Vol. 66, No. 4,1975
BIOCHEMICAL
SALINOMYCIN
Mitsuaki
: A NEW MONOVALENT CATION IONOPHORE
Mitani,
Research
Tadashi
Division,
.July
21,
Yamanishi
and Yukio
Kaken Chemical
Honkomagome, Received
AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Bunkyo-ku,
Miyazaki
Company,
Tokyo,
Limited
113 Japan
1975
SUMMARY: The cation discriminations of salinomycin and its derivatives have been studied by measuring complexability with cations and transport rate of them across organic phase. Salinomycin exhibited a great preference for K+ over other monovalent and divalent cations in migrating cations into organic phase in two phase systems. The antibiotic mediated the transport of Na+ and Rb+ as effectively as that of K+ across CC14 bulk phase, but not those of Cs+, Mg’+, Ca2+ Sr2+. From the above results, salinomycin is concluded to act as an alkali ion carrier. The OH-acylated salinomycins retained the activity of parent compound, but the COOH-esterified salinomycins lost the activity. INTRODUCTION It ability
has been known
that
to
cations
transport
biological
membranes
electrically
neutral
the membranes
(4,5)
Salinomycin tricyclic
(1,2,3)
In this derivatives cations
from
barriers
.
These
lipid
ionophorous
exchange-diffusion
is (6).
polyether
across
type
antibiotics
have the
of artificial antibiotics
of cation
and
mediate
transport
an
across
. a monocarboxylic
spiroketal
the molecule
monocarboxylic
ring It
systems
has both
paper,
we wish
as alkali
ion
carriers
aqueous
phase
into
polyether
antibiotic
and an unsaturated
antimicrobial
to report
unique
six-membered
ring
in
and anticoccidialactivities
the properties by measuring
and through
with
of salinomycin
their
organic
abilities
(7). and its to transport
phase.
MATERIALS AND METHODS The cation discrimination patterns of salinomycin and its derivatives were determined by measuring their abilities to complex with various cations in two phase distribution systems. The antibiotics were mixed vigorously with organic solvent, i.e. n-butanol-toluene, and aqueous buffer containing isotopically labeled metal ions. The cation contents migrated from aqueous phase into organic phase were determined by counting the radioactivity of metals in an aliquot of the latter phase. The association constants, KA, of the antibiotics for monovalent and divalent cations were calculated according to the following equations recommended by Pressman (5): for
Copyrighr All righa
monovalent
C.I I9 7-i h-v Acaden~ic Prrsc. of’repmdtrctim itI arz,v jiwm
cation,
1~. rcsenyrl.
KA =
[Complex orgl [ Ionophore1232
orgl
. [“+aqueousl
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cation,
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[Complex
KA =
orgl
1Ionophore-orgl ’ * [M2+queous1 The antibiotic-mediated cation transport across a bulk phase was measured in two systems both described by Pressman (5). In the first system, a vessel with a septum sealed across the top was used. Into the vessel 12 ml of CC14 was poured, and then 3 ml of aqueous buffer containing 25mM tris-glycin, pH 9.8 and 1OmM test cation was added on the CC14 layer, so that the aqueous layer is entirely separated into two parts by the septum. The labeled cation solution was added to one part of the aqueous layer, and the time course of the cation transport to the other part was measured. The second system we employed was that which consists of three layers (bottom phase: 3 ml of 50 % sucrose soluction containing 25 mM tris-glycin, pH 9.8 and 1OmM isotopically labeled cation, middle phase: 2 ml of CClbCroH22 mixture (l:l), upper phase: 3 ml of 25mM tris-glycine, pH 9.8 and 1OmM cation). For the determination of Mg2+ concentration was determined by atomic absorption analysis. In both barrier systems, the antibiotics were added to the organic phase and the lower layer was stirred with magnetic stirring bar. Crystalline salinomycin and its derivatives used in this study were prepared in our laboratory and nigericin was generously supplied by 22Na+, s6Rb+, 13rCs+, 47Ca2’ and Dr. H. Lardy of Wisconsin University. s5Sr2+ were purchased from the Radiochemical Centre, Amersham, England and 42K+ from Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan. RESULTS Salinomycin cations
and its
from aqueous
toluene
.
derivatives
buffer
The association
into
formation, parent
group with
more preference The loss
carboxyl
group
still for
of said
indicates
to migrate
organic
of these
Salinomycin cations.
of salinomycin
compound.
terminal
less-polar
constants
cations were shown in Table I. monovalent cations over divalent of hydroxyl
have the abilities
solvent,
antibiotics exhibited
for
retained
the ability
Na+ and less
preference
induced
the critical
i.e.
n-butanol-
various
great preferences and propionate
Acetate
ability
metal
of complex for
Cs+ than
by esterification
role
for
of this
group
of the in complex
formation. Fig.
1 shows
determined
by the
from the
respective
42K+ or
for
ions
affinities dissociation
ion
discrimination
ability
alkali constants
profiles
of unlabeled
alkali
*‘Rb+ -complexes were
given
ion
of the antibiotics
to displace
for
values
42K+ or 86Rb+ The relative
of the reciprocal
K+ or Rb+ obtained
given alkali ions to those for Salinomycin and nigericin for complexation. for K+ over the other alkali ions and the ion
antibiotics determined by *6Rb+ displacement.
and nigericin
of antibiotics.
as relative
the competition with cation ences
of salinomycin
by
K+, the most favourable showed strict preferselectivities
of both
were similar to those obtained by 42K+ displacement These results gave a good agreement with the ion
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Table I KA of Salinomycin and Its Derivatives
for
Various Cations
Salinomycin
Acetyl Salinomycin
Propionyl Salinomycin
Methyl Ester
Bromophenacyl Ester
Na+
1.7
2.0
2.7