CHEMBL5735896

Inhibitory Action of PDHK2 Activity In Vitro: In the case of human PDHK2 (hPDHK2, NCBI Reference Database Accession number NM_002611.4), modified hPDHK2 cDNA wherein FLAG-Tag sequence was added to the N terminus of hPDHK2 cDNA clone (pReceiver-M01/PDK2-GeneCopoeia) as the base was prepared by PCR and ligated to the NdeI/EcoRI site of pET-17b vector. The recombinant construct was transformed into Escherichia coli DH5a. The recombinant clones were identified, and plasmid DNA was isolated and subjected to the DNA sequence analysis. One clone which had the expected nucleic acid sequence was selected for expression work.For expression of hPDHK2 activity, Escherichia coli strain BL21(DE3) cells were transformed with the pET17b vector containing modified hPDHK2 cDNA. The Escherichia coli were grown to an optical density 0.6 (600 nmol/L) at 30° C. Protein expression was induced by the addition of 500 μmol/L isopropyl-β-thiogalactopyranoside. The Escherichia coli were cultured at 20° C. for 17-18 hr and harvested by centrifugation. The harvested Escherichia coli was resuspended in a suspension buffer (20 mmol/L HEPES-NaOH, 500 mmol/L sodium chloride, 1% ethylene glycol, 0.1% pluronic F-68 (pH 8.0), cOmplete, EDTA-free (pH 8.0)), and disrupted by a microfluidizer. The precipitate was removed by centrifugation and the supernatant was added to DDDDK-tagged Protein PURIFICATION GEL. DDDDK-tagged Protein PURIFICATION GEL was washed with a washing buffer (20 mmol/L HEPES-NaOH, 500 mmol/L sodium chloride, 1% ethylene glycol, 0.1% pluronic F-68 (pH 8.0)) and the bound protein was eluted with elution buffer 1 (20 mmol/L HEPES-NaOH, 100 μg/mL peptide (amino acid sequence DYKDDDDK) (SEQ ID NO: 1), 500 mmol/L sodium chloride, 1% ethylene glycol, 0.1% pluronic F-68 (pH 8.0)). The eluted fractions containing FLAG-Tagged protein were pooled, concentrated by an ultrafiltration method, added to a gel filtration column (HiLoad 26/60 Superdex 200), and eluted with elution buffer 2 (20 mmol/L HEPES-NaOH, 150 mmol/L sodium chloride, 0.5 mmol/L ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), 1% ethylene glycol, 0.1% pluronic F-68 (pH 8.0)). The eluted fractions were pooled and preserved at −80° C.0.025 U/mL PDH and 0.5 μg/mL hPDHK2 were mixed in an assay buffer (50 mmol/L 3-morpholinopropanesulfonic acid (pH 7.0), 20 mmol/L dipotassium hydrogen phosphate, 60 mmol/L potassium chloride, 2 mmol/L magnesium chloride, 0.4 mmol/L EDTA, 0.2% poloxamer, 2 mmol/L dithiothreitol), and the mixture was incubated at 4° C. overnight to obtain a PDH/hPDHK2 complex solution. In the assay buffer, 0.025 U/mL PDH was mixed and incubated at 4° C. overnight to prepare a PDH solution.The test compounds were diluted with DMSO. To measure an inhibitory action of the test compound on the PDHK activity in the PDH/hPDHK2 complex solution, PDH/hPDHK2 complex solution (20 μL), test compound (1.5 μL) and 1.06 μmol/L ATP (diluted with assay buffer) (8.5 μL) were added to a 384 well microplate and PDHK reaction was performed at room temperature for 45 min (test compound well). DMSO (1.5 μL) was added to control wells instead of test compound. In addition, DMSO (1.5 μL) was added to blank wells instead of the test compound, and PDH solution was added instead of the PDH/hPDHK2 complex solution. To measure an inhibitory action of the test compound on the PDHK activity inherent in the PDH solution, a test compound was added and the PDH solution instead of the PDH/hPDHK2 complex solution was added to a blank+test compound well.Then, 10 μL of substrates (5 mmol/L sodium pyruvate, 5 mmol/L Coenzyme A, 12 mmol/L NAD, 5 mmol/L thiamine pyrophosphate, diluted with assay buffer) were added. The mixture was incubated at room temperature for 90 min, and the residual PDH activity was measured.The absorbance of each well at 340 nm was measured using a microplate reader to detect NADH produced by the PDH reaction.