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Immune-modulating enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase is effectively inhibited by targeting its apo-form.

Author(s): Seitz, Steven P.; Balog, Aaron; Maley, Derrick; Zhu, Xiao; Abell, Lynn; et al

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Abstract: For cancer cells to survive and proliferate, they must escape normal immune destruction. One mechanism by which this is accomplished is through immune suppression effected by up-regulation of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO1), a heme enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of tryptophan to N-formylkynurenine. On deformylation, kynurenine and downstream metabolites suppress T cell function. The importance of this immunosuppressive mechanism has spurred intense interest in the development of clinical IDO1 inhibitors. Herein, we describe the mechanism by which a class of compounds effectively and specifically inhibits IDO1 by targeting its apo-form. We show that the in vitro kinetics of inhibition coincide with an unusually high rate of intrinsic enzyme-heme dissociation, especially in the ferric form. X-ray crystal structures of the inhibitor-enzyme complexes show that heme is displaced from the enzyme and blocked from rebinding by these compounds. The results reveal that apo-IDO1 serves as a unique target for inhibition and that heme lability plays an important role in posttranslational regulation.
Publication Date: 12-Mar-2018
Electronic Publication Date: 27-Mar-2018
Citation: Nelp, Micah T., Kates, Patrick A., Hunt, John T., Newitt, John A., Balog, Aaron, Maley, Derrick, Zhu, Xiao, Abell, Lynn, Allentoff, Alban, Borzilleri, Robert, Lewis, Hal A, Lin, Zeyu, Seitz, Steven P., Yan, Chunhong, Groves, John T. (2018). Immune-modulating enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase is effectively inhibited by targeting its apo-form.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115 (13), 3249 - 3254. doi:10.1073/pnas.1719190115
DOI: doi:10.1073/pnas.1719190115
ISSN: 0027-8424
EISSN: 1091-6490
Pages: 115.13:3249 - 3254
Language: eng
Type of Material: Journal Article
Journal/Proceeding Title: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Version: Final published version. This is an open access article.
Notes: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Volume 115, Issue 13, 27 March 2018, Pages 3249-3254.



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