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| Title | A reversible allosteric inhibitor of GlyT2 for neuropathic pain without on-target side effects. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Nat Commun, Year 2026 |
| Publish date | Feb 16, 2026 |
Authors | Ryan P Cantwell Chater / Julian Peiser-Oliver / Tanmay K Pati / Ada S Quinn / Irina Lotsaris / Zachary J Frangos / Kristen E Anderson / Anna E Tischer / Billy J Williams-Noonan / Karin R Aubrey / Megan L O'Mara / Michael Michaelides / Sarasa A Mohammadi / Christopher L Cioffi / Robert J Vandenberg / Azadeh Shahsavar / ![]() |
| PubMed Abstract | Chronic neuropathic pain, caused by nerve damage or disease, is increasing in prevalence, but current treatments are ineffective and over-reliant on opioids. The neuronal glycine transporter, GlyT2, ...Chronic neuropathic pain, caused by nerve damage or disease, is increasing in prevalence, but current treatments are ineffective and over-reliant on opioids. The neuronal glycine transporter, GlyT2, regulates inhibitory glycinergic neurotransmission and represents a promising target for new analgesics. However, most GlyT2 inhibitors cause significant side effects, in part due to irreversible inhibition at analgesic doses. Here we develop a reversible inhibitor of GlyT2, RPI-GLYT2-82, and identify its binding site by determining cryo-EM structures of human GlyT2. We capture three fundamental conformational states of GlyT2 in the substrate-free state, and bound to either glycine, RPI-GLYT2-82 or the pseudo-irreversible inhibitor ORG25543. We demonstrate that RPI-GLYT2-82 dissociates from GlyT2 faster than ORG25543, providing analgesia in mouse neuropathic pain models without on-target side-effects or addiction liability. Our data provide a mechanistic understanding of allosteric inhibition of glycine transport, enabling structure-based design of non-opioid analgesics. |
External links | Nat Commun / PubMed:41698908 |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 2.49 - 3.02 Å |
| Structure data | EMDB-52409, PDB-9hue: EMDB-52410, PDB-9huf: EMDB-52411, PDB-9hug: EMDB-53509, PDB-9r1h: |
| Chemicals | ![]() PDB-1ef1: ![]() ChemComp-Y01: ![]() ChemComp-CLR: ![]() ChemComp-CL: ![]() ChemComp-NA: ![]() ChemComp-HOH: ![]() PDB-1ixx: ![]() ChemComp-GLY: |
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Keywords | MEMBRANE PROTEIN / Transport protein / SLC6A5 / neurotransmitter/sodium symporter / Sodium- and chloride-dependent glycine transporter 2 |
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