Hydroxyphenyl thiosemicarbazones as inhibitors of mushroom tyrosinase and antibrowning agents. 2020

M Carcelli, and D Rogolino, and J Bartoli, and N Pala, and C Compari, and N Ronda, and F Bacciottini, and M Incerti, and E Fisicaro
Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability and CIRCMSB (Consorzio Interuniversitario di Ricerca in Chimica dei Metalli nei Sistemi Biologici) Parma Unit, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy. Electronic address: mauro.carcelli@unipr.it.

Tyrosinase is a metalloenzyme involved in o-hydroxylation of monophenols and oxidation of o-diphenols to o-quinones, with formation of brown or black pigments (melanines). Tyrosinase inhibitors are of great interest in medicine and cosmetics (skin whitening compounds), but also in food and beverage industry (antibrowning agents). Here we report on the activity as mushroom tyrosinase inhibitors of a series of hydroxyphenyl thiosemicarbazones (1-5): one of them revealed an inhibitory activity stronger than kojic acid, used as reference. Enzymatic inhibition activity was confirmed by colorimetric measurements on small wheels of Fuji apples treated with the hydroxyphenyl thiosemicarbazones. The mechanism of action of compounds 1-5 was investigated by molecular modelling and by studying in solution their speciation with Cu(II) ions, the ions in the active site of the enzyme. Finally, compounds 1-5 were tested on human fibroblasts: they are not cytotoxic and they do not activate cells in a pro-inflammatory way.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D010084 Oxidation-Reduction A chemical reaction in which an electron is transferred from one molecule to another. The electron-donating molecule is the reducing agent or reductant; the electron-accepting molecule is the oxidizing agent or oxidant. Reducing and oxidizing agents function as conjugate reductant-oxidant pairs or redox pairs (Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 1982, p471). Redox,Oxidation Reduction
D004791 Enzyme Inhibitors Compounds or agents that combine with an enzyme in such a manner as to prevent the normal substrate-enzyme combination and the catalytic reaction. Enzyme Inhibitor,Inhibitor, Enzyme,Inhibitors, Enzyme
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000363 Agaricales An extensive order of basidiomycetous fungi whose fruiting bodies are commonly called mushrooms. Agaricaceae,Mushrooms,Agaricale,Mushroom
D013882 Thiosemicarbazones Thiosemicarbazone
D014442 Monophenol Monooxygenase An enzyme of the oxidoreductase class that catalyzes the reaction between L-tyrosine, L-dopa, and oxygen to yield L-dopa, dopaquinone, and water. It is a copper protein that acts also on catechols, catalyzing some of the same reactions as CATECHOL OXIDASE. EC 1.14.18.1. Dopa Oxidase,Phenoloxidase,Tyrosinase,Cresolase,Phenol Oxidase,Phenoloxidase A,Phenoloxidase B,Monooxygenase, Monophenol,Oxidase, Dopa,Oxidase, Phenol
D015416 Maillard Reaction A group of nonenzymatic reactions in which ALDEHYDES; KETONES; or reducing sugars react with the amino groups of AMINO ACIDS; PEPTIDES; PROTEINS; LIPIDS; or NUCLEIC ACIDS.The reaction with reducing sugars (glycation) results in formation of Schiff bases which undergo Amadori rearrangement and other reactions that result in the irreversible formation of ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCTS (AGEs). Food browning, such as occurs when cooking with high heat (grilling, frying, roasting, etc.) is attributed to the Maillard reaction. Non-enzymatic glycation and subsequent formation of AGEs also occurs in vivo and is accelerated under hyperglycemic and inflammatory conditions, and OXIDATIVE STRESS. Browning Reaction,Food Browning,Fructation,Glucation,Glycation,Lipid Glycation,Non-Enzymatic Glycation,Non-Enzymatic Glycosylation,Nonenzymatic Protein Glycation,Protein Glycation,Ribation,Browning Reactions,Browning, Food,Glycation, Lipid,Glycation, Non-Enzymatic,Glycation, Protein,Glycosylation, Non-Enzymatic,Non Enzymatic Glycation,Non Enzymatic Glycosylation,Protein Glycation, Nonenzymatic,Reaction, Browning,Reaction, Maillard,Reactions, Browning
D020134 Catalytic Domain The region of an enzyme that interacts with its substrate to cause the enzymatic reaction. Active Site,Catalytic Core,Catalytic Region,Catalytic Site,Catalytic Subunit,Reactive Site,Active Sites,Catalytic Cores,Catalytic Domains,Catalytic Regions,Catalytic Sites,Catalytic Subunits,Core, Catalytic,Cores, Catalytic,Domain, Catalytic,Domains, Catalytic,Reactive Sites,Region, Catalytic,Regions, Catalytic,Site, Active,Site, Catalytic,Site, Reactive,Sites, Active,Sites, Catalytic,Sites, Reactive,Subunit, Catalytic,Subunits, Catalytic

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