Inhibition of adenosine deaminase (ADA)-mediated metabolism of cordycepin by natural substances.

ABSTRACT: Cordycepin, which is an analogue of a nucleoside adenosine, exhibits a wide variety of pharmacological activities including anticancer effects. In this study, ADA1- and ADA2-expressing HEK293 cells were established to determine the major ADA isoform responsible for the deamination of cordycepin. While the metabolic rate of cordycepin deamination was similar between ADA2-expressing and Mock cells, extensive metabolism of cordycepin was observed in the ADA1-expressing cells with K m and V max values of 54.9 μmol/L and 45.8 nmole/min/mg protein. Among five natural substances tested in this study (kaempferol, quercetin, myricetin, naringenin, and naringin), naringin strongly inhibited the deamination of cordycepin with K i values of 58.8 μmol/L in mouse erythrocytes and 168.3 μmol/L in human e

SUBMITTER: Li G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4448975 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature