Division of Bioinformatics, Institute of Biochemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center (NHR@FAU), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jan 26;23(3):1420. doi: 10.3390/ijms23031420.
The histamine H receptor (HR) is a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) and represents a main target in the treatment of allergic reactions as well as inflammatory reactions and depressions. Although the overall effect of antagonists on H function has been extensively investigated, rather little is known about the potential modulatory effect of ions or sequence variants on antagonist binding. We investigated the dynamics of a phosphate ion present in the crystal structure and of a sodium ion, for which we determined the position in the allosteric pocket by metadynamics simulations. Both types of ions exhibit significant dynamics within their binding site; however, some key contacts remain stable over the simulation time, which might be exploited to develop more potent drugs targeting these sites. The dynamics of the ions is almost unaffected by the presence or absence of doxepin, as also reflected in their small effect (less than 1 kcal·mol) on doxepin binding affinity. We also examined the effect of four HR sequence variants observed in the human population on doxepin binding. These variants cause a reduction in doxepin affinity of up to 2.5 kcal·mol, indicating that personalized medical treatments that take into account individual mutation patterns could increase precision in the dosage of GPCR-targeting drugs.
组胺 H 受体(HR)是一种 G 蛋白偶联受体(GPCR),是治疗过敏反应、炎症反应和抑郁症的主要靶点。尽管已经广泛研究了拮抗剂对 HR 功能的整体影响,但对于离子或序列变异体对拮抗剂结合的潜在调节作用知之甚少。我们研究了晶体结构中存在的磷酸离子和钠离子的动力学,通过元动力学模拟确定了变构口袋中的位置。这两种类型的离子在其结合位点内都表现出显著的动力学;然而,一些关键的接触在模拟时间内保持稳定,这可能被利用来开发针对这些位点的更有效的药物。离子的动力学几乎不受多塞平的存在与否的影响,这也反映在它们对多塞平结合亲和力的影响很小(小于 1 kcal·mol)。我们还研究了在人类中观察到的四种 HR 序列变异对多塞平结合的影响。这些变体导致多塞平亲和力降低高达 2.5 kcal·mol,表明考虑到个体突变模式的个性化医疗治疗可以提高针对 GPCR 药物的剂量精度。