Abstract

In the present work, we investigated the effect of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) on the monophenolase and diphenolase activity of mushroom tyrosinase. The results showed that diflunisal and indomethacin inhibited both monophenolase and diphenolase activity. For monophenolase activity, the lag time was extended in the presence of diflunisal. In the presence of indomethacin, the lag time did not change. IC(50) values of monophenolase activity were estimated to be 0.112 mM (diflunisal) and 1.78 mM (indomethacin). Kinetic studies of monophenolase activity revealed that both diflunisal and indomethacin were non-competitive inhibitors. For diphenolase activity, IC(50) values were estimated to be 0.197 mM (diflunisal) and 0.509 mM (indomethacin). Diflunisal and indomethacin were also found to be non-competitive diphenolase inhibitors.

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Authors

Sato K, Toriyama M

Institution

Department of Life Science, College of Agriculture, Tamagawa University, 6-1-1 Tamagawa-Gakuen, Tokyo, Japan.

Source

International journal of molecular sciences 12:6 2011 pg 3998-4008

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

21747720