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Fillion D, Lemieux G, Basambombo LL, Lavigne P, Guillemette G, Leduc R, Escher E. The amino-terminus of angiotensin II contacts several ectodomains of the angiotensin II receptor AT1. J Med Chem 2010; 53:2063-75. [PMID: 20146480 DOI: 10.1021/jm9015747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest family of cell surface receptors and major targets for drug development. Herein, we sought to identify the regions of the human angiotensin II (AngII) type 1 (hAT(1)) receptor binding cleft that interact with all positions of the AngII using photoaffinity labeling. We conducted a complete iterative walk-through of the AngII sequence with either p-benzoyl-L-phenylalanine (Bpa) or p-[3-(trifluoromethyl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl]-L-phenylalanine (Tdf) to yield two series of eight photoreactive analogues. Pharmacological properties assessment of these sixteen analogues showed that the CAM receptor has a structure-activity relationship (SAR) more amenable to the amino acid substitutions at positions 1, 2, 3, and 5 of AngII than the WT receptor. Photoaffinity labeling of the CAM receptor with the selected analogues, which exhibit different but complementary photochemical properties, suggested that the AngII amino-terminus resides in a hydrophilic environment and interacts simultaneously with different regions of the hAT(1) receptor, including several ectodomains.
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- Dany Fillion
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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Mizuno CS, Chittiboyina AG, Shah FH, Patny A, Kurtz TW, Pershadsingh HA, Speth RC, Karamyan VT, Carvalho PB, Avery MA. Design, synthesis, and docking studies of novel benzimidazoles for the treatment of metabolic syndrome. J Med Chem 2010; 53:1076-85. [PMID: 20073471 DOI: 10.1021/jm901272d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In addition to lowering blood pressure, telmisartan, an angiotensin (AT(1)) receptor blocker, has recently been shown to exert pleiotropic effects as a partial agonist of nuclear peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR gamma). On the basis of these findings and docking pose similarity between telmisartan and rosiglitazone in PPAR gamma active site, two classes of benzimidazole derivatives were designed and synthesized as dual PPAR gamma agonist/angiotensin II antagonists for the possible treatment of metabolic syndrome. Compound 4, a bisbenzimidazole derivative showed the best affinity for the AT(1) receptor with a K(i) = 13.4 nM, but it was devoid of PPAR gamma activity. On the other hand 9, a monobenzimidazole derivative, showed the highest activity in PPAR gamma transactivation assay (69% activation) with no affinity for the AT(1) receptor. Docking studies lead to the designing of a molecule with dual activity, 10, with moderate PPARgamma activity (29%) and affinity for the AT(1) receptor (K(i) = 2.5 microM).
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- Cassia S Mizuno
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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Hallersund P, Helander HF, Casselbrant A, Edebo A, Fändriks L, Elfvin A. Angiotensin II receptor expression and relation to Helicobacter pylori-infection in the stomach of the Mongolian gerbil. BMC Gastroenterol 2010; 10:3. [PMID: 20074344 PMCID: PMC2823647 DOI: 10.1186/1471-230x-10-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2009] [Accepted: 01/14/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background The role of the renin-angiotensin system in gastric physiology and disease has as yet been sparsely explored. The first aim of the study was to investigate the baseline presence and location of angiotensin II receptors (AT1R and AT2R) in the stomach of the Mongolian gerbil. A second aim was to elucidate whether the presence of H. pylori infection is associated with changes in the expression of these receptors. Methods H. pylori-negative and H. pylori-infected (strain SS1 or TN2GF4) male Mongolian gerbils were investigated. The stomachs were examined at six or 12 months after inoculation by the use of immunohistochemistry, western blot and microscopic morphometry. Results AT1R and AT2R were located in a variety of cells in the gerbil gastric wall, including a subpopulation of endocrine cells in the antral mucosa and inflammatory cells infiltrating H. pylori-infected stomachs. Gerbils infected with the SS1 strain showed a significantly increased antral AT1R protein expression and an increased number of infiltrating polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNs) at 12 months. The AT1R protein expression correlated with the number of PMNs and the antral expression of myeloperoxidase. Conclusions Angiotensin II receptors are present in a variety of cells in the gastric wall of the Mongolian gerbil. The results indicate an influence dependent on the H. pylori strain on the gastric AT1R expression and a relationship between gastric AT1R expression and mucosal PMNs infiltration.
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- Peter Hallersund
- Department of Gastrosurgical Research and Education, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Bhuiyan MA, Ishiguro M, Hossain M, Nakamura T, Ozaki M, Miura SI, Nagatomo T. Binding sites of valsartan, candesartan and losartan with angiotensin II receptor 1 subtype by molecular modeling. Life Sci 2009; 85:136-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2009.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2008] [Revised: 04/17/2009] [Accepted: 05/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Chittiboyina AG, Mizuno CS, Desai PV, Patny A, Kurtz TW, Pershadsingh HA, Speth RC, Karamyan V, Avery MA. Design, synthesis, and docking studies of novel telmisartan–glitazone hybrid analogs for the treatment of metabolic syndrome. Med Chem Res 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s00044-008-9152-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mizuno CS, Chittiboyina AG, Patny A, Kurtz TW, Pershadsingh HA, Speth RC, Karamyan VT, Avery MA. Design, synthesis, and docking studies of telmisartan analogs for the treatment of metabolic syndrome. Med Chem Res 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s00044-008-9153-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Patny A, Desai PV, Avery MA. Ligand-supported homology modeling of the human angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor: Insights into the molecular determinants of telmisartan binding. Proteins 2006; 65:824-42. [PMID: 17034041 DOI: 10.1002/prot.21196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Angiotensin II type 1 (AT(1)) receptor belongs to the super-family of G-protein-coupled receptors, and antagonists of the AT(1) receptor are effectively used in the treatment of hypertension. To understand the molecular interactions of these antagonists, such as losartan and telmisartan, with the AT(1) receptor, a homology model of the human AT(1) (hAT(1)) receptor with all connecting loops was constructed from the 2.6 A resolution crystal structure (PDB i.d., 1L9H) of bovine rhodopsin. The initial model generated by MODELLER was subjected to a stepwise ligand-supported model refinement. This protocol involved initial docking of non-peptide AT(1) antagonists in the putative binding site, followed by several rounds of iterative energy minimizations and molecular dynamics simulations. The final model was validated based on its correlation with several structure-activity relationships and site-directed mutagenesis data. The final model was also found to be in agreement with a previously reported AT(1) antagonist pharmacophore model. Docking studies were performed for a series of non-peptide AT(1) receptor antagonists in the active site of the final hAT(1) receptor model. The docking was able to identify key molecular interactions for all the AT(1) antagonists studied. Reasonable correlation was observed between the interaction energy values and the corresponding binding affinities of these ligands, providing further validation for the model. In addition, an extensive unrestrained molecular dynamics simulation showed that the docking-derived bound pose of telmisartan is energetically stable. Knowledge gained from the present studies can be used in structure-based drug design for developing novel ligands for the AT(1) receptor.
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- Akshay Patny
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Mississippi 38677-1848, USA
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Hansen JL, Haunsø S, Brann MR, Sheikh SP, Weiner DM. Loss-of-function polymorphic variants of the human angiotensin II type 1 receptor. Mol Pharmacol 2004; 65:770-7. [PMID: 14978256 DOI: 10.1124/mol.65.3.770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor is the primary effector for angiotensin II (Ang II), a key peptide regulator of blood pressure and fluid homeostasis. AT1 receptors are involved in the pathogenesis of several cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy, and congestive heart failure, which are characterized by significant interindividual variation in disease risk, progression, and response to pharmacotherapy. Such variation could arise from genomic polymorphisms in the AT1 receptor. To pursue this notion, we have pharmacologically characterized seven known and putative nonsynonymous AT1 receptor variants. Functional analysis using the cell-based assay receptor selection and amplification technology (R-SAT) revealed that three variants (AT1-G45R, AT1-F204S, and AT1-C289W) displayed altered responses to Ang II and other AT1 receptor agonists and antagonists. Agonist responses to Ang II were absent for AT1-G45R and significantly reduced in potency for AT1-C289W (11-fold) and AT1-F204S (57-fold) compared with the wild-type (WT) receptor. AT1-F204S also displayed reduced relative efficacy (57%). Quantitatively similar results were obtained in two additional functional assays, phosphatidyl inositol hydrolysis and extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation. Radioligand binding studies revealed that AT1-G45R failed to bind Ang II, whereas cell surface staining clearly showed that it trafficked to the cell surface. AT1-C289W and AT1-F204S displayed reduced binding affinities of 3- and 5-fold and reduced cell surface expression of 43 and 60% of that observed for the WT receptor, respectively. These data demonstrate that polymorphic variation in the human AT1 receptor induces loss of functional phenotypes, which may constitute the molecular basis of variability of AT1 receptor-mediated physiological responses.
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- Jakob Lerche Hansen
- Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, The Heart Centre and Copenhagen Heart Arrhythmia Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Section 9312, and the Faculty of Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Hoe KL, Armando I, Baiardi G, Sreenath T, Kulkarni A, Martínez A, Saavedra JM. Molecular cloning, characterization, and distribution of the gerbil angiotensin II AT2 receptor. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2003; 285:R1373-83. [PMID: 14615403 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00008.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We isolated a cDNA clone encoding the gerbil AT2 receptor (gAT2) gene from a gerbil adrenal gland cDNA library. The full-length cDNA contains a 1,089-bp open reading frame encoding 363 amino acid residues with 90.9, 96.1, and 95.6% identity with the human (hAT2), rat (rAT2), and mouse AT2 (mAT2) receptors, respectively. There are at least seven nonconserved amino acids in the NH2-terminal domain and in positions Val196, Val217, and Met293, important for angiotensin (ANG) II but not for CGP-42112 binding. Displacement studies in adrenal sections revealed that affinity of the gAT2 receptor was 10-20 times lower for ANG II, ANG III, and PD-123319 than was affinity of the rAT2 receptor. The affinity of each receptor remained the same for CGP-42112. When transfected into COS-7 cells, the gAT2 receptor shows affinity for ANG II that is three times lower than that shown by the hAT2 receptor, whereas affinities for ANG III and the AT2 receptor ligands CGP-42112 and PD-123319 were similar. Autoradiography in sections of the gerbil head showed higher binding in muscles, retina, skin, and molars at embryonic day 19 than at 1 wk of age. In situ hybridization and emulsion autoradiography revealed that at embryonic day 19 the gAT2 receptor mRNA was highly localized to the base of the dental papilla of maxillary and mandibular molars. Our results suggest selective growth-related functions in late gestation and early postnatal periods for the gAT2 receptor and provide an essential basis for future mutagenesis studies to further define structural requirements for agonist binding.
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MESH Headings
- Adrenal Glands/embryology
- Adrenal Glands/physiology
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Southern
- COS Cells
- Cloning, Molecular
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gerbillinae
- Head/embryology
- Head/physiology
- In Situ Hybridization
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Protein Binding
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- Radioligand Assay
- Rats
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2/chemistry
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2/genetics
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2/metabolism
- Species Specificity
- Tooth/embryology
- Tooth/physiology
- Transfection
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Affiliation(s)
- Kwang-Lae Hoe
- Section on Pharmacology, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1514, USA.
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Raiden S, Nahmod K, Nahmod V, Semeniuk G, Pereira Y, Alvarez C, Giordano M, Geffner JR. Nonpeptide antagonists of AT1 receptor for angiotensin II delay the onset of acute respiratory distress syndrome. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2002; 303:45-51. [PMID: 12235231 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.102.037382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We have previously reported that losartan, a selective antagonist of AT1 receptors for angiotensin II (AII), strongly suppresses the activation of neutrophils by N-formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) through a mechanism that does not involve inhibition of AT1 receptors. Herein, we analyze whether losartan would prevent the development of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) triggered by lung bacterial infection. We found that losartan (0.2-200 microg/kg/min) delays the onset of ARDS in Wistar rats challenged by i.t. instillation of Bordetella bronchiseptica. Although this effect was associated with a significant inhibition of lung-neutrophil recruitment, lung bacterial clearance was not impaired but rather, it was significantly improved. We also found that another nonpeptide AT1 receptor blocker, irbesartan, exerted similar effects to losartan, i.e., it was also able to inhibit neutrophil activation by fMLP and to delay the onset of ARDS in B. bronchiseptica-challenged rats. Neither the inhibitor of angiotensin-converting enzyme captopril, nor the nonselective peptide inhibitor of AII receptors saralasin reproduced these effects. Our data are consistent with the possibility that nonpeptide AT1 receptor blockers delay the onset of ARDS triggered by bacterial infection through a mechanism dependent, at least in part, on their ability to prevent neutrophil activation by N-formyl-peptides.
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- Silvina Raiden
- Laboratory of Immunology, Institute of Hematologic Research, National Academy of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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