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Title | Vestibular modulation by stimulant derivatives in a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Br J Pharmacol, Year 2025 |
Publish date | Mar 11, 2025 |
![]() | Emelia Karlsson / Olivia Andén / Chen Fan / Zaineb Fourati / Ahmed Haouz / Yuxuan Zhuang / Rebecca J Howard / Marc Delarue / Erik Lindahl / ![]() ![]() |
PubMed Abstract | BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Allosteric modulation of pentameric ligand-gated ion channels (pLGICs) are critical for the action of neurotransmitters and many psychoactive drugs. However, details of their ...BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Allosteric modulation of pentameric ligand-gated ion channels (pLGICs) are critical for the action of neurotransmitters and many psychoactive drugs. However, details of their modulatory mechanisms remain unclear, especially beyond the orthosteric neurotransmitter-binding sites. The recently reported prokaryotic symbiont of Tevnia jerichonana ligand-gated ion channel (sTeLIC), a pH-gated homologue of eukaryotic receptors in the pLGIC family, is thought to be modulated by aromatic compounds via a relatively uncharacterised modulatory site in the extracellular vestibule. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: We have characterised the effects of psychostimulant derivatives on sTeLIC using two-electrode voltage-clamp electrophysiology in the presence and absence of engineered mutations, and determined X-ray and cryo-EM structures of the channel in both closed and open states. KEY RESULTS: We have shown that sTeLIC is sensitive to potentiation by several amphiphilic compounds, which preferentially bind to a vestibular pocket in the contracted open-state extracellular domain. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: This work provides a detailed structure-function mechanism for allosteric potentiation via a noncanonical ligand site, with potential conservation of the eukaryotic pentameric ligand-gated ion channels. |
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Methods | EM (single particle) / X-ray diffraction |
Resolution | 2.19 - 4.16 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-50030, PDB-9ex4: EMDB-50031, PDB-9ex6: EMDB-50194, PDB-9f5n: EMDB-50195, PDB-9f5o: ![]() PDB-9ewa: ![]() PDB-9ewl: |
Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-BNG: ![]() ChemComp-VMT: ![]() ChemComp-HOH: ![]() PDB-1h7r: ![]() PDB-1h8k: ![]() ChemComp-HEX: ![]() ChemComp-EPE: ![]() ChemComp-D12: ![]() ChemComp-OCT: ![]() ChemComp-C14: ![]() ChemComp-D10: ![]() ChemComp-LMT: |
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![]() | MEMBRANE PROTEIN / Ion channel / TRANSLOCASE / Pentameric ligand-gated ion channel / cys-loop receptor / pLGIC |