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Terephthalamide-containing ligands: fast removal of iron from transferrin

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Abstract

The mechanism and effectiveness of iron removal from transferrin by three series of new potential therapeutic iron sequestering agents have been analyzed with regard to the structures of the chelators. All compounds are hexadentate ligands composed of a systematically varied combination of methyl-3,2-hydroxypyridinone (Me-3,2-HOPO) and 2,3-dihydroxyterephthalamide (TAM) binding units linked to a polyamine scaffold through amide linkers; each series is based on a specific backbone: tris(2-aminoethyl)amine, spermidine, or 5-LIO(TAM), where 5-LIO is 2-(2-aminoethoxy)ethylamine. Rates of iron removal from transferrin were determined spectrophotometrically for the ten ligands, which all efficiently acquire ferric ion from diferric transferrin with a hyperbolic dependence on ligand concentration (saturation kinetics). The effect of the two iron-binding subunits Me-3,2-HOPO and TAM and of the scaffold structures on iron removal ability is discussed. At the low concentrations corresponding to therapeutic dose, TAM-containing ligands exhibit the fastest rates of iron removal, which correlates with their high affinity for ferric ion and suggests the insertion of such binding units into future therapeutic chelating agents. In addition, urea polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was used to measure the individual microscopic rates of iron removal from the three iron-bound transferrin species (diferric transferrin, N-terminal monoferric transferrin, C-terminal monoferric transferrin) by the representative chelators 5-LIO(Me-3,2-HOPO)2(TAM) and 5-LIO(TAMmeg)2(TAM), where TAMmeg is 2,3-dihydroxy-1-(methoxyethylcarbamoyl)terephthalamide. Both ligands show preferential removal from the C-terminal site of the iron-binding protein. However, cooperative effects between the two binding sites differ with the chelator. Replacement of hydroxypyridinone moieties by terephthalamide groups renders the N-terminal site more accessible to the ligand and may represent an advantage for iron chelation therapy.

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Notes

  1. The pM value is the negative logarithm of the free iron concentration in equilibrium with complexed and free ligand, at physiological pH (pH 7.4) with 1 μM total iron concentration and 10 μM total ligand concentration.

  2. We repeat here the detailed solutions of the system of equations used in our analysis, since the mathematical model used in a recent study by Hissen and Moore [38] was based on erroneous solutions to the same integral equations. Caution should be used in interpreting the results of Hissen and Moore.

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This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health (grant DK057814).

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Paper number 43 in the series “Ferric ion sequestering agents.” For the previous paper, see [24].

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Abergel, R.J., Raymond, K.N. Terephthalamide-containing ligands: fast removal of iron from transferrin. J Biol Inorg Chem 13, 229–240 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00775-007-0314-y

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Keywords

  • Iron chelation
  • Terephthalamide
  • Hydroxypyridinone
  • Transferrin
  • Kinetics