title: Nuclear receptor engineering based on novel structure activity relationships revealed by farnesyl pyrophosphate.
abstract: Nuclear receptors (NRs) comprise the second largest protein family targeted by currently available drugs, acting via specific ligand interactions within the ligand binding domain (LBD). Recently, farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP) was shown to be a unique promiscuous NR ligand, activating a subset of NR family members and inhibiting wound healing in skin. The current study aimed at visualizing the unique basis of FPP interaction with multiple receptors in order to identify general structure-activity relationships that operate across the NR family. Docking of FPP to the 3D structures of the LBDs of a diverse set of NRs consistently revealed an electrostatic FPP pyrophosphate contact with an NR arginine conserved in the NR family, a hydrophobic farnesyl contact with NR helix-12 and a ligand binding pocket volume between 300 and 430 Å(3) as the minimal requirements for FPP activation of any NR. Lack of any of these structural features appears to render a given NR resistant to FPP activation. We used these structure-activity relationships to rationally design and successfully engineer several mutant human estrogen receptors that retain responsiveness to estradiol but no longer respond to FPP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Ritu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goyanka
authors.forename: Sharmistha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Herbert H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Samuels
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cardozo
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D015195:Drug Design; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009154:Mutation; D011106:Polyisoprenyl Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D011106:Polyisoprenyl Phosphates; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; C004808:farnesyl pyrophosphate
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