title: Site-specific basicities regulate molecular recognition in receptor binding: in silico docking of thyroid hormones.
abstract: Interactions between thyroid hormone α and β receptors and the eight protonation microspecies of each of the main thyroid hormones (thyroxine, liothyronine, and reverse liothyronine) were investigated and quantitated by molecular modeling. Flexible docking of the various protonation forms of thyroid hormones and high-affinity thyromimetics to the two thyroid receptors was carried out. In this method the role of the ionization state of each basic site could be studied in the composite process of molecular recognition. Our results quantitate at the molecular level how the ionization state and the charge distribution influence the protein binding. The anionic form of the carboxyl group (i.e., carboxylate site) is essential for protein binding, whereas the protonated form of amino group worsens the binding. The protonation state of the phenolate plays a less important role in the receptor affinity; its protonation, however, alters the electron density and the concomitant stacking propensity of the aromatic rings, resulting in a different binding score. The combined results of docking and microspeciation studies show that microspecies with the highest concentration at the pH of blood are not the strongest binding ones. The calculated binding free energy values can be well interpreted in terms of the interactions between the actual sites of the microspecies and the receptor amino acids. Our docking results were validated and compared with biological data from the literature. Since the thyroid hormone receptors influence several physiologic functions, such as metabolic rate, cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and heart frequency, our binding results provide a molecular basis for drug design and development in related therapeutic indications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Semmelweis University, Research Group of Drugs of Abuse and Doping Agents, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hőgyes Endre U. 9, Budapest 1092, Hungary.
authors.forename: Gergő
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tóth
authors.forename: Ferenc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Baska
authors.forename: András
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schretner
authors.forename: Akos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rácz
authors.forename: Béla
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Noszál
mesh_terms: D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D062105:Molecular Docking Simulation; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011988:Receptors, Thyroid Hormone / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011988:Receptors, Thyroid Hormone; D013963:Thyroid Hormones
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