Triacsin C: a differential inhibitor of arachidonoyl-CoA synthetase and nonspecific long chain acyl-CoA synthetase

Prostaglandins
E J HartmanM Laposata

Abstract

Triacsins A, B, C, and D are newly discovered compounds isolated from the culture filtrate of streptomyces which are known to inhibit nonspecific long chain acyl-CoA synthetase (EC 6.2.1.3.). These inhibitors have not been previously studied with regard to their effects on arachidonoyl-CoA synthetase, an enzyme which specifically utilizes arachidonate and other icosanoid precursor fatty acids. To explore this question, we used triacsin C, a potent inhibitor of the nonspecific acyl-CoA synthetase. Triacsin C was found to inhibit the action of arachidonoyl-CoA synthetase and the nonspecific enzyme in sonicates of HSDM1C1 mouse fibrosarcoma cells. Importantly, however, the triacsin concentration and length of pre-incubation with the enzymes could be adjusted to almost completely inhibit (greater than 80%) the nonspecific long chain acyl CoA-synthetase, with less than 20% inhibition of arachidonoyl-CoA synthetase. Using intact cultured cells exposed to 1 ug/ml triacsin for up to 15 minutes, we unexpectedly observed preferential inhibition of arachidonoyl-CoA synthetase activity. In intact cell studies, arachidonoyl-CoA synthetase was inhibited greater than 90%, with 55-60% inhibition of the nonspecific acyl-CoA synthetase. As addit...Continue Reading

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