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Reaction mechanism for cocaine esterase-catalyzed hydrolyses of (+)- and (-)-cocaine: Unexpected common rate-determining step
Liu, Junjun,Zhao, Xinyun,Yang, Wenchao,Zhan, Chang-Guo
experimental part, p. 5017 - 5025 (2011/06/19)
First-principles quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical free energy calculations have been performed to examine the catalytic mechanism for cocaine esterase (CocE)-catalyzed hydrolysis of (+)-cocaine in comparison with CocE-catalyzed hydrolysis of (-)-cocaine. It has been shown that the acylation of (+)-cocaine consists of nucleophilic attack of the hydroxyl group of Ser117 on the carbonyl carbon of (+)-cocaine benzoyl ester and the dissociation of (+)-cocaine benzoyl ester. The first reaction step of deacylation of (+)-cocaine, which is identical to that of (-)-cocaine, is rate-determining, indicating that CocE-catalyzed hydrolyses of (+)- and (-)-cocaine have a common rate-determining step. The computational results predict that the catalytic rate constant of CocE against (+)-cocaine should be the same as that of CocE against (-)-cocaine, in contrast with the remarkable difference between human butyrylcholinesterase-catalyzed hydrolyses of (+)- and (-)-cocaine. The prediction has been confirmed by experimental kinetic analysis on CocE-catalyzed hydrolysis of (+)-cocaine in comparison with CocE-catalyzed hydrolysis of (-)-cocaine. The determined common rate-determining step indicates that rational design of a high-activity mutant of CocE should be focused on the first reaction step of the deacylation. Furthermore, the obtained mechanistic insights into the detailed differences in the acylation between the (+)- and (-)-cocaine hydrolyses provide indirect clues for rational design of amino acid mutations that could more favorably stabilize the rate-determining transition state in the deacylation and, thus, improve the catalytic activity of CocE. This study provides a valuable mechanistic base for rational design of an improved esterase for therapeutic treatment of cocaine abuse.
Cocaine catalytic antibodies: The primary importance of linker effects
Matsushita, Masayuki,Hoffman, Timothy Z.,Ashley, Jon A.,Zhou, Bin,Wirsching, Peter,Janda, Kim D.
, p. 87 - 90 (2007/10/03)
Current treatments for cocaine addiction are not effective. The development of a catalytic monoclonal antibody (mAb) provides a strategy for not only binding, but also degrading cocaine, which offers a broad-based therapy. Hapten design is the central element for programming antibody catalysis. The characteristics of the linker used in classic transition-state analogue phosphonate haptens were shown to be important for obtaining mAbs that hydrolyze the benzoate ester of cocaine.
Two-carbon bridge substituted cocaines: Enantioselective synthesis, attribution of the absolute configuration and biological activity of novel 6- and 7-methoxylated cocaines
Simoni, Daniele,Roberti, Marinella,Andrisano, Vincenza,Manferdini, Monica,Rondanin, Riccardo,Invidiata, Francesco Paolo
, p. 275 - 287 (2007/10/03)
In an effort to learn more about the general structure-activity relationships of cocaine with the aim to elucidate those structural features that might confer antagonistic properties to such analogues, we describe herein our synthetic efforts to prepare two-carbon bridge functionalized (methoxylated and hydroxylated) analogues. Our approach makes use of a modification of the classical Willstatter synthesis of cocaine: Mannich type cyclization of acetonedicarboxylic acid monomethyl ester with methylamine hydrochloride and 2-methoxysuccindialdehyde in a citrate buffer solution afforded the 6- and 7-substituted 2-carbomethoxy-3-tropinones 3a,b and 4a,b in approximate yields of 64%. Reduction of the (±)-tropinone derivatives was performed with sodium amalgam in a sulfuric acid solution to afford a mixture of (±)-methoxyecgonine and (±)-methoxypseudoecgonine derivatives 5, 11 and 6, 7, 12, 13. Benzoylation of these alcohols yielded the desired cocaine and pseudococaine-like compounds 8, 14 and 9, 10, 15, 16. Additionally, we show that enzymatic hydrolysis of these cocaine analogues using pig liver esterase (PLE) affords a practical means for achieving their chemical resolution. The enantiomers of the methoxycocaine analogues were also prepared starting from chiral (±)- and(-)-6-methoxytropinone. All new analogues were examined for their ability to displace [3H]mazindol binding and to inhibit high-affinity uptake of [3H]dopamine into striatal nerve ending (synaptosomes). It appeared evident that methoxylation of the cocaine two-carbon bridge provides compounds of particular interest: the K(i) for the binding of the methoxypseudococaines is about two to four times smaller than the K(i) for inhibition of dopamine uptake, thus enabling these compounds capable of countering the effects of cocaine to some extent.