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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 263, Issue 13, 6215-6219, 05, 1988

K-252a, a novel microbial product, inhibits smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase

S Nakanishi, K Yamada, H Kase, S Nakamura and Y Nonomura
Tokyo Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.

Effects of K-252a, (8R*, 9S*, 11S*)-(-)-9-hydroxy-9-methoxycarbonyl-8- methyl-2,3,9,10-tetrahydro-8, 11-epoxy-1H,8H,11H-2,7b,11a- triazadibenzo[a,g]cycloocta [cde]trinden-1-one, purified from the culture broth of Nocardiopsis sp., on the activity of myosin light chain kinase were investigated. 1) K-252a (1 x 10(-5) M) affected three characteristic properties of chicken gizzard myosin-B, natural actomyosin, to a similar degree: the Ca2+-dependent activity of ATPase, superprecipitation, and the phosphorylation of the myosin light chain. 2) K-252a inhibited the activities of the purified myosin light chain kinase and a Ca2+-independent form of the enzyme which was constructed by cross-linking of myosin light chain kinase and calmodulin using glutaraldehyde. The degrees of inhibition by 3 x 10(-6) M K-252a were 69 and 48% of the control activities with the purified enzyme and the cross-linked complex, respectively. Chlorpromazine (3 x 10(-4) M), a calmodulin antagonist, inhibited the native enzyme, but not the cross- linked one. These results suggested that K-252a inhibited myosin light chain kinase by direct interaction with the enzyme, whereas chlorpromazine suppressed the enzyme activation by interacting with calmodulin. 3) The inhibition by K-252a of the cross-linked kinase was affected by the concentration of ATP, a phosphate donor. The concentration causing 50% inhibition was two orders magnitude lower in the presence of 100 microM ATP than in the presence of 2 mM ATP. 4) Kinetic analyses using [gama-32P]ATP indicated that the inhibitory mode of K-252a was competitive with respect to ATP (Ki = 20 nM). These results suggest that K-252a interacts at the ATP-binding domain of myosin light chain kinase. The direct action of the compound on the enzyme would explain the multivarious inhibition of myosin ATPase, of superprecipitation, and of the contractile response of smooth muscle.
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