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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2017

Structural basis for specific ligation of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor δ.

Chyuan-Chuan Wu, Thomas J Baiga, Michael Downes, James J La Clair, Annette R Atkins, Stephane B Richard, Weiwei Fan, Theresa A Stockley-Noel, Marianne E Bowman, Joseph P Noel and 1 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chyuan-Chuan WuHoward Hughes Medical Institute, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Thomas J BaigaHoward Hughes Medical Institute, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Michael DownesGene Expression Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037.
James J La ClairHoward Hughes Medical Institute, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Annette R AtkinsGene Expression Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Stephane B RichardHoward Hughes Medical Institute, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Weiwei FanGene Expression Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Theresa A Stockley-NoelHoward Hughes Medical Institute, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Marianne E BowmanHoward Hughes Medical Institute, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Joseph P NoelHoward Hughes Medical Institute, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037; evans@salk.edu noel@salk.edu.
Ronald M EvansHoward Hughes Medical Institute, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037; evans@salk.edu noel@salk.edu.
Salk Institute for Biological Studies · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

Viral Vector Core (VVC)P30CA014195 · NCI · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI Ye Zheng · 1985 to 2026
$82.8M
Yeast Genetics and Stress Response Genes-BiomedicalP42ES010337 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI TUKEY, ROBERT H · 2000 to 2022
$69.8M
Transcriptional GenomicsP01HL088093 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI WITZTUM, JOSEPH L. · 2008 to 2018
$26.4M
HORMONAL REGULATION OF MAMMALIAN GENE EXPRESSIONR37DK057978 · NIDDK · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI EVANS, RONALD M · 2000 to 2019
$16.0M
Spatial Regulation of Developmental Gene ExpressionR01HL105278 · NHLBI · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI EVANS, RONALD M · 2011 to 2019
$4.0M
Hormonal Regulation of Mammalian Gene ExpressionR01DK057978 · NIDDK · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI EVANS, RONALD M · 2021 to 2024
$2.6M
Molecular Mechanisms of Inflammation, Steatosis and Hepatic Insulin ResistanceR24DK090962 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI OLEFSKY, JERROLD MICHAEL · 2010 to 2011
$1.5M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS P30 CA014195NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL088093NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL105278NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK057978NIDDK NIH HHS R24 DK090962NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK057978NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES010337
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) family comprises three subtypes: PPARα, PPARγ, and PPARδ. PPARδ transcriptionally modulates lipid metabolism and the control of energy homeostasis; therefore, PPARδ agonists are promising agents for treating a variety of metabolic disorders. In the present study, we develop a panel of rationally designed PPARδ agonists. The modular motif affords efficient syntheses using building blocks optimized for interactions with subtype-specific residues in the PPARδ ligand-binding domain (LBD). A combination of atomic-resolution protein X-ray crystallographic structures, ligand-dependent LBD stabilization assays, and cell-based transactivation measurements delineate structure-activity relationships (SARs) for PPARδ-selective targeting and structural modulation. We identify key ligand-induced conformational transitions of a conserved tryptophan side chain in the LBD that trigger reorganization of the H2'-H3 surface segment of PPARδ. The subtype-specific conservation of H2'-H3 sequences suggests that this architectural remodeling constitutes a previously unrecognized conformational switch accompanying ligand-dependent PPARδ transcriptional regulation.

Indexed as

Binding SitesCrystallography, X-RayHumansLigandsModels, MolecularPPAR deltaProtein Structure, TertiaryLigandsPPAR deltacation–π interactiondrug discoverynuclear receptorsperoxisome proliferator-activated receptorstructure-based design

Identifiers

PMID28320959
PMCPMC5380080
OpenAlexW2599663184

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