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Obiol DJ, Amundarain MJ, Zamarreño F, Vietri A, Antollini SS, Costabel MD. Oleic Acid Could Act as a Channel Blocker in the Inhibition of nAChR: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations. J Phys Chem B 2024; 128:2398-2411. [PMID: 38445598 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
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The activation of the muscular nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) produces the opening of the channel, with the consequent increase in the permeability of cations, triggering an excitatory signal. Free fatty acids (FFA) are known to modulate the activity of the receptor as noncompetitive antagonists, acting at the membrane-AChR interface. We present molecular dynamics simulations of a model of nAChR in a desensitized closed state embedded in a lipid bilayer in which distinct membrane phospholipids were replaced by two different monounsaturated FFA that differ in the position of a double bond. This allowed us to detect and describe that the cis-18:1ω-9 FFA were located at the interface between the transmembrane segments of α2 and γ subunits diffused into the channel lumen with the consequent potential ability to block the channel to the passage of ions.
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- Diego J Obiol
- Instituto de Física del Sur (IFISUR), Departamento de Física, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), CONICET, Avenida Leandro N. Alem 1253, B8000CPB Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto de Física del Sur (IFISUR), Departamento de Física, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), CONICET, Avenida Leandro N. Alem 1253, B8000CPB Bahía Blanca, Argentina
- Department of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry III, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Instituto de Física del Sur (IFISUR), Departamento de Física, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), CONICET, Avenida Leandro N. Alem 1253, B8000CPB Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto de Física del Sur (IFISUR), Departamento de Física, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), CONICET, Avenida Leandro N. Alem 1253, B8000CPB Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Bahía Blanca CONICET-UNS, Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional del Sur, B8000FWB Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto de Física del Sur (IFISUR), Departamento de Física, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), CONICET, Avenida Leandro N. Alem 1253, B8000CPB Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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Antollini SS, Barrantes FJ. Carlos Gutiérrez-Merino: Synergy of Theory and Experimentation in Biological Membrane Research. Molecules 2024; 29:820. [PMID: 38398572 PMCID: PMC10893188 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29040820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2024] [Revised: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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Professor Carlos Gutiérrez-Merino, a prominent scientist working in the complex realm of biological membranes, has made significant theoretical and experimental contributions to the field. Contemporaneous with the development of the fluid-mosaic model of Singer and Nicolson, the Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) approach has become an invaluable tool for studying molecular interactions in membranes, providing structural insights on a scale of 1-10 nm and remaining important alongside evolving perspectives on membrane structures. In the last few decades, Gutiérrez-Merino's work has covered multiple facets in the field of FRET, with his contributions producing significant advances in quantitative membrane biology. His more recent experimental work expanded the ground concepts of FRET to high-resolution cell imaging. Commencing in the late 1980s, a series of collaborations between Gutiérrez-Merino and the authors involved research visits and joint investigations focused on the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and its relation to membrane lipids, fostering a lasting friendship.
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- Silvia S. Antollini
- Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Bahía Blanca (CONICET-UNS), Bahía Blanca 8000, Argentina;
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, BIOMED UCA-CONICET, Buenos Aires C1107AAZ, Argentina
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Fabiani C, Antollini SS. Alzheimer's Disease as a Membrane Disorder: Spatial Cross-Talk Among Beta-Amyloid Peptides, Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors and Lipid Rafts. Front Cell Neurosci 2019; 13:309. [PMID: 31379503 PMCID: PMC6657435 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Biological membranes show lateral and transverse asymmetric lipid distribution. Cholesterol (Chol) localizes in both hemilayers, but in the external one it is mostly condensed in lipid-ordered microdomains (raft domains), together with saturated phosphatidyl lipids and sphingolipids (including sphingomyelin and glycosphingolipids). Membrane asymmetries induce special membrane biophysical properties and behave as signals for several physiological and/or pathological processes. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is associated with a perturbation in different membrane properties. Amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles of tau protein together with neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration are the most characteristic cellular changes observed in this disease. The extracellular presence of Aβ peptides forming senile plaques, together with soluble oligomeric species of Aβ, are considered the major cause of the synaptic dysfunction of AD. The association between Aβ peptide and membrane lipids has been extensively studied. It has been postulated that Chol content and Chol distribution condition Aβ production and posterior accumulation in membranes and, hence, cell dysfunction. Several lines of evidence suggest that Aβ partitions in the cell membrane accumulate mostly in raft domains, the site where the cleavage of the precursor AβPP by β- and γ- secretase is also thought to occur. The main consequence of the pathogenesis of AD is the disruption of the cholinergic pathways in the cerebral cortex and in the basal forebrain. In parallel, the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor has been extensively linked to membrane properties. Since its transmembrane domain exhibits extensive contacts with the surrounding lipids, the acetylcholine receptor function is conditioned by its lipid microenvironment. The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor is present in high-density clusters in the cell membrane where it localizes mainly in lipid-ordered domains. Perturbations of sphingomyelin or cholesterol composition alter acetylcholine receptor location. Therefore, Aβ processing, Aβ partitioning, and acetylcholine receptor location and function can be manipulated by changes in membrane lipid biophysics. Understanding these mechanisms should provide insights into new therapeutic strategies for prevention and/or treatment of AD. Here, we discuss the implications of lipid-protein interactions at the cell membrane level in AD.
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- Camila Fabiani
- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Bahía Blanca CONICET-UNS, Bahía Blanca, Argentina.,Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Bahía Blanca CONICET-UNS, Bahía Blanca, Argentina.,Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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Arachidonic acid: Physiological roles and potential health benefits - A review. J Adv Res 2017; 11:33-41. [PMID: 30034874 PMCID: PMC6052655 DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2017.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 328] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Revised: 11/16/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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It is time to shift the arachidonic acid (ARA) paradigm from a harm-generating molecule to its status of polyunsaturated fatty acid essential for normal health. ARA is an integral constituent of biological cell membrane, conferring it with fluidity and flexibility, so necessary for the function of all cells, especially in nervous system, skeletal muscle, and immune system. Arachidonic acid is obtained from food or by desaturation and chain elongation of the plant-rich essential fatty acid, linoleic acid. Free ARA modulates the function of ion channels, several receptors and enzymes, via activation as well as inhibition. That explains its fundamental role in the proper function of the brain and muscles and its protective potential against Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium infection and tumor initiation, development, and metastasis. Arachidonic acid in cell membranes undergoes reacylation/deacylation cycles, which keep the concentration of free ARA in cells at a very low level and limit ARA availability to oxidation. Metabolites derived from ARA oxidation do not initiate but contribute to inflammation and most importantly lead to the generation of mediators responsible for resolving inflammation and wound healing. Endocannabinoids are oxidation-independent ARA derivatives, critically important for brain reward signaling, motivational processes, emotion, stress responses, pain, and energy balance. Free ARA and metabolites promote and modulate type 2 immune responses, which are critically important in resistance to parasites and allergens insult, directly via action on eosinophils, basophils, and mast cells and indirectly by binding to specific receptors on innate lymphoid cells. In conclusion, the present review advocates the innumerable ARA roles and considerable importance for normal health.
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Baenziger JE, Domville JA, Therien JD. The Role of Cholesterol in the Activation of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2017; 80:95-137. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctm.2017.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Antollini SS, Barrantes FJ. Fatty Acid Regulation of Voltage- and Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Function. Front Physiol 2016; 7:573. [PMID: 27965583 PMCID: PMC5124694 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Accepted: 11/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Free fatty acids (FFA) are essential components of the cell, where they play a key role in lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, and most particularly in cell membranes, where they are central actors in shaping the physicochemical properties of the lipid bilayer and the cellular adaptation to the environment. FFA are continuously being produced and degraded, and a feedback regulatory function has been attributed to their turnover. The massive increase observed under some pathological conditions, especially in brain, has been interpreted as a protective mechanism possibly operative on ion channels, which in some cases is of stimulatory nature and in other cases inhibitory. Here we discuss the correlation between the structure of FFA and their ability to modulate protein function, evaluating the influence of saturation/unsaturation, number of double bonds, and cis vs. trans isomerism. We further focus on the mechanisms of FFA modulation operating on voltage-gated and ligand-gated ion channel function, contrasting the still conflicting evidence on direct vs. indirect mechanisms of action.
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- Silvia S Antollini
- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Bahía Blanca (CONICET-UNS)Bahía Blanca, Argentina; Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional del SurBahía Blanca, Argentina
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Mayne CG, Arcario MJ, Mahinthichaichan P, Baylon JL, Vermaas JV, Navidpour L, Wen PC, Thangapandian S, Tajkhorshid E. The cellular membrane as a mediator for small molecule interaction with membrane proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2016; 1858:2290-2304. [PMID: 27163493 PMCID: PMC4983535 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2016.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2016] [Revised: 04/26/2016] [Accepted: 04/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The cellular membrane constitutes the first element that encounters a wide variety of molecular species to which a cell might be exposed. Hosting a large number of structurally and functionally diverse proteins associated with this key metabolic compartment, the membrane not only directly controls the traffic of various molecules in and out of the cell, it also participates in such diverse and important processes as signal transduction and chemical processing of incoming molecular species. In this article, we present a number of cases where details of interaction of small molecular species such as drugs with the membrane, which are often experimentally inaccessible, have been studied using advanced molecular simulation techniques. We have selected systems in which partitioning of the small molecule with the membrane constitutes a key step for its final biological function, often binding to and interacting with a protein associated with the membrane. These examples demonstrate that membrane partitioning is not only important for the overall distribution of drugs and other small molecules into different compartments of the body, it may also play a key role in determining the efficiency and the mode of interaction of the drug with its target protein. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Biosimulations edited by Ilpo Vattulainen and Tomasz Róg.
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- Christopher G Mayne
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States.
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States; Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States; College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States.
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States; Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States.
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States; Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States.
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States; Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States.
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States.
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States.
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States; Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States.
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States; Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States; Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States; College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States.
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Ostrowski M, Porowinska D, Prochnicki T, Prevost M, Raynal B, Baron B, Sauguet L, Corringer PJ, Faure G. Neurotoxic phospholipase A2 from rattlesnake as a new ligand and new regulator of prokaryotic receptor GLIC (proton-gated ion channel from G. violaceus). Toxicon 2016; 116:63-71. [PMID: 26854368 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2016.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2015] [Revised: 02/01/2016] [Accepted: 02/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Neurotoxic phospholipases A2 (sPLA2) from snake venoms interact with various protein targets with high specificity and potency. They regulate function of multiple receptors or channels essential to life processes including neuronal or neuromuscular chemoelectric signal transduction. These toxic sPLA2 exhibit high pharmacological potential and determination of PLA2-receptor binding sites represents challenging part in the receptor-channel biochemistry and pharmacology. To investigate the mechanism of interaction of neurotoxic PLA2 with its neuronal receptor at the molecular level, we used as a model crotoxin, a heterodimeric sPLA2 from rattlesnake venom and proton-gated ion channel GLIC, a bacterial homolog of pentameric ligand-gated ion channels. The three-dimensional structures of both partners, crotoxin and GLIC have been solved by X-ray crystallography and production of full-length pentameric GLIC (with ECD and TM domains) is well established. In the present study, for the first time, we demonstrated physical and functional interaction of full-length purified and solubilized GLIC with CB, (PLA2 subunit of crotoxin). We identified GLIC as a new protein target of CB and CB as a new ligand of GLIC, and showed that this non covalent interaction (PLA2-GLIC) involves the extracellular domain of GLIC. We also determined a novel function of CB as an inhibitor of proton-gated ion channel activity. In agreement with conformational changes observed upon formation of the complex, CB appears to be negative allosteric modulator (NAM) of GLIC. Finally, we proposed a possible stoichiometric model for CB - GLIC interaction based on analytical ultracentrifugation.
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- Maciej Ostrowski
- Institut Pasteur, Unité Récepteurs-Canaux, CNRS-UMR 3571, 25, rue du Dr. Roux, F-75015 Paris, France; Department of Biochemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Récepteurs-Canaux, CNRS-UMR 3571, 25, rue du Dr. Roux, F-75015 Paris, France; Department of Biochemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Récepteurs-Canaux, CNRS-UMR 3571, 25, rue du Dr. Roux, F-75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Récepteurs-Canaux, CNRS-UMR 3571, 25, rue du Dr. Roux, F-75015 Paris, France
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- Institu Pasteur, Plate-Forme de Biophysique des Macromolecules et de leurs Interactions, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institu Pasteur, Plate-Forme de Biophysique des Macromolecules et de leurs Interactions, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Récepteurs-Canaux, CNRS-UMR 3571, 25, rue du Dr. Roux, F-75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Récepteurs-Canaux, CNRS-UMR 3571, 25, rue du Dr. Roux, F-75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Récepteurs-Canaux, CNRS-UMR 3571, 25, rue du Dr. Roux, F-75015 Paris, France.
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Perillo VL, Fernández-Nievas GA, Vallés AS, Barrantes FJ, Antollini SS. The position of the double bond in monounsaturated free fatty acids is essential for the inhibition of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2012; 1818:2511-20. [PMID: 22699039 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2012.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2012] [Revised: 05/31/2012] [Accepted: 06/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Free fatty acids (FFAs) are non-competitive antagonists of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR). Their site of action is supposedly located at the lipid-AChR interface. To elucidate the mechanism involved in this antagonism, we studied the effect that FFAs with a single double-bond at different positions (ω6, ω9, ω11 and ω13 cis-18:1) have on different AChR properties. Electrophysiological studies showed that only two FFAs (ω6 and ω9) reduced the duration of the channel open-state. The briefest component of the closed-time distribution remained unaltered, suggesting that ω6 and ω9 behave as allosteric blockers. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer studies indicated that all FFAs locate at the lipid-AChR interface, ω6 being restricted to annular sites and all others occupying non-annular sites. The perturbation of the native membrane order by FFAs was evaluated by DPH (1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene) and Laurdan fluorescence polarization studies, with the greatest decrease observed for ω9 and ω11. AChR conformational changes produced by FFAs present at the lipid bilayer were evaluated by fluorescence quenching studies of pyrene-labeled AChR and also using the AChR conformational-sensitive probe crystal violet. All cis-FFAs produced AChR conformational changes at the transmembrane level, but only ω9, ω11 and ω13 perturbed the resting state. Thus, the position and isomerism of the torsion angle of unsaturated FFAs are probably a key factor in terms of AChR blockage, suggesting that FFAs with a unique cis double bond at a superficial position inside the membrane directly inhibit AChR function by perturbing a potential conserved core structure for AChR gating at that level.
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Wei C, Han Y, Spitz MR, Wu X, Chancoco H, Akiva P, Rechavi G, Brand H, Wun I, Frazier ML, Amos CI. A case-control study of a sex-specific association between a 15q25 variant and lung cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2011; 20:2603-9. [PMID: 22028403 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-11-0749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Genetic variants located at 15q25, including those in the cholinergic receptor nicotinic cluster (CHRNA5) have been implicated in both lung cancer risk and nicotine dependence in recent genome-wide association studies. Among these variants, a 22-bp insertion/deletion, rs3841324 showed the strongest association with CHRNA5 mRNA expression levels. However the influence of rs3841324 on lung cancer risk has not been studied in depth. METHODS We have, therefore, evaluated the association of rs3841324 genotypes with lung cancer risk in a case-control study of 624 Caucasian subjects with lung cancer and 766 age- and sex-matched cancer-free Caucasian controls. We also evaluated the joint effects of rs3841324 with single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) rs16969968 and rs8034191 in the 15q25 region that have been consistently implicated in lung cancer risk. RESULTS We found that the homozygous genotype with both short alleles (SS) of rs3841324 was associated with a decreased lung cancer risk in female ever smokers relative to the homozygous wild-type (LL) and heterozygous (LS) genotypes combined in a recessive model [OR(adjusted) = 0.55, 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.31-0.89, P = 0.0168]. There was no evidence for a sex difference in the association between this variant and cigarettes smoked per day (CPD). Diplotype analysis of rs3841324 with either rs16969968 or rs8034191 showed that these polymorphisms influenced the lung cancer risk independently. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPACT This study has shown a sex difference in the association between the 15q25 variant rs3841324 and lung cancers. Further research is warranted to elucidate the mechanisms underlying these observations.
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- Chongjuan Wei
- Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77230, USA
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Chen D, Truong T, Gaborieau V, Byrnes G, Chabrier A, Chuang SC, Olshan AF, Weissler MC, Luo J, Romkes M, Buch S, Nukui T, Franceschi S, Herrero R, Talamini R, Kelsey KT, Christensen B, McClean M, Lacko M, Manni JJ, Peters WHM, Lubiński J, Trubicka J, Lener M, Muscat JE, Lazarus P, Wei Q, Sturgis EM, Zhang ZF, Chang SC, Wang R, Schwartz SM, Chen C, Benhamou S, Lagiou P, Holcátová I, Richiardi L, Kjaerheim K, Agudo A, Castellsagué X, Macfarlane TV, Barzan L, Canova C, Thakker NS, Conway DI, Znaor A, Healy CM, Ahrens W, Zaridze D, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Lissowska J, Fabianova E, Bucur A, Bencko V, Foretova L, Janout V, Curado MP, Koifman S, Menezes A, Wünsch-Filho V, Neto JE, Fernandez L, Boccia S, Hashibe M, Hayes RB, Boffetta P, Brennan P, McKay JD. A sex-specific association between a 15q25 variant and upper aerodigestive tract cancers. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2011; 20:658-64. [PMID: 21335511 PMCID: PMC3070066 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-10-1008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Sequence variants located at 15q25 have been associated with lung cancer and propensity to smoke. We recently reported an association between rs16969968 and risk of upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) cancers (oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, and esophagus) in women (OR = 1.24, P = 0.003) with little effect in men (OR = 1.04, P = 0.35). METHODS In a coordinated genotyping study within the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology (INHANCE) consortium, we have sought to replicate these findings in an additional 4,604 cases and 6,239 controls from 10 independent UADT cancer case-control studies. RESULTS rs16969968 was again associated with UADT cancers in women (OR = 1.21, 95% CI = 1.08-1.36, P = 0.001) and a similar lack of observed effect in men [OR = 1.02, 95% CI = 0.95-1.09, P = 0.66; P-heterogeneity (P(het)) = 0.01]. In a pooled analysis of the original and current studies, totaling 8,572 UADT cancer cases and 11,558 controls, the association was observed among females (OR = 1.22, 95% CI = 1.12-1.34, P = 7 × 10(-6)) but not males (OR = 1.02, 95% CI = 0.97-1.08, P = 0.35; P(het) = 6 × 10(-4)). There was little evidence for a sex difference in the association between this variant and cigarettes smoked per day, with male and female rs16969968 variant carriers smoking approximately the same amount more in the 11,991 ever smokers in the pooled analysis of the 14 studies (P(het) = 0.86). CONCLUSIONS This study has confirmed a sex difference in the association between the 15q25 variant rs16969968 and UADT cancers. IMPACT Further research is warranted to elucidate the mechanisms underlying these observations.
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- Dan Chen
- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
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- Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Site, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
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- Instituto de Investigación Epidemiológica, San José, Costa Rica
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- Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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- Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Site, The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Site, The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Gastroenterology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Site, the Netherlands
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- Pomeranian Medical University, Department of Genetics and Pathomorphology, International Hereditary Cancer Site, Szczecin, Poland
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- Pomeranian Medical University, Department of Genetics and Pathomorphology, International Hereditary Cancer Site, Szczecin, Poland
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- Pomeranian Medical University, Department of Genetics and Pathomorphology, International Hereditary Cancer Site, Szczecin, Poland
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- University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Site, Houston, Texas, USA
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- University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Site, Houston, Texas, USA
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- University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Site, Seattle, WA, USA
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- INSERM U946, Paris, France
- CNRS UMR8200, Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, France
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- University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institut Català d’Oncologia (ICO), Barcelona, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Publica - CIBERESP), Spain
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
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- University of Manchester, School of Dentistry, Manchester, UK
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- Croatian National Cancer Registry, Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine (BIPS), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Institute of Carcinogenesis, Cancer Research Site, Moscow, Russia
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- The M. Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Site and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Escola Nacional de Suade Publica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Genetic Epidemiology and Public Health Genomics Unit, Institute of Hygiene, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
- University of Utah, School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, USA
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
- The Tisch Cancer Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- International Prevention Research Institute, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
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Bukiya AN, Belani JD, Rychnovsky S, Dopico AM. Specificity of cholesterol and analogs to modulate BK channels points to direct sterol-channel protein interactions. J Gen Physiol 2011; 137:93-110. [PMID: 21149543 PMCID: PMC3010061 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201010519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2010] [Accepted: 11/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The activity (Po) of large-conductance voltage/Ca(2+)-gated K(+) (BK) channels is blunted by cholesterol levels within the range found in natural membranes. We probed BK channel-forming α (cbv1) subunits in phospholipid bilayers with cholesterol and related monohydroxysterols and performed computational dynamics to pinpoint the structural requirements for monohydroxysterols to reduce BK Po and obtain insights into cholesterol's mechanism of action. Cholesterol, cholestanol, and coprostanol reduced Po by shortening mean open and lengthening mean closed times, whereas epicholesterol, epicholestanol, epicoprostanol, and cholesterol trisnorcholenic acid were ineffective. Thus, channel inhibition by monohydroxysterols requires the β configuration of the C3 hydroxyl and is favored by the hydrophobic nature of the side chain, while having lax requirements on the sterol A/B ring fusion. Destabilization of BK channel open state(s) has been previously interpreted as reflecting increased bilayer lateral stress by cholesterol. Lateral stress is controlled by the sterol molecular area and lipid monolayer lateral tension, the latter being related to the sterol ability to adopt a planar conformation in lipid media. However, we found that the differential efficacies of monohydroxysterols to reduce Po (cholesterol≥coprostanol≥cholestanol>>>epicholesterol) did not follow molecular area rank (coprostanol>>epicholesterol>cholesterol>cholestanol). In addition, computationally predicted energies for cholesterol (effective BK inhibitor) and epicholesterol (ineffective) to adopt a planar conformation were similar. Finally, cholesterol and coprostanol reduced Po, yet these sterols have opposite effects on tight lipid packing and, likely, on lateral stress. Collectively, these findings suggest that an increase in bilayer lateral stress is unlikely to underlie the differential ability of cholesterol and related steroids to inhibit BK channels. Remarkably, ent-cholesterol (cholesterol mirror image) failed to reduce Po, indicating that cholesterol efficacy requires sterol stereospecific recognition by a protein surface. The BK channel phenotype resembled that of α homotetramers. Thus, we hypothesize that a cholesterol-recognizing protein surface resides at the BK α subunit itself.
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- Anna N. Bukiya
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163
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Nicotinic receptors: allosteric transitions and therapeutic targets in the nervous system. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2009; 8:733-50. [PMID: 19721446 DOI: 10.1038/nrd2927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 527] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Nicotinic receptors - a family of ligand-gated ion channels that mediate the effects of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine - are among the most well understood allosteric membrane proteins from a structural and functional perspective. There is also considerable interest in modulating nicotinic receptors to treat nervous-system disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and tobacco addiction. This article describes both recent advances in our understanding of the assembly, activity and conformational transitions of nicotinic receptors, as well as developments in the therapeutic application of nicotinic receptor ligands, with the aim of aiding novel drug discovery by bridging the gap between these two rapidly developing fields.
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Barrantes FJ, Bermudez V, Borroni MV, Antollini SS, Pediconi MF, Baier JC, Bonini I, Gallegos C, Roccamo AM, Valles AS, Ayala V, Kamerbeek C. Boundary lipids in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor microenvironment. J Mol Neurosci 2009; 40:87-90. [PMID: 19705088 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-009-9262-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2009] [Accepted: 07/20/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The structural and functional properties of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR), the archetype molecule in the superfamily of Cys-looped ligand-gated ion channels, are strongly dependent on the lipids in the vicinal microenvironment. The influence on receptor properties is mainly exerted by the AChR-vicinal ("shell" or "annular") lipids, which occur in the liquid-ordered phase as opposed to the more disordered and "fluid" bulk membrane lipids. Fluorescence studies from our laboratory have identified discrete sites for fatty acids, phospholipids, and cholesterol on the AChR protein, and electron-spin resonance spectroscopy has enabled the establishment of the stoichiometry and selectivity of the shell lipid for the AChR and the disclosure of lipid sites in the AChR transmembrane region. Experimental evidence supports the notion that the interface between the protein moiety and the adjacent lipid shell is the locus of a variety of pharmacologically relevant processes, including the action of steroids and other lipids. I surmise that the outermost ring of M4 helices constitutes the boundary interface, most suitable to convey the signals from the lipid microenvironment to the rest of the transmembrane region, and to the channel inner ring in particular.
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- Francisco J Barrantes
- UNESCO Chair of Biophys. & Mol. Neurobiol. and Institute of Biochemistry, Universidad Nacional del Sur-CONICET, C.C. 857, B8000FWB, Bahía, Blanca, Argentina.
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Dopico AM, Lovinger DM. Acute alcohol action and desensitization of ligand-gated ion channels. Pharmacol Rev 2009; 61:98-114. [PMID: 19270242 DOI: 10.1124/pr.108.000430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Ethanol exerts its biological actions through multiple receptors, including ion channels. Ion channels that are sensitive to pharmacologically relevant ethanol concentrations constitute a heterogeneous set, including structurally unrelated proteins solely sharing the property that their gating is regulated by a ligand(s). Receptor desensitization is almost universal among these channels, and its modulation by ethanol may be a crucial aspect of alcohol pharmacology and effects in the body. We review the evidence documenting interactions between ethanol and ionotropic receptor desensitization, and the contribution of this interaction to overall ethanol action on channel function. In some cases, such as type 3 serotonin, nicotinic acetylcholine, GABA-A, and alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate receptors, ethanol actions on apparent desensitization play a significant role in acute drug action on receptor function. In a few cases, mutagenesis helped to identify different areas within a receptor protein that differentially sense n-alcohols, resulting in differential modulation of receptor desensitization. However, desensitization of a receptor is linked to a variety of biochemical processes that may alter protein conformation, such as the lipid microenvironment, post-translational channel modification, and channel subunit composition, the relative contribution of these processes to ethanol interactions with channel desensitization remains unclear. Understanding interactions between ethanol and ionotropic receptor desensitization may help to explain different ethanol actions 1) when ethanol is evaluated in vitro on cloned channel proteins, 2) under physiological or pathological conditions or in distinct cell domains with modified ligand concentration and/or receptor conformation. Finally, receptor desensitization is likely to participate in molecular and, possibly, behavioral tolerance to ethanol, which is thought to contribute to the risk of alcoholism.
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- Alex M Dopico
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 874 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN 38163-0001, USA.
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Probing protein packing surrounding the residues in and flanking the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor M2M3 loop. J Neurosci 2009; 29:1626-35. [PMID: 19211870 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4121-08.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) are cation-selective, ligand-gated ion channels of the cysteine (Cys)-loop gene superfamily. The recent crystal structure of a bacterial homolog from Erwinia chrysanthemi (ELIC) agrees with previous structures of the N-terminal domain of AChBP (acetylcholine-binding protein) and of the electron-microscopy-derived Torpedo nAChR structure. However, the ELIC transmembrane domain is significantly more tightly packed than the corresponding region of the Torpedo nAChR. We investigated the tightness of protein packing surrounding the extracellular end of the M2 transmembrane segment and around the loop connecting the M2 and M3 segments using the substituted cysteine accessibility method. The M2 20' to 27' residues were highly water accessible and the variation in reaction rates were consistent with this region being alpha-helical. At all positions tested, the presence of ACh changed methanethiosulfonate ethylammonium (MTSEA) modification rates by <10-fold. In the presence of ACh, reaction rates for residues in the last extracellular alpha-helical turn of M2 and in the M2M3 loop increased, whereas rates in the penultimate alpha-helical turn of M2 decreased. Only three of eight M2M3 loop residues were accessible to MTSEA in both the presence and absence of ACh. We infer that the protein packing around the M2M3 loop is tight, consistent with its location at the interdomain interface where it is involved in the transduction of ligand binding in the extracellular domain to gating in the transmembrane domain. Our data indicate that the Torpedo nAChR transmembrane domain structure is a better model than the ELIC structure for eukaryotic Cys-loop receptors.
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Steroid hormones are known to freely partition into lipid bilayers. As a case study, we investigated the behavior of the steroid hormone cortisone in a model lipid bilayer. First, we looked at energy barriers involved in the partitioning of a single molecule into a bilayer using umbrella sampling molecular dynamics simulations. A rather wide well of -4.5 kcal/mol was observed in the interfacial region between the lipid headgroup and tailgroup. Next, using two unconstrained molecular dynamics simulations with cortisone initially positioned at distinct locations within a bilayer, we studied the preferred location and orientation of the molecule. Finally, we observed how cortisone molecules could spontaneously insert and localize in a bilayer from bulk solution. The three independent approaches produced a converged picture of how cortisone behaves in a model lipid bilayer.
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Fernández Nievas GA, Barrantes FJ, Antollini SS. Modulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor conformational state by free fatty acids and steroids. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:21478-86. [PMID: 18511419 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m800345200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Steroids and free fatty acids (FFA) are noncompetitive antagonists of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR). Their site of action is purportedly located at the lipid-AChR interface, but their exact mechanism of action is still unknown. Here we studied the effect of structurally different FFA and steroids on the conformational equilibrium of the AChR in Torpedo californica receptor-rich membranes. We took advantage of the higher affinity of the fluorescent AChR open channel blocker, crystal violet, for the desensitized state than for the resting state. Increasing concentrations of steroids and FFA decreased the K(D) of crystal violet in the absence of agonist; however, only cis-unsaturated FFA caused an increase in K(D) in the presence of agonist. This latter effect was also observed with treatments that caused the opposite effects on membrane polarity, such as phospholipase A(2) treatment or temperature increase (decreasing or increasing membrane polarity, respectively). Quenching by spin-labeled fatty acids of pyrene-labeled AChR reconstituted into model membranes, with the label located at the gammaM4 transmembrane segment, disclosed the occurrence of conformational changes induced by steroids and cis-unsaturated FFA. The present work is a step forward in understanding the mechanism of action of this type of molecules, suggesting that the direct contact between exogenous lipids and the AChR transmembrane segments removes the AChR from its resting state and that membrane polarity modulates the AChR activation equilibrium by an independent mechanism.
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- Gaspar A Fernández Nievas
- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Bahía Blanca, Universidad Nacional del Sur-Conicet, and UNESCO Chair of Biophysics and Molecular Neurobiology, Argentina
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Jackson SN, Singhal SK, Woods AS, Morales M, Shippenberg T, Zhang L, Oz M. Volatile anesthetics and endogenous cannabinoid anandamide have additive and independent inhibitory effects on alpha(7)-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated responses in Xenopus oocytes. Eur J Pharmacol 2007; 582:42-51. [PMID: 18242598 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2007] [Revised: 12/12/2007] [Accepted: 12/20/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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In earlier studies, the volatile anesthetics and the endogenous cannabinoid anandamide have been shown to inhibit the function of alpha(7)-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. In the present study, interactions between the effects of volatile anesthetics and anandamide on the function of alpha(7)-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes were investigated using the two-electrode voltage-clamp technique. Anandamide and volatile anesthetics isoflurane and halothane inhibited currents evoked with acetylcholine (100 microM) in a reversible and concentration-dependent manner. Coapplication of anandamide and volatile anesthetics caused a significantly greater inhibition of alpha(7)-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor function than anandamide or volatile anesthetics alone. Analyses of oocytes by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectroscopy indicated that volatile anesthetics did not alter the lipid profile of oocytes. Results of studies with chimeric alpha(7)-nicotinic acetylcholine-5-HT(3) receptors comprised of the N-terminal domain of the alpha(7)-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and the transmembrane and carboxyl-terminal domains of 5-HT(3) receptors suggest that while isoflurane inhibition of the alpha(7)-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor is likely to involve the N-terminal region of the receptor, the site of action for anandamide involves transmembrane and carboxyl-terminal domains of the receptors. These data indicate that endocannabinoids and isoflurane have additive inhibitory effects on alpha(7)-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor function through allosteric binding sites located on the distinct regions of the receptor.
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