PMID- 32475856 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210111 LR - 20210111 IS - 1347-5223 (Electronic) IS - 0009-2363 (Linking) VI - 68 IP - 6 DP - 2020 TI - Development of Specific Fluorogenic Substrates for Human beta-N-Acetyl-D-hexosaminidase A for Cell-Based Assays. PG - 526-533 LID - 10.1248/cpb.c20-00069 [doi] AB - Inhibitors of human beta-N-acetyl-D-hexosaminidase (hHEX) A and human O-GlcNAcase (hOGA) reportedly play roles in multiple diseases, suggesting their potential for pharmacological chaperone (PC) therapy of Sandhoff disease (SD) and Tay-Sachs disease (TSD), as lysosomal storage diseases, and Alzheimer's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy, respectively. In particular, hHEXA inhibitors as PCs have been shown to successfully enhance hHEXA levels, leading to the chronic form of SD and TSD. In the diagnosis of enzyme deficiencies in SD and TSD, artificial hHEXA substrates based on 4-methylumbelliferone as a fluorophore are available and generally used; however, they do not have sufficient performance to screen for potential inhibitors for a PC therapy from compound libraries. Further, there are currently few fluorogenic substrates for hHEXA suitable for such requirements and there are no substrates ideal for cell-based inhibitor screening. Here, we clarified the difference in enzyme active site structure between hHEXA and hOGA from their tertiary structures. To develop lysosome-localized hHEXA-specific fluorogenic substrates based on the difference in their active site structures, our developed quinone methide cleavage substrate design platform was applied for the molecular design of substrates. Thereafter, we synthesized via the shortest route and evaluated novel three-color fluorogenic substrates for hHEXA that exhibited excellent specificity and sensitivity in three human cell lines. The designed substrates represent the first-in-a class of new substrates that can be utilized to screen hHEXA inhibitors in adherent human cultured cells. FAU - Miura, Kazuki AU - Miura K AD - Department of Chemistry and Life Science, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University. FAU - Aoyama, Yuka AU - Aoyama Y AD - Department of Chemistry and Life Science, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University. FAU - Natsu, Yurika AU - Natsu Y AD - Department of Chemistry and Life Science, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University. FAU - Koyama, Ryosuke AU - Koyama R AD - Department of Chemistry and Life Science, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University. FAU - Hirano, Takako AU - Hirano T AD - Department of Chemistry and Life Science, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University. FAU - Nishio, Toshiyuki AU - Nishio T AD - Department of Chemistry and Life Science, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University. FAU - Hakamata, Wataru AU - Hakamata W AD - Department of Chemistry and Life Science, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Japan TA - Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) JT - Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin JID - 0377775 RN - 0 (Fluorescent Dyes) RN - EC 3.2.1.52 (beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases) SB - IM MH - Fluorescent Dyes/chemical synthesis/*chemistry MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Models, Molecular MH - Molecular Structure MH - *Optical Imaging MH - beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases/*analysis/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - fluorogenic substrate OT - inhibitor screening OT - lysosomal storage disease OT - pharmacological chaperone OT - beta-N-acetyl-D-hexosaminidase EDAT- 2020/06/02 06:00 MHDA- 2021/01/12 06:00 CRDT- 2020/06/02 06:00 PHST- 2020/06/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/06/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/01/12 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1248/cpb.c20-00069 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2020;68(6):526-533. doi: 10.1248/cpb.c20-00069.