Marine Macrocyclic Imines, Pinnatoxins A and G: Structural Determinants and Functional Properties to Distinguish Neuronal alpha 7 from Muscle alpha 1(2)beta gamma delta nAChRs
CA 93106 USA;
Lab Architecture & Fonct Macromol Biol;
CA 92093 USA;
Inst Neurosci Paris Saclay;
CEA;
F-91190 Gif Sur Yvette;
F-13288 Marseille 9;
Serv Ingn Mol Prot;
Univ Calif San Diego;
IBiTecS;
F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette;
Aix Marseille Univ;
Dept Chem & Biochem;
CNRS;
La Jolla;
Univ Calif Santa Barbara;
France;
Skaggs Sch Pharm & Pharmaceut Sci;
Dept Pharmacol;
Santa Barbara;
期刊名称:
Structure
i s s n:
0969-2126
年卷期:
2015 年
23 卷
6 期
页 码:
1106-1115
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摘 要:
Pinnatoxins are macrocyclic imine phycotoxins associated with algal blooms and shellfish toxicity. Functional analysis of pinnatoxin A and pinnatoxin G by binding and voltage-clamp electrophysiology on membrane-embedded neuronal alpha 7, alpha 4 beta 2, alpha 3 beta 2, and muscle-type alpha 1(2)beta gamma delta nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) reveals high-affinity binding and potent antagonism for the alpha 7 and alpha 1(2)beta gamma delta subtypes. The toxins also bind to the nAChR surrogate, acetylcholine-binding protein (AChBP), with low K-d values reflecting slow dissociation. Crystal structures of pinnatoxin-AChBP complexes (1.9-2.2 angstrom resolution) show the multiple anchoring points of the hydrophobic portion, the cyclic imine, and the substituted bis-spiroketal and cyclohexene ring systems of the pinnatoxins that dictate tight binding between the opposing loops C and F at the receptor subunit interface, as observed for the 13-desmethyl-spirolide C and gymnodimine A congeners. Uniquely, however, the bulky bridged EF-ketal ring specific to the pinnatoxins extends radially from the interfacial-binding pocket to interact with the sequence-variable loop F and govern nAChR subtype selectivity and central neurotoxicity.