Mammalian-like type II glutaminyl cyclases in Porphyromonas gingivalis and other oral pathogenic bacteria as targets for treatment of periodontitis.

Taudte, Nadine; Linnert, Miriam; Rahfeld, Jens-Ulrich; Piechotta, Anke; Ramsbeck, Daniel; Buchholz, Mirko; Kolenko, Petr; Parthier, Christoph; Houston, John A; Veillard, Florian; Eick, Sigrun; Potempa, Jan; Schilling, Stephan; Demuth, Hans-Ulrich; Stubbs, Milton T (2021). Mammalian-like type II glutaminyl cyclases in Porphyromonas gingivalis and other oral pathogenic bacteria as targets for treatment of periodontitis. The journal of biological chemistry, 296, p. 100263. American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100263

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The development of a targeted therapy would significantly improve the treatment of periodontitis and its associated diseases including Alzheimer's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and cardiovascular diseases. Glutaminyl cyclases (QCs) from the oral pathogens Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia, and Prevotella intermedia represent attractive target enzymes for small-molecule inhibitor development, as their action is likely to stabilize essential periplasmic and outer membrane proteins by N-terminal pyroglutamination. In contrast to other microbial QCs that utilize the so-called type I enzymes, these oral pathogens possess sequences corresponding to type II QCs, observed hitherto only in animals. However, whether differences between these bacteroidal QCs and animal QCs are sufficient to enable development of selective inhibitors is not clear. To learn more, we recombinantly expressed all three QCs. They exhibit comparable catalytic efficiencies and are inhibited by metal chelators. Crystal structures of the enzymes from P. gingivalis (PgQC) and T. forsythia (TfQC) reveal a tertiary structure composed of an eight-stranded β-sheet surrounded by seven α-helices, typical of animal type II QCs. In each case, an active site Zn ion is tetrahedrally coordinated by conserved residues. Nevertheless, significant differences to mammalian enzymes are found around the active site of the bacteroidal enzymes. Application of a PgQC-selective inhibitor described here for the first time results in growth inhibition of two P. gingivalis clinical isolates in a dose-dependent manner. The insights gained by these studies will assist in the development of highly specific small-molecule bacteroidal QC inhibitors, paving the way for alternative therapies against periodontitis and associated diseases.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Periodontology
04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Periodontics Research

UniBE Contributor:

Eick, Sigrun

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1083-351X

Publisher:

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Language:

English

Submitter:

Doris Burri

Date Deposited:

27 Jan 2022 15:10

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 16:01

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100263

PubMed ID:

33837744

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Porphyromonas gingivalis bacterial pathogens crystal structure drug design enzyme structure glutaminyl cyclase periodontal disease

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/163927

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/163927

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