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CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR

Conversion of Phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) Catalytic Site to Higher Affinity by PDE5 Inhibitors

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee

Phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) specifically hydrolyzes cGMP, thereby contributing to modulation of intracellular levels of this nucleotide. In the present study, preincubation with cGMP increased PDE5 catalytic activity for cGMP degradation, and it converted the PDE5 catalytic site to a form that was more potently inhibited by each of the three PDE5 catalytic site-specific inhibitors: sildenafil, vardenafil, and tadalafil. These results implied that elevated cGMP initiates a physiological negative feedback on the cGMP pathway by increasing the affinity of the PDE5 catalytic site for cGMP. This increase in catalytic site activity or affinity for inhibitors could be caused by binding of cGMP to either the PDE5 allosteric sites, catalytic site, or both. Whether occupation of the catalytic site alone could mediate the effect was examined using radiolabeled PDE5 inhibitors in the absence of cGMP. Exchange-dissociation of [³H]sildenafil (Viagra), [³H]vardenafil (Levitra), or [³H]tadalafil (Cialis) from full-length PDE5 or isolated catalytic domain revealed two kinetic components (slow and fast). Extended preincubation of full-length PDE5, but not isolated catalytic domain, with ³H inhibitors converted the biphasic pattern to a single slow (high-affinity) component. Studies of amino-terminally truncated PDE5 established that full-length mammalian GAF-B (cGMP-binding phosphodiesterase, Anabaena adenylyl cyclases, Escherichia coli FhlA) subdomain conjoined with the catalytic domain was sufficient for this conversion. In conclusion, binding of substrate or substrate analogs such as PDE5 inhibitors to the catalytic site converts a fast (low-affinity) inhibitor dissociation component of the PDE5 catalytic site to a slow (high-affinity) inhibitor dissociation component. This effect is predicted to improve the substrate affinity or inhibitory potencies of these compounds in intact cells.

Address correspondence to: Dr. Mitsi A. Blount, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Light Hall Room 702, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0615. E-mail: mitsi.blount{at}vanderbilt.edu

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