TY - JOUR
T1 - Amino acid and protein targets of 1,2-diacetylbenzene, a potent aromatic γ-diketone that induces proximal neurofilamentous axonopathy
AU - Kim, Min Sun
AU - Hashemi, Seyed B.
AU - Spencer, Peter S.
AU - Sabri, Mohammad I.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Mike Lasarev for statistical analyses; Melissa Taylor, Juan Muñiz, Dan Austin, and Dr. Shi-Hyun Kim for technical assistance; Dr. Ian Tinsley, Dr. Donald Reed, and Dr. F. Seil for advice; and Dr. David Dixon and Dr. C. G. Zhan for discussion. This publication was made possible by the State of Oregon Workers’ Benefit Fund and Grants ES10338 and ES11384 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH). The contents of this paper are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of the NIEHS, NIH.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - The γ-diketone analogs 1,2-diacetylbenzene (1,2-DAB) and 2,5-hexanedione (2,5-HD), but not the δ-diketone 1,3-diacetylbenzene (1,3-DAB) or the β-diketone 2,4-hexanedione, induce neuropathological changes in the rodent central and peripheral nervous systems. The molecular targets of these neurotoxic aromatic and aliphatic γ-diketones, and of their nonneurotoxic structural analogs and ninhydrin, are examined by assessing their differential reactivity with neural and nonneural amino acids and proteins in vitro and in vivo. Whereas 1,2-DAB is chromogenic and forms polymers with amino acids (notably lysine) and proteins (especially lysine-rich proteins), 1,3-DAB lacks these properties. Ninhydrin forms a chromophore without evidence of protein polymerization. 1,2-DAB preferentially targets neurofilament over microtubule protein in vitro and in situ. Based on protein reactivity, 1,2-DAB is three orders of magnitude more reactive than 2,5-HD. Lysine-rich neurofilament protein subunits NF-H and NF-M are more susceptible than lysine-poor NF-L and β-tubulin to 1,2-DAB. These observations correlate with the development of proximal (1,2-DAB) and distal (2,5-HD) neurofilament-filled axonal swellings and segregated intact microtubules observed during systemic treatment with aromatic and aliphatic γ-diketones.
AB - The γ-diketone analogs 1,2-diacetylbenzene (1,2-DAB) and 2,5-hexanedione (2,5-HD), but not the δ-diketone 1,3-diacetylbenzene (1,3-DAB) or the β-diketone 2,4-hexanedione, induce neuropathological changes in the rodent central and peripheral nervous systems. The molecular targets of these neurotoxic aromatic and aliphatic γ-diketones, and of their nonneurotoxic structural analogs and ninhydrin, are examined by assessing their differential reactivity with neural and nonneural amino acids and proteins in vitro and in vivo. Whereas 1,2-DAB is chromogenic and forms polymers with amino acids (notably lysine) and proteins (especially lysine-rich proteins), 1,3-DAB lacks these properties. Ninhydrin forms a chromophore without evidence of protein polymerization. 1,2-DAB preferentially targets neurofilament over microtubule protein in vitro and in situ. Based on protein reactivity, 1,2-DAB is three orders of magnitude more reactive than 2,5-HD. Lysine-rich neurofilament protein subunits NF-H and NF-M are more susceptible than lysine-poor NF-L and β-tubulin to 1,2-DAB. These observations correlate with the development of proximal (1,2-DAB) and distal (2,5-HD) neurofilament-filled axonal swellings and segregated intact microtubules observed during systemic treatment with aromatic and aliphatic γ-diketones.
KW - Aromatic solvent
KW - Axonopathy
KW - Chromophore
KW - Diacetylbenzene
KW - Neurofilament
KW - Protein adducts
KW - γ-diketone
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U2 - 10.1006/taap.2002.9456
DO - 10.1006/taap.2002.9456
M3 - Article
C2 - 12217642
AN - SCOPUS:0036382897
SN - 0041-008X
VL - 183
SP - 55
EP - 65
JO - Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
JF - Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
IS - 1
ER -