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Hübner M, Dixit A, Mou TC, Lushington GH, Pinto C, Gille A, Geduhn J, König B, Sprang SR, Seifert R. Structural basis for the high-affinity inhibition of mammalian membranous adenylyl cyclase by 2',3'-o-(N-methylanthraniloyl)-inosine 5'-triphosphate. Mol Pharmacol 2011; 80:87-96. [PMID: 21498658 DOI: 10.1124/mol.111.071894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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2',3'-O-(N-Methylanthraniloyl)-ITP (MANT-ITP) is the most potent inhibitor of mammalian membranous adenylyl cyclase (mAC) 5 (AC5, K(i), 1 nM) yet discovered and surpasses the potency of MANT-GTP by 55-fold (J Pharmacol Exp Ther 329:1156-1165, 2009). AC5 inhibitors may be valuable drugs for treatment of heart failure. The aim of this study was to elucidate the structural basis for the high-affinity inhibition of mAC by MANT-ITP. MANT-ITP was a considerably more potent inhibitor of the purified catalytic domains VC1 and IIC2 of mAC than MANT-GTP (K(i), 0.7 versus 18 nM). Moreover, there was considerably more efficient fluorescence resonance energy transfer between Trp1020 of IIC2 and the MANT group of MANT-ITP compared with MANT-GTP, indicating optimal interaction of the MANT group of MANT-ITP with the hydrophobic pocket. The crystal structure of MANT-ITP in complex with the G(s)α- and forskolin-activated catalytic domains VC1:IIC2 compared with the existing MANT-GTP crystal structure revealed only subtle differences in binding mode. The higher affinity of MANT-ITP to mAC compared with MANT-GTP is probably due to fewer stereochemical constraints upon the nucleotide base in the purine binding pocket, allowing a stronger interaction with the hydrophobic regions of IIC2 domain, as assessed by fluorescence spectroscopy. Stronger interaction is also achieved in the phosphate-binding site. The triphosphate group of MANT-ITP exhibits better metal coordination than the triphosphate group of MANT-GTP, as confirmed by molecular dynamics simulations. Collectively, the subtle differences in ligand structure have profound effects on affinity for mAC.
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- Melanie Hübner
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Suryanarayana S, Göttle M, Hübner M, Gille A, Mou TC, Sprang SR, Richter M, Seifert R. Differential inhibition of various adenylyl cyclase isoforms and soluble guanylyl cyclase by 2',3'-O-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)-substituted nucleoside 5'-triphosphates. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2009; 330:687-95. [PMID: 19494187 PMCID: PMC2729792 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.109.155432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2009] [Accepted: 06/02/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Adenylyl cyclases (ACs) catalyze the conversion of ATP into the second messenger cAMP and play a key role in signal transduction. In a recent study (Mol Pharmacol 70:878-886, 2006), we reported that 2',3'-O-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)-substituted nucleoside 5'-triphosphates (TNP-NTPs) are potent inhibitors (K(i) values in the 10 nM range) of the purified catalytic subunits VC1 and IIC2 of membranous AC (mAC). The crystal structure of VC1:IIC2 in complex with TNP-ATP revealed that the nucleotide binds to the catalytic site with the TNP-group projecting into a hydrophobic pocket. The aims of this study were to analyze the interaction of TNP-nucleotides with VC1:IIC2 by fluorescence spectroscopy and to analyze inhibition of mAC isoforms, soluble AC (sAC), soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC), and G-proteins by TNP-nucleotides. Interaction of VC1:IIC2 with TNP-NDPs and TNP-NTPs resulted in large fluorescence increases that were differentially reduced by a water-soluble forskolin analog. TNP-ATP turned out to be the most potent inhibitor for ACV (K(i), 3.7 nM) and sGC (K(i), 7.3 nM). TNP-UTP was identified as the most potent inhibitor for ACI (K(i), 7.1 nM) and ACII (K(i), 24 nM). TNP-NTPs inhibited sAC and GTP hydrolysis by G(s)- and G(i)-proteins only with low potencies. Molecular modeling revealed that TNP-GTP and TNP-ATP interact very similarly, but not identically, with VC1:IIC2. Collectively, our data show that TNP-nucleotides are useful fluorescent probes to monitor conformational changes in VC1:IIC2 and that TNP-NTPs are a promising starting point to develop isoform-selective AC and sGC inhibitors. TNP-ATP is the most potent sGC inhibitor known so far.
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Toohey N, Klein MT, Knight J, Smith C, Teitler M. Human 5-HT7 receptor-induced inactivation of forskolin-stimulated adenylate cyclase by risperidone, 9-OH-risperidone and other "inactivating antagonists". Mol Pharmacol 2009; 76:552-9. [PMID: 19509219 DOI: 10.1124/mol.109.056283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We have previously reported on the unusual human 5-hydroxytryptamine(7) (h5-HT(7)) receptor-inactivating properties of risperidone, 9-OH-risperidone, bromocriptine, methiothepin, metergoline, and lisuride. Inactivation was defined as the inability of 10 microM 5-HT to stimulate cAMP accumulation after brief exposure and thorough removal of the drugs from HEK293 cells expressing h5-HT(7) receptors. Herein we report that brief exposure of the h5-HT(7) receptor-expressing cells to inactivating drugs, followed by removal of the drugs, results in potent and efficacious irreversible inhibition of forskolin-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity. Pretreatment, followed by removal of the inactivating drugs inhibited 10 microM forskolin-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity with potencies similar to the drugs' affinities for the h5-HT(7) receptor. The actions of the inactivating drugs were pertussis toxin-insensitive, indicating the lack of G(i) in their mechanism(s) of action. Methiothepin and bromocriptine maximally inhibited 10 microM forskolin-stimulated adenylate cyclase, whereas the other drugs produced partial inhibition, indicating the drugs are inducing slightly different inactive conformations of the h5-HT(7) receptor. Maximal effects of these inactivating drugs occurred within 15 to 30 min of exposure of the cells to the drugs. A G(s)-mediated inhibition of forskolin-stimulated activity has never been reported. The inactivating antagonists seem to induce a stable conformation of the h5-HT(7) receptor, which induces an altered state of G(s), which, in turn, inhibits forskolin-mediated stimulation of adenylate cyclase. These and previous observations indicate that the inactivating antagonists represent a unique class of drugs and may reveal GPCR regulatory mechanisms previously unknown. These drugs may produce innovative approaches to the development of therapeutic drugs.
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- Nicole Toohey
- Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Albany Medical College, 47 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208, USA
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Mou T, Masada N, Cooper DMF, Sprang SR. Structural basis for inhibition of mammalian adenylyl cyclase by calcium. Biochemistry 2009; 48:3387-97. [PMID: 19243146 PMCID: PMC2680196 DOI: 10.1021/bi802122k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Type V and VI mammalian adenylyl cyclases (AC5, AC6) are inhibited by Ca(2+) at both sub- and supramicromolar concentration. This inhibition may provide feedback in situations where cAMP promotes opening of Ca(2+) channels, allowing fine control of cardiac contraction and rhythmicity in cardiac tissue where AC5 and AC6 predominate. Ca(2+) inhibits the soluble AC core composed of the C1 domain of AC5 (VC1) and the C2 domain of AC2 (IIC2). As observed for holo-AC5, inhibition is biphasic, showing "high-affinity" (K(i) = approximately 0.4 microM) and "low-affinity" (K(i) = approximately 100 microM) modes of inhibition. At micromolar concentration, Ca(2+) inhibition is nonexclusive with respect to pyrophosphate (PP(i)), a noncompetitive inhibitor with respect to ATP, but at >100 microM Ca(2+), inhibition appears to be exclusive with respect to PP(i). The 3.0 A resolution structure of Galphas.GTPgammaS/forskolin-activated VC1:IIC2 crystals soaked in the presence of ATPalphaS and 8 microM free Ca(2+) contains a single, loosely coordinated metal ion. ATP soaked into VC1:IIC2 crystals in the presence of 1.5 mM Ca(2+) is not cyclized, and two calcium ions are observed in the 2.9 A resolution structure of the complex. In both of the latter complexes VC1:IIC2 adopts the "open", catalytically inactive conformation characteristic of the apoenzyme, in contrast to the "closed", active conformation seen in the presence of ATP analogues and Mg(2+) or Mn(2+). Structures of the pyrophosphate (PP(i)) complex with 10 mM Mg(2+) (2.8 A) or 2 mM Ca(2+) (2.7 A) also adopt the open conformation, indicating that the closed to open transition occurs after cAMP release. In the latter complexes, Ca(2+) and Mg(2+) bind only to the high-affinity "B" metal site associated with substrate/product stabilization. Ca(2+) thus stabilizes the inactive conformation in both ATP- and PP(i)-bound states.
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- Tung—Chung Mou
- Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics and the Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1PD, United Kingdom
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- Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics and the Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812
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- Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics and the Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812
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Two interaction sites on mammalian adenylyl cyclase type I and II: modulation by calmodulin and G(betagamma). Biochem J 2008; 411:449-56. [PMID: 18215138 DOI: 10.1042/bj20071204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Mammalian ACs (adenylyl cyclases) are integrating effector molecules in signal transduction regulated by a plethora of molecules in either an additive, synergistic or antagonistic manner. Out of nine different isoforms, each AC subtype uses an individual set of regulators. In the present study, we have used chimaeric constructs, point mutations and peptide competition studies with ACs to show a common mechanism of multiple contact sites for the regulatory molecules G(betagamma) and calmodulin. Despite their chemical, structural and functional variety and different target motifs on AC, G(betagamma) and calmodulin share a two-site-interaction mechanism with G(alphas) and forskolin to modulate AC activity. Forskolin and G(alphas) are known to interact with both cytosolic domains of AC, from inside the catalytic cleft as well as at the periphery. An individual interaction site located at C(1) of the specifically regulated AC subtype had been ascribed for both G(betagamma) and calmodulin. In the present study we now show for these two regulators of AC that a second isoform- and regulator-specific contact site in C(2) is necessary to render enzyme activity susceptible to G(betagamma) or calmodulin modulation. In addition to the PFAHL motif in C(1b) of ACII, G(betagamma) contacts the KF loop in C(2), whereas calmodulin requires not only the Ca2+-independent AC28 region in C(1b) but also a Ca2+-dependent domain in C(2a) of ACI containing the VLG loop to stimulate this AC isoform.
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Pinto C, Papa D, Hübner M, Mou TC, Lushington GH, Seifert R. Activation and inhibition of adenylyl cyclase isoforms by forskolin analogs. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2008; 325:27-36. [PMID: 18184830 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.107.131904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Adenylyl cyclase (AC) isoforms 1 to 9 are differentially expressed in tissues and constitute an interesting drug target. ACs 1 to 8 are activated by the diterpene, forskolin (FS). It is unfortunate that there is a paucity of AC isoform-selective activators. To develop such compounds, an understanding of the structure/activity relationships of diterpenes is necessary. Therefore, we examined the effects of FS and nine FS analogs on ACs 1, 2, and 5 expressed in Spodoptera frugiperda insect cells. Diterpenes showed the highest potencies at AC1 and the lowest potencies at AC2. We identified full agonists, partial agonists, antagonists, and inverse agonists, i.e., diterpenes that reduced basal AC activity. Each AC isoform exhibited a distinct pharmacological profile. AC2 showed the highest basal activity of all AC isoforms and highest sensitivity to inverse agonistic effects of 1-deoxy-forskolin, 7-deacetyl-1,9-dideoxy-forskolin, and, particularly, BODIPY-forskolin. In contrast, BODIPY-forskolin acted as partial agonist at the other ACs. 1-Deoxy-forskolin analogs were devoid of agonistic activity at ACs but antagonized the effects of FS in a mixed competitive/noncompetitive manner. At purified catalytic AC subunits, BODIPY-forskolin acted as weak partial agonist/strong partial antagonist. Molecular modeling revealed that the BODIPY group rotates promiscuously outside of the FS-binding site. Collectively, ACs are not uniformly activated and inhibited by FS and FS analogs, demonstrating the feasibility to design isoform-selective FS analogs. The two- and multiple-state models, originally developed to conceptualize ligand effects at G-protein-coupled receptors, can be applied to ACs to explain certain experimental data.
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- Cibele Pinto
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Mou TC, Gille A, Suryanarayana S, Richter M, Seifert R, Sprang SR. Broad specificity of mammalian adenylyl cyclase for interaction with 2',3'-substituted purine- and pyrimidine nucleotide inhibitors. Mol Pharmacol 2006; 70:878-86. [PMID: 16766715 DOI: 10.1124/mol.106.026427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Membrane adenylyl cyclases (mACs) play an important role in signal transduction and are therefore potential drug targets. Earlier, we identified 2',3'-O-(N-methylanthraniloyl) (MANT)-substituted purine nucleotides as a novel class of highly potent competitive mAC inhibitors (Ki values in the 10 nM range). MANT nucleotides discriminate among various mAC isoforms through differential interactions with a binding pocket localized at the interface between the C1 and C2 domains of mAC. In this study, we examine the structure/activity relationships for 2',3'-substituted nucleotides and compare the crystal structures of mAC catalytic domains (VC1:IIC2) bound to MANT-GTP, MANT-ATP, and 2',3'-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl) (TNP)-ATP. TNP-substituted purine and pyrimidine nucleotides inhibited VC1:IIC2 with moderately high potency (Ki values in the 100 nM range). Elongation of the linker between the ribosyl group and the MANT group and substitution of N-adenine atoms with MANT reduces inhibitory potency. Crystal structures show that MANT-GTP, MANT-ATP, and TNP-ATP reside in the same binding pocket in the VC1:IIC2 protein complex, but there are substantial differences in interactions of base, fluorophore, and polyphosphate chain of the inhibitors with mAC. Fluorescence emission and resonance transfer spectra also reflect differences in the interaction between MANT-ATP and VC1:IIC2 relative to MANT-GTP. Our data are indicative of a three-site mAC pharmacophore; the 2',3'-O-ribosyl substituent and the polyphosphate chain have the largest impact on inhibitor affinity and the nucleotide base has the least. The mAC binding site exhibits broad specificity, accommodating various bases and fluorescent groups at the 2',3'-O-ribosyl position. These data should greatly facilitate the rational design of potent, isoform-selective mAC inhibitors.
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- Tung-Chung Mou
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390-9050, USA
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Chapter 5 Adenylyl cyclase and CAMP regulation of the endothelial barrier. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-2558(05)35005-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Mou TC, Gille A, Fancy DA, Seifert R, Sprang SR. Structural basis for the inhibition of mammalian membrane adenylyl cyclase by 2 '(3')-O-(N-Methylanthraniloyl)-guanosine 5 '-triphosphate. J Biol Chem 2004; 280:7253-61. [PMID: 15591060 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m409076200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Membrane-bound mammalian adenylyl cyclase (mAC) catalyzes the synthesis of intracellular cyclic AMP from ATP and is activated by stimulatory G protein alpha subunits (Galpha(s)) and by forskolin (FSK). mACs are inhibited with high potency by 2 '(3')-O-(N-methylanthraniloyl) (MANT)-substituted nucleotides. In this study, the crystal structures of the complex between Galpha(s).GTPgammaS and the catalytic C1 and C2 domains from type V and type II mAC (VC1.IIC2), bound to FSK and either MANT-GTP.Mg(2+) or MANT-GTP.Mn(2+) have been determined. MANT-GTP coordinates two metal ions and occupies the same position in the catalytic site as P-site inhibitors and substrate analogs. However, the orientation of the guanine ring is reversed relative to that of the adenine ring. The MANT fluorophore resides in a hydrophobic pocket at the interface between the VC1 and IIC2 domains and prevents mAC from undergoing the "open" to "closed" domain rearrangement. The K(i) of MANT-GTP for inhibition of VC1.IIC2 is lower in the presence of mAC activators and lower in the presence of Mn(2+) compared with Mg(2+), indicating that the inhibitor binds more tightly to the catalytically most active form of the enzyme. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer-stimulated emission from the MANT fluorophore upon excitation of Trp-1020 in the MANT-binding pocket of IIC2 is also stronger in the presence of FSK. Mutational analysis of two non-conserved amino acids in the MANT-binding pocket suggests that residues outside of the binding site influence isoform selectivity toward MANT-GTP.
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- Tung-Chung Mou
- Department of Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical, Dallas, Texas 75390-9050, USA
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