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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2013

Physostigmine and galanthamine bind in the presence of agonist at the canonical and noncanonical subunit interfaces of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.

Ayman K Hamouda, Tilia Kimm, Jonathan B Cohen

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ayman K HamoudaDepartment of Neurobiology and PhD Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Tilia Kimm
Jonathan B Cohen
Institute of Neurobiology · BGHarvard University · US

Funding

Synthetic Chemistry CoreP01GM058448 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MILLER, KEITH W · 1999 to 2018
$33.6M
PHD TRAINING IN NEUROSCIENCET32MH020017 · NIMH · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI JOHN ASSAD · 1997 to 2026
$15.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM58448NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM058448NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH020017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Galanthamine and physostigmine are clinically used cholinomimetics that both inhibit acetylcholinesterase and also interact directly with and potentiate nAChRs. As with most nAChR-positive allosteric modulators, the location and number of their binding site(s) within nAChRs are unknown. In this study, we use the intrinsic photoreactivities of [(3)H]physostigmine and [(3)H]galanthamine upon irradiation at 312 nm to directly identify amino acids contributing to their binding sites in the Torpedo californica nAChR. Protein sequencing of fragments isolated from proteolytic digests of [(3)H]physostigmine- or [(3)H]galanthamine-photolabeled nAChR establish that, in the presence of agonist (carbamylcholine), both drugs photolabeled amino acids on the complementary (non-α) surface of the transmitter binding sites (γTyr-111/γTyr-117/δTyr172). They also photolabeled δTyr-212 at the δ-β subunit interface and γTyr-105 in the vestibule of the ion channel, with photolabeling of both residues enhanced in the presence of agonist. Furthermore, [(3)H]physostigmine photolabeling of γTyr-111, γTyr-117, δTyr-212, and γTyr-105 was inhibited in the presence of nonradioactive galanthamine. The locations of the photolabeled amino acids in the nAChR structure and the results of computational docking studies provide evidence that, in the presence of agonist, physostigmine and galanthamine bind to at least three distinct sites in the nAChR extracellular domain: at the α-γ interface (1) in the entry to the transmitter binding site and (2) in the vestibule of the ion channel near the level of the transmitter binding site, and at the δ-β interface (3) in a location equivalent to the benzodiazepine binding site in GABA(A) receptors.

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AlgorithmsAnimalsBinding SitesCholinergic AgonistsCholinesterase InhibitorsChromatography, High Pressure LiquidGalantamineHydrolysisIn Vitro TechniquesIon ChannelsModels, MolecularPeptide HydrolasesPhotochemistryPhysostigminePolymerase Chain ReactionRadioligand AssayCholinergic AgonistsCholinesterase InhibitorsGalantamineIon ChannelsPeptide HydrolasesPhysostigmineReceptors, GABA-AReceptors, Nicotinic

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PMID23303929
PMCPMC3542985
OpenAlexW2006359163

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