Influence of Antivitamins Ginkgotoxin 5′-Phosphate and Deoxypyridoxine 5′-Phosphate on Human Pyridoxine 5′-Phosphate Oxidase[*]

Abstract

The pharmacological effects of leaf extracts (EGb 761) from Ginkgo biloba L. are attributed to ginkgolides, bilobalide and biflavonoids. However, besides these beneficial attributes, ginkgotoxin, a B₆ antivitamin which may cause epileptic convulsions, other severe neuronal disorders and even death, is also found in Ginkgo leaves and leaf-derived remedies. Because of its structural similarity to the B₆ vitamers, an interaction of ginkgotoxin with enzymes involved in the vitamin B₆-dependent metabolism of the human brain is possible. This led us to investigate how the neurotoxic ginkgotoxin acts in the brain. To this end the gene coding for the human pyridoxine 5′-phosphate oxidase was heterologously overexpressed in E. coli and the homogeneous enzyme was characterized. The investigation showed that the enzyme is inhibited in vitro by the synthetic vitamin B₆ derivative 4′-deoxypyridoxine 5′-phosphate but not by ginkgotoxin or its 5′-phosphate.

Key words

Ginkgo biloba - Ginkgoaceae - ginkgotoxin 5′‐phosphate - 4′‐deoxypyridoxine 5′‐phosphate - pyridoxine 5′‐phosphate oxidase - pyridoxal 5′‐phosphate phosphatase - vitamin B₆

1 Dedicated to Dr. Heinz G. Floss on the occasion of his 75th birthday.

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1 Dedicated to Dr. Heinz G. Floss on the occasion of his 75th birthday.