Introduction of a single carboxylic acid converts the cyclic oligomeric depsipeptide ent-verticilide from a ryanodine receptor 2 (RyR2) inhibitor to RyR2 activator.

ABSTRACT: Cyclic oligomeric depsipeptides represent a distinct structural class of naturally occurring compounds known for their wide-ranging biological activities. We previously reported that the unnatural form of verticilide (ent-verticilide) inhibits cardiac ryanodine receptor 2 (RyR2) and exhibits antiarrhythmic effects in mice, but its mechanism of action on the RyR2 channel is not known. Here, we collected single-channel recordings in artificial lipid bilayers to elucidate the mechanism of RyR2 modulation by ent-verticilide and its polar side chain analog activert. ent-Verticilide reduced RyR2 activity by increasing the RyR2 mean closed time without changing the RyR2 mean open time, suggesting that ent-verticilide functions as a closed-channel stabilizer. ent-Verticilide exhibited partial inhi

SUBMITTER: Do TQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12799544 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature