类黄酮可改善 P23H 视紫红质的稳定性和功能,从而减缓小鼠视网膜色素变性的进展。
Flavonoids improve the stability and function of P23H rhodopsin slowing down the progression of retinitis pigmentosa in mice.
机构信息
Department of Pharmacology, Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Structural Bioinformatics and High Performance Computing Research Group (BIO-HPC), UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia, Guadalupe, Spain.
出版信息
J Neurosci Res. 2022 Apr;100(4):1063-1083. doi: 10.1002/jnr.25021. Epub 2022 Feb 15.
The balanced homeostasis of the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), rhodopsin (Rho), is required for vision. Misfolding mutations in Rho cause photoreceptor death, leading to retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and consequently blindness. With no cure currently available, the development of efficient therapy for RP is an urgent need. Pharmacological supplementation with molecular chaperones, including flavonoids, improves stability, folding, and membrane targeting of the RP Rho mutants in vitro. Thus, we hypothesized that flavonoids by binding to P23H Rho and enhancing its conformational stability could mitigate detrimental effects of this mutation on retinal health. In this work, we evaluated the pharmacological potential of two model flavonoids, quercetin and myricetin, by using in silico, in vitro, and in vivo models of P23H Rho. Our computational analysis showed that quercetin could interact within the orthosteric binding pocket of P23H Rho and shift the conformation of its N-terminal loop toward the wild type (WT)-like state. Quercetin added to the NIH-3T3 cells stably expressing P23H Rho increased the stability of this receptor and improved its function. Systemic administration of quercetin to P23H Rho knock-in mice substantially improved retinal morphology and function, which was associated with an increase in levels of Rho and cone opsins. In addition, treatment with quercetin resulted in downregulation of the UPR signaling and oxidative stress-related markers. This study unravels the pharmacological potential of quercetin to slow down the progression of photoreceptor death in Rho-related RP and highlights its prospective as a lead compound to develop a novel therapeutic remedy to counter RP pathology.
G 蛋白偶联受体 (GPCR) 和视紫红质 (Rho) 的平衡内稳性对于视觉至关重要。Rho 中的错误折叠突变会导致光感受器死亡,进而引发视网膜色素变性 (RP),最终导致失明。目前尚无有效的治疗方法,因此迫切需要开发针对 RP 的有效治疗方法。包括类黄酮在内的分子伴侣的药理学补充可以提高 RP Rho 突变体外的稳定性、折叠和膜靶向。因此,我们假设类黄酮通过与 P23H Rho 结合并增强其构象稳定性,可以减轻该突变对视网膜健康的有害影响。在这项工作中,我们使用 P23H Rho 的计算、体外和体内模型来评估两种模型类黄酮(槲皮素和杨梅素)的药理学潜力。我们的计算分析表明,槲皮素可以与 P23H Rho 的正位结合口袋相互作用,并将其 N 端环的构象向 WT 样状态移动。添加到稳定表达 P23H Rho 的 NIH-3T3 细胞中的槲皮素增加了这种受体的稳定性并改善了其功能。槲皮素在 P23H Rho 敲入小鼠中的全身给药大大改善了视网膜形态和功能,这与 Rho 和视锥光感受蛋白水平的增加有关。此外,用槲皮素治疗可下调 UPR 信号和氧化应激相关标志物。这项研究揭示了槲皮素在减缓 Rho 相关 RP 中光感受器死亡进展方面的药理学潜力,并强调了其作为开发新型治疗方法以对抗 RP 病理学的潜在先导化合物的前景。
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