ) proteins. CsGST-σ proteins conserved characteristic structures, which had been described in mammalian hematopoietic prostaglandin D2 synthases. Recombinant forms of these CsGST-σ and CsGST-μ proteins expressed in Escherichia coli exhibited considerable degrees of GST and PGS activities with substantially different specific activities. All recombinant proteins displayed higher affinities toward prostaglandin H2 (PGS substrate; average Km of 30.7 and 3.0 μm for prostaglandin D2 [PGDS] and E2 synthase [PGES], respectively) than those toward CDNB (GST substrate; average Km of 1,205.1 μm). Furthermore, the catalytic efficiency (Kcat/Km) of the PGDS/PGES activity was higher than that of GST activity (average Kcat/Km of 3.1, 0.7, and 7.0×10-3 s-1μm-1 for PGDS, PGES, and GST, respectively). Our data strongly suggest that the C. sinensis sigma- and mu-class GST proteins are deeply involved in regulating host immune responses by generating PGD2 and PGE2 in addition to their roles in general detoxification.
- Subjects
CYCLOOXYGENASES; GLUTATHIONE transferase; CLONORCHIS sinensis; IMMUNOREGULATION; PROTEIN expression
- Publication
Parasites, Hosts & Diseases, 2024, Vol 62, Issue 2, p205
- ISSN
2982-5164
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3347/PHD.24004