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Caniceiro AB, Bueschbell B, Schiedel AC, Moreira IS. Class A and C GPCR Dimers in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Curr Neuropharmacol 2022; 20:2081-2141. [PMID: 35339177 PMCID: PMC9886835 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x20666220327221830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Neurodegenerative diseases affect over 30 million people worldwide with an ascending trend. Most individuals suffering from these irreversible brain damages belong to the elderly population, with onset between 50 and 60 years. Although the pathophysiology of such diseases is partially known, it remains unclear upon which point a disease turns degenerative. Moreover, current therapeutics can treat some of the symptoms but often have severe side effects and become less effective in long-term treatment. For many neurodegenerative diseases, the involvement of G proteincoupled receptors (GPCRs), which are key players of neuronal transmission and plasticity, has become clearer and holds great promise in elucidating their biological mechanism. With this review, we introduce and summarize class A and class C GPCRs, known to form heterodimers or oligomers to increase their signalling repertoire. Additionally, the examples discussed here were shown to display relevant alterations in brain signalling and had already been associated with the pathophysiology of certain neurodegenerative diseases. Lastly, we classified the heterodimers into two categories of crosstalk, positive or negative, for which there is known evidence.
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- Ana B. Caniceiro
- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal; ,These authors contributed equally to this work.
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- PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (IIIUC), University of Coimbra, Casa Costa Alemão, 3030-789 Coimbra, Portugal; ,These authors contributed equally to this work.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Institute, University of Bonn, D-53121 Bonn, Germany;
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- University of Coimbra, Department of Life Sciences, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal; ,Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal,Address correspondence to this author at the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal; E-mail:
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Bueschbell B, Manga P, Schiedel AC. The Many Faces of G Protein-Coupled Receptor 143, an Atypical Intracellular Receptor. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:873777. [PMID: 35495622 PMCID: PMC9039016 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.873777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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GPCRs transform extracellular stimuli into a physiological response by activating an intracellular signaling cascade initiated via binding to G proteins. Orphan G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) hold the potential to pave the way for development of new, innovative therapeutic strategies. In this review we will introduce G protein-coupled receptor 143 (GPR143), an enigmatic receptor in terms of classification within the GPCR superfamily and localization. GPR143 has not been assigned to any of the GPCR families due to the lack of common structural motifs. Hence we will describe the most important motifs of classes A and B and compare them to the protein sequence of GPR143. While a precise function for the receptor has yet to be determined, the protein is expressed abundantly in pigment producing cells. Many GPR143 mutations cause X-linked Ocular Albinism Type 1 (OA1, Nettleship-Falls OA), which results in hypopigmentation of the eyes and loss of visual acuity due to disrupted visual system development and function. In pigment cells of the skin, loss of functional GPR143 results in abnormally large melanosomes (organelles in which pigment is produced). Studies have shown that the receptor is localized internally, including at the melanosomal membrane, where it may function to regulate melanosome size and/or facilitate protein trafficking to the melanosome through the endolysosomal system. Numerous additional roles have been proposed for GPR143 in determining cancer predisposition, regulation of blood pressure, development of macular degeneration and signaling in the brain, which we will briefly describe as well as potential ligands that have been identified. Furthermore, GPR143 is a promiscuous receptor that has been shown to interact with multiple other melanosomal proteins and GPCRs, which strongly suggests that this orphan receptor is likely involved in many different physiological actions.
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- Beatriz Bueschbell
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, Grossman School of Medicine, New York University, New York City, NY, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- *Correspondence: Anke C. Schiedel,
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Pottie E, Dedecker P, Stove CP. Identification of psychedelic new psychoactive substances (NPS) showing biased agonism at the 5-HT2AR through simultaneous use of β-arrestin 2 and miniGαq bioassays. Biochem Pharmacol 2020; 182:114251. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2020.114251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A Machine Learning Approach for the Discovery of Ligand-Specific Functional Mechanisms of GPCRs. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24112097. [PMID: 31159491 PMCID: PMC6600179 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24112097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2019] [Revised: 05/23/2019] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) play a key role in many cellular signaling mechanisms, and must select among multiple coupling possibilities in a ligand-specific manner in order to carry out a myriad of functions in diverse cellular contexts. Much has been learned about the molecular mechanisms of ligand-GPCR complexes from Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations. However, to explore ligand-specific differences in the response of a GPCR to diverse ligands, as is required to understand ligand bias and functional selectivity, necessitates creating very large amounts of data from the needed large-scale simulations. This becomes a Big Data problem for the high dimensionality analysis of the accumulated trajectories. Here we describe a new machine learning (ML) approach to the problem that is based on transforming the analysis of GPCR function-related, ligand-specific differences encoded in the MD simulation trajectories into a representation recognizable by state-of-the-art deep learning object recognition technology. We illustrate this method by applying it to recognize the pharmacological classification of ligands bound to the 5-HT2A and D2 subtypes of class-A GPCRs from the serotonin and dopamine families. The ML-based approach is shown to perform the classification task with high accuracy, and we identify the molecular determinants of the classifications in the context of GPCR structure and function. This study builds a framework for the efficient computational analysis of MD Big Data collected for the purpose of understanding ligand-specific GPCR activity.
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Rodríguez-Espigares I, Kaczor AA, Selent J. In silico Exploration of the Conformational Universe of GPCRs. Mol Inform 2016; 35:227-37. [PMID: 27492237 DOI: 10.1002/minf.201600012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2016] [Accepted: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The structural plasticity of G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) leads to a conformational universe going from inactive to active receptor states with several intermediate states. Many of them have not been captured yet and their role for GPCR activation is not well understood. The study of this conformational space and the transition dynamics between different receptor populations is a major challenge in molecular biophysics. The rational design of effector molecules that target such receptor populations allows fine-tuning receptor signalling with higher specificity to produce drugs with safer therapeutic profiles. In this minireview, we outline highly conserved receptor regions which are considered determinant for the establishment of distinct receptor states. We then discuss in-silico approaches such as dimensionality reduction methods and Markov State Models to explore the GPCR conformational universe and exploit the obtained conformations through structure-based drug design.
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- Ismael Rodríguez-Espigares
- Pharmacoinformatics group, Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)-Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona (PRBB), Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Synthesis and Chemical Technology of Pharmaceutical Substances with Computer Modeling Lab, Faculty of Pharmacy with Division for Medical Analytics, Medical University of Lublin, 4A Chodźki St., PL-20059, Lublin, Poland.,School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistonranta 1, P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211, Kuopio, Finland
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- Pharmacoinformatics group, Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)-Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona (PRBB), Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.
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Ul-Haq Z, Saeed M, Halim SA, Khan W. 3D structure prediction of human β1-adrenergic receptor via threading-based homology modeling for implications in structure-based drug designing. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0122223. [PMID: 25860348 PMCID: PMC4393300 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2014] [Accepted: 02/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Dilated cardiomyopathy is a disease of left ventricular dysfunction accompanied by impairment of the β1-adrenergic receptor (β1-AR) signal cascade. The disturbed β1-AR function may be based on an elevated sympathetic tone observed in patients with heart failure. Prolonged adrenergic stimulation may induce metabolic and electrophysiological disturbances in the myocardium, resulting in tachyarrhythmia that leads to the development of heart failure in human and sudden death. Hence, β1-AR is considered as a promising drug target but attempts to develop effective and specific drug against this tempting pharmaceutical target is slowed down due to the lack of 3D structure of Homo sapiens β1-AR (hsβADR1). This study encompasses elucidation of 3D structural and physicochemical properties of hsβADR1 via threading-based homology modeling. Furthermore, the docking performance of several docking programs including Surflex-Dock, FRED, and GOLD were validated by re-docking and cross-docking experiments. GOLD and Surflex-Dock performed best in re-docking and cross docking experiments, respectively. Consequently, Surflex-Dock was used to predict the binding modes of four hsβADR1 agonists. This study provides clear understanding of hsβADR1 structure and its binding mechanism, thus help in providing the remedial solutions of cardiovascular, effective treatment of asthma and other diseases caused by malfunctioning of the target protein.
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- Zaheer Ul-Haq
- Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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Manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging reveals increased DOI-induced brain activity in a mouse model of schizophrenia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:E2492-500. [PMID: 24889602 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1323287111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Maternal infection during pregnancy increases the risk for schizophrenia in offspring. In rodent models, maternal immune activation (MIA) yields offspring with schizophrenia-like behaviors. None of these behaviors are, however, specific to schizophrenia. The presence of hallucinations is a key diagnostic symptom of schizophrenia. In mice, this symptom can be defined as brain activation in the absence of external stimuli, which can be mimicked by administration of hallucinogens. We find that, compared with controls, adult MIA offspring display an increased stereotypical behavioral response to the hallucinogen 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine (DOI), an agonist for serotonin receptor 2A (5-HT2AR). This may be explained by increased levels of 5-HT2AR and downstream signaling molecules in unstimulated MIA prefrontal cortex (PFC). Using manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to identify neuronal activation elicited by DOI administration, we find that, compared with controls, MIA offspring exhibit a greater manganese (Mn(2+)) accumulation in several brain areas, including the PFC, thalamus, and striatum. The parafascicular thalamic nucleus, which plays the role in the pathogenesis of hallucinations, is activated by DOI in MIA offspring only. Additionally, compared with controls, MIA offspring demonstrate higher DOI-induced expression of early growth response protein 1, cyclooxygenase-2, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the PFC. Chronic treatment with the 5-HT2AR antagonist ketanserin reduces DOI-induced head twitching in MIA offspring. Thus, the MIA mouse model can be successfully used to investigate activity induced by DOI in awake, behaving mice. Moreover, manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging is a useful, noninvasive method for accurately measuring this type of activity.
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Mondal S, Khelashvili G, Johner N, Weinstein H. How the dynamic properties and functional mechanisms of GPCRs are modulated by their coupling to the membrane environment. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2014; 796:55-74. [PMID: 24158801 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7423-0_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Experimental observations of the dependence of function and organization of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) on their lipid environment have stimulated new quantitative studies of the coupling between the proteins and the membrane. It is important to develop such a quantitative understanding at the molecular level because the effects of the coupling are seen to be physiologically and clinically significant. Here we review findings that offer insight into how membrane-GPCR coupling is connected to the structural characteristics of the GPCR, from sequence to 3D structural detail, and how this coupling is involved in the actions of ligands on the receptor. The application of a recently developed computational approach designed for quantitative evaluation of membrane remodeling and the energetics of membrane-protein interactions brings to light the importance of the radial asymmetry of the membrane-facing surface of GPCRs in their interaction with the surrounding membrane. As the radial asymmetry creates adjacencies of hydrophobic and polar residues at specific sites of the GPCR, the ability of membrane remodeling to achieve complete hydrophobic matching is limited, and the residual mismatch carries a significant energy cost. The adjacencies are shown to be affected by ligand-induced conformational changes. Thus, functionally important organization of GPCRs in the cell membrane can depend both on ligand-determined properties and on the lipid composition of various membrane regions with different remodeling capacities. That this functionally important reorganization can be driven by oligomerization patterns that reduce the energy cost of the residual mismatch, suggests a new perspective on GPCR dimerization and ligand-GPCR interactions. The relation between the modulatory effects on GPCRs from the binding of specific cell-membrane components, e.g., cholesterol, and those produced by the non-local energetics of hydrophobic mismatch are discussed in this context.
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- Sayan Mondal
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, Room E-509, 1300 York Avenue, 10065, New York City, NY, USA
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Canal CE, Cordova-Sintjago T, Liu Y, Kim MS, Morgan D, Booth RG. Molecular pharmacology and ligand docking studies reveal a single amino acid difference between mouse and human serotonin 5-HT2A receptors that impacts behavioral translation of novel 4-phenyl-2-dimethylaminotetralin ligands. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2013; 347:705-16. [PMID: 24080681 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.113.208637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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During translational studies to develop 4-phenyl-2-dimethylaminotetralin (PAT) compounds for neuropsychiatric disorders, the (2R,4S)-trans-(+)- and (2S,4R)-trans-(-)-enantiomers of the analog 6-hydroxy-7-chloro-PAT (6-OH-7-Cl-PAT) demonstrated unusual pharmacology at serotonin (5-HT) 5-HT2 G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). The enantiomers had similar affinities (Ki) at human (h) 5-HT2A receptors (≈ 70 nM). In an in vivo mouse model of 5-HT2A receptor activation [(±)-(2,5)-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine (DOI)-elicited head twitch], however, (-)-6-OH-7-Cl-PAT was about 5-fold more potent than the (+)-enantiomer at attenuating the DOI-elicited response. It was discovered that (+)-6-OH-7-Cl-PAT (only) had ≈ 40-fold-lower affinity at mouse (m) compared with h5-HT2A receptors. Molecular modeling and computational ligand docking studies indicated that the 6-OH moiety of (+)- but not (-)-6-OH-7-Cl-PAT could form a hydrogen bond with serine residue 5.46 of the h5-HT2A receptor. The m5-HT2A as well as m5-HT2B, h5-HT2B, m5-HT2C, and h5-HT2C receptors have alanine at position 5.46, obviating this interaction; (+)-6-OH-7-Cl-PAT also showed ≈ 50-fold lower affinity than (-)-6-OH-7-Cl-PAT at m5-HT2C and h5-HT2C receptors. Mutagenesis studies confirmed that 5-HT2A S5.46 is critical for (+)- but not (-)-6-OH-7-Cl-PAT binding, as well as function. The (+)-6-OH-7-Cl-PAT enantiomer showed partial agonist effects at h5-HT2A wild-type (WT) and m5-HT2A A5.46S point-mutated receptors but did not activate m5-HT2A WT and h5-HT2A S5.46A point-mutated receptors, or h5-HT2B, h5-HT2C, and m5-HT2C receptors; (-)-6-OH-7-Cl-PAT did not activate any of the 5-HT2 receptors. Experiments also included the (2R,4S)-trans-(+)- and (2S,4R)-trans-(-)-enantiomers of 6-methoxy-7-chloro-PAT to validate hydrogen bonding interactions proposed for the corresponding 6-OH analogs. Results indicate that PAT ligand three-dimensional structure impacts target receptor binding and translational outcomes, supporting the hypothesis that GPCR ligand structure governs orthosteric binding pocket molecular determinants and resulting pharmacology.
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- Clinton E Canal
- Center for Drug Discovery (C.E.C., T.C.-S., Y.L., R.G.B.), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (C.E.C., T.C.-S., Y.L., R.G.B.), and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (R.G.B.), Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts; and Department of Medicinal Chemistry (M.S.K., T.C.-S.) and Department of Psychiatry (D.M.), University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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Moreira IS. Structural features of the G-protein/GPCR interactions. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2013; 1840:16-33. [PMID: 24016604 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2013.08.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2013] [Revised: 08/27/2013] [Accepted: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The details of the functional interaction between G proteins and the G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) have long been subjected to extensive investigations with structural and functional assays and a large number of computational studies. SCOPE OF REVIEW The nature and sites of interaction in the G-protein/GPCR complexes, and the specificities of these interactions selecting coupling partners among the large number of families of GPCRs and G protein forms, are still poorly defined. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS Many of the contact sites between the two proteins in specific complexes have been identified, but the three dimensional molecular architecture of a receptor-Gα interface is only known for one pair. Consequently, many fundamental questions regarding this macromolecular assembly and its mechanism remain unanswered. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE In the context of current structural data we review the structural details of the interfaces and recognition sites in complexes of sub-family A GPCRs with cognate G-proteins, with special emphasis on the consequences of activation on GPCR structure, the prevalence of preassembled GPCR/G-protein complexes, the key structural determinants for selective coupling and the possible involvement of GPCR oligomerization in this process.
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- Irina S Moreira
- REQUIMTE/Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
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Hanks JB, González-Maeso J. Animal models of serotonergic psychedelics. ACS Chem Neurosci 2013; 4:33-42. [PMID: 23336043 DOI: 10.1021/cn300138m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2012] [Accepted: 09/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The serotonin 5-HT(2A) receptor is the major target of psychedelic drugs such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), mescaline, and psilocybin. Serotonergic psychedelics induce profound effects on cognition, emotion, and sensory processing that often seem uniquely human. This raises questions about the validity of animal models of psychedelic drug action. Nonetheless, recent findings suggest behavioral abnormalities elicited by psychedelics in rodents that predict such effects in humans. Here we review the behavioral effects induced by psychedelic drugs in rodent models, discuss the translational potential of these findings, and define areas where further research is needed to better understand the molecular mechanisms and neuronal circuits underlying their neuropsychological effects.
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- James B. Hanks
- Departments of Psychiatry and ‡Neurology, §Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, United States
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- Departments of Psychiatry and ‡Neurology, §Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, United States
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Moitra S, Tirupula KC, Klein-Seetharaman J, Langmead CJ. A minimal ligand binding pocket within a network of correlated mutations identified by multiple sequence and structural analysis of G protein coupled receptors. BMC BIOPHYSICS 2012; 5:13. [PMID: 22748306 PMCID: PMC3478154 DOI: 10.1186/2046-1682-5-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2012] [Accepted: 06/21/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Background G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are seven helical transmembrane proteins that function as signal transducers. They bind ligands in their extracellular and transmembrane regions and activate cognate G proteins at their intracellular surface at the other side of the membrane. The relay of allosteric communication between the ligand binding site and the distant G protein binding site is poorly understood. In this study, GREMLIN
[1], a recently developed method that identifies networks of co-evolving residues from multiple sequence alignments, was used to identify those that may be involved in communicating the activation signal across the membrane. The GREMLIN-predicted long-range interactions between amino acids were analyzed with respect to the seven GPCR structures that have been crystallized at the time this study was undertaken. Results GREMLIN significantly enriches the edges containing residues that are part of the ligand binding pocket, when compared to a control distribution of edges drawn from a random graph. An analysis of these edges reveals a minimal GPCR binding pocket containing four residues (T1183.33, M2075.42, Y2686.51 and A2927.39). Additionally, of the ten residues predicted to have the most long-range interactions (A1173.32, A2726.55, E1133.28, H2115.46, S186EC2, A2927.39, E1223.37, G902.57, G1143.29 and M2075.42), nine are part of the ligand binding pocket. Conclusions We demonstrate the use of GREMLIN to reveal a network of statistically correlated and functionally important residues in class A GPCRs. GREMLIN identified that ligand binding pocket residues are extensively correlated with distal residues. An analysis of the GREMLIN edges across multiple structures suggests that there may be a minimal binding pocket common to the seven known GPCRs. Further, the activation of rhodopsin involves these long-range interactions between extracellular and intracellular domain residues mediated by the retinal domain.
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- Subhodeep Moitra
- Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Gates Hillman Center, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Rm. 2051, Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Rm. 2051, Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Gates Hillman Center, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Ligand-dependent conformations and dynamics of the serotonin 5-HT(2A) receptor determine its activation and membrane-driven oligomerization properties. PLoS Comput Biol 2012; 8:e1002473. [PMID: 22532793 PMCID: PMC3330085 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2011] [Accepted: 02/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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From computational simulations of a serotonin 2A receptor (5-HT2AR) model complexed with pharmacologically and structurally diverse ligands we identify different conformational states and dynamics adopted by the receptor bound to the full agonist 5-HT, the partial agonist LSD, and the inverse agonist Ketanserin. The results from the unbiased all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations show that the three ligands affect differently the known GPCR activation elements including the toggle switch at W6.48, the changes in the ionic lock between E6.30 and R3.50 of the DRY motif in TM3, and the dynamics of the NPxxY motif in TM7. The computational results uncover a sequence of steps connecting these experimentally-identified elements of GPCR activation. The differences among the properties of the receptor molecule interacting with the ligands correlate with their distinct pharmacological properties. Combining these results with quantitative analysis of membrane deformation obtained with our new method (Mondal et al, Biophysical Journal 2011), we show that distinct conformational rearrangements produced by the three ligands also elicit different responses in the surrounding membrane. The differential reorganization of the receptor environment is reflected in (i)-the involvement of cholesterol in the activation of the 5-HT2AR, and (ii)-different extents and patterns of membrane deformations. These findings are discussed in the context of their likely functional consequences and a predicted mechanism of ligand-specific GPCR oligomerization. The 5-HT2A receptor for the neurotransmitter serotonin (5-HT) belongs to family A (rhodopsin-like) G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), one of the most important classes of membrane proteins that are targeted by an extensive and diverse collection of external stimuli. Recently we learned that different ligands targeting the same GPCR can elicit different biological responses, but the mechanisms remain unknown. We address this fundamental question for the serotonin 5-HT2A receptor, because it is known to respond to the binding of structurally diverse ligands by producing similar stimuli in the cell, and to the binding of quite similar ligands with dramatically different responses. Molecular dynamics simulations of molecular models of the serotonin 5-HT2A receptor in complex with pharmacologically distinct ligands show the dynamic rearrangements of the receptor molecule to be different for these ligands, and the nature and extents of the rearrangements reflect the known pharmacological properties of the ligands as full, partial or inverse activators of the receptor. The different rearrangements of the receptor molecule are shown to produce different rearrangements of the surrounding membrane, a remodeling of the environment that can have differential ligand-determined effects on receptor function and association in the cell's membrane.
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Huang M, Dai J, Meltzer HY. 5-HT(2A) and 5-HT(2C) receptor stimulation are differentially involved in the cortical dopamine efflux-Studied in 5-HT(2A) and 5-HT(2C) genetic mutant mice. Eur J Pharmacol 2010; 652:40-5. [PMID: 21118683 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.10.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2010] [Revised: 10/13/2010] [Accepted: 10/31/2010] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Both 5-HT(2A) and 5-HT(2C) receptors modulate cortical dopamine efflux, but in opposite directions. We have now compared the ability of the three 5-HT(2A/2C) receptor agonists, DOI (R(-)-2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine), mCPP (meta-chlorophenylpiperazine) and MK-212 (6-Chloro-2-(piperazinyl) pyrazine), to modulate cortical dopamine efflux in 5-HT(2A) and 5-HT(2C) genetic mutant mice. In the 5-HT(2A) mice, the preferential 5-HT(2A) receptor agonist DOI (2.5mg/kg, s.c.) induced a slight but significant increase in cortical dopamine efflux only in the wild type (WT) mice; MK-212 (2.5mg/kg) reduced dopamine efflux in both WT and receptor knockout (KO) mice; moreover, MCPP, 2.5mg/kg, had no effect in either types. In 5-HT(2C) mice, DOI increased dopamine efflux in both types; while MK-212 decreased dopamine efflux in the WT, but not the receptor KO mice. These results provide new evidence that 5-HT(2A) receptor stimulation enhances and 5-HT(2C) receptor stimulation inhibits cortical dopamine efflux, and suggest the effects of DOI, MK-212 and mCPP on the cortical dopamine efflux are due to their different abilities on 5-HT(2A) and 5-HT(2C) receptors stimulation. Of these three agents, only DOI, the more selective 5-HT(2A) receptor agonist, is hallucinogenic. The absence of hallucinations with mCPP may be due to its relatively more potent 5-HT(2C) receptor agonist effect, inhibiting the ability of mCPP to enhance dopamine efflux in cortical and perhaps limbic regions as well. The present data provide additional evidence that hallucinations are due, in part, to 5-HT(2A) rather than 5-HT(2C) receptor stimulation. These findings suggest that 5-HT(2C) receptor agonists may be useful as antipsychotics, consistent with previous suggestions.
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- Mei Huang
- Division of Psychopharcology, Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, TN, USA
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Shan J, Weinstein H, Mehler EL. Probing the structural determinants for the function of intracellular loop 2 in structurally cognate G-protein-coupled receptors. Biochemistry 2010; 49:10691-701. [PMID: 21062002 DOI: 10.1021/bi100580s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Intracellular loop 2 (IL2) in G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) is functionally important, e.g., in binding to G-protein and β-arrestin. Differences in secondary structure of IL2 in the crystal structures of the very similar β(1)- and β(2)-adrenergic receptors (β(1)AR and β(2)AR, respectively), i.e., an α-helix and an L-shaped strand, respectively, emphasize the need to understand the structural basis for IL2 functionality. We studied the properties of IL2 in the context of experimental data using a Monte Carlo-based ab initio method. The procedure was validated first by verifying that the IL2 structures in β(1)AR and β(2)AR crystals were correctly reproduced, even after conformational ensemble searches at >1200 K where most secondary structure had been lost. We found that IL2 in β(1)AR and β(2)AR sampled each other's conformation but adopted different energetically preferred conformations, consistent with the crystal structures. The results indicate a persistent contextual preference for the structure of IL2, which was conserved when the IL2 sequences were interchanged between the receptors. We conclude that the protein environment, more than the IL2 sequence, regulates the IL2 structures. We extended the approach to the molecular model of 5-HT(2A)R for which no crystal structure is available and found that IL2 is predominantly helical, similar to IL2 in β(1)AR. Because the P3.57A mutation in IL2 had been shown to decrease β-arrestin binding and internalization, we predicted the effects of the mutation and found that it decreased the propensity of IL2 to form helix, identifying the helical IL2 as a component of the GPCR active form.
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- Jufang Shan
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York 10065, United States
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Khelashvili G, Mondal S, Andersen OS, Weinstein H. Cholesterol modulates the membrane effects and spatial organization of membrane-penetrating ligands for G-protein coupled receptors. J Phys Chem B 2010; 114:12046-57. [PMID: 20804205 PMCID: PMC2943214 DOI: 10.1021/jp106373r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
The ligands of certain G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are membrane soluble and reach their target from the lipid bilayer. Lipid composition and dynamics will therefore modulate the activity of these receptors, but specific roles of lipid components, including the ubiquitous cholesterol (Chol), are not clear. We have probed the organization and dynamics of such a lipid-bilayer-penetrating ligand, the endogenous ligand for the κ-opioid receptor (KOR) dynorphin A (1-17) (DynA), using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of DynA in cholesterol-depleted and cholesterol-enriched model membranes. DynA is found to penetrate deep inside fluid dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) bilayers, and resides with its N-terminal helix at ∼6 Å away from the bilayer midplane, in a tilted orientation, at an ∼50° angle with respect to the membrane normal. In contrast, DynA inside DMPC/Chol membranes with 20% cholesterol (DMPC/Chol) is situated with its helical segment ∼5 A higher, i.e., closer to the lipid/water interface and in a relatively vertical orientation. The DMPC membrane shows greater thinning around the insertion and permits a stronger influx of water inside the hydrocarbon core than the DMPC/Chol membranes. Relating these results to data about key GPCR residues that have been implicated in interactions with membrane-inserting GPCR ligands, we conclude that the position of DynA in DMPC/Chol, but not in pure DMPC, correlates with generally proposed GPCR ligand entry pathways. Our predictions provide a possible mechanistic explanation as to why DynA binding to KOR, and the subsequent activation of the receptor, is facilitated in cholesterol-enriched environments. A quantitative description of DynA-induced membrane deformations is obtained with a continuum theory of membrane deformations (CTMD) that is based on hydrophobic matching. Comparison with the MD data reveals the significance of the lipid tail packing energy contribution in the DMPC/Chol mixtures in predicting equilibrium membrane shape around DynA. On this basis, specific corrections are introduced to this energy term within the CTMD framework, thereby extending the applicability of the CTMD framework to lipid raft mixtures and their interactions with GPCR proteins and their ligands.
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- George Khelashvili
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA.
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Light activation of rhodopsin: insights from molecular dynamics simulations guided by solid-state NMR distance restraints. J Mol Biol 2009; 396:510-27. [PMID: 20004206 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2009] [Revised: 10/09/2009] [Accepted: 12/02/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Structural restraints provided by solid-state NMR measurements of the metarhodopsin II intermediate are combined with molecular dynamics simulations to help visualize structural changes in the light activation of rhodopsin. Since the timescale for the formation of the metarhodopsin II intermediate (>1 ms) is beyond that readily accessible by molecular dynamics, we use NMR distance restraints derived from 13C dipolar recoupling measurements to guide the simulations. The simulations yield a working model for how photoisomerization of the 11-cis retinylidene chromophore bound within the interior of rhodopsin is coupled to transmembrane helix motion and receptor activation. The mechanism of activation that emerges is that multiple switches on the extracellular (or intradiscal) side of rhodopsin trigger structural changes that converge to disrupt the ionic lock between helices H3 and H6 on the intracellular side of the receptor.
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Khelashvili G, Grossfield A, Feller SE, Pitman MC, Weinstein H. Structural and dynamic effects of cholesterol at preferred sites of interaction with rhodopsin identified from microsecond length molecular dynamics simulations. Proteins 2009; 76:403-17. [PMID: 19173312 PMCID: PMC4101808 DOI: 10.1002/prot.22355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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An unresolved question about GPCR function is the role of membrane components in receptor stability and activation. In particular, cholesterol is known to affect the function of membrane proteins, but the details of its effect on GPCRs are still elusive. Here, we describe how cholesterol modulates the behavior of the TM1-TM2-TM7-helix 8(H8) functional network that comprises the highly conserved NPxxY(x)(5,6)F motif, through specific interactions with the receptor. The inferences are based on the analysis of microsecond length molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of rhodopsin in an explicit membrane environment. Three regions on the rhodopsin exhibit the highest cholesterol density throughout the trajectory: the extracellular end of TM7, a location resembling the high-density sterol area from the electron microscopy data; the intracellular parts of TM1, TM2, and TM4, a region suggested as the cholesterol binding site in the recent X-ray crystallography data on beta(2)-adrenergic GPCR; and the intracellular ends of TM2-TM3, a location that was categorized as the high cholesterol density area in multiple independent 100 ns MD simulations of the same system. We found that cholesterol primarily affects specific local perturbations of the helical TM domains such as the kinks in TM1, TM2, and TM7. These local distortions, in turn, relate to rigid-body motions of the TMs in the TM1-TM2-TM7-H8 bundle. The specificity of the effects stems from the nonuniform distribution of cholesterol around the protein. Through correlation analysis we connect local effects of cholesterol on structural perturbations with a regulatory role of cholesterol in the structural rearrangements involved in GPCR function.
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- George Khelashvili
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA.
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May JA, Sharif NA, Chen HH, Liao JC, Kelly CR, Glennon RA, Young R, Li JX, Rice KC, France CP. Pharmacological properties and discriminative stimulus effects of a novel and selective 5-HT2 receptor agonist AL-38022A [(S)-2-(8,9-dihydro-7H-pyrano[2,3-g]indazol-1-yl)-1-methylethylamine]. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2009; 91:307-14. [PMID: 18718483 PMCID: PMC3763814 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2008.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2007] [Revised: 07/18/2008] [Accepted: 07/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AL-38022A is a novel synthetic serotonergic (5-HT) ligand that exhibited high affinity for each of the 5-HT2 receptor subtypes (Ki100-fold less) affinity for other 5-HT receptors. In addition, AL-38022A displayed a very low affinity for a broad array of other receptors, neurotransmitter transport sites, ion channels, and second messenger elements, making it a relatively selective agent. AL-38022A potently stimulated functional responses via native and cloned rat (EC50 range: 1.9-22.5 nM) and human (EC50 range: 0.5-2.2 nM) 5-HT2 receptor subtypes including [Ca2+]i mobilization and tissue contractions with apparently similar potencies and intrinsic activities and was a full agonist at all 5-HT2 receptor subtypes. The CNS activity of AL-38022A was assessed by evaluating its discriminative stimulus effects in both a rat and a monkey drug discrimination paradigm using DOM as the training drug. AL-38022A fully generalized to the DOM stimulus in each of these studies; in monkeys MDL 100907 antagonized both DOM and AL-38022A. The pharmacological profile of AL-38022A suggests that it could be a useful tool in defining 5-HT2 receptor signaling and receptor characterization where 5-HT may function as a neurotransmitter.
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MESH Headings
- DOM 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-Methylamphetamine/pharmacology
- Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists
- Animals
- Benzopyrans/pharmacology
- Calcium Signaling/drug effects
- Chemistry, Physical
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cyclic AMP/biosynthesis
- Cyclic AMP/genetics
- Discrimination, Psychological/drug effects
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Stability
- Fluorobenzenes/pharmacology
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Indazoles/pharmacology
- Macaca mulatta
- Male
- Piperidines/pharmacology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A/drug effects
- Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C/drug effects
- Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Agonists
- Serotonin Antagonists/pharmacology
- Serotonin Receptor Agonists/chemistry
- Serotonin Receptor Agonists/pharmacology
- Stomach/drug effects
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Affiliation(s)
- Jesse A May
- Ophthalmology Discovery Research, Alcon Research, Ltd., 6201 South Freeway, Fort Worth, Texas 76134, United States.
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Molecular dynamics simulation study of a pulmonary surfactant film interacting with a carbonaceous nanoparticle. Biophys J 2008; 95:4102-14. [PMID: 18923102 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.123976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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This article reports an all-atom molecular dynamics simulation to study a model pulmonary surfactant film interacting with a carbonaceous nanoparticle. The pulmonary surfactant is modeled as a dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine monolayer with a peptide consisting of the first 25 residues from surfactant protein B. The nanoparticle model with a chemical formula C188H53 was generated using a computational code for combustion conditions. The nanoparticle has a carbon cage structure reminiscent of the buckyballs with open ends. A series of molecular-scale structural and dynamical properties of the surfactant film in the absence and presence of nanoparticle are analyzed, including radial distribution functions, mean-square displacements of lipids and nanoparticle, chain tilt angle, and the surfactant protein B peptide helix tilt angle. The results show that the nanoparticle affects the structure and packing of the lipids and peptide in the film, and it appears that the nanoparticle and peptide repel each other. The ability of the nanoparticle to translocate the surfactant film is one of the most important predictions of this study. The potential of mean force for dragging the particle through the film provides such information. The reported potential of mean force suggests that the nanoparticle can easily penetrate the monolayer but further translocation to the water phase is energetically prohibitive. The implication is that nanoparticles can interact with the lung surfactant, as supported by recent experimental data by Bakshi et al.
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Chang CW, Poteet E, Schetz JA, Gümüş ZH, Weinstein H. Towards a quantitative representation of the cell signaling mechanisms of hallucinogens: measurement and mathematical modeling of 5-HT1A and 5-HT2A receptor-mediated ERK1/2 activation. Neuropharmacology 2008; 56 Suppl 1:213-25. [PMID: 18762202 PMCID: PMC2635340 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2008.07.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2008] [Revised: 07/23/2008] [Accepted: 07/25/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Through a multidisciplinary approach involving experimental and computational studies, we address quantitative aspects of signaling mechanisms triggered in the cell by the receptor targets of hallucinogenic drugs, the serotonin 5-HT2A receptors. To reveal the properties of the signaling pathways, and the way in which responses elicited through these receptors alone and in combination with other serotonin receptors' subtypes (the 5-HT1AR), we developed a detailed mathematical model of receptor-mediated ERK1/2 activation in cells expressing the 5-HT1A and 5-HT2A subtypes individually, and together. In parallel, we measured experimentally the activation of ERK1/2 by the action of selective agonists on these receptors expressed in HEK293 cells. We show here that the 5-HT1AR agonist Xaliproden HCl elicited transient activation of ERK1/2 by phosphorylation, whereas 5-HT2AR activation by TCB-2 led to higher, and more sustained responses. The 5-HT2AR response dominated the MAPK signaling pathway when co-expressed with 5-HT1AR, and diminution of the response by the 5-HT2AR antagonist Ketanserin could not be rescued by the 5-HT1AR agonist. Computational simulations produced qualitative results in good agreement with these experimental data, and parameter optimization made this agreement quantitative. In silico simulation experiments suggest that the deletion of the positive regulators PKC in the 5-HT2AR pathway, or PLA2 in the combined 5-HT1A/2AR model greatly decreased the basal level of active ERK1/2. Deletion of negative regulators of MKP and PP2A in 5-HT1AR and 5-HT2AR models was found to have even stronger effects. Under various parameter sets, simulation results implied that the extent of constitutive activity in a particular tissue and the specific drug efficacy properties may determine the distinct dynamics of the 5-HT receptor-mediated ERK1/2 activation pathways. Thus, the mathematical models are useful exploratory tools in the ongoing efforts to establish a mechanistic understanding and an experimentally testable representation of hallucinogen-specific signaling in the cellular machinery, and can be refined with quantitative, function-related information.
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MESH Headings
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Computer Simulation
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/metabolism
- Hallucinogens/pharmacology
- Humans
- Models, Biological
- Protein Binding/drug effects
- Radioligand Assay/methods
- Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A/genetics
- Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A/metabolism
- Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A/genetics
- Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Time Factors
- Transfection
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- Chiung-wen Chang
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Ave, New York, NY 10021 USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd. Fort Worth, TX 76107
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd. Fort Worth, TX 76107
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Ave, New York, NY 10021 USA
- The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Ave, New York, NY 10021 USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Ave, New York, NY 10021 USA
- The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Ave, New York, NY 10021 USA
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- David E Nichols
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906-2091, USA.
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Niv MY, Skrabanek L, Filizola M, Weinstein H. Modeling activated states of GPCRs: the rhodopsin template. J Comput Aided Mol Des 2006; 20:437-48. [PMID: 17103019 PMCID: PMC4030242 DOI: 10.1007/s10822-006-9061-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2006] [Accepted: 07/27/2006] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Activation of G Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) is an allosteric mechanism triggered by ligand binding and resulting in conformational changes transduced by the transmembrane domain. Models of the activated forms of GPCRs have become increasingly necessary for the development of a clear understanding of signal propagation into the cell. Experimental evidence points to a multiplicity of conformations related to the activation of the receptor, rendered important physiologically by the suggestion that different conformations may be responsible for coupling to different signaling pathways. In contrast to the inactive state of rhodopsin (RHO) for which several high quality X-ray structures are available, the structure-related information for the active states of rhodopsin and all other GPCRs is indirect. We have collected and stored such information in a repository we maintain for activation-specific structural data available for rhodopsin-like GPCRs, http://www.physiology.med.cornell.edu/GPCRactivation/gpcrindex.html . Using these data as structural constraints, we have applied Simulated Annealing Molecular Dynamics to construct a number of different active state models of RHO starting from the known inactive structure. The common features of the models indicate that TM3 and TM5 play an important role in activation, in addition to the well-established rearrangement of TM6. Some of the structural changes observed in these models occur in regions that were not involved in the constraints, and have not been previously tested experimentally; they emerge as interesting candidates for further experimental exploration of the conformational space of activated GPCRs. We show that none of the normal modes calculated from the inactive structure has a dominant contribution along the path of conformational rearrangement from inactive to the active forms of RHO in the models. This result may differentiate rhodopsin from other GPCRs, and the reasons for this difference are discussed in the context of the structural properties and the physiological function of the protein.
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- Masha Y Niv
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Ave., New York, NY 10021, USA
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Filizola M, Wang SX, Weinstein H. Dynamic models of G-protein coupled receptor dimers: indications of asymmetry in the rhodopsin dimer from molecular dynamics simulations in a POPC bilayer. J Comput Aided Mol Des 2006; 20:405-16. [PMID: 17089205 PMCID: PMC4076291 DOI: 10.1007/s10822-006-9053-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2006] [Accepted: 06/26/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Abstract
Based on the growing evidence that G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) form homo- and hetero-oligomers, models of GPCR signaling are now considering macromolecular assemblies rather than monomers, with the homo-dimer regarded as the minimal oligomeric arrangement required for functional coupling to the G-protein. The dynamic mechanisms of such signaling assemblies are unknown. To gain some insight into properties of GPCR dimers that may be relevant to functional mechanisms, we study their current structural prototype, rhodopsin. We have carried out nanosecond time-scale molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of a rhodopsin dimer and compared the results to the monomer simulated in the same type of bilayer membrane model composed of an equilibrated unit cell of hydrated palmitoyl-oleoyl-phosphatidyl choline (POPC). The dynamic representation of the homo-dimer reveals the location of structural changes in several regions of the monomeric subunits. These changes appear to be more pronounced at the dimerization interface that had been shown to be involved in the activation process [Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 102:17495, 2005]. The results are consistent with a model of GPCR activation that involves allosteric modulation through a single GPCR subunit per dimer.
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- Marta Filizola
- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Ave, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Ave, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Ave, New York, NY 10021, USA. HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Ave, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Urban JD, Clarke WP, von Zastrow M, Nichols DE, Kobilka B, Weinstein H, Javitch JA, Roth BL, Christopoulos A, Sexton PM, Miller KJ, Spedding M, Mailman RB. Functional selectivity and classical concepts of quantitative pharmacology. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2006; 320:1-13. [PMID: 16803859 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.106.104463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 830] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
The concept of intrinsic efficacy has been enshrined in pharmacology for half of a century, yet recent data have revealed that many ligands can differentially activate signaling pathways mediated via a single G protein-coupled receptor in a manner that challenges the traditional definition of intrinsic efficacy. Some terms for this phenomenon include functional selectivity, agonist-directed trafficking, and biased agonism. At the extreme, functionally selective ligands may be both agonists and antagonists at different functions mediated by the same receptor. Data illustrating this phenomenon are presented from serotonin, opioid, dopamine, vasopressin, and adrenergic receptor systems. A variety of mechanisms may influence this apparently ubiquitous phenomenon. It may be initiated by differences in ligand-induced intermediate conformational states, as shown for the beta(2)-adrenergic receptor. Subsequent mechanisms that may play a role include diversity of G proteins, scaffolding and signaling partners, and receptor oligomers. Clearly, expanded research is needed to elucidate the proximal (e.g., how functionally selective ligands cause conformational changes that initiate differential signaling), intermediate (mechanisms that translate conformation changes into differential signaling), and distal mechanisms (differential effects on target tissue or organism). Besides the heuristically interesting nature of functional selectivity, there is a clear impact on drug discovery, because this mechanism raises the possibility of selecting or designing novel ligands that differentially activate only a subset of functions of a single receptor, thereby optimizing therapeutic action. It also may be timely to revise classic concepts in quantitative pharmacology and relevant pharmacological conventions to incorporate these new concepts.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Humans
- Ligands
- Protein Conformation
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2/chemistry
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2/drug effects
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2/physiology
- Receptors, Cell Surface/chemistry
- Receptors, Cell Surface/drug effects
- Receptors, Cell Surface/physiology
- Receptors, Dopamine D1/chemistry
- Receptors, Dopamine D1/drug effects
- Receptors, Dopamine D1/physiology
- Receptors, Dopamine D2/chemistry
- Receptors, Dopamine D2/drug effects
- Receptors, Dopamine D2/physiology
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/chemistry
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/drug effects
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/physiology
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/chemistry
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/drug effects
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/physiology
- Receptors, Vasopressin/chemistry
- Receptors, Vasopressin/drug effects
- Receptors, Vasopressin/physiology
- Signal Transduction
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- Jonathan D Urban
- Curriculum in Toxicology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7160, USA
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