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Neuronal proteins as targets of 3-hydroxykynurenine: Implications in neurodegenerative diseases.

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The neurotoxic activity of the tryptophan metabolite 3-hydroxykynurenine (3OHKyn) in neurodegenerative disorders as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, is related to oxidative stress and 3OHKyn interaction with cellular proteins. The pattern… Click to show full abstract

The neurotoxic activity of the tryptophan metabolite 3-hydroxykynurenine (3OHKyn) in neurodegenerative disorders as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, is related to oxidative stress and 3OHKyn interaction with cellular proteins. The pattern of protein modification induced by 3OHKyn involves the nucleophilic side chains of Cys, His, and Lys residues, similarly to the one promoted by dopamine and other catecholamines. In the present work, we have analyzed the reactivity of 3OHKyn towards the neuronal targets α-synuclein (and its N-terminal fragments 1-6 and 1-15) and amyloid-β peptides (1-16 and 1-28), and characterized the resulting conjugates through spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) and spectroscopic (UV-Vis, fluorescence, NMR) techniques. The amino acid residues of α-synuclein and amyloid-β peptides involved in derivatizations by 3OHKyn and its autoxidation products (belonging to the xanthommatin family) are Lys and His, respectively. The pattern of protein modification is expanded in the conjugates obtained in the presence of the metal ions copper(II) or iron(III), reflecting a more oxidizing environment that in addition to adducts with protein/peptide residues also favors the fragmentation of the protein. These results open the perspective to using the 3OHKyn-protein/peptide synthetic conjugates to explore their competence to activate microglia cell cultures as well as to unravel their role in neuroinflammatory conditions.

Keywords: targets hydroxykynurenine; hydroxykynurenine implications; neurodegenerative diseases; implications neurodegenerative; proteins targets; neuronal proteins

Journal Title: ACS chemical neuroscience
Year Published: 2019

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