蜘蛛源肽LCTx-F2通过占据酸性口袋来抑制酸敏感离子通道。

Spider-derived peptide LCTx-F2 suppresses ASIC channels by occupying the acidic pocket.

作者信息

Du Canwei, Yuan Fuchu, Zhang Zhongzhe, He Ziyan, Liu Guohao, Hou Wenqian, Deng Meichun, Liu Changjun, Rong Mingqiang

机构信息

School of Life and Health Sciences, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, Hunan, China.

The National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, China.

出版信息

J Biol Chem. 2025 Mar;301(3):108286. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.108286. Epub 2025 Feb 10.

Abstract

Acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) are proton-evoked sodium ion channels, highly distributed in the peripheral and central nervous system. ASICs are involved in pain perception, and ASIC3 channel is presumed as the target of promising analgesics. Peptide drugs have attracted the attention of pharmaceutical developers because of their advantages such as low toxic side effects and targeted specificity. Although numbers of chemicals acting on ASICs are emerging, there are limited reports on peptide inhibitor acting on ASIC3 channel. Here, we found that spider-derived peptide LCTx-F2 suppressed the activity of ASIC3 channel in a concentration-dependent manner. By performing peptide mutation and molecular docking, we revealed the molecular mechanism of LCTx-F2 inhibiting ASIC3 channel, in which β-hairpin of LCTx-F2 penetrated the acidic pocket of the channel. Similarly, LCTx-F2 also inhibited ASIC1a channel by occupying the acidic pocket, but N terminus of the peptide sticked into the region. The bond relationship between critical residues of LCTx-F2 and the channels was uncovered by molecular docking and dynamic simulation. Thus, our findings indicated the molecular mechanism by which LCTx-F2 acts on ASIC3 and ASIC1a channels and provided a novel template of analgesic drug targeting the channels.

摘要

酸敏感离子通道(ASICs)是质子诱发的钠离子通道,高度分布于外周和中枢神经系统。ASICs参与痛觉感知,ASIC3通道被认为是有前景的镇痛药的作用靶点。肽类药物因其低毒副作用和靶向特异性等优点而吸引了药物开发者的关注。尽管作用于ASICs的化学物质不断涌现,但关于作用于ASIC3通道的肽类抑制剂的报道却很有限。在此,我们发现蜘蛛源肽LCTx-F2以浓度依赖性方式抑制ASIC3通道的活性。通过进行肽突变和分子对接,我们揭示了LCTx-F2抑制ASIC3通道的分子机制,即LCTx-F2的β-发夹结构穿透通道的酸性口袋。同样,LCTx-F2也通过占据酸性口袋抑制ASIC1a通道,但肽的N端插入该区域。通过分子对接和动力学模拟揭示了LCTx-F2关键残基与通道之间的键合关系。因此,我们的研究结果表明了LCTx-F2作用于ASIC3和ASIC1a通道的分子机制,并提供了一种靶向这些通道的新型镇痛药模板。

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