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Tikhonova IG, Best RB, Engel S, Gershengorn MC, Hummer G, Costanzi S. Atomistic insights into rhodopsin activation from a dynamic model. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:10141-9. [PMID: 18620390 DOI: 10.1021/ja0765520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Rhodopsin, the light sensitive receptor responsible for blue-green vision, serves as a prototypical G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR). Upon light absorption, it undergoes a series of conformational changes that lead to the active form, metarhodopsin II (META II), initiating a signaling cascade through binding to the G protein transducin (G(t)). Here, we first develop a structural model of META II by applying experimental distance restraints to the structure of lumi-rhodopsin (LUMI), an earlier intermediate. The restraints are imposed by using a combination of biased molecular dynamics simulations and perturbations to an elastic network model. We characterize the motions of the transmembrane helices in the LUMI-to-META II transition and the rearrangement of interhelical hydrogen bonds. We then simulate rhodopsin activation in a dynamic model to study the path leading from LUMI to our META II model for wild-type rhodopsin and a series of mutants. The simulations show a strong correlation between the transition dynamics and the pharmacological phenotypes of the mutants. These results help identify the molecular mechanisms of activation in both wild type and mutant rhodopsin. While static models can provide insights into the mechanisms of ligand recognition and predict ligand affinity, a dynamic model of activation could be applicable to study the pharmacology of other GPCRs and their ligands, offering a key to predictions of basal activity and ligand efficacy.
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- Irina G Tikhonova
- Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Wang Y, Bovee-Geurts PHM, Lugtenburg J, DeGrip WJ. Alpha-retinals as Rhodopsin ChromophoresPreference for the 9-ZConfiguration and Partial Agonist Activity. Photochem Photobiol 2008; 84:889-94. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00321.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Crystal structure of the ligand-free G-protein-coupled receptor opsin. Nature 2008; 454:183-7. [PMID: 18563085 DOI: 10.1038/nature07063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 719] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2008] [Accepted: 05/09/2008] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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In the G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) rhodopsin, the inactivating ligand 11-cis-retinal is bound in the seven-transmembrane helix (TM) bundle and is cis/trans isomerized by light to form active metarhodopsin II. With metarhodopsin II decay, all-trans-retinal is released, and opsin is reloaded with new 11-cis-retinal. Here we present the crystal structure of ligand-free native opsin from bovine retinal rod cells at 2.9 ångström (A) resolution. Compared to rhodopsin, opsin shows prominent structural changes in the conserved E(D)RY and NPxxY(x)(5,6)F regions and in TM5-TM7. At the cytoplasmic side, TM6 is tilted outwards by 6-7 A, whereas the helix structure of TM5 is more elongated and close to TM6. These structural changes, some of which were attributed to an active GPCR state, reorganize the empty retinal-binding pocket to disclose two openings that may serve the entry and exit of retinal. The opsin structure sheds new light on ligand binding to GPCRs and on GPCR activation.
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Jongejan A, Lim HD, Smits RA, de Esch IJP, Haaksma E, Leurs R. Delineation of agonist binding to the human histamine H4 receptor using mutational analysis, homology modeling, and ab initio calculations. J Chem Inf Model 2008; 48:1455-63. [PMID: 18553960 DOI: 10.1021/ci700474a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A three-dimensional homology model of the human histamine H 4 receptor was developed to investigate the binding mode of a series of structurally diverse H 4-agonists, i.e. histamine, clozapine, and the recently described selective, nonimidazole agonist VUF 8430. Mutagenesis studies and docking of these ligands in a rhodopsin-based homology model revealed two essential points of interactions in the binding pocket, i.e. Asp3.32 and Glu5.46 (Ballesteros-Weinstein numbering system). It is postulated that Asp3.32 interacts in its anionic state, whereas Glu5.46 interacts in its neutral form. The hypothesis was tested with the point mutations D3.32N and E5.46Q. For the D3.32N no binding affinity toward any of the ligands could be detected. This is in sharp contrast to the E5.46Q mutant, which discriminates between various ligands. The affinity of histamine-like ligands was decreased approximately a 1000-fold, whereas the affinity of all other ligands remained virtually unchanged. The proposed model for agonist binding as well as ab initio calculations for histamine and VUF 8430 explain the observed differences in binding to the H 4R mutants. These studies provide a molecular understanding for the action of a variety of H 4 receptor-ligands. The resulting H 4 receptor model will be the basis for the development of new H 4 receptor-ligands.
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- Aldo Jongejan
- Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Bockaert J, Claeysen S, Compan V, Dumuis A. 5-HT(4) receptors: history, molecular pharmacology and brain functions. Neuropharmacology 2008; 55:922-31. [PMID: 18603269 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2008.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2008] [Revised: 05/07/2008] [Accepted: 05/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Twenty years ago, we started the characterization of a 5-HT receptor coupled to cAMP production in neurons. This receptor obviously had a different pharmacology to the other 5-HT receptors described at that time, i.e. the 5-HT(1), 5-HT(2), 5-HT(3) receptors. We proposed to name it the 5-HT(4) receptor. Nowadays, 5-HT(4) receptors are one of the most studied GPCRs belonging to the "rhodopsin" family. Thanks to the existence of a great variety of ligands with inverse agonist, partial agonist, agonist and antagonist profiles, the pharmacological and physiological properties of this receptor are beginning to emerge. Although some 5-HT(4) partial agonists have been on the market for gastro-intestinal pathologies, 5-HT(4) receptor drugs have still to be commercialized for brain disorders. However, since 5-HT(4) receptors have recognized effects on memory, depression and feeding in animal models, there is still hope for a therapeutic destiny of this interesting target in brain disorders.
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- Joël Bockaert
- CNRS UMR 5203, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Montpellier, France.
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Grossfield A, Pitman MC, Feller SE, Soubias O, Gawrisch K. Internal hydration increases during activation of the G-protein-coupled receptor rhodopsin. J Mol Biol 2008; 381:478-86. [PMID: 18585736 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.05.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2007] [Revised: 05/14/2008] [Accepted: 05/16/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Rhodopsin, the membrane protein responsible for dim-light vision, until recently was the only G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) with a known crystal structure. As a result, there is enormous interest in studying its structure, dynamics, and function. Here we report the results of three all-atom molecular dynamics simulations, each at least 1.5 micros, which predict that substantial changes in internal hydration play a functional role in rhodopsin activation. We confirm with (1)H magic angle spinning NMR that the increased hydration is specific to the metarhodopsin-I intermediate. The internal water molecules interact with several conserved residues, suggesting that changes in internal hydration may be important during the activation of other GPCRs. The results serve to illustrate the synergism of long-time-scale molecular dynamics simulations and NMR in enhancing our understanding of GPCR function.
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- Alan Grossfield
- IBM TJ Watson Research Center, 1101 Kitchawan Road, PO Box 218, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
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Costanzi S. On the applicability of GPCR homology models to computer-aided drug discovery: a comparison between in silico and crystal structures of the beta2-adrenergic receptor. J Med Chem 2008; 51:2907-14. [PMID: 18442228 PMCID: PMC2443693 DOI: 10.1021/jm800044k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The publication of the crystal structure of the beta2-adrenergic receptor (beta2-AR) proved that G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) share a structurally conserved rhodopsin-like 7TM core. Here, to probe to which extent realistic GPCR structures can be recreated through modeling, carazolol was docked at two rhodopsin-based homology models of the human beta 2-AR. The first featured a rhodopsin-like second extracellular loop, which interfered with ligand docking and with the orientation of several residues in the binding pocket. The second featured a second extracellular loop built completely de novo, which afforded a more accurate model of the binding pocket and a better docking of the ligand. Furthermore, incorporating available biochemical and computational data to the model by correcting the conformation of a single residue lining the binding pocket --Phe290(6.52)--, resulted in significantly improved docking poses. These results support the applicability of GPCR modeling to the design of site-directed mutagenesis experiments and to drug discovery.
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- Stefano Costanzi
- Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Rhodopsin's active state is frozen like a DEER in the headlights. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:7343-4. [PMID: 18492801 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804122105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Functional role of the "ionic lock"--an interhelical hydrogen-bond network in family A heptahelical receptors. J Mol Biol 2008; 380:648-55. [PMID: 18554610 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2008] [Revised: 05/06/2008] [Accepted: 05/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Activation of family A G-protein-coupled receptors involves a rearrangement of a conserved interhelical cytoplasmic hydrogen bond network between the E(D)RY motif on transmembrane helix 3 (H3) and residues on H6, which is commonly termed the cytoplasmic "ionic lock." Glu134(3.49) of the E(D)RY motif also forms an intrahelical salt bridge with neighboring Arg135(3.50) in the dark-state crystal structure of rhodopsin. We examined the roles of Glu134(3.49) and Arg135(3.50) on H3 and Glu247(6.30) and Glu249(6.32) on H6 on the activation of rhodopsin using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of wild-type and mutant pigments reconstituted into lipid membranes. Activation of rhodopsin is pH-dependent with proton uptake during the transition from the inactive Meta I to the active Meta II state. Glu134(3.49) of the ERY motif is identified as the proton-accepting group, using the Fourier transform infrared protonation signature and the absence of a pH dependence of activation in the E134Q mutant. Neutralization of Arg135(3.50) similarly leads to pH-independent receptor activation, but with structural alterations in the Meta II state. Neutralization of Glu247(6.30) and Glu249(6.32) on H6, which are involved in interhelical interactions with H3 and H7, respectively, led to a shift toward Meta II in the E247Q and E249Q mutants while retaining the pH sensitivity of the equilibrium. Disruption of the interhelical interaction of Glu247(6.30) and Glu249(6.32) on H6 with H3 and H7 plays its role during receptor activation, but neutralization of the intrahelical salt bridge between Glu134(3.49) and Arg135(3.50) is considerably more critical for shifting the photoproduct equilibrium to the active conformation. These conclusions are discussed in the context of recent structural data of the beta(2)-adrenergic receptor.
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Standfuss J, Zaitseva E, Mahalingam M, Vogel R. Structural impact of the E113Q counterion mutation on the activation and deactivation pathways of the G protein-coupled receptor rhodopsin. J Mol Biol 2008; 380:145-57. [PMID: 18511075 PMCID: PMC2726285 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.04.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2007] [Revised: 03/12/2008] [Accepted: 04/21/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Disruption of an interhelical salt bridge between the retinal protonated Schiff base linked to H7 and Glu113 on H3 is one of the decisive steps during activation of rhodopsin. Using previously established stabilization strategies, we engineered a stabilized E113Q counterion mutant that converted rhodopsin to a UV-absorbing photoreceptor with deprotonated Schiff base and allowed reconstitution into native-like lipid membranes. Fourier-transform infrared difference spectroscopy reveals a deprotonated Schiff base in the photoproducts of the mutant up to the active state Meta II, the absence of the classical pH-dependent Meta I/Meta II conformational equilibrium in favor of Meta II, and an anticipation of active state features under conditions that stabilize inactive photoproduct states in wildtype rhodopsin. Glu181 on extracellular loop 2, is found to be unable to maintain a counterion function to the Schiff base on the activation pathway of rhodopsin in the absence of the primary counterion, Glu113. The Schiff base becomes protonated in the transition to Meta III. This protonation is, however, not associated with a deactivation of the receptor, in contrast to wildtype rhodopsin. Glu181 is suggested to be the counterion in the Meta III state of the mutant and appears to be capable of stabilizing a protonated Schiff base in Meta III, but not of constraining the receptor in an inactive conformation.
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- Jörg Standfuss
- Structural Studies Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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Park PSH, Lodowski DT, Palczewski K. Activation of G protein-coupled receptors: beyond two-state models and tertiary conformational changes. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 2008; 48:107-41. [PMID: 17848137 PMCID: PMC2639654 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pharmtox.48.113006.094630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Transformation of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) from a quiescent to an active state initiates signal transduction. All GPCRs share a common architecture comprising seven transmembrane-spanning alpha-helices, which accommodates signal propagation from a diverse repertoire of external stimuli across biological membranes to a heterotrimeric G protein. Signal propagation through the transmembrane helices likely involves mechanistic features common to all GPCRs. The structure of the light receptor rhodopsin may serve as a prototype for the transmembrane architecture of GPCRs. Early biochemical, biophysical, and pharmacological studies led to the conceptualization of receptor activation based on the context of two-state equilibrium models and conformational changes in protein structure. More recent studies indicate a need to move beyond these classical paradigms and to consider additional aspects of the molecular character of GPCRs, such as the oligomerization and dynamics of the receptor.
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- Paul S-H Park
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4965, USA.
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Terahertz spectroscopy of bacteriorhodopsin and rhodopsin: similarities and differences. Biophys J 2008; 94:3217-26. [PMID: 18199669 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.105163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We studied the low-frequency terahertz spectroscopy of two photoactive protein systems, rhodopsin and bacteriorhodopsin, as a means to characterize collective low-frequency motions in helical transmembrane proteins. From this work, we found that the nature of the vibrational motions activated by terahertz radiation is surprisingly similar between these two structurally similar proteins. Specifically, at the lowest frequencies probed, the cytoplasmic loop regions of the proteins are highly active; and at the higher terahertz frequencies studied, the extracellular loop regions of the protein systems become vibrationally activated. In the case of bacteriorhodopsin, the calculated terahertz spectra are compared with the experimental terahertz signature. This work illustrates the importance of terahertz spectroscopy to identify vibrational degrees of freedom which correlate to known conformational changes in these proteins.
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Brown MF, Heyn MP, Job C, Kim S, Moltke S, Nakanishi K, Nevzorov AA, Struts AV, Salgado GFJ, Wallat I. Solid-state 2H NMR spectroscopy of retinal proteins in aligned membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2007; 1768:2979-3000. [PMID: 18021739 PMCID: PMC5233718 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2007] [Revised: 10/10/2007] [Accepted: 10/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Solid-state 2H NMR spectroscopy gives a powerful avenue to investigating the structures of ligands and cofactors bound to integral membrane proteins. For bacteriorhodopsin (bR) and rhodopsin, retinal was site-specifically labeled by deuteration of the methyl groups followed by regeneration of the apoprotein. 2H NMR studies of aligned membrane samples were conducted under conditions where rotational and translational diffusion of the protein were absent on the NMR time scale. The theoretical lineshape treatment involved a static axial distribution of rotating C-C2H3 groups about the local membrane frame, together with the static axial distribution of the local normal relative to the average normal. Simulation of solid-state 2H NMR lineshapes gave both the methyl group orientations and the alignment disorder (mosaic spread) of the membrane stack. The methyl bond orientations provided the angular restraints for structural analysis. In the case of bR the retinal chromophore is nearly planar in the dark- and all-trans light-adapted states, as well upon isomerization to 13-cis in the M state. The C13-methyl group at the "business end" of the chromophore changes its orientation to the membrane upon photon absorption, moving towards W182 and thus driving the proton pump in energy conservation. Moreover, rhodopsin was studied as a prototype for G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) implicated in many biological responses in humans. In contrast to bR, the retinal chromophore of rhodopsin has an 11-cis conformation and is highly twisted in the dark state. Three sites of interaction affect the torsional deformation of retinal, viz. the protonated Schiff base with its carboxylate counterion; the C9-methyl group of the polyene; and the beta-ionone ring within its hydrophobic pocket. For rhodopsin, the strain energy and dynamics of retinal as established by 2H NMR are implicated in substituent control of activation. Retinal is locked in a conformation that is twisted in the direction of the photoisomerization, which explains the dark stability of rhodopsin and allows for ultra-fast isomerization upon absorption of a photon. Torsional strain is relaxed in the meta I state that precedes subsequent receptor activation. Comparison of the two retinal proteins using solid-state 2H NMR is thus illuminating in terms of their different biological functions.
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- Michael F Brown
- Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.
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The role of lipids and salts in two-dimensional crystallization of the glycine–betaine transporter BetP from Corynebacterium glutamicum. J Struct Biol 2007; 160:275-86. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2007.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2007] [Revised: 09/06/2007] [Accepted: 09/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Tanaka K, Struts AV, Krane S, Fujioka N, Salgado GFJ, Martínez-Mayorga K, Brown MF, Nakanishi K. Synthesis of CD3-Labeled 11-cis-Retinals and Application to Solid-State Deuterium NMR Spectroscopy of Rhodopsin. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2007. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.80.2177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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López S, Montenegro J, Saá C. Highly Convergent, Stereospecific Synthesis of 11-cis-Retinoids by Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions of (Z)-1-Alkenylmetals. J Org Chem 2007; 72:9572-81. [DOI: 10.1021/jo701664r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Susana López
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultade de Química, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultade de Química, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultade de Química, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Bakker RA, Jongejan A, Sansuk K, Hacksell U, Timmerman H, Brann MR, Weiner DM, Pardo L, Leurs R. Constitutively active mutants of the histamine H1 receptor suggest a conserved hydrophobic asparagine-cage that constrains the activation of class A G protein-coupled receptors. Mol Pharmacol 2007; 73:94-103. [PMID: 17959710 DOI: 10.1124/mol.107.038547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to create and characterize constitutively active mutant (CAM) histamine H(1) receptors (H(1)R) using random mutagenesis methods to further investigate the activation process of the rhodopsin-like family of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). This approach identified position 6.40 in TM 6 as a "hot spot" because mutation of Ile6.40(420) either to Glu, Gly, Ala, Arg, Lys, or Ser resulted in highly active CAM H(1)Rs, for which almost no histamine-induced receptor activation response could be detected. The highly conserved hydrophobic amino acid at position 6.40 defines, in a computational model of the H(1)R, the asparagine cage motif that restrains the side chain of Asn7.49 of the NPxxY motif toward transmembrane domain (TM 6) in the inactive state of the receptor. Mutation of the asparagine cage into Ala or Gly, removing the interfering bulky constraints, increases the constitutive activity of the receptor. The fact that the Ile6.40(420)Arg/Lys/Glu mutant receptors are highly active CAM H(1)Rs leads us to suggest that a positively charged residue, presumably the highly conserved Arg3.50 from the DRY motif, interacts in a direct or an indirect (through other side chains or/and internal water molecules) manner with the acidic Asp2.50..Asn7.49 pair for receptor activation.
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- Remko A Bakker
- Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Opsin stability and folding: modulation by phospholipid bicelles. J Mol Biol 2007; 374:1319-32. [PMID: 17996895 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2007] [Revised: 09/28/2007] [Accepted: 10/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Integral membrane proteins do not fare well when extracted from biological membranes and are unstable or lose activity in detergents commonly used for structure and function investigations. We show that phospholipid bicelles provide a valuable means of preserving alpha-helical membrane proteins in vitro by supplying a soluble lipid bilayer fragment. Both 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC)/3-[(cholamidopropyl)dimethyl-ammonio]-1-propane sulfonate (Chaps) and DMPC/l-alpha-1,2-dihexanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DHPC) bicelles dramatically increase the stability of the mammalian vision receptor rhodopsin as well as its apoprotein, opsin. Opsin is particularly unstable in detergent solution but can be directly purified into DMPC/Chaps. We show that opsin can also be directly purified in DMPC/DHPC bicelles to give correctly folded functional opsin, as shown by the ability to regenerate rhodopsin to approximately 70% yield. These well-characterised DMPC/DHPC bicelles enable us to probe the influence of bicelle properties on opsin stability. These bicelles are thought to provide DMPC bilayer fragments with most DHPC capping the bilayer edge, giving a soluble bilayer disc. Opsin stability is shown to be modulated by the q value, the ratio of DMPC to DHPC, which reflects changes in the bicelle size and, thus, proportion of DMPC bilayer present. The observed changes in stability also correlate with loss of opsin secondary structure as determined by synchrotron far-UV circular dichroism spectroscopy; the most stable bicelle results in the least helix loss. The inclusion of Chaps rather than DHPC in the DMPC/Chaps bicelles, however, imparts the greatest stability. This suggests that it is not just the DMPC bilayer fragment in the bicelles that stabilises the protein, but that Chaps provides additional stability either through direct interaction with the protein or by altering the DMPC/Chaps bilayer properties within the bicelle. The significant stability enhancements and preservation of secondary structure reported here in bicelles are pertinent to other membrane proteins, notably G-protein-coupled receptors, which are unstable in detergent solution.
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DeGrip WJ, Bovee-Geurts, van der Hoef I, Lugtenburg J. 7,8-Dihydro Retinals Outperform the Native Retinals in Conferring Photosensitivity to Visual Opsin. J Am Chem Soc 2007; 129:13265-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ja074937c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Willem J. DeGrip
- Contribution from the Department of Biochemistry, UMCN 286, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and the Department of BioOrganic Photochemistry, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Contribution from the Department of Biochemistry, UMCN 286, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and the Department of BioOrganic Photochemistry, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Contribution from the Department of Biochemistry, UMCN 286, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and the Department of BioOrganic Photochemistry, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Contribution from the Department of Biochemistry, UMCN 286, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and the Department of BioOrganic Photochemistry, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Kong Y, Karplus M. The signaling pathway of rhodopsin. Structure 2007; 15:611-23. [PMID: 17502106 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2007.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2006] [Revised: 03/30/2007] [Accepted: 04/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The signal-transduction mechanism of rhodopsin was studied by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the high-resolution, inactive structure in an explicit membrane environment. The simulations were employed to calculate equal-time correlations of the fluctuating interaction energy of residue pairs. The resulting interaction-correlation matrix was used to determine a network that couples retinal to the cytoplasmic interface, where transducin binds. Two highly conserved motifs, D(E)RY and NPxxY, were found to have strong interaction correlation with retinal. MD simulations with restraints on each transmembrane helix indicated that the major signal-transduction pathway involves the interdigitating side chains of helices VI and VII. The functional roles of specific residues were elucidated by the calculated effect of retinal isomerization from 11-cis to all-trans on the residue-residue interaction pattern. It is suggested that Glu134 may act as a "signal amplifier" and that Asp83 may introduce a threshold to prevent background noise from activating rhodopsin.
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- Yifei Kong
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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Salgado GFJ, Struts AV, Tanaka K, Krane S, Nakanishi K, Brown MF. Solid-state 2H NMR structure of retinal in metarhodopsin I. J Am Chem Soc 2007; 128:11067-71. [PMID: 16925423 DOI: 10.1021/ja058738+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The structural and photochemical changes in rhodopsin due to absorption of light are crucial for understanding the process of visual signaling. We investigated the structure of trans-retinal in the metarhodopsin I photointermediate (MI), where the retinylidene cofactor functions as an antagonist. Rhodopsin was regenerated using retinal that was (2)H-labeled at the C5, C9, or C13 methyl groups and was reconstituted with 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine. Membranes were aligned by isopotential centrifugation, and rhodopsin in the supported bilayers was then bleached and cryotrapped in the MI state. Solid-state (2)H NMR spectra of oriented rhodopsin in the low-temperature lipid gel state were analyzed in terms of a static uniaxial distribution (Nevzorov, A. A.; Moltke, S.; Heyn, M. P.; Brown, M. F. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 7636-7643). The line shape analysis allowed us to obtain the methyl bond orientations relative to the membrane normal in the presence of substantial alignment disorder (mosaic spread). Relative orientations of the methyl groups were used to calculate effective torsional angles between the three different planes that represent the polyene chain and the beta-ionone ring of retinal. Assuming a three-plane model, a less distorted structure was found for retinal in MI compared to the dark state. Our results are pertinent to how photonic energy is channeled within the protein to allow the strained retinal conformation to relax, thereby forming the activated state of the receptor.
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- Gilmar F J Salgado
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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Sorzano COS, Jonic S, Cottevieille M, Larquet E, Boisset N, Marco S. 3D electron microscopy of biological nanomachines: principles and applications. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2007; 36:995-1013. [PMID: 17611751 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-007-0203-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2007] [Revised: 06/01/2007] [Accepted: 06/11/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Transmission electron microscopy is a powerful technique for studying the three-dimensional (3D) structure of a wide range of biological specimens. Knowledge of this structure is crucial for fully understanding complex relationships among macromolecular complexes and organelles in living cells. In this paper, we present the principles and main application domains of 3D transmission electron microscopy in structural biology. Moreover, we survey current developments needed in this field, and discuss the close relationship of 3D transmission electron microscopy with other experimental techniques aimed at obtaining structural and dynamical information from the scale of whole living cells to atomic structure of macromolecular complexes.
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- C O S Sorzano
- Bioengineering Lab, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Univ. San Pablo CEU, Campus Urb, Montepríncipe s/n, 28668, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain.
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Certain kinds of ligand substructures recur frequently in pharmacologically successful synthetic compounds. For this reason they are called privileged structures. In seeking an explanation for this phenomenon, it is observed that the privileged structure represents a generic substructure that matches commonly recurring conserved structural motifs in the target proteins, which may otherwise be quite diverse in sequence and function. Using sequence-handling tools, it is possible to identify which other receptors may respond to the ligand, as dictated on the one hand by the nature of the privileged substructure itself or by the rest of the ligand in which a more specific message resides. It is suggested that privileged structures interact with the partially exposed receptor machinery responsible for the switch between the active and inactive states. Depending on how they have been designed to interact, one can predispose these substructures to favour either one state or the other; thus privileged structures can be used to create either agonists or antagonists. In terms of the mechanism of recognition, the region that the privileged structures bind to are rich in aromatic residues, which explains the prevalence of aromatic groups and atoms such as sulphur or halogens in many of the ligands. Finally, the approach described here can be used to design drugs for orphan receptors whose function has not yet been established experimentally.
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Epps J, Lewis JW, Szundi I, Kliger DS. Lumi I --> Lumi II: the last detergent independent process in rhodopsin photoexcitationt. Photochem Photobiol 2007; 82:1436-41. [PMID: 16553464 DOI: 10.1562/2006-02-01-ra-792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Time-resolved absorbance difference spectra were collected at delays from 1 to 128 micros after photolysis of membrane and detergent suspensions of rhodopsin at 20 degrees C. Fitting both sets of data with two exponential decays plus a constant showed a similar fast process (lifetime 11 micros in membrane, 12 micros in 5% dodecyl maltoside) with a small but similar spectral change. This demonstrates that the Lumi I - Lumi II process, previously characterized in detergent suspensions, has similar properties in membrane without significant effect of detergent. The slower exponential process detected in the data is quite different in membrane compared to detergent solubilized samples, showing that the pronounced effect of detergent on the later rhodopsin photointermediates begins fairly abruptly near 20 micros. Besides affecting the late processes, the data collected here shows that detergent induces a small blue shift in the 1 micros difference spectrum (the Lumi I minus rhodopsin difference spectrum). The blue shift is similar to one induced by chloride ion in the E181Q rhodopsin mutant and may indicate that the ionization state of Glu181 in rhodopsin is affected by detergent.
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- Jacqueline Epps
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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Szundi I, Lewis JW, Kliger DS. Effect of Digitonin on the Rhodopsin Meta I-Meta II Equilibrium¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2005.tb01455.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Martin SS, Holleran BJ, Escher E, Guillemette G, Leduc R. Activation of the Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Leads to Movement of the Sixth Transmembrane Domain: Analysis by the Substituted Cysteine Accessibility Method. Mol Pharmacol 2007; 72:182-90. [PMID: 17446269 DOI: 10.1124/mol.106.033670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The role of transmembrane domain six (TMD6) of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor, which is predicted to undergo conformational changes after agonist binding, was investigated using the substituted-cysteine accessibility method. Each residue in the Lys240-Leu265 fragment was mutated, one at a time, to a cysteine. The resulting mutants were expressed in COS-7 cells, which were subsequently treated with the charged sulfhydryl-specific alkylating agent methanethiosulfonate-ethylammonium (MTSEA). This treatment led to a significant reduction in binding of (125)I-[Sar(1),Ile(8)]AngII to the F249C, H256C, T260C, and V264C mutant receptors, suggesting that these residues orient themselves within the water-accessible binding pocket of the AT(1) receptor. It is noteworthy that this pattern of acquired MTSEA sensitivity was altered for TMD6 cysteines engineered in a constitutively active AT(1) receptor. Indeed, mutant F249C was insensitive to MTSEA treatment, whereas the sensitivity of mutant V264C decreased. Under these conditions, one other mutant, F261C, was found to be sensitive to MTSEA treatment. Our results suggest that constitutive activation of the AT(1) receptor causes TMD6 to pivot. This movement moves the top (extracellular side) of TMD6 toward the binding pocket and simultaneously distances the bottom (intracellular side) away from the binding pocket. Using this approach, we identified key elements within TMD6 that contribute to the activation of class A GPCRs through structural rearrangements.
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- Stéphane S Martin
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001 12th Avenue North, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, J1H 5N4
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Pardo L, Deupi X, Dölker N, López-Rodríguez ML, Campillo M. The role of internal water molecules in the structure and function of the rhodopsin family of G protein-coupled receptors. Chembiochem 2007; 8:19-24. [PMID: 17173267 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200600429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Leonardo Pardo
- Laboratori de Medicina Computacional, Unitat de Bioestadística, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
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Oliveira L, Costa-Neto CM, Nakaie CR, Schreier S, Shimuta SI, Paiva ACM. The Angiotensin II AT1 Receptor Structure-Activity Correlations in the Light of Rhodopsin Structure. Physiol Rev 2007; 87:565-92. [PMID: 17429042 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00040.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The most prevalent physiological effects of ANG II, the main product of the renin-angiotensin system, are mediated by the AT1 receptor, a rhodopsin-like AGPCR. Numerous studies of the cardiovascular effects of synthetic peptide analogs allowed a detailed mapping of ANG II's structural requirements for receptor binding and activation, which were complemented by site-directed mutagenesis studies on the AT1 receptor to investigate the role of its structure in ligand binding, signal transduction, phosphorylation, binding to arrestins, internalization, desensitization, tachyphylaxis, and other properties. The knowledge of the high-resolution structure of rhodopsin allowed homology modeling of the AT1 receptor. The models thus built and mutagenesis data indicate that physiological (agonist binding) or constitutive (mutated receptor) activation may involve different degrees of expansion of the receptor's central cavity. Residues in ANG II structure seem to control these conformational changes and to dictate the type of cytosolic event elicited during the activation. 1) Agonist aromatic residues (Phe8 and Tyr4) favor the coupling to G protein, and 2) absence of these residues can favor a mechanism leading directly to receptor internalization via phosphorylation by specific kinases of the receptor's COOH-terminal Ser and Thr residues, arrestin binding, and clathrin-dependent coated-pit vesicles. On the other hand, the NH2-terminal residues of the agonists ANG II and [Sar1]-ANG II were found to bind by two distinct modes to the AT1 receptor extracellular site flanked by the COOH-terminal segments of the EC-3 loop and the NH2-terminal domain. Since the [Sar1]-ligand is the most potent molecule to trigger tachyphylaxis in AT1 receptors, it was suggested that its corresponding binding mode might be associated with this special condition of receptors.
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- Laerte Oliveira
- Department of Biophysics, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil.
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Nikiforovich GV, Taylor CM, Marshall GR. Modeling of the complex between transducin and photoactivated rhodopsin, a prototypical G-protein-coupled receptor. Biochemistry 2007; 46:4734-44. [PMID: 17397191 DOI: 10.1021/bi700185p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Obtaining a reliable 3D model for the complex formed by photoactivated rhodopsin (R*) and its G-protein, transducin (Gtalphabetagamma), would significantly benefit the entire field of structural biology of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). In this study, we have performed extensive configurational sampling for the isolated C-terminal fragment of the alpha-subunit of transducin, Gtalpha 340-350, within cavities of photoactivated rhodopsin formed by different energetically feasible conformations of the intracellular loops. Our results suggested a new 3D model of the rhodopsin-transducin complex that fully satisfied all available experimental data on site-directed mutagenesis of rhodopsin and Gtalphabetagamma as well as data from disulfide-linking experiments. Importantly, the experimental data were not used as a priori constraints in model building. We performed a thorough comparison of existing computational models of the rhodopsin-transducin complex with each other and with current experimental data. It was found that different models suggest interactions with different molecules in the rhodopsin oligomer, that providing valuable guidance in design of specific novel experimental studies of the R*-Gtalphabetagamma complex. Finally, we demonstrated that the isolated Gtalpha 340-350 fragment does not necessarily bind rhodopsin in the same binding mode as the same segment in intact Gtalpha.
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- Gregory V Nikiforovich
- Center for Computational Biology and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
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Struts AV, Salgado GFJ, Tanaka K, Krane S, Nakanishi K, Brown MF. Structural analysis and dynamics of retinal chromophore in dark and meta I states of rhodopsin from 2H NMR of aligned membranes. J Mol Biol 2007; 372:50-66. [PMID: 17640664 PMCID: PMC5233725 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2006] [Revised: 03/02/2007] [Accepted: 03/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Rhodopsin is a prototype for G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that are implicated in many biological responses in humans. A site-directed (2)H NMR approach was used for structural analysis of retinal within its binding cavity in the dark and pre-activated meta I states. Retinal was labeled with (2)H at the C5, C9, or C13 methyl groups by total synthesis, and was used to regenerate the opsin apoprotein. Solid-state (2)H NMR spectra were acquired for aligned membranes in the low-temperature lipid gel phase versus the tilt angle to the magnetic field. Data reduction assumed a static uniaxial distribution, and gave the retinylidene methyl bond orientations plus the alignment disorder (mosaic spread). The dark-state (2)H NMR structure of 11-cis-retinal shows torsional twisting of the polyene chain and the beta-ionone ring. The ligand undergoes restricted motion, as evinced by order parameters of approximately 0.9 for the spinning C-C(2)H(3) groups, with off-axial fluctuations of approximately 15 degrees . Retinal is accommodated within the rhodopsin binding pocket with a negative pre-twist about the C11=C12 double bond that explains its rapid photochemistry and the trajectory of 11-cis to trans isomerization. In the cryo-trapped meta I state, the (2)H NMR structure shows a reduction of the polyene strain, while torsional twisting of the beta-ionone ring is maintained. Distortion of the retinal conformation is interpreted through substituent control of receptor activation. Steric hindrance between trans retinal and Trp265 can trigger formation of the subsequent activated meta II state. Our results are pertinent to quantum and molecular mechanics simulations of ligands bound to GPCRs, and illustrate how (2)H NMR can be applied to study their biological mechanisms of action.
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- Andrey V. Struts
- Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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Ramon E, Cordomí A, Bosch L, Zernii EY, Senin II, Manyosa J, Philippov PP, Pérez JJ, Garriga P. Critical role of electrostatic interactions of amino acids at the cytoplasmic region of helices 3 and 6 in rhodopsin conformational properties and activation. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:14272-82. [PMID: 17322302 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m611091200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The cytoplasmic sides of transmembrane helices 3 and 6 of G-protein-coupled receptors are connected by a network of ionic interactions that play an important role in maintaining its inactive conformation. To investigate the role of such a network in rhodopsin structure and function, we have constructed single mutants at position 134 in helix 3 and at positions 247 and 251 in helix 6, as well as combinations of these to obtain double mutants involving the two helices. These mutants have been expressed in COS-1 cells, immunopurified using the rho-1D4 antibody, and studied by UV-visible spectrophotometry. Most of the single mutations did not affect chromophore formation, but double mutants, especially those involving the T251K mutant, resulted in low yield of protein and impaired 11-cis-retinal binding. Single mutants E134Q, E247Q, and E247A showed the ability to activate transducin in the dark, and E134Q and E247A enhanced activation upon illumination, with regard to wild-type rhodopsin. Mutations E247A and T251A (in E134Q/E247A and E134Q/T251A double mutants) resulted in enhanced activation compared with the single E134Q mutant in the dark. A role for Thr(251) in this network is proposed for the first time in rhodopsin. As a result of these mutations, alterations in the hydrogen bond interactions between the amino acid side chains at the cytoplasmic region of transmembrane helices 3 and 6 have been observed using molecular dynamics simulations. Our combined experimental and modeling results provide new insights into the details of the structural determinants of the conformational change ensuing photoactivation of rhodopsin.
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- Eva Ramon
- Centre de Biotecnologia Molecular, Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08222 Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain
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Lodowski DT, Salom D, Le Trong I, Teller DC, Ballesteros JA, Palczewski K, Stenkamp RE. Crystal packing analysis of Rhodopsin crystals. J Struct Biol 2007; 158:455-62. [PMID: 17374491 PMCID: PMC1950280 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2007.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2006] [Revised: 01/04/2007] [Accepted: 01/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Oligomerization has been proposed as one of several mechanisms to regulate the activity of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), but little is known about the structure of GPCR oligomers. Crystallographic analyses of two new crystal forms of rhodopsin reveal an interaction surface which may be involved in the formation of functional dimers or oligomers. New crystallization conditions lead to the formation of two crystal forms with similar rhodopsin-rhodopsin interactions, but changes in the crystal lattice are induced by the addition of different surfactant additives. However, the intermolecular interactions between rhodopsin molecules in these crystal structures may reflect the contacts necessary for the maintenance of dimers or oligomers in rod outer segment membranes. Similar contacts may assist in the formation of dimers or oligomers in other GPCRs as well. These new dimers are compared with other models proposed by crystallography or EM and AFM studies. The inter-monomer surface contacts are different for each model, but several of these models coincide in implicating helix I, II, and H-8 as contributors to the main contact surface stabilizing the dimers.
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- David T Lodowski
- Department of Pharmacology, Case-Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Ridge KD, Palczewski K. Visual rhodopsin sees the light: structure and mechanism of G protein signaling. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:9297-9301. [PMID: 17289671 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r600032200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The availability of crystal structures for the dark, inactive, and several light-activated photointermediate states of vertebrate visual rhodopsin has provided important mechanistic and energetic insights into the transformations underlying agonist-dependent activation of this and other G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). The high natural abundance of rhodopsin in the vertebrate retina, together with its specific localization to the disk membranes of the rod cell, has also enabled direct imaging of rhodopsin in its native environment. These advances have provided compelling evidence that rhodopsin, like many other GPCRs, forms highly organized oligomeric structures that, in all likelihood, are important for receptor biosynthesis, optimal activation, and signaling.
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- Kevin D Ridge
- Center for Membrane Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77030.
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
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The rhodopsin crystal structure provides a structural basis for understanding the function of this and other G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). The major structural motifs observed for rhodopsin are expected to carry over to other GPCRs, and the mechanism of transformation of the receptor from inactive to active forms is thus likely conserved. Moreover, the high expression level of rhodopsin in the retina, its specific localization in the internal disks of the photoreceptor structures [termed rod outer segments (ROS)], and the lack of other highly abundant membrane proteins allow rhodopsin to be examined in the native disk membranes by a number of methods. The results of these investigations provide evidence of the propensity of rhodopsin and, most likely, other GPCRs to dimerize, a property that may be pertinent to their function.
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- Krzysztof Palczewski
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4965, USA.
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Smit MJ, Vischer HF, Bakker RA, Jongejan A, Timmerman H, Pardo L, Leurs R. Pharmacogenomic and Structural Analysis of Constitutive G Protein–Coupled Receptor Activity. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 2007; 47:53-87. [PMID: 17029567 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pharmtox.47.120505.105126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) respond to a chemically diverse plethora of signal transduction molecules. The notion that GPCRs also signal without an external chemical trigger, i.e., in a constitutive or spontaneous manner, resulted in a paradigm shift in the field of GPCR pharmacology. The discovery of constitutive GPCR activity and the fact that GPCR binding and signaling can be strongly affected by a single point mutation drew attention to the evolving area of GPCR pharmacogenomics. For a variety of GPCRs, point mutations have been convincingly linked to human disease. Mutations within conserved motifs, known to be involved in GPCR activation, might explain the properties of some naturally occurring, constitutively active GPCR variants linked to disease. In this review, we provide a brief historical introduction to the concept of constitutive receptor activity and the pharmacogenomic and structural aspects of constitutive receptor activity.
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- Martine J Smit
- Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Bartl FJ, Vogel R. Structural and functional properties of metarhodopsin III: recent spectroscopic studies on deactivation pathways of rhodopsin. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2007; 9:1648-58. [PMID: 17396175 DOI: 10.1039/b616365c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The activation of rhodopsin has been the focus of researchers over the past decades, revealing many aspects of the activation pathways of this prototypical G protein-coupled receptor on a molecular level, starting with the light-dependent isomerization of its retinal chromophore from 11-cis to all-trans and leading eventually to the large scale helix movements in the transition to the active receptor state, Meta II. Comparatively little is known, however, on the deactivation pathways of the light receptor, which represent essential steps in maintaining a functional photoreceptor cell. Rhodopsin's active receptor species, Meta II, decays by two fundamentally different pathways, either forming the apoprotein opsin by release of the activating all-trans retinal ligand from its binding pocket, or by a thermal isomerization of this ligand to a less activating species in the transition to metarhodopsin III (Meta III). Both decay products, opsin and Meta III, are largely inactive under physiological conditions, yet they do not restore the complete inactivity of the dark state. Although some properties of Meta III have been described already in the 1960s, its molecular nature and the pathways of its formation have remained rather obscure. In this review, we focus on recent studies from our laboratories, which have provided a major progress in our understanding of the Meta III deactivation pathway and its potential physiological roles. Using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) difference spectroscopy in combination with a variety of other spectroscopic and biochemical techniques and quantum chemical calculations, we have developed a general picture of the interplay between the retinal ligand and the receptor protein, which is compared to similar reaction mechanisms in invertebrate photoreceptors and microbial retinal proteins.
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- Franz J Bartl
- Institut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Charité Mitte, Schumannstrasse 20-21, 10015, Berlin, Germany.
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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) mediate responses to hormones and neurotransmitters, as well as the senses of sight, smell, and taste. These remarkably versatile signaling molecules respond to structurally diverse ligands. Many GPCRs couple to multiple G protein subtypes, and several have been shown to activate G protein-independent signaling pathways. Drugs acting on GPCRs exhibit efficacy profiles that may differ for different signaling cascades. The functional plasticity exhibited by GPCRs can be attributed to structural flexibility and the existence of multiple ligand-specific conformational states. This chapter will review our current understanding of the mechanism by which agonists bind and activate GPCRs.
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- Xavier Deupi
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Botelho AV, Huber T, Sakmar TP, Brown MF. Curvature and hydrophobic forces drive oligomerization and modulate activity of rhodopsin in membranes. Biophys J 2006; 91:4464-77. [PMID: 17012328 PMCID: PMC1779922 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.082776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2006] [Accepted: 09/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are essential components of cellular signaling pathways. They are the targets of many current pharmaceuticals and are postulated to dimerize or oligomerize in cellular membranes in conjunction with their functional mechanisms. We demonstrate using fluorescence resonance energy transfer how association of rhodopsin occurs by long-range lipid-protein interactions due to geometrical forces, yielding greater receptor crowding. Constitutive association of rhodopsin is promoted by a reduction in membrane thickness (hydrophobic mismatch), but also by an increase in protein/lipid molar ratio, showing the importance of interactions extending well beyond a single annulus of boundary lipids. The fluorescence data correlate with the pK(a) for the MI-to-MII transition of rhodopsin, where deprotonation of the retinylidene Schiff base occurs in conjunction with helical movements leading to activation of the photoreceptor. A more dispersed membrane environment optimizes formation of the MII conformation that results in visual function. A flexible surface model explains both the dispersal and activation of rhodopsin in terms of bilayer curvature deformation (strain) and hydrophobic solvation energy. The bilayer stress is related to the lateral pressure profile in terms of the spontaneous curvature and associated bending rigidity. Transduction of the strain energy (frustration) of the bilayer drives protein oligomerization and conformational changes in a coupled manner. Our findings illuminate the physical principles of membrane protein association due to chemically nonspecific interactions in fluid lipid bilayers. Moreover, they yield a conceptual framework for understanding how the tightly regulated lipid compositions of cellular membranes influence their protein-mediated functions.
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- Ana Vitória Botelho
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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Rosenkilde MM, Andersen MB, Nygaard R, Frimurer TM, Schwartz TW. Activation of the CXCR3 Chemokine Receptor through Anchoring of a Small Molecule Chelator Ligand between TM-III, -IV, and -VI. Mol Pharmacol 2006; 71:930-41. [PMID: 17170198 DOI: 10.1124/mol.106.030031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Seven transmembrane segment (7TM) receptors are activated through a common, still rather unclear molecular mechanism by a variety of chemical messengers ranging from monoamines to large proteins. By introducing a His residue at position III:05 in the CXCR3 receptor a metal ion site was built between the extracellular ends of transmembrane (TM) III and TM-IV to anchor aromatic chelators at a location corresponding to the presumed binding pocket for adrenergic receptor agonists. In this construct, free metal ions had no agonistic effect in accordance with the optimal geometry of the metal ion site in molecular models built over the inactive form of rhodopsin. In contrast, the aromatic chelators bipyridine or phenanthrolene in complex with Zn(II) or Cu(II) acted as potent agonists displaying signaling efficacies similar to or even better than the endogenous chemokine agonists. Molecular modeling and molecular simulations combined with mutational analysis indicated that the metal ion site-anchored chelators act as agonists by establishing an aromatic-aromatic, second-site interaction with TyrVI:16 on the inner face of TM-VI. It is noteworthy that this interaction required that the extracellular segment of TM-VI moves inward in the direction of TM-III, whereby TyrVI:16 together with the chelators complete an "aromatic zipper" also comprising PheIII:08 (corresponding to the monoamine receptor anchoring point) and TyrVII:10 (corresponding to the retinal attachment site in rhodopsin). Chemokine agonism was independent of this aromatic zipper. It is proposed that in rhodopsin-like 7TM receptors, small-molecule compounds in general act as agonists in a similar manner as here demonstrated with the artificial, metal ion site anchored chelators, by holding TM-VI bent inward.
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- Mette M Rosenkilde
- Laboratory for Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3b, DK-2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Martínez-Mayorga K, Pitman MC, Grossfield A, Feller SE, Brown MF. Retinal Counterion Switch Mechanism in Vision Evaluated by Molecular Simulations. J Am Chem Soc 2006; 128:16502-3. [PMID: 17177390 DOI: 10.1021/ja0671971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Photoisomerization of the retinylidene chromophore of rhodopsin is the starting point in the vision cascade. A counterion switch mechanism that stabilizes the retinal protonated Schiff base (PSB) has been proposed to be an essential step in rhodopsin activation. On the basis of vibrational and UV-visible spectroscopy, two counterion switch models have emerged. In the first model, the PSB is stabilized by Glu181 in the meta I state, while in the most recent proposal, it is stabilized by Glu113 as well as Glu181. We assess these models by conducting a pair of microsecond scale, all-atom molecular dynamics simulations of rhodopsin embedded in a 99-lipid bilayer of SDPC, SDPE, and cholesterol (2:2:1 ratio) varying the starting protonation state of Glu181. Theoretical simulations gave different orientations of retinal for the two counterion switch mechanisms, which were used to simulate experimental 2H NMR spectra for the C5, C9, and C13 methyl groups. Comparison of the simulated 2H NMR spectra with experimental data supports the complex-counterion mechanism. Hence, our results indicate that Glu113 and Glu181 stabilize the retinal PSB in the meta I state prior to activation of rhodopsin.
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Kim SK, Gao ZG, Jeong LS, Jacobson KA. Docking studies of agonists and antagonists suggest an activation pathway of the A3 adenosine receptor. J Mol Graph Model 2006; 25:562-77. [PMID: 16793299 PMCID: PMC6262875 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2006.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2006] [Revised: 05/03/2006] [Accepted: 05/03/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Structural determinants of ligand efficacy in the human A(3) adenosine receptor (AR) were studied using pharmacophore and docking analyses of various categories of A(3) selective ligands: inverse agonist, neutral antagonist (nonnucleoside and nucleoside), and agonist (partial and full). The homology modeling of GPCRs was adapted to provide two templates: the rhodopsin-based resting state for antagonist binding and a putative Meta I state, conformationally altered at a key residue (W6.48), for agonist binding. The preferential binding domains and/or local conformational changes associated with docking of three high affinity A(3)AR ligands were compared: inverse agonist PSB-11 1 ((R)-8-ethyl-4-methyl-2-phenyl-imidazo[2,1-i]purin-5-one); neutral antagonist MRE-3008F20 7 (5-[[(4-methoxyphenyl)amino]carbonyl]amino-8-methyl-2-(2-furyl)pyra-zolo[4,3-e]1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidine), and full agonist Cl-IB-MECA 21 (2-chloro-N(6)-(3-iodobenzyl)-5'-N-methylcarboxamidoadenosine) to define a distinct recognition mode for each. Ribose-containing agonists were more hydrophilic than nonnucleoside antagonists, and H-bonding ability at the ribose 3'- and 5'-positions was required for agonism. From the receptor perspective, common requirements for activation included the destabilization of H-bond networks at W6.48 and H7.43, the specific interactions of the ribose moiety in its putative hydrophilic pocket at T3.36, S7.42, and H7.43, the stabilization of the complex by inward movement of F5.43, and the characteristic rotation of W6.48. By analogy, outward rotation of the W6.48 side-chain upon activation of an internally-crosslinking mutant M(3) muscarinic receptor was indicated by constrained molecular dynamics (MD). Our results are consistent with an anti-clockwise rotation (from the extracellular view) of transmembrane domains 3, 5, 6, and 7, as proposed for other Family A GPCRs. Thus, the putative conformational changes associated with A(3)AR activation indicate a shared mechanism of GPCR activation similar to rhodopsin.
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- Soo-Kyung Kim
- Molecular Recognition Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Molecular Recognition Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, South Korea
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- Molecular Recognition Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Hallmen C, Wiese M. Molecular dynamics simulation of the human adenosine A3 receptor: agonist induced conformational changes of Trp243. J Comput Aided Mol Des 2006; 20:673-84. [PMID: 17124628 DOI: 10.1007/s10822-006-9088-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2006] [Accepted: 10/17/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The adenosine A(3) receptor together with rhodopsin belongs to Class A of the G-protein coupled receptors. As the crystal structure of bovine rhodopsin represents the dark (inactive) state of the receptor, the details of GPCR activation are still unknown. In this molecular dynamics study we investigate how the homology model of the human adenosine A(3) receptor responds to ligand exposure. To this end we placed the homology model in a POPC membrane model. After equilibrating for 13 ns an agonist (Cl-IB-MECA) and an inverse agonist (PSB-10) were placed inside the putative binding pocket. In the following 10 ns molecular dynamics simulation we observed a different behaviour of the side-chain torsions of Trp243(6.48), depending on the presence or absence of the agonist or inverse agonist. This conformational change of Trp243 correlates with the assumed influence of ligands on receptor activation. Other predicted conformational changes of the receptor could not be observed yet. So Trp243 may represent the first switch in receptor activation.
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Kobilka BK. G protein coupled receptor structure and activation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2006; 1768:794-807. [PMID: 17188232 PMCID: PMC1876727 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 401] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2006] [Accepted: 10/23/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are remarkably versatile signaling molecules. The members of this large family of membrane proteins are activated by a spectrum of structurally diverse ligands, and have been shown to modulate the activity of different signaling pathways in a ligand specific manner. In this manuscript I will review what is known about the structure and mechanism of activation of GPCRs focusing primarily on two model systems, rhodopsin and the beta(2) adrenoceptor.
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- Brian K Kobilka
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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Epps J, Lewis JW, Szundi I, Kliger DS. Lumi I → Lumi II: The Last Detergent Independent Process in Rhodopsin Photoexcitation. Photochem Photobiol 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2006.tb09796.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Salom D, Lodowski DT, Stenkamp RE, Trong IL, Golczak M, Jastrzebska B, Harris T, Ballesteros JA, Palczewski K. Crystal structure of a photoactivated deprotonated intermediate of rhodopsin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:16123-8. [PMID: 17060607 PMCID: PMC1637547 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0608022103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 372] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The changes that lead to activation of G protein-coupled receptors have not been elucidated at the structural level. In this work we report the crystal structures of both ground state and a photoactivated deprotonated intermediate of bovine rhodopsin at a resolution of 4.15 A. In the photoactivated state, the Schiff base linking the chromophore and Lys-296 becomes deprotonated, reminiscent of the G protein-activating state, metarhodopsin II. The structures reveal that the changes that accompany photoactivation are smaller than previously predicted for the metarhodopsin II state and include changes on the cytoplasmic surface of rhodopsin that possibly enable the coupling to its cognate G protein, transducin. Furthermore, rhodopsin forms a potentially physiologically relevant dimer interface that involves helices I, II, and 8, and when taken with the prior work that implicates helices IV and V as the physiological dimer interface may account for one of the interfaces of the oligomeric structure of rhodopsin seen in the membrane by atomic force microscopy. The activation and oligomerization models likely extend to the majority of other G protein-coupled receptors.
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- David Salom
- *Novasite Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, CA 92121
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106; and
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- Departments of Biological Structure and Biochemistry and Biomolecular Structure Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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- Departments of Biological Structure and Biochemistry and Biomolecular Structure Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106; and
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106; and
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- *Novasite Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, CA 92121
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106; and
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Lüdeke S, Lórenz Fonfría VA, Siebert F, Vogel R. Time-resolved rapid-scan Fourier transform infrared difference spectroscopy on a noncyclic photosystem: rhodopsin photointermediates from Lumi to Meta II. Biopolymers 2006; 83:159-69. [PMID: 16721790 DOI: 10.1002/bip.20540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The visual pigment rhodopsin has been extensively studied for the kinetics of its photointermediates by various spectroscopic methods. Unlike such archaeal retinal proteins as bacteriorhodopsin, visual rhodopsin does not thermally recover its dark state after photoexcitation, which precludes repeated excitation of a single sample and thereby complicates time-resolved experiments. Kinetic data on the late rhodopsin photointermediates have so far been available mainly from time-resolved ultraviolet (UV)-visible spectroscopy, but not from Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The latter has the advantage of being informative of structural changes of both chromophore and protein, but does not allow the highly reproducible, automated sample exchange procedures available to UV-visible spectroscopy. Using rapid-scan FTIR difference spectroscopy, we obtained time-resolved data sets that were analyzed by a maximum entropy inverse Laplace-transform. Covering the time range from 8 ms to 15 s at temperatures of 0 and -7 degrees C, the transitions from the Lumi to the Meta I and from the Meta I to the Meta II photoproduct states could be resolved. In the transition from Meta I to Meta II, our data reveal a partial deprotonation of the retinal Schiff base preceding the conformational change of the receptor protein to Meta II. The technique and the results are discussed in regard to its advantages as well as its limitations.
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- Steffen Lüdeke
- Arbeitsgruppe Biophysik, Institut für Molekulare Medizin und Zellforschung, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 9, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Yeagle PL, Albert AD. G-protein coupled receptor structure. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2006; 1768:808-24. [PMID: 17097603 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2006] [Revised: 10/02/2006] [Accepted: 10/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Because of their central role in regulation of cellular function, structure/function relationships for G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR) are of vital importance, yet only recently have sufficient data been obtained to begin mapping those relationships. GPCRs regulate a wide range of cellular processes, including the senses of taste, smell, and vision, and control a myriad of intracellular signaling systems in response to external stimuli. Many diseases are linked to GPCRs. A critical need exists for structural information to inform studies on mechanism of receptor action and regulation. X-ray crystal structures of only one GPCR, in an inactive state, have been obtained to date. However considerable structural information for a variety of GPCRs has been obtained using non-crystallographic approaches. This review begins with a review of the very earliest GPCR structural information, mostly derived from rhodopsin. Because of the difficulty in crystallizing GPCRs for X-ray crystallography, the extensive published work utilizing alternative approaches to GPCR structure is reviewed, including determination of three-dimensional structure from sparse constraints. The available X-ray crystallographic analyses on bovine rhodopsin are reviewed as the only available high-resolution structures for any GPCR. Structural information available on ligand binding to several receptors is included. The limited information on excited states of receptors is also reviewed. It is concluded that while considerable basic structural information has been obtained, more data are needed to describe the molecular mechanism of activation of a GPCR.
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- Philip L Yeagle
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
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Nakamichi H, Okada T. Local peptide movement in the photoreaction intermediate of rhodopsin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:12729-34. [PMID: 16908857 PMCID: PMC1562544 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0601765103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Photoactivation of the visual rhodopsin, a prototypical G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), involves efficient conversion of the intrinsic inverse-agonist 11-cis-retinal to the all-trans agonist. This event leads to the rearrangement of the heptahelical transmembrane bundle, which is thought to be shared by hundreds of GPCRs. To examine this activation mechanism, we determined the x-ray crystallographic model of the photoreaction intermediate of rhodopsin, lumirhodopsin, which represents the conformational state having the nearly complete all-trans agonist form of the retinal. A difference electron density map clearly indicated that the distorted all-trans-retinal in the precedent intermediate bathorhodopsin relaxes by dislocation of the beta-ionone ring in lumirhodopsin, along with significant peptide displacement in the middle of helix III, including approximately two helical turns. This local movement results in the breaking of the electrostatic interhelical restraints mediated by many of the conserved residues among rhodopsin-like GPCRs, with consequent acquisition of full activity.
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- Hitoshi Nakamichi
- *Biological Information Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan; and
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- *Biological Information Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan; and
- Core Research for Evolution Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
- To whom correspondence should be addressed at:
Biological Information Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 2-41-6 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan. E-mail:
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Vogel R, Siebert F, Yan ECY, Sakmar TP, Hirshfeld A, Sheves M. Modulating Rhodopsin Receptor Activation by Altering the pKa of the Retinal Schiff Base. J Am Chem Soc 2006; 128:10503-12. [PMID: 16895417 DOI: 10.1021/ja0627848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The visual pigment rhodopsin is a seven-transmembrane (7-TM) G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR). Activation of rhodopsin involves two pH-dependent steps: proton uptake at a conserved cytoplasmic motif between TM helices 3 and 6, and disruption of a salt bridge between a protonated Schiff base (PSB) and its carboxylate counterion in the transmembrane core of the receptor. Formation of an artificial pigment with a retinal chromophore fluorinated at C14 decreases the intrinsic pKa of the PSB and thereby destabilizes this salt bridge. Using Fourier transform infrared difference and UV-visible spectroscopy, we characterized the pH-dependent equilibrium between the active photoproduct Meta II and its inactive precursor, Meta I, in the 14-fluoro (14-F) analogue pigment. The 14-F chromophore decreases the enthalpy change of the Meta I-to-Meta II transition and shifts the Meta I/Meta II equilibrium toward Meta II. Combining C14 fluorination with deletion of the retinal beta-ionone ring to form a 14-F acyclic artificial pigment uncouples disruption of the Schiff base salt bridge from transition to Meta II and in particular from the cytoplasmic proton uptake reaction, as confirmed by combining the 14-F acyclic chromophore with the E134Q mutant. The 14-F acyclic analogue formed a stable Meta I state with a deprotonated Schiff base and an at least partially protonated protein counterion. The combination of retinal modification and site-directed mutagenesis reveals that disruption of the protonated Schiff base salt bridge is the most important step thermodynamically in the transition from Meta I to Meta II. This finding is particularly important since deprotonation of the retinal PSB is known to precede the transition to the active state in rhodopsin activation and is consistent with models of agonist-dependent activation of other GPCRs.
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- Reiner Vogel
- Arbeitsgruppe Biophysik, Institut für Molekulare Medizin und Zellforschung, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Strasse 9, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Hu J, Jiang J, Costanzi S, Thomas C, Yang W, Feyen JHM, Jacobson KA, Spiegel AM. A Missense Mutation in the Seven-transmembrane Domain of the Human Ca2+ Receptor Converts a Negative Allosteric Modulator into a Positive Allosteric Modulator. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:21558-21565. [PMID: 16735501 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m603682200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the most common targets of drug action. Allosteric modulators bind to the seven-transmembrane domain of family 3 GPCRs and offer enhanced selectivity over orthosteric ligands that bind to the large extracellular N terminus. We characterize a novel negative allosteric modulator of the human Ca(2+) receptor, Compound 1, that retains activity against the E837A mutant that lacks a response to previously described positive and negative modulators. A related compound, JKJ05, acts as a negative allosteric modulator on the wild type receptor but as a positive modulator on the E837A mutant receptor. This positive modulation critically depends on the primary amine in JKJ05, which appears to interact with acidic residue Glu(767) in our model of the seven-transmembrane domain of the receptor. Our results suggest the need for identification of possible genetic variation in the allosteric site of therapeutically targeted GPCRs.
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- Jianxin Hu
- Molecular Pathophysiology Section, NIDCD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Computational Chemistry Core Laboratory, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Princeton, New Jersey 08543
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- Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Princeton, New Jersey 08543
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Molecular Pathophysiology Section, NIDCD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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