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A structural mechanism for directing corepressor-selective inverse agonism of PPARγ

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Brust, Richard, Shang, Jinsai, Fuhrmann, Jakob, Mosure, Sarah A., Bass, Jared, Cano, Andrew, Heidari, Zahra, Chrisman, Ian M. +6 more·2018·Nature Communications

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Small chemical modifications can have significant effects on ligand efficacy and receptor activity, but the underlying structural mechanisms can be difficult to predict from static crystal structures alone. Here we show how a simple phenyl-to-pyridyl substitution between two common covalent orthosteric ligands targeting peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma converts a transcriptionally neutral antagonist (GW9662) into a repressive inverse agonist (T0070907) relative to basal cellular activity. X-ray crystallography, molecular dynamics simulations, and mutagenesis coupled to activity assays reveal a water-mediated hydrogen bond network linking the T0070907 pyridyl group to Arg288 that is essential for corepressor-selective inverse agonism. NMR spectroscopy reveals that PPARγ exchanges between two long-lived conformations when bound to T0070907 but not GW9662, including a conformation that prepopulates a corepressor-bound state, priming PPARγ for high affinity corepressor binding. Our findings demonstrate that ligand engagement of Arg288 may provide routes for developing corepressor-selective repressive PPARγ ligands.

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Brust, R., Shang, J., Fuhrmann, J., Mosure, S. A., Bass, J., Cano, A., Heidari, Z., Chrisman, I. M., Nemetchek, M. D., Blayo, A.-L., Griffin, P. R., Kamenecka, T. M., Hughes, T. S., & Kojetin, D. J.
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  • Scripps Research Institute (US)
  • University of Montana (US)
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Kojetin, Douglas J.
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2018-11-08
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  • National Science Foundation (P20GM103546, 1157490)
  • American Heart Association (16POST27780018)
  • City University of New York
  • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (DMR-1157490, 1157490)
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  • National Institutes of Health (1s10od021832-01)
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  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R00DK103116, R01DK101871, R01DK105825, F32DK108442)
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  • High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • State of Florida
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics
Keywords
PPARγ, inverse agonism, GW9662, T0070907, hydrogen bond network, corepressor binding, ligand efficacy, nuclear receptor structure
MeSH terms
Anilides, Animals, Benzamides, Humans, Hydrogen Bonding, Ligands, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Protein Conformation, Pyridines, Water, Mutagenesis, 3T3-L1 Cells, PPAR gamma, Mice, Drug Inverse Agonism, Co-Repressor Proteins, HEK293 Cells

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