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The unconventional activation of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4R by diverse ligands.

ABSTRACT: Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) respond to the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and play important roles in human nervous system. Muscarinic receptor 4 (M4R) is a promising drug target for treating neurological and mental disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia. However, the lack of understanding on M4R's activation by subtype selective agonists hinders its therapeutic applications. Here, we report the structural characterization of M4R selective allosteric agonist, compound-110, as well as agonist iperoxo and positive allosteric modulator LY2119620. Our cryo-electron microscopy structures of compound-110, iperoxo or iperoxo-LY2119620 bound M4R-G_i complex reveal their different interaction modes and activation mechanisms of M4R, and the M4R-ip-LY-G_i structure validates the cooperativity between iperoxo and LY2119620 on M4R. Through the comparative structural and pharmacological analysis, compound-110 mostly occupies the allosteric binding pocket with vertical binding pose. Such a binding and activation mode facilitates its allostersic selectivity and agonist profile. In addition, in our schizophrenia-mimic mouse model study, compound-110 shows antipsychotic activity with low extrapyramidal side effects. Thus, this study provides structural insights to develop next-generation antipsychotic drugs selectively targeting on mAChRs subtypes.

SUBMITTER: Wang J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9126879 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The unconventional activation of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4R by diverse ligands.

Wang Jingjing J Wu Meng M Chen Zhangcheng Z Wu Lijie L Wang Tian T Cao Dongmei D Wang Huan H Liu Shenhui S Xu Yueming Y Li Fei F Liu Junlin J Chen Na N Zhao Suwen S Cheng Jianjun J Wang Sheng S Hua Tian T

Nature communications 20220523 1

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) respond to the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and play important roles in human nervous system. Muscarinic receptor 4 (M4R) is a promising drug target for treating neurological and mental disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia. However, the lack of understanding on M4R's activation by subtype selective agonists hinders its therapeutic applications. Here, we report the structural characterization of M4R selective allosteric agonist, co ...[more]

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Project description:Background and objectiveMuscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) are 7-transmembrane, G protein-coupled receptors that regulate a variety of physiological processes and represent potentially important targets for therapeutic intervention. mAChRs can be stimulated by full and partial orthosteric and allosteric agonists, however the relative abilities of such ligands to induce conformational changes in the receptor remain unclear. To gain further insight into the actions of mAChR agonists, we have developed a fluorescently tagged M(1) mAChR that reports ligand-induced conformational changes in real-time by changes in Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET).MethodsVariants of CFP and YFP were inserted into the third intracellular loop and at the end of the C-terminus of the mouse M(1) mAChR, respectively. The optimized FRET receptor construct (M(1)-cam5) was expressed stably in HEK293 cells.ResultsThe variant CFP/YFP-receptor chimera expressed predominantly at the plasma membrane of HEK293 cells and displayed ligand-binding affinities comparable with those of the wild-type receptor. It also retained an ability to interact with G?(q/11) proteins and to stimulate phosphoinositide turnover, ERK1/2 phosphorylation and undergo agonist-dependent internalization. Addition of the full agonist methacholine caused a reversible decrease in M(1) FRET (F(EYFP)/F(ECFP)) that was prevented by atropine pre-addition and showed concentration-dependent amplitude and kinetics. Partial orthosteric agonists, arecoline and pilocarpine, as well as allosteric agonists, AC-42 and 77-LH-28-1, also caused atropine-sensitive decreases in the FRET signal, which were smaller in amplitude and significantly slower in onset compared to those evoked by methacholine.ConclusionThe M(1) FRET-based receptor chimera reports that allosteric and orthosteric agonists induce similar conformational changes in the third intracellular loop and/or C-terminus, and should prove to be a valuable molecular reagent for pharmacological and structural investigations of M(1) mAChR activation.

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The unconventional activation of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4R by diverse ligands.

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The unconventional activation of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4R by diverse ligands.

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