Download MendeleyPharmacological and structural characterization of conformationally restricted (S)-glutamate analogues at ionotropic glutamate receptors.
Juknaite, L., Venskutonyte, R., Assaf, Z., Faure, S., Gefflaut, T., Aitken, D.J., Nielsen, B., Gajhede, M., Kastrup, J.S., Bunch, L., Frydenvang, K., Pickering, D.S.(2012) J Struct Biol 180: 39-46
- PubMed: 22789682
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2012.07.001
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
4G8M, 4G8N - PubMed Abstract:
Conformationally restricted glutamate analogues have been pharmacologically characterized at AMPA and kainate receptors and the crystal structures have been solved of the ligand (2S,1'R,2'S)-2-(2'-carboxycyclobutyl)glycine (CBG-IV) in complex with the ligand binding domains of the AMPA receptor GluA2 and the kainate receptor GluK3. These structures show that CBG-IV interacts with the binding pocket in the same way as (S)-glutamate. The binding affinities reveal that CBG-IV has high affinity at the AMPA and kainate receptor subtypes. Appreciable binding affinity of CBG-IV was not observed at NMDA receptors, where the introduction of the carbocyclic ring is expected to lead to a steric clash with binding site residues. CBG-IV was demonstrated to be an agonist at both GluA2 and the kainate receptor GluK1. CBG-IV showed high affinity binding to GluK1 compared to GluA2, GluK2 and GluK3, which exhibited lower affinity for CBG-IV. The structure of GluA2 LBD and GluK3 LBD in complex with CBG-IV revealed similar binding site interactions to those of (S)-glutamate. No major conformational rearrangements compared to the (S)-glutamate bound conformation were found in GluK3 in order to accommodate CBG-IV, in contrast with GluA2 where a shift in lobe D2 binding site residues occurs, leading to an increased binding cavity volume compared to the (S)-glutamate bound structure.
Organizational Affiliation:
Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
