Chelerythrine Chloride: A Potential Rumen Microbial Urease Inhibitor Screened by Targeting UreG

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第一作者： Zhang, Xiaoyin

作者： Zhang, Xiaoyin;He, Yue;Xiong, Zhanbo;Li, Min;Li, Ming;Zheng, Nan;Zhao, Shengguo;Wang, Jiaqi

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关键词： urease inhibitor; UreG; chelerythrine chloride; ammonia production; rumen

期刊名称：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES （ 影响因子：5.924； 五年影响因子：6.132 ）

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年卷期： 2021 年 22 卷 15 期

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摘要： Inhibition of ruminal microbial urease is of particular interest due to its crucial role in regulating urea-N utilization efficiency and nitrogen pollution in the livestock industry. Acetohydroxamic acid (AHA) is currently the only commercially available urease inhibitor, but it has adverse side effects. The urease accessory protein UreG, which facilitates the functional incorporation of the urease nickel metallocentre, has been proposed in developing urease inhibitor through disrupting urease maturation. The objective of this study was to screen natural compounds as potential urease inhibitors by targeting UreG in a predominant ruminal microbial urease. In silico screening and in vitro tests for potential inhibitors were performed using molecular docking and an assay for the GTPase activity of UreG. Chelerythrine chloride was selected as a potential urease inhibitor of UreG with an inhibition concentration IC50 value of 18.13 mu M. It exhibited mixed inhibition, with the K-i value being 26.28 mu M. We further explored its inhibition mechanism using isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, and we found that chelerythrine chloride inhibited the binding of nickel to UreG and induced changes in the secondary structure, especially the alpha-helix and beta-sheet of UreG. Chelerythrine chloride formed a pi-anion interaction with the Asp41 residue of UreG, which is an important residue in initiating the conformational changes of UreG. In conclusion, chelerythrine chloride exhibited a potential inhibitory effect on urease, which provided new evidence for strategies to develop novel urease inhibitors targeting UreG to reduce nitrogen excretion from ruminants.

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