Development of fluorogenic substrates for colorectal tumor-related neuropeptidases for activity-based diagnosis

Norimichi Nagano, Yuki Ichihashi, Toru Komatsu, Hiroyuki Matsuzaki, Keisuke Hata, Toshiaki Watanabe, Yoshihiro Misawa, Misa Suzuki, Shingo Sakamoto, Yu Kagami, Ayumi Kashiro, Keiko Takeuchi, Yukihide Kanemitsu, Hiroki Ochiai, Rikiya Watanabe, Kazufumi Honda, Yasuteru Urano

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Abstract

The M3 metalloproteases, neurolysin and THOP1, are neuropeptidases that are expressed in various tissues and metabolize neuropeptides, such as neurotensin. The biological roles of these enzymes are not well characterized, partially because the chemical tools to analyse their activities are not well developed. Here, we developed a fluorogenic substrate probe for neurolysin and thimet oligopeptidase 1 (THOP1), which enabled the analysis of enzymatic activity changes in tissue and plasma samples. In particular, the probe was useful for studying enzyme activities in a single-molecule enzyme assay platform, which can detect enzyme activity with high sensitivity. We detected the activity of neurolysin in plasma samples and revealed higher enzyme activity in the blood samples of patients with colorectal tumor. The result indicated that single-molecule neurolysin activity is a promising candidate for a blood biomarker for colorectal cancer diagnosis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4495-4499
Number of pages5
JournalChemical Science
Volume14
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Apr 2023
Externally publishedYes

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