title: Molecular modelling of the human glucocorticoid receptor (hGR) ligand-binding domain (LBD) by homology with the human estrogen receptor alpha (hERalpha) LBD: quantitative structure-activity relationships within a series of CYP3A4 inducers where induction is mediated via hGR involvement.
abstract: The results of homology modelling of the human glucorticoid receptor (hGR) ligand-binding domain (LBD) based on the ligand-bound domain of the human estrogen receptor alpha (hERalpha) are reported. It is shown that known hGR ligands which induce the human cytochrome P450 enzyme CYP3A4 are able to fit the putative ligand-binding site of the nuclear hormone receptor and form hydrogen bonds with key amino acid residues within the binding pocket. Quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) have been derived for hGR-mediated CYP3A4 induction which involve certain molecular structural and physicochemical properties of the ligand themselves, yielding good correlations (R=0.96-0.98) with fold induction of CYP3A4 known to be mediated via hGR involvement.
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Surrey, Surrey GU2 7XH, Guildford, UK. d.lewis@surrey.co.uk
authors.forename: D F V
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ogg
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Goldfarb
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Gibson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D051544:Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha; D006801:Humans; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008024:Ligands; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D021281:Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013223:Statistics as Topic
chemical_list: D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha; D008024:Ligands; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; C104464:CYP3A protein, human; D051544:Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A; C510163:CYP3A4 protein, human