Fluorescence Monitoring of the Oxidative Repair of DNA Alkylation Damage by ALKBH3, a Prostate Cancer Marker

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• 作者：Andrew A. Beharry ; Sandrine Lacoste ; Timothy R. O’Connor ; Eric T. Kool
• 刊名：Journal of the American Chemical Society
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 23, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：138
• 期：11
• 页码：3647-3650
• 全文大小：294K
• ISSN：1520-5126

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The 2-oxoglutarate-dependent iron enzyme ALKBH3 is an antitumor target and a potential diagnostic marker for several tumor types, including prostate cancer. However, there is at present no simple way to measure this enzyme’s activity. Here we describe a fluorogenic probe design (MAQ) that is directly responsive to ALKBH3 repair activity. It makes use of the fluorescence-quenching properties of 1-methyladenine; removal of the alkyl group results in a >10-fold light-up signal. The probe is specific for ALKBH3 over its related homologue ALKBH2 and can be used to identify and measure the effectiveness of enzyme inhibitors. Measurements of the enzyme substrate parameters show that MAQ displays K_m and k_cat values essentially the same as those of the native substrate. Finally, we show that the probe functions efficiently in cells, allowing imaging and quantitation of ALKBH3 activity by microscopy and flow cytometry. We expect that MAQ probes will be broadly useful in the study of the basic biology of ALKBH3 and in clinical cancer applications as well.