Jaremko Mariusz, Jaremko Łukasz, Giller Karin, Becker Stefan, Zweckstetter Markus
Department for NMR-Based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen (Germany).
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 37077 Göttingen (Germany).
Chembiochem. 2015 Jul 6;16(10):1483-9. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201500217. Epub 2015 Jun 10.
Ligands of the transmembrane protein TSPO are used for imaging of brain inflammation, but a common polymorphism in TSPO complicates their application to humans. Here we determined the three-dimensional structure and side-chain dynamics of the A147T polymorph of mammalian TSPO in complex with the first-generation ligand PK11195. We show that A147T TSPO is able to retain the same structural and dynamic profile as the wild-type protein and thus binds PK11195 with comparable affinity. Our study is important for the design of more potent diagnostic and therapeutic ligands of TSPO.
跨膜蛋白TSPO的配体用于脑部炎症成像,但TSPO中一种常见的多态性使其在人类中的应用变得复杂。在这里,我们确定了与第一代配体PK11195结合的哺乳动物TSPO的A147T多态性的三维结构和侧链动力学。我们表明,A147T TSPO能够保留与野生型蛋白相同的结构和动力学特征,因此以相当的亲和力结合PK11195。我们的研究对于设计更有效的TSPO诊断和治疗配体具有重要意义。