ArticleParasites & vectors2017
Multidrug resistance-associated protein 4 is a bile transporter of Clonorchis sinensis simulated by in silico docking.
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- Xenobiotic-Metabolizing Enzymes in Trematodes.Biomedicines · 2022Review
- Structure-based virtual screening and molecular dynamics of potential inhibitors targeting sodium-bile acid co-transporter of carcinogenic liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
- Study of Endogen Substrates, Drug Substrates and Inhibitors Binding Conformations on MRP4 and Its Variants by Molecular Docking and Molecular Dynamics.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Sodium-bile acid co-transporter is crucial for survival of a carcinogenic liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis in the bile.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Clonorchis sinensis secretory protein CsAg17 vaccine induces immune protection.Parasites & vectors · 2020Article
- Characterization of a novel organic solute transporter homologue from Clonorchis sinensis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundMultidrug resistance-associated protein 4 (MRP4) is a member of the C subfamily of the ABC family of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters. MRP4 regulates ATP-dependent efflux of various organic anionic substrates and bile acids out of cells. Since Clonorchis sinensis lives in host's bile duct, accumulation of bile juice can be toxic to the worm's tissues and cells. Therefore, C. sinensis needs bile transporters to reduce accumulation of bile acids within its body.
resultsWe cloned MRP4 (CsMRP4) from C. sinensis and obtained a cDNA encoding an open reading frame of 1469 amino acids. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that CsMRP4 belonged to the MRP/SUR/CFTR subfamily. A tertiary structure of CsMRP4 was generated by homology modeling based on multiple structures of MRP1 and P-glycoprotein. CsMRP4 had two membrane-spanning domains (MSD1 & 2) and two nucleotide-binding domains (NBD1 & 2) as common structural folds. Docking simulation with nine bile acids showed that CsMRP4 transports bile acids through the inner cavity. Moreover, it was found that CsMRP4 mRNA was more abundant in the metacercariae than in the adults. Mouse immune serum, generated against the CsMRP4-NBD1 (24.9 kDa) fragment, localized CsMRP4 mainly in mesenchymal tissues and oral and ventral suckers of the metacercariae and the adults.
conclusionsOur findings shed new light on MRPs and their homologs and provide a platform for further structural and functional investigations on the bile transporters and parasites' survival.
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