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Chemotype-selective modes of action of κ-opioid receptor agonists

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  • Wu, Huixian, Ph.D. in Chemistry, Scripps Research 2010 - 2014

authors

  • Vardy, E.
  • Mosier, P. D.
  • Frankowski, K. J.
  • Wu, Huixian
  • Katritch, Vsevolod
  • Westkaemper, R. B.
  • Aube, J.
  • Stevens, Raymond
  • Roth, B. L.

publication date

  • November 2013

journal

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry  Journal

abstract

  • The crystal structures of opioid receptors provide a novel platform for inquiry into opioid receptor function. The molecular determinants for activation of the κ-opioid receptor (KOR) were studied using a combination of agonist docking, functional assays, and site-directed mutagenesis. Eighteen positions in the putative agonist binding site of KOR were selected and evaluated for their effects on receptor binding and activation by ligands representing four distinct chemotypes: the peptide dynorphin A(1-17), the arylacetamide U-69593, and the non-charged ligands salvinorin A and the octahydroisoquinolinone carboxamide 1xx. Minimally biased docking of the tested ligands into the antagonist-bound KOR structure generated distinct binding modes, which were then evaluated biochemically and pharmacologically. Our analysis identified two types of mutations: those that affect receptor function primarily via ligand binding and those that primarily affect function. The shared and differential mechanisms of agonist binding and activation in KOR are further discussed. Usually, mutations affecting function more than binding were located at the periphery of the binding site and did not interact strongly with the various ligands. Analysis of the crystal structure along with the present results provide fundamental insights into the activation mechanism of the KOR and suggest that "functional" residues, along with water molecules detected in the crystal structure, may be directly involved in transduction of the agonist binding event into structural changes at the conserved rotamer switches, thus leading to receptor activation.

subject areas

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Binding Sites
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Dynorphins
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Humans
  • Ligands
  • Molecular Docking Simulation
  • Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
  • Mutation
  • Protein Conformation
  • Receptors, Opioid, kappa
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
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Research

keywords

  • G Protein-coupled Receptors (GPCR)
  • Mutagenesis Site-specific
  • Opiate Opioid
  • Pharmacology
  • Receptor Structure-Function
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Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3843062

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0021-9258

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1074/jbc.M113.515668

PubMed ID

  • 24121503
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 34470

end page

  • 34483

volume

  • 288

issue

  • 48

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