Structure of the GABA-A Receptor Binding Sites

GABA-A 受体结合位点的结构

• 批准号: 8373037
• 负责人: CYNTHIA M CZAJKOWSKI
• 金额: $ 51.2万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-12-01 至 2017-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8373037
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Chemical signaling in the brain relies on rapid opening and closing of ligand-gated ion channels (LGICs) in the membranes of nerve cells. Members of the pentameric LGIC superfamily include nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR), serotonin-type-3 receptors (5HT3R), gamma-amino butyric acid type A receptors (GABAAR) and glycine receptors. Defects in these channels lead to a variety of neurological diseases and psychiatric disorders and a number of therapeutic drugs, including muscle relaxants, sedative-hypnotics, anti- convulsants, anxiolytics, intravenous and volatile anesthetics, anti-emetics, drugs for nicotine addiction and drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease target these channels. For these receptors, binding of neurotransmitter in the extracellular ligand-binding domain triggers opening of an intrinsic ion channel more than 50¿ away in the transmembrane domain of the receptor. Although we know a fair amount about the structure of these receptors, the mechanisms by which the binding of neurotransmitter triggers channel opening are still under debate and our understanding of the protein motions underlying this process limited. The general plan of this proposal is to investigate the binding-to-gating motions in the prokaryotic pLGIC homologs from Gloeobacter violaceus (GLIC) using site-directed spin labels and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy (SDSL- EPR) and to test these motions in the GABAAR using an array of biochemical and electrophysiological approaches including voltage clamping, mutant cycle analysis, cysteine cross-linking, disulfide trapping and structural modeling. We will focus on three key regions: the extracellular binding domain (EBD), the gating interface and the transmembrane channel domain (TCD). These studies will build on our previous work and will provide new insights into how neurotransmitters activate pLGICs and how allosteric drugs modulate their activity. A deeper understanding of how these channels work at a molecular level will improve our ability to predict the actions of drugs and ligands that act on these channels, design safer and more effective drugs, develop better therapeutic strategies, and understand the etiology of disease-causing mutations.

描述（由申请人提供）：大脑中的化学信号传导依赖于神经细胞膜中配体门控离子通道（LGIC）的快速打开和关闭。五聚体LGIC超家族的成员包括烟碱乙酰胆碱受体（nAChR）、烟碱酸3型受体（5 HT 3R）、γ-氨基丁酸A型受体（GABAAR）和甘氨酸受体。这些通道的缺陷导致多种神经疾病和精神障碍，并且许多治疗药物，包括肌肉松弛剂、镇静催眠药、抗惊厥药、抗焦虑药、静脉内和挥发性麻醉药、止吐药、尼古丁成瘾药物和治疗阿尔茨海默病的药物靶向这些通道。对于这些受体，神经递质在胞外配体结合域的结合触发了受体跨膜域中超过50？的内在离子通道的开放。虽然我们对这些受体的结构有相当多的了解，但神经递质的结合触发通道开放的机制仍然存在争议，我们对这一过程背后的蛋白质运动的理解有限。本论文的主要工作是利用自旋标记技术和电子顺磁共振技术研究从Gloeeteliumviolaceus（GLIC）中提取的pLGIC同源物的结合-门控运动（SDSL-EPR），并使用一系列生物化学和电生理学方法，包括电压钳位，突变周期分析，半胱氨酸交联，二硫化物捕获和结构建模。我们将集中在三个关键区域：胞外结合结构域（EBD），门控接口和跨膜通道结构域（TCD）。这些研究将建立在我们以前的工作基础上，并将为神经递质如何激活pLGIC以及变构药物如何调节其活性提供新的见解。更深入地了解这些通道在分子水平上如何工作，将提高我们预测作用于这些通道的药物和配体的作用的能力，设计更安全，更有效的药物，开发更好的治疗策略，并了解致病突变的病因。