Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology, cilt.32, sa.1, 2018 (SCI-Expanded)
Avermectins are used worldwide as antiparasitic drugs in the field of veterinary medicine and as agricultural pesticides and insecticides. Carbonic anhydrase (CA, E.C. 4.2.1.1) is a zinc-containing metalloenzyme that catalyzes the reversible hydration of carbon dioxide (CO2) to yield protons (H+) and bicarbonate (HCO3 −). In this study, some avermectins, including abamectin, doramectin, eprinomectin, and moxidectin, were investigated for in vitro inhibitory effects on the CA enzyme purified from goat liver, which was purified (125.00-fold) using sepharose 4B-l-tyrosine-sulfanilamide affinity chromatography, with a yield of 68.27% and a specific activity of 21765.31 EU/mg proteins. The inhibition results obtained from this study showed Ki values of 0.283, 0.153, 0.232, and 0.317 nM for abamectin, doramectin, eprinomectin, and moxidectin, respectively. On the other hand, acetazolamide, well-known clinically established CA inhibitor, possessed a Ki value of 0.707 nM against goat liver CA.