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J. Biochem, 2003, Vol. 133, No. 6 811-816
© 2003 Japanese Biochemical Society

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Acylspermidine Derivatives Isolated from a Soft Coral, Sinularia sp., Inhibit Plant Vacuolar H+-Pyrophosphatase

Megumi Hirono1, Makoto Ojika2, Hisatoshi Mimura1, Yoichi Nakanishi1 and Masayoshi Maeshima1,+

1 Laboratory of Cell Dynamics and 2 Laboratory of Natural Products and Molecular Function Modeling, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601

H+-pyrophosphatase (H+-PPase), which pumps H+ across membranes coupled with PPi hydrolysis, is found in most plants, and some parasitic protists, eubacteria and archaebacteria. We assayed a number of extracts derived from 145 marine invertebrates as to their inhibitory effect on plant vacuolar H+-PPase. Acylspermidine derivatives [RCONH(CH2)3N(CH3)(CH2)4N(CH3)2] from a soft coral (Sinularia sp.) inhibited the PPi-hydrolysis activity of purified H+-PPase and the PPi-dependent H+ pump activity (half inhibition concentration, 1 µM) of vacuolar membranes of mung bean. The apparent Ki was determined to be 0.9 µM. Acylspermidines did not affect the activity of vacuolar H+-ATPase, plasma membrane H+-ATPase, mitochondrial ATPase or cytosolic PPase. Acylspermidines inhibited the acidification of vacuoles in protoplasts, as found on monitoring by the acridine orange fluorescent method. These results indicate that acylspermidine derivatives represent new inhibitors of H+-PPase with relatively high specificity.

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