利用纳米荧光素酶快速预测G蛋白偶联受体结构
Rapid prediction of G protein-coupled receptor structures using nanoluciferase assay
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摘要: 本文以β2-肾上腺素能受体(beta-2 adrenergic receptor, β2-AR)、5-羟色胺(5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT)、血管紧张素Ⅱ-1型受体(angiotensin Ⅱ type 1 receptor, AT1R) 为例, 建立可快速预测G蛋白偶联受体(G protein-coupled receptors, GPCRs) N端、C端、胞内环、胞外环、跨膜(transmembrane, TM) 区氨基酸起始位置的方法, 并通过此方法预测Mas相关基因G蛋白偶联受体X3 (Mas-related G protein-coupled receptors X3, MRGPRX3) 的结构。具体操作为利用不依赖序列和连接的克隆方法(sequence and ligation-independent cloning, Slic) 将纳米荧光素酶(nanoluciferase, NLuc) 插入GPCRs的不同位点, 在同一受体表达水平相同的条件下, 检测NLuc插入GPCRs不同位点对于发光值的影响。结果显示, 当NLuc插入GPCRs不同位点时, 检测到的NLuc发光值不同。当NLuc插入N端、C端、胞内环、胞外环等柔性区域时, 发光值在100万以上; 插入TM区域(刚性区域) 时, 发光值在10万以下, 甚至在1万以下; 插在柔性区域与刚性区域的交界处时, 发光值在10万~50万之间, 一般在10万左右。本研究建立了一种可快速确定GPCRs结构的生化方法, 并用此方法成功预测MRGPRX3的结构。此方法能够为配体的虚拟筛选提供有效信息, 为结构药理学提供一定的实验依据。Abstract: Using beta-2 adrenergic receptor, 5-hydroxytryptamine and angiotensin Ⅱtype 1 receptor as control, we here established a method for rapid prediction of the initial position amino acids of N-terminal, C-terminal, intracellular loops, extracellular loops and transmembrane (TM) regions in G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), and successfully predicted the structure of Mas-related G protein-coupled receptors X3 (MRGPRX3). To achieve this purpose, nanoluciferase (Nluc) was inserted into the different sites of these GPCRs′ sequence by sequence and ligation-independent cloning (SLIC) method, and the luminescence value were measured to distinguish the different parts of GPCRs. The results showed that luminescence values of NLuc luciferase at TM region were less than 100 000, and the values were higher than 1 000 000 at N terminal, C terminal, or extracellular loops and intracellular loops, and the values were between 100 000 and 500 000 at junction. The predicted MRGPRX3 structure was analyzed in detail and was compared with AlphaFold predicted structure. In conclusion, this method could provide useful information of GPCR structure model for the ligand virtual screening, and could provide certain experimental basis for structural pharmacology.
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