Structural Mapping of Adenosine Receptor Mutations: Ligand Binding and Signaling Mechanisms

Willem Jespers, Anke C Schiedel, Laura H Heitman, Robert M Cooke, Lisa Kleene, Gerard J P van Westen, David E Gloriam, Christa E Müller, Eddy Sotelo, Hugo Gutiérrez-de-Terán

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    Abstract

    The four adenosine receptors (ARs), A1, A2A, A2B, and A3, constitute a subfamily of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) with exceptional foundations for structure-based ligand design. The vast amount of mutagenesis data, accumulated in the literature since the 1990s, has been recently supplemented with structural information, currently consisting of several inactive and active structures of the A2A and inactive conformations of the A1 ARs. We provide the first integrated view of the pharmacological, biochemical, and structural data available for this receptor family, by mapping onto the relevant crystal structures all site-directed mutagenesis data, curated and deposited at the GPCR database (available through http://www.gpcrdb.org). This analysis provides novel insights into ligand binding, allosteric modulation, and signaling of the AR family. Recent technological advances in membrane protein crystallization have resulted in a nearly exponential increase of available receptor structures. The AR family is an important example in this respect. Crystal structures of antagonist- and agonist-bound adenosine A2A receptor have recently been supplemented by a fully activated conformation in complex with a G-protein mimic, and by antagonist bound structures of the A1 receptor. SDM experiments have been essential to identify residues involved in molecular interactions between ARs and their ligands. Leveraging on recent crystal structures, this vast amount of data can now be systematically classified and interconnected with chemical and structural information of ligands and receptors. The mapping of mutational data onto crystal structures provides new understanding of molecular interactions involved in ligand recognition. Together with computational modeling, this can be used as a roadmap to create novel hypotheses and assist in the design of more systematic mutagenesis studies to answer remaining structural and functional questions.

    Original languageEnglish
    JournalTrends in Pharmacological Sciences
    Volume39
    Issue number1
    Pages (from-to)75-89
    ISSN0165-6147
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2018

    Keywords

    • Journal Article
    • Review

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