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Zhang W, Lu W, Ananthan S, Suto MJ, Li Y. Discovery of novel frizzled-7 inhibitors by targeting the receptor's transmembrane domain. Oncotarget 2017; 8:91459-91470. [PMID: 29207657 PMCID: PMC5710937 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.20665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2017] [Accepted: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Frizzled (Fzd) proteins are seven transmembrane receptors that belong to a novel and separated family of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). The Fzd receptors can respond to Wnt proteins to activate the canonical β-catenin pathway which is important for both initiation and progression of cancers. Disruption of the Wnt/β-catenin signal thus represents an opportunity for rational cancer prevention and therapy. Of the 10 members of the Fzd family, Fzd7 is the most important member involved in cancer development and progression. In the present studies, we applied structure-based virtual screening targeting the transmembrane domain (TMD) of Fzd7 to select compounds that could potentially bind to the Fzd7-TMD and block the Wnt/Fzd7 signaling and further evaluated them in biological assays. Six small molecule compounds were confirmed as Fzd7 inhibitors. The best hit, SRI37892, significantly blocked the Wnt/Fzd7 signaling with IC50 values in the sub-micromolar range and inhibited cancer cell proliferation with IC50 values around 2 μM. Our results provide the first proof of concept of targeting Fzd-TMD for the development of Wnt/Fzd modulators. The identified small molecular Fzd7 inhibitors can serve as a useful tool for studying the regulation mechanism(s) of Wnt/Fzd7 signaling as well as a starting point for the development of cancer therapeutic agents.
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- Wei Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Drug Discovery Division, Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama 35205, United States
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- Department of Oncology, Drug Discovery Division, Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama 35205, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Drug Discovery Division, Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama 35205, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Drug Discovery Division, Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama 35205, United States
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- Department of Oncology, Drug Discovery Division, Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama 35205, United States
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King TD, Zhang W, Suto MJ, Li Y. Frizzled7 as an emerging target for cancer therapy. Cell Signal 2012; 24:846-51. [PMID: 22182510 PMCID: PMC3268941 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2011.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2011] [Accepted: 12/04/2011] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Wnt proteins are secreted glycoproteins that bind to the N-terminal extra-cellular cysteine-rich domain of the Frizzled (Fzd) receptor family. The Fzd receptors can respond to Wnt proteins in the presence of Wnt co-receptors to activate the canonical and non-canonical Wnt pathways. Recent studies indicated that, among the Fzd family, Fzd7 is the Wnt receptor most commonly upregulated in a variety of cancers including colorectal cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma and triple negative breast cancer. Fzd7 plays an important role in stem cell biology and cancer development and progression. In addition, it has been demonstrated that siRNA knockdown of Fzd7, the anti-Fzd7 antibody or the extracellular peptide of Fzd7 (soluble Fzd7 peptide) displayed anti-cancer activity in vitro and in vivo mainly due to the inhibition of the canonical Wnt signaling pathway. Furthermore, pharmacological inhibition of Fzd7 by small interfering peptides or a small molecule inhibitor suppressed β-catenin-dependent tumor cell growth. Therefore, targeted inhibition of Fzd7 represents a rational and promising new approach for cancer therapy.
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- Taj D. King
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drug Discovery Division, Southern Research Institute, 2000 Ninth Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Discovery Division, Southern Research Institute, 2000 Ninth Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drug Discovery Division, Southern Research Institute, 2000 Ninth Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Discovery Division, Southern Research Institute, 2000 Ninth Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drug Discovery Division, Southern Research Institute, 2000 Ninth Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
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Fanelli F, De Benedetti PG. Update 1 of: computational modeling approaches to structure-function analysis of G protein-coupled receptors. Chem Rev 2011; 111:PR438-535. [PMID: 22165845 DOI: 10.1021/cr100437t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Francesca Fanelli
- Dulbecco Telethon Institute, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Campi 183, 41125 Modena, Italy.
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Konsoula Z. Chemical and Drug Receptor Interactions. Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2010. [DOI: 10.3109/9781420092264-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Hennigan RF, Chaiken MF, Foster LA, Ip W. A FRET-based approach for studying conformational changes of a cytoskeleton-related tumor suppressor molecule. Methods Mol Biol 2009; 586:143-56. [PMID: 19768428 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-376-3_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Changes in conformation are an important regulatory mechanism for a wide variety of proteins. Proteins whose activity must change in response to external stimuli often undergo dramatic changes in their tertiary structure in a temporally and spatially coordinated manner, resulting in a change in enzymatic activity or in the profile of binding partners. To understand how these proteins function, it is critically important to be able to monitor the timing and subcellular localization of these conformational changes, preferably in a quantitative manner and in the context of a living cell. Unfortunately, there is a dearth of experimental techniques that can detect changes in conformation directly. In this chapter, we describe an approach that takes advantage of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), a well-known physical phenomenon between a spectrally compatible pair of fluorescent molecules, which is exquisitely sensitive to the distance between them. Combined with the use of proteins of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) family, this approach can be used to detect changes in protein conformation in vitro and in vivo effectively.
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- Robert F Hennigan
- Department of Cancer and Cell Biology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Hossain M, Ahmed M, Bhuiyan MA, Ishiguro M, Nakamura T, Ozaki M, Nagatomo T. Mutation of important amino acid residue of Asp104Lys in human beta(1)-adrenergic receptor triggers functional and constitutive inactivation. Biol Pharm Bull 2008; 31:1517-22. [PMID: 18670082 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.31.1517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Based on our previous molecular modeling and radioligand binding study, we have demonstrated that aspartic acid of 104 in transmembrane helix (TMH) II of beta(1)-adrenergic receptor (beta(1)-AR) is important for functional characteristics of these receptors. We have also showed that mutation of negatively charged aspartic acid to neutral charged alanine exhibited constitutive activity of beta(1)-AR. However, the mutation of negatively charged aspartic acid to positively charged lysine is still remained to be examined, which is very important to know for fully understanding the characteristics of beta(1)-AR. At the present study, we mutated aspartic acid to lysine (Asp104Lys) residue in human beta(1)-AR. This resultant mutant (Asp104Lys) markedly reduced the binding affinity of isoproterenol and (-)-epinephrine. On the other hand, antagonist binding with this mutant was similar to the wild type receptor. Isoproterenol at its saturation concentrations produced lower amount of intracellular cyclic adenosine-3',5' cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) in HEK-293 cells expressing Asp104Lys mutant receptor as compared to cells expressing wild type receptor. Moreover, cAMP accumulation of Asp104Lys mutant was unchanged in the presence or absence of isoproterenol. Therefore, it has been demonstrated that Asp104Lys mutation in the human beta(1)-AR differentially affects the binding of antagonist and exhibits a functional uncoupling of G-protein-coupled receptors. Thus, we may suggest that mutation of negatively charged aspartic acid to positively charged lysine as well as neutral charged alanine may help to understand the mechanism of the activation or inactivation of beta(1)-AR by its conformational changes and this finding would be helpful for clarifying the functional responses mediated by beta(1)-AR.
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- Murad Hossain
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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Calorimetric studies of bovine rod outer segment disk membranes support a monomeric unit for both rhodopsin and opsin. Biophys J 2008; 95:2859-66. [PMID: 18586850 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.128868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The photoreceptor rhodopsin is a G-protein coupled receptor that has recently been proposed to exist as a dimer or higher order oligomer, in contrast to the previously described monomer, in retinal rod outer segment disk membranes. Rhodopsin exhibits considerably greater thermal stability than opsin (the bleached form of the receptor), which is reflected in an approximately 15 degrees C difference in the thermal denaturation temperatures (T(m)) of rhodopsin and opsin as measured by differential scanning calorimetry. Here we use differential scanning calorimetry to investigate the effect of partial bleaching of disk membranes on the T(m) of rhodopsin and of opsin in native disk membranes, as well as in cross-linked disk membranes in which rhodopsin dimers are known to be present. The T(m)s of rhodopsin and opsin are expected to be perturbed if mixed oligomers are present. The T(m) remained constant for rhodopsin and opsin in native disks regardless of the level of bleaching. In contrast, the T(m) of cross-linked rhodopsin in disk membranes was dependent on the extent of bleaching. The energy of activation for denaturation of rhodopsin and cross-linked rhodopsin was calculated. Cross-linking rhodopsin significantly decreased the energy of activation. We conclude that in native disk membranes, rhodopsin behaves predominantly as a monomer.
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Chen Y, Herrmann R, Fishkin N, Henklein P, Nakanishi K, Ernst OP. Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of photo-affinity peptide ligands to study rhodopsin-G protein interaction. Photochem Photobiol 2008; 84:831-8. [PMID: 18282180 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00304.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are involved in the control of virtually all aspects of our behavior and physiology. Activated receptors catalyze nucleotide exchange in heterotrimeric G proteins (composed of alpha.GDP, beta and gamma subunits) on the inner surface of the cell membrane. The GPCR rhodopsin and the G protein transducin (G(t)) are key proteins in the early steps of the visual cascade. The main receptor interaction sites on G(t) are the C-terminal tail of the G(t)alpha-subunit and the farnesylated C-terminal tail of the G(t)gamma-subunit. Synthetic peptides derived from these C-termini specifically bind and stabilize the active rhodopsin conformation (R*). Here we report the synthesis of R*-interacting peptides containing photo-reactive groups with a specific isotope pattern, which can facilitate detection of cross-linked products by mass spectrometry. In a preliminary set of experiments, we characterized such peptides derived from the farnesylated G(t)gamma C-terminus (G(t)gamma(60-71)far) in terms of their capability to bind R*. Here, we describe novel peptides with photo-affinity labels that bind R* with affinities similar to that of the native G(t)gamma(60-71)far peptide. Such peptides will enable an improved experimental strategy to probe rhodopsin-G(t) interaction and to map so far unknown interaction sites between both proteins.
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- Yihui Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Filamentous fungi are multicellular eukaryotic organisms known for nutrient recycling as well as for antibiotic and food production. This group of organisms also contains the most devastating plant pathogens and several important human pathogens. Since the first report of heterotrimeric G proteins in filamentous fungi in 1993, it has been demonstrated that G proteins are essential for growth, asexual and sexual development, and virulence in both animal and plant pathogenic filamentous species. Numerous G protein subunit and G protein-coupled receptor genes have been identified, many from whole-genome sequences. Several regulatory pathways have now been delineated, including those for nutrient sensing, pheromone response and mating, and pathogenesis. This review provides a comparative analysis of G protein pathways in several filamentous species, with discussion of both unifying themes and important unique signaling paradigms.
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- Liande Li
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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Tian C, Yuan Y, Zhu S. Positively selected sites of scorpion depressant toxins: possible roles in toxin functional divergence. Toxicon 2007; 51:555-62. [PMID: 18177911 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2007] [Revised: 11/07/2007] [Accepted: 11/14/2007] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Scorpion depressant toxins represent a distinct pharmacological group of sodium channel neurotoxins, identified by their preferential ability in induction of depressant and flaccid paralysis of insects. However, recent observations that some members in this group exhibit anti-mammal activity raise an interesting evolutionary question of whether it is a consequence of adaptive evolution to the early radiation of mammals on earth. By employing the maximum likelihood method, we provided convincing statistical evidence in favor of positive selection driving the evolution of the depressant toxins, and found that two of three positively selected sites are located on the functional surface of the toxins. A complex model of the scorpion depressant toxin LqhIT2 binding to insect sodium channel alpha-subunit (DmNav1) was constructed by structural bioinformatics approaches which highlights a possible direct interaction between these two sites and insect sodium channels. Our work presented here thus suggests that accelerated substitutions in these site residues could offer an evolutionary advantage for these toxins to adapt different channels from diverse origins.
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- Caihuan Tian
- Group of Animal Innate Immunity, State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects & Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
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Prediction of flexible/rigid regions from protein sequences using k-spaced amino acid pairs. BMC STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2007; 7:25. [PMID: 17437643 PMCID: PMC1863424 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6807-7-25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2006] [Accepted: 04/16/2007] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Background Traditionally, it is believed that the native structure of a protein corresponds to a global minimum of its free energy. However, with the growing number of known tertiary (3D) protein structures, researchers have discovered that some proteins can alter their structures in response to a change in their surroundings or with the help of other proteins or ligands. Such structural shifts play a crucial role with respect to the protein function. To this end, we propose a machine learning method for the prediction of the flexible/rigid regions of proteins (referred to as FlexRP); the method is based on a novel sequence representation and feature selection. Knowledge of the flexible/rigid regions may provide insights into the protein folding process and the 3D structure prediction. Results The flexible/rigid regions were defined based on a dataset, which includes protein sequences that have multiple experimental structures, and which was previously used to study the structural conservation of proteins. Sequences drawn from this dataset were represented based on feature sets that were proposed in prior research, such as PSI-BLAST profiles, composition vector and binary sequence encoding, and a newly proposed representation based on frequencies of k-spaced amino acid pairs. These representations were processed by feature selection to reduce the dimensionality. Several machine learning methods for the prediction of flexible/rigid regions and two recently proposed methods for the prediction of conformational changes and unstructured regions were compared with the proposed method. The FlexRP method, which applies Logistic Regression and collocation-based representation with 95 features, obtained 79.5% accuracy. The two runner-up methods, which apply the same sequence representation and Support Vector Machines (SVM) and Naïve Bayes classifiers, obtained 79.2% and 78.4% accuracy, respectively. The remaining considered methods are characterized by accuracies below 70%. Finally, the Naïve Bayes method is shown to provide the highest sensitivity for the prediction of flexible regions, while FlexRP and SVM give the highest sensitivity for rigid regions. Conclusion A new sequence representation that uses k-spaced amino acid pairs is shown to be the most efficient in the prediction of the flexible/rigid regions of protein sequences. The proposed FlexRP method provides the highest prediction accuracy of about 80%. The experimental tests show that the FlexRP and SVM methods achieved high overall accuracy and the highest sensitivity for rigid regions, while the best quality of the predictions for flexible regions is achieved by the Naïve Bayes method.
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Crozier PS, Stevens MJ, Woolf TB. How a small change in retinal leads to G-protein activation: initial events suggested by molecular dynamics calculations. Proteins 2007; 66:559-74. [PMID: 17109408 PMCID: PMC2848121 DOI: 10.1002/prot.21175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Rhodopsin is the prototypical G-protein coupled receptor, coupling light activation with high efficiency to signaling molecules. The dark-state X-ray structures of the protein provide a starting point for consideration of the relaxation from initial light activation to conformational changes that may lead to signaling. In this study we create an energetically unstable retinal in the light activated state and then use molecular dynamics simulations to examine the types of compensation, relaxation, and conformational changes that occur following the cis-trans light activation. The results suggest that changes occur throughout the protein, with changes in the orientation of Helices 5 and 6, a closer interaction between Ala 169 on Helix 4 and retinal, and a shift in the Schiff base counterion that also reflects changes in sidechain interactions with the retinal. Taken together, the simulation is suggestive of the types of changes that lead from local conformational change to light-activated signaling in this prototypical system.
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- Paul S Crozier
- Sandia National Laboratories, MS 1322, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185-1322, USA.
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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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Herrmann R, Heck M, Henklein P, Hofmann KP, Ernst OP. Signal Transfer from GPCRs to G Proteins. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:30234-41. [PMID: 16847064 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m600797200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Catalysis of nucleotide exchange in heterotrimeric G proteins (Galphabetagamma) is a key step in cellular signal transduction mediated by G protein-coupled receptors. The Galpha N terminus with its helical stretch is thought to be crucial for G protein/activated receptor (R(*)) interaction. The N-terminal fatty acylation of Galpha is important for membrane targeting of G proteins. By applying biophysical techniques to the rhodopsin/transducin model system, we studied the effect of N-terminal truncations in Galpha. In Galphabetagamma, lack of the fatty acid and Galpha truncations up to 33 amino acids had little effect on R(*) binding and R(*)-catalyzed nucleotide exchange, implying that this region is not mandatory for R(*)/Galphabetagamma interaction. However, when the other hydrophobic modification of Galphabetagamma, the Ggamma C-terminal farnesyl moiety, is lacking, R(*) interaction requires the fatty acylated Galpha N terminus. This suggests that the two hydrophobic extensions can replace each other in the interaction of Galphabetagamma with R(*). We propose that in native Galphabetagamma, these two terminal regions are functionally redundant and form a microdomain that serves both to anchor the G protein to the membrane and to establish an initial docking complex with R(*). Accordingly, we find that the native fatty acylated Galpha is competent to interact with R(*) even in the absence of Gbetagamma, whereas nonacylated Galpha requires Gbetagamma for interaction. Experiments with N-terminally truncated Galpha subunits suggest that in the second step of the catalytic process, the receptor binds to the alphaN/beta1-loop region of Galpha to reduce nucleotide affinity and to make the Galpha C terminus available for subsequent interaction with R(*).
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- Rolf Herrmann
- Institut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Schumannstrasse 20/21, D-10098 Berlin, Germany
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Simon A, Barabás P, Kardos J. Structural determinants of phosphodiesterase 6 response on binding catalytic site inhibitors. Neurochem Int 2006; 49:215-22. [PMID: 16519963 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2006.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2005] [Accepted: 01/02/2006] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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To predict the response of retinal phosphodiesterase on binding catalytic site inhibitors, a homology model of the catalytic domain of subunit alpha of type 6 phosphodiesterase has been built by selecting an experimental structure of type 5 phosphodiesterase as template. Guanosine monophosphate and inhibitors (sildenafil, zaprinast) docked to the type 6 phosphodiesterase binding crevice similarly to the experimental conformations of guanosine monophosphate and sildenafil in the catalytic domain of type 5 phosphodiesterase. Inhibitors, but not guanosine monophosphate, interacted with Phe778 and Met759 (sildenafil) or Met759 (zaprinast), the key residues involved in the interaction between the catalytic binding domain and the inhibitory gamma subunit of type 6 phosphodiesterase. Agreeing with predictions obtained by modelling binding, both inhibitors (1 and 10muM) enhanced the amplitude of electric light responses of the isolated rat retina, however, the enhancement was smaller for the more efficacious inhibitor sildenafil. These paradoxical responses can be explained as a result of the enhancement of light activation of PDE6 through the competition between the catalytic site inhibitors and the gamma subunit residues for catalytic domain residues Phe778 and Met759.
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- Agnes Simon
- Department of Neurochemistry, Chemical Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Pusztaszeri út 59-67, H-1025 Budapest, Hungary.
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Ruotolo BT, Gillig KJ, Woods AS, Egan TF, Ugarov MV, Schultz JA, Russell DH. Analysis of phosphorylated peptides by ion mobility-mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 2006; 76:6727-33. [PMID: 15538797 DOI: 10.1021/ac0498009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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An ion mobility-mass spectrometry technique for rapid screening of phosphopeptides in protein digests is described. A data set of 43 sequences (ranging in mass from 400 to 3000 m/z) of model and tryptic peptides, including serine, threonine, and tyrosine phosphorylation, was investigated, and the data support our previously reported observation (Ruotolo, B. T.; Verbeck, G. F., IV; Thomson, L. M.; Woods, A. S.; Gillig, K. J.; Russell, D. H. J. Proteome Res. 2002, 1, 303.) that the drift time-m/z relationship for singly charged phosphorylated peptide ions is different from that for nonphosphorylated peptides. The data further illustrate that a combined data-dependent IM-MS/MS approach for phosphopeptide screening would have enhanced throughput over conventional MS/MS-based methodologies.
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- Brandon T Ruotolo
- Laboratory for Biological Mass Spectrometry, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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Bonet J, Caltabiano G, Khan AK, Johnston MA, Corbí C, Gómez A, Rovira X, Teyra J, Villà-Freixa J. The role of residue stability in transient protein-protein interactions involved in enzymatic phosphate hydrolysis. A computational study. Proteins 2006; 63:65-77. [PMID: 16374872 DOI: 10.1002/prot.20791] [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: 11/10/2022]
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Finding why protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are so specific can provide a valuable tool in a variety of fields. Statistical surveys of so-called transient complexes (like those relevant for signal transduction mechanisms) have shown a tendency of polar residues to participate in the interaction region. Following this scheme, residues in the unbound partners have to compete between interacting with water or interacting with other residues of the protein. On the other hand, several works have shown that the notion of active site electrostatic preorganization can be used to interpret the high efficiency in enzyme reactions. This preorganization can be related to the instability of the residues important for catalysis. In some enzymes, in addition, conformational changes upon binding to other proteins lead to an increase in the activity of the enzymatic partner. In this article the linear response approximation version of the semimacroscopic protein dipoles Langevin dipoles (PDLD/S-LRA) model is used to evaluate the stability of several residues in two phosphate hydrolysis enzymes upon complexation with their activating partners. In particular, the residues relevant for PPI and for phosphate hydrolysis in the CDK2/Cyclin A and Ras/GAP complexes are analyzed. We find that the evaluation of the stability of residues in these systems can be used to identify not only active site regions but it can also be used as a guide to locate "hot spots" for PPIs. We also show that conformational changes play a major role in positioning interfacing residues in a proper "energetic" orientation, ready to interact with the residues in the partner protein surface. Thus, we extend the preorganization theory to PPIs, extrapolating the results we obtained from the above-mentioned complexes to a more general case. We conclude that the correlation between stability of a residue in the surface and the likelihood that it participates in the interaction can be a general fact for transient PPIs.
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- Jaume Bonet
- Computational Biochemistry and Biophysics Laboratory, Research Group on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB), IMIM/UPF, Barcelona, Spain
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G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling represents one of the most conserved and ubiquitous means in mammalian cells for transferring information across the plasma membrane to the intracellular environment. Heterotrimeric G-protein subunits play key roles in transducing these signals, and intracellular regulators influencing the activation state and interaction of these subunits regulate the extent and duration of GPCR signaling. One class of intracellular regulator, the non-receptor activators of G-protein signaling (or AGS proteins), are the major focus of this review. AGS proteins provide a basis for understanding the function of heterotrimeric G-proteins in both GPCR-driven and GPCR independent cellular signaling pathways.
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- Mary J Cismowski
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, 4209 State Route 44, Rootstown, OH, United States.
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A subset of melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cells has been identified to be directly photosensitive (pRGCs), modulating a range of behavioral and physiological responses to light. Recent expression studies of melanopsin have provided compelling evidence that melanopsin is the photopigment of the pRGCs. However, the mechanism by which melanopsin transduces light information remains an open question. This review discusses the signaling pathways that may underlie melanopsin-dependent phototransduction in native pRGCs, as well as the many exciting challenges ahead.
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- Stuart Peirson
- Division of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Department of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London, London W6 8RF, United Kingdom.
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Yamano K, Inoue M, Masaki S, Saki M, Ichimura M, Satoh M. Generation of adenosine A3 receptor functionally humanized mice for the evaluation of the human antagonists. Biochem Pharmacol 2005; 71:294-306. [PMID: 16300745 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2005.10.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2005] [Revised: 10/17/2005] [Accepted: 10/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Although the adenosine A(3) receptor (A3AR), which is a G(i/o) protein-coupled receptor, has attracted considerable interest as a potential target for drugs against asthma or inflammation, the in vivo evaluation of the antagonists using rodents in the first step of drug development has been hampered by the lack of highly potent antagonists for the rodent A3AR. To evaluate the pharmacological effects of human A3AR antagonists in mice, we previously generated A3AR-humanized mice, in which the mouse A3AR gene was replaced by its human counterpart. However, the human A3AR did not lead to the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) gamma-signaling pathway such as IgE/antigen-dependent mast cell degranulation, probably due to the uncoupling of the mouse G(i/o) protein(s). To overcome the uncoupling, we here generated A3AR functionally humanized mice by replacing the mouse A3AR gene with a human/mouse chimeric A3AR sequence in which whole intracellular regions of the human A3AR were substituted for the corresponding regions of the mouse A3AR. The chimeric A3AR led to intracellular Ca(2+) elevation and activation of the PI3Kgamma-signaling pathway, which are equivalent to the actions induced by A3AR in wild-type mice. The human A3AR antagonist had the same binding affinities for the chimeric A3AR as the human A3AR and completely antagonized this potentiation. This is the first direct evidence that the uncoupling of mouse G protein(s) to the human A3AR is due to a sequence difference in the intracellular regions of A3AR. The A3AR functionally humanized mice can be widely employed for pharmacological evaluations of the human A3AR antagonists.
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- Kazuya Yamano
- Tokyo Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co. Ltd., 3-6-6 Asahi-machi, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194-8533, Japan
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Jo E, Sanna MG, Gonzalez-Cabrera PJ, Thangada S, Tigyi G, Osborne DA, Hla T, Parrill AL, Rosen H. S1P1-selective in vivo-active agonists from high-throughput screening: off-the-shelf chemical probes of receptor interactions, signaling, and fate. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 12:703-15. [PMID: 15975516 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2005.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2004] [Revised: 03/16/2005] [Accepted: 04/26/2005] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The essential role of the sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptor S1P(1) in regulating lymphocyte trafficking was demonstrated with the S1P(1)-selective nanomolar agonist, SEW2871. Despite its lack of charged headgroup, the tetraaromatic compound SEW2871 binds and activates S1P(1) through a combination of hydrophobic and ion-dipole interactions. Both S1P and SEW2871 activated ERK, Akt, and Rac signaling pathways and induced S1P(1) internalization and recycling, unlike FTY720-phosphate, which induces receptor degradation. Agonism with receptor recycling is sufficient for alteration of lymphocyte trafficking by S1P and SEW2871. S1P(1) modeling and mutagenesis studies revealed that residues binding the S1P headgroup are required for kinase activation by both S1P and SEW2871. Therefore, SEW2871 recapitulates the action of S1P in all the signaling pathways examined and overlaps in interactions with key headgroup binding receptor residues, presumably replacing salt-bridge interactions with ion-dipole interactions.
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- Euijung Jo
- Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, ICND 118, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Fanelli F, De Benedetti PG. Computational Modeling Approaches to Structure−Function Analysis of G Protein-Coupled Receptors. Chem Rev 2005; 105:3297-351. [PMID: 16159154 DOI: 10.1021/cr000095n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Francesca Fanelli
- Dulbecco Telethon Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Campi 183, 41100 Modena, Italy.
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Ślusarz M, Giełdoń A, Ślusarz R, Trojnar J, Meadows R, Ciarkowski J. Study of New Oxytocin Antagonist Barusiban (Fe200 440) Affinity Toward Human Oxytocin Receptor Versus Vasopressin V1a and V2 Receptors - Molecular Dynamics Simulation in POPC Bilayer. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/qsar.200430919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Zhang Y, Sham YY, Rajamani R, Gao J, Portoghese PS. Homology Modeling and Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Mu Opioid Receptor in a Membrane-Aqueous System. Chembiochem 2005; 6:853-9. [PMID: 15776407 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200400207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Three types of opioid receptors-mu, delta, and kappa-belong to the rhodopsin subfamily in the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily. With the recent characterization of the high-resolution X-ray crystal structure of bovine rhodopsin, considerable attention has been focused on molecular modeling of these transmembrane proteins. In this study, a homology model of the mu opioid receptor was constructed based on the X-ray crystal structure of bovine rhodopsin. A phospholipid bilayer was built around the receptor, and two water layers were placed on both surfaces of the lipid bilayer. Molecular-dynamics simulations were carried out by using CHARMM for the entire system, which consisted of 316 amino acid residues, 92 phospholipid molecules, 8327 water molecules, and 11 chloride counter ions-40 931 atoms altogether. The whole system was equilibrated for 250 ps followed by another 2 ns dynamic simulation. The opioid ligand naltrexone was docked into the optimized model, and the critical amino acid residues for binding were identified. The mu opioid receptor homology model optimized in a complete membrane-aqueous system should provide a good starting point for further characterization of the binding modes for opioid ligands. Furthermore, the method developed herein will be applicable to molecular model building to other opioid receptors as well as other GPCRs.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Binding Sites
- Cattle
- Cell Membrane/chemistry
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Computer Simulation
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Lipid Metabolism
- Lipids/chemistry
- Models, Molecular
- Naltrexone/analogs & derivatives
- Naltrexone/chemistry
- Naltrexone/pharmacology
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/chemistry
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
- Rhodopsin/chemistry
- Sequence Homology
- Solvents/chemistry
- Solvents/metabolism
- Structural Homology, Protein
- Water/chemistry
- Water/metabolism
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- Yan Zhang
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Sodhi A, Montaner S, Gutkind JS. Viral hijacking of G-protein-coupled-receptor signalling networks. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2005; 5:998-1012. [PMID: 15573137 DOI: 10.1038/nrm1529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Viruses use a surprising diversity of approaches to hijack G-protein-coupled receptors and harness their activated intracellular signalling pathways. All of these approaches ultimately function to ensure viral replicative success and often contribute to their pathogenesis. Indeed, a single virus might deploy a repertoire of these strategies to regulate key intracellular survival, proliferative and chemotactic pathways. Understanding the contribution of these biochemical routes to viral pathogenesis might facilitate the development of effective target-specific therapeutic strategies against viral diseases.
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- Akrit Sodhi
- Cell Growth Regulation Section, Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, 30 Convent Drive, Building 30, Room 211, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4330, USA
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Gouldson PR, Kidley NJ, Bywater RP, Psaroudakis G, Brooks HD, Diaz C, Shire D, Reynolds CA. Toward the active conformations of rhodopsin and the beta2-adrenergic receptor. Proteins 2004; 56:67-84. [PMID: 15162487 DOI: 10.1002/prot.20108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Using sets of experimental distance restraints, which characterize active or inactive receptor conformations, and the X-ray crystal structure of the inactive form of bovine rhodopsin as a starting point, we have constructed models of both the active and inactive forms of rhodopsin and the beta2-adrenergic G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). The distance restraints were obtained from published data for site-directed crosslinking, engineered zinc binding, site-directed spin-labeling, IR spectroscopy, and cysteine accessibility studies conducted on class A GPCRs. Molecular dynamics simulations in the presence of either "active" or "inactive" restraints were used to generate two distinguishable receptor models. The process for generating the inactive and active models was validated by the hit rates, yields, and enrichment factors determined for the selection of antagonists in the inactive model and for the selection of agonists in the active model from a set of nonadrenergic GPCR drug-like ligands in a virtual screen using ligand docking software. The simulation results provide new insights into the relationships observed between selected biochemical data, the crystal structure of rhodopsin, and the structural rearrangements that occur during activation.
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Kristiansen K. Molecular mechanisms of ligand binding, signaling, and regulation within the superfamily of G-protein-coupled receptors: molecular modeling and mutagenesis approaches to receptor structure and function. Pharmacol Ther 2004; 103:21-80. [PMID: 15251227 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2004.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 394] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The superfamily of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) could be subclassified into 7 families (A, B, large N-terminal family B-7 transmembrane helix, C, Frizzled/Smoothened, taste 2, and vomeronasal 1 receptors) among mammalian species. Cloning and functional studies of GPCRs have revealed that the superfamily of GPCRs comprises receptors for chemically diverse native ligands including (1) endogenous compounds like amines, peptides, and Wnt proteins (i.e., secreted proteins activating Frizzled receptors); (2) endogenous cell surface adhesion molecules; and (3) photons and exogenous compounds like odorants. The combined use of site-directed mutagenesis and molecular modeling approaches have provided detailed insight into molecular mechanisms of ligand binding, receptor folding, receptor activation, G-protein coupling, and regulation of GPCRs. The vast majority of family A, B, C, vomeronasal 1, and taste 2 receptors are able to transduce signals into cells through G-protein coupling. However, G-protein-independent signaling mechanisms have also been reported for many GPCRs. Specific interaction motifs in the intracellular parts of these receptors allow them to interact with scaffold proteins. Protein engineering techniques have provided information on molecular mechanisms of GPCR-accessory protein, GPCR-GPCR, and GPCR-scaffold protein interactions. Site-directed mutagenesis and molecular dynamics simulations have revealed that the inactive state conformations are stabilized by specific interhelical and intrahelical salt bridge interactions and hydrophobic-type interactions. Constitutively activating mutations or agonist binding disrupts such constraining interactions leading to receptor conformations that associates with and activate G-proteins.
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- Kurt Kristiansen
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway.
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Rezmann-Vitti LA, Louis SNS, Nero TL, Jackman GP, Iakovidis D, Machida CA, Louis WJ. Agonist binding and activation of the rat beta(1)-adrenergic receptor: role of Trp(134(3.28)), Ser(190(4.57)) and Tyr(356(7.43)). Biochem Pharmacol 2004; 68:675-88. [PMID: 15276075 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2004.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2004] [Accepted: 04/27/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We investigated the role of Trp(134(3.28)), Ser(190(4.57)) and Tyr(356(7.43)) in agonist binding to, and activation of, the rat beta(1)-adrenergic receptor by comparing pK(i)s and functional responses of W134A, S190A and Y356F mutant receptors to wild type, all stably expressed in CHO cells. All three mutations significantly (P < 0.05) reduced adenylyl cyclase intrinsic activity (IA) compared to wild type in response to stimulation with both (-)-isoprenaline (53-88%) and (-)-RO363 (46-61%), and there was no significant correlation either between IA or pD(2) and pK(i) (P > 0.4), suggesting that changes in pK(i) were not sufficient to explain the fall in adenylyl cyclase activity. The most pronounced reduction in affinity (126-fold, P < 0.01) was displayed by xamoterol for the Y356F mutation, suggesting that xamoterol is able to directly interact with Tyr(356(7.43)). For the other agonists, the change in pK(i) values for the mutant receptors ranged from a 20-fold decrease to a 2-fold increase compared to the wild type. In a three-dimensional model of the rat beta(1)-adrenergic receptor, Trp(134(3.28)) and Tyr(356(7.43)) form part of a hydrophobic binding pocket involving residues in transmembrane helices 1, 2, 3 and 7. Our results suggest that Trp(134(3.28)) and Tyr(356(7.43)), together with Trp(353(7.40)), are able to interact via pi-pi interactions to stabilize the extracellular ends of transmembrane helices 3 and 7. Ser(190(4.57)) appears to be involved in a hydrogen bonding network, which maintains the spatial relationship between transmembrane helices 3 and 4. These interhelical interactions suggest that the three mutated residues stabilize the active receptor state by maintaining the proper packing of their respective transmembrane helix within the helix bundle, facilitating the appropriate movement and rotation of the transmembrane regions during the activation process.
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- Linda A Rezmann-Vitti
- Department of Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Unit, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Heidelberg 3084, Vic., Australia
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Yin YW, Steitz TA. The structural mechanism of translocation and helicase activity in T7 RNA polymerase. Cell 2004; 116:393-404. [PMID: 15016374 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(04)00120-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 259] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2003] [Revised: 12/18/2003] [Accepted: 01/14/2004] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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RNA polymerase functions like a molecular motor that can convert chemical energy into the work of strand separation and translocation along the DNA during transcription. The structures of phage T7 RNA polymerase in an elongation phase substrate complex that includes the incoming nucleoside triphosphate and a pretranslocation product complex that includes the product pyrophosphate (PPi) are described here. These structures and the previously determined posttranslocation elongation complex demonstrate that two enzyme conformations exist during a cycle of single nucleotide addition. One orientation of a five-helix subdomain is stabilized by the phosphates of either the incoming NTP or by the product PPi. A second orientation of this subdomain is stable in their absence and is associated with translocation of the heteroduplex product as well as strand separation of the downstream DNA. We propose that the dissociation of the product PPi after nucleotide addition produces the protein conformational change resulting in translocation and strand separation.
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- Y Whitney Yin
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Janz JM, Farrens DL. Rhodopsin activation exposes a key hydrophobic binding site for the transducin alpha-subunit C terminus. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:29767-73. [PMID: 15070895 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m402567200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Conformational changes enable the photoreceptor rhodopsin to couple with and activate the G-protein transducin. Here we demonstrate a key interaction between these proteins occurs between the C terminus of the transducin alpha-subunit (G(Talpha)) and a hydrophobic cleft in the rhodopsin cytoplasmic face exposed during receptor activation. We mapped this interaction by labeling rhodopsin mutants with the fluorescent probe bimane and then assessed how binding of a peptide analogue of the G(Talpha) C terminus (containing a tryptophan quenching group) affected their fluorescence. From these and other assays, we conclude that the G(Talpha) C-terminal tail binds to the inner face of helix 6 in a retinal-linked manner. Further, we find that a "hydrophobic patch" comprising key residues in the exposed cleft is required for transducin binding/activation because it enhances the binding affinity for the G(Talpha) C-terminal tail, contributing up to 3 kcal/mol for this interaction. We speculate the hydrophobic interactions identified here may be important in other GPCR signaling systems, and our Trp/bimane fluorescence methodology may be generally useful for mapping sites of protein-protein interaction.
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- Jay M Janz
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
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The Hedgehog (Hh) signal transduction pathway plays critical instructional roles during development. Activating mutations in human Hh signaling components predispose to a variety of tumor types, and have been observed in sporadic tumors occurring in a wide range of organs. Multiple insights into the regulation of Hh signaling have been achieved through studies using Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism. In Drosophila, regulation of the transcription factor Cubitus interruptus (Ci) is the ultimate target of the Hh pathway. Ci is regulated through communication of the membrane proteins Patched (Ptc) and Smoothened (Smo) to the intracellular Hedgehog Signaling Complex (HSC) in response to a graded concentration of Hh ligand. The HSC consists of the Kinesin Related Protein, Costal2 (Cos2), the serine-threonine protein kinase. Fused (Fu) and Ci. In the absence of Hh stimulation, the HSC is involved in processing of Ci to a truncated repressor protein. In response to Hh binding to Ptc, processing of Ci is blocked to allow for accumulation of full-length Ci activator protein(s). Differential concentrations of Hh ligand stimulate production of Ci transcriptional activators of varying strength, which facilitate activation of distinct subsets of target genes. The mechanism(s) by which Ptc and Smo communicate with the HSC in response to differential ligand concentrations to regulate Ci function are not yet fully elucidated. Here, we review what is known about regulation of individual Hh signaling components, concentrating on the mechanisms by which the Hh signal is propagated through Smo to the HSC.
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- Stacey K. Ogden
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School, 7650 Remsen Hall, Hanover, NH 03755-3835, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School, 7650 Remsen Hall, Hanover, NH 03755-3835, USA
- Graduate Program, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0524, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School, 7650 Remsen Hall, Hanover, NH 03755-3835, USA
- Graduate Program, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0524, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School, 7650 Remsen Hall, Hanover, NH 03755-3835, USA
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +1-603-650-1716; fax: +1-603-650-1129. (D.J. Robbins)
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Natochin M, Gasimov KG, Moussaif M, Artemyev NO. Rhodopsin determinants for transducin activation: a gain-of-function approach. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:37574-81. [PMID: 12860986 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m305136200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Three cytoplasmic loops in the G protein-coupled receptor rhodopsin, C2, C3, and C4, have been implicated as key sites for binding and activation of the visual G protein transducin. Non-helical portions of the C2- and C3-loops and the cytoplasmic helix-8 from the C4 loop were targeted for a "gain-of-function" mutagenesis to identify rhodopsin residues critical for transducin activation. Mutant opsins with residues 140-148 (C2-loop), 229-244 (C3-loop), or 310-320 (C4-loop) substituted by poly-Ala sequences of equivalent lengths served as templates for mutagenesis. The template mutants with poly-Ala substitutions in the C2- and C3-loops formed the 500-nm absorbing pigments but failed to activate transducin. Reverse substitutions of the Ala residues by rhodopsin residues have been generated in each of the templates. Significant ( approximately 50%) restoration of the rhodopsin/transducin coupling was achieved with re-introduction of residues Cys140/Lys141 and Arg147/Phe148 into the C2 template. The reverse substitutions of the C3-loop residues Thr229/Val230 and Ser240/Thr242/Thr243/Gln244 produced a pigment with a full capacity for transducin activation. The C4 template mutant was unable to bind 11-cis-retinal, and the presence of Asn310/Lys311 was required for correct folding of the protein. Subsequent mutagenesis of the C4-loop revealed the role of Phe313 and Met317. On the background of Asn310/Lys311, the inclusion of Phe313 and Met317 produced a mutant pigment with the potency of transducin activation equal to that of the wild-type rhodopsin. Overall, our data support the role of the three cytoplasmic loops of rhodopsin and suggest that residues adjacent to the transmembrane helices are most important for transducin activation.
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- Michael Natochin
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Pal-Ghosh R, Yu J, Prado GN, Taylor L, Mierke DF, Polgar P. Chimeric exchanges within the bradykinin B2 receptor intracellular face with the prostaglandin EP2 receptor as the donor: importance of the second intracellular loop for cAMP synthesis. Arch Biochem Biophys 2003; 415:54-62. [PMID: 12801512 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-9861(03)00217-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The prostaglandin E2 (PGE(2)) EP2 receptor (EP2R) type is G protein coupled (GPCR) and links to Galphas. Through this receptor PGE(2) activates cAMP production. The bradykinin (BK) B2 receptor (BKB2R) is also a GPCR but links to Galphaq and Galphai and does not activate cAMP production in response to bradykinin. In an attempt to convert the BKB2R into a Galphas-linked adenylate cyclase-activating receptor we proceeded to make global and discrete motif replacements of the intracellular (IC) face of the BKB2R with the corresponding regions of the human EP2R. With this approach we produced hybrid receptors which, when stably transfected into wild type (WT) Rat-1 cells, bound BK but produced cAMP. Replacement of the second loop (IC2), third loop (IC3), the entire C terminus, and the distal C terminus resulted in receptors which bound BK. However, only the IC2 and IC3 exchanges resulted in cAMP-producing receptors. Of these two regions, the IC2 exchange was by far the better cAMP-generating receptor, producing cAMP at approximately 6.6-fold above WT BKB2R or approximately one fourth the amount produced by WT EP2R-transfected Rat-1 cells. Both human and rat EP2R and human beta2-adrenergic receptor exchanges of the IC2 produced equal quantities of cAMP. Focusing on the rBKB2R/hEP2R IC2 chimeras, the region consisting of residues 136-147 (BKB2R residue numbering) proved to contain a cAMP-generating motif. Within this region, the proximal six amino acids from the EP2R (HPYFYQ) at position 136-141 proved crucial for cAMP production (10-fold over WT BKB2R). The distal part of this region, the six residues at 142-147, played no role in cAMP production. On the other hand, the ALV motif of the BKB2R IC2, residues 133-135, proved important with respect to phosphatydilinositol (PI) turnover. Replacing the entire IC2 of BKB2R resulted in poor PI turnover, while including the AVL of BKB2R retained approximately half of the WT PI turnover. With respect to receptor uptake, all the IC2 mutants endocytosed as WT BKB2R (60% in 1h). However, the exchange of the distal and the whole C termini resulted in a marked drop in endocytosis (30% in 1h). These results demonstrate that the construction of a cAMP-producing BKB2/EP2 receptor hybrid is possible, with the IC2 region distal to DRYLALV proving important to Galphas linkage and the LALV motif within the IC2 of BKB2R and the region proximal to it proving important for Galphaq and Galphai linkage. Additionally, our results confirm the importance of the distal C terminus in determining receptor uptake.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- Cyclic AMP/biosynthesis
- Cyclic AMP/chemistry
- Fibroblasts/chemistry
- Fibroblasts/metabolism
- Humans
- Intracellular Membranes/chemistry
- Intracellular Membranes/metabolism
- Macromolecular Substances
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Protein Binding
- Protein Conformation
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Rats
- Receptor, Bradykinin B2
- Receptors, Bradykinin/chemistry
- Receptors, Bradykinin/genetics
- Receptors, Bradykinin/metabolism
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E/chemistry
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E/genetics
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E/metabolism
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP2 Subtype
- Recombinant Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Stereoisomerism
- Transfection/methods
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Affiliation(s)
- Ruma Pal-Ghosh
- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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