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Höring, Carina ; Conrad, Marcus ; Söldner, Christian A. ; Wang, Jinan ; Sticht, Heinrich ; Strasser, Andrea ; Miao, Yinglong

Specific Engineered G Protein Coupling to Histamine Receptors Revealed from Cellular Assay Experiments and Accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Höring, Carina , Conrad, Marcus, Söldner, Christian A. , Wang, Jinan , Sticht, Heinrich , Strasser, Andrea und Miao, Yinglong (2021) Specific Engineered G Protein Coupling to Histamine Receptors Revealed from Cellular Assay Experiments and Accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulations. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 (18), S. 1-21.

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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.51398


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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are targets of extracellular stimuli and hence occupy a key position in drug discovery. By specific and not yet fully elucidated coupling profiles with alpha subunits of distinct G protein families, they regulate cellular responses. The histamine H-2 and H-4 receptors (H2R and H4R) are prominent members of Gs- and Gi-coupled GPCRs. Nevertheless, promiscuous G ...

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are targets of extracellular stimuli and hence occupy a key position in drug discovery. By specific and not yet fully elucidated coupling profiles with alpha subunits of distinct G protein families, they regulate cellular responses. The histamine H-2 and H-4 receptors (H2R and H4R) are prominent members of Gs- and Gi-coupled GPCRs. Nevertheless, promiscuous G protein and selective Gi signaling have been reported for the H2R and H4R, respectively, the molecular mechanism of which remained unclear. Using a combination of cellular experimental assays and Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics (GaMD) simulations, we investigated the coupling profiles of the H2R and H4R to engineered mini-G proteins (mG). We obtained coupling profiles of the mGs, mGsi, or mGsq proteins to the H2R and H4R from the mini-G protein recruitment assays using HEK293T cells. Compared to H2R-mGs expressing cells, histamine responses were weaker (pEC(50), E-max) for H2R-mGsi and -mGsq. By contrast, the H4R selectively bound to mGsi. Similarly, in all-atom GaMD simulations, we observed a preferential binding of H2R to mGs and H4R to mGsi revealed by the structural flexibility and free energy landscapes of the complexes. Although the mG alpha 5 helices were consistently located within the HR binding cavity, alternative binding orientations were detected in the complexes. Due to the specific residue interactions, all mG alpha 5 helices of the H2R complexes adopted the Gs-like orientation toward the receptor transmembrane (TM) 6 domain, whereas in H4R complexes, only mGsi was in the Gi-like orientation toward TM2, which was in agreement with Gs- and Gi-coupled GPCRs structures resolved by X-ray/cryo-EM. These cellular and molecular insights support (patho)physiological profiles of the histamine receptors, especially the hitherto little studied H2R function in the brain, as well as of the pharmacological potential of H4R selective drugs.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences
Verlag:MDPI
Ort der Veröffentlichung:BASEL
Band:22
Nummer des Zeitschriftenheftes oder des Kapitels:18
Seitenbereich:S. 1-21
Datum17 September 2021
InstitutionenChemie und Pharmazie > Institut für Pharmazie > Lehrstuhl Pharmazeutische / Medizinische Chemie II (Prof. Buschauer)
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10.3390/ijms221810047DOI
Stichwörter / KeywordsH-4 RECEPTOR; PHARMACOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; HUMAN EOSINOPHILS; AMINO-ACIDS; CLONING; H-2-RECEPTOR; DISCOVERY; AFFINITY; BINDING; IDENTIFICATION; GPCR-G protein coupling profiles; Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics (GaMD); split-luciferase complementation assay; histamine signaling; histamine H-2 receptor; histamine H-4 receptor; engineered G proteins
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 615 Pharmazie
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenJa
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-513986
Dokumenten-ID51398

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