Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Inage-ku, Chiba, Japan.
Pharmacology. 2013;92(1-2):99-107. doi: 10.1159/000351849. Epub 2013 Aug 16.
Ten mammalian diacylglycerol kinase (DGK) isozymes (α-κ) have been identified. Recent studies have revealed that DGK isozymes play pivotal roles in a wide variety of pathophysiological functions. Thus, it is important to be able to easily check DGK activity in each pathophysiological event. Moreover, the conventional DGK assay is quite laborious because it requires the use of a radioisotope and thin-layer chromatography including multiple extraction steps. In order to minimize the laborious procedures, we established a non-radioactive, single well, two-step DGK assay system. We demonstrated that, compared to the conventional method, the new assay system has comparable sensitivity and much higher efficiency, and is effective in detecting potential agents with high reliability (Z'-factor = 0.69 ± 0.12; n = 3). Using the newly developed assay, we comprehensively evaluated the DGK isozyme selectivities of commercially available DGK inhibitors, R59022 and R59949, in vitro. We found that among 10 isozymes, R59022 strongly inhibited type I DGKα and moderately attenuated type III DGKε and type V DGKθ, and that R59949 strongly inhibited type I DGK α and γ, and moderately attenuated type II DGK δ and κ.
已鉴定出 10 种哺乳动物二酰基甘油激酶 (DGK)同工酶 (α-κ)。最近的研究表明,DGK 同工酶在多种病理生理功能中发挥关键作用。因此,能够轻松检查每种病理生理事件中的 DGK 活性非常重要。此外,由于常规 DGK 测定需要使用放射性同位素和包括多个提取步骤的薄层层析,因此非常繁琐。为了最大限度地减少繁琐的程序,我们建立了一种非放射性、单孔、两步 DGK 测定系统。我们证明,与传统方法相比,新的测定系统具有相当的灵敏度和更高的效率,并且在以高可靠性检测潜在试剂方面非常有效(Z'因子=0.69±0.12;n=3)。使用新开发的测定系统,我们在体外全面评估了市售 DGK 抑制剂 R59022 和 R59949 对 DGK 同工酶的选择性。我们发现,在 10 种同工酶中,R59022 强烈抑制 I 型 DGKα,并适度减弱 III 型 DGKε和 V 型 DGKθ,而 R59949 强烈抑制 I 型 DGKα和γ,并适度减弱 II 型 DGKδ和κ。