BYK191023 (2-[2-(4-methoxy-pyridin-2-yl)-ethyl]-3h-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine) is an NADPH- and time-dependent irreversible inhibitor of inducible nitric-oxide synthase

Molecular Pharmacology
Mauro TisoDennis J Stuehr

Abstract

Imidazopyridine derivates were recently shown to be a novel class of selective and arginine-competitive inhibitors of inducible nitric-oxide synthase (iNOS), and 2-[2-(4-methoxypyridin-2-yl)-ethyl]-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (BYK191023) was found to have very high selectivity in enzymatic and cellular models ( Mol Pharmacol 69: 328-337, 2006 ). Here, we show that BYK191023 irreversibly inactivates murine iNOS in an NADPH- and time-dependent manner, whereas it acts only as a reversible l-arginine-competitive inhibitor in the absence of NADPH or during anaerobic preincubation. Time-dependent irreversible inhibition by BYK191023 could also be demonstrated in intact cells using the RAW macrophage or iNOS-overexpressing human embryonic kidney 293 cell lines. The mechanism of BYK191023 inhibition in the presence of NADPH was studied using spectral, kinetic, chromatographic, and radioligand binding methods. BYK191023-bound iNOS was spectrally indistinguishable from l-arginine-bound iNOS, pointing to an interaction of BYK191023 with the catalytic center of the enzyme. [(3)H]BYK191023 was recovered quantitatively from irreversibly inactivated iNOS, and no inhibitor metabolite was detected by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)....Continue Reading

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