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ArticleMarine drugs2019

Blockade of Human α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor by α-Conotoxin ImI Dendrimer: Insight from Computational Simulations.

Xiaoxiao Xu, Jiazhen Liang, Zheyu Zhang, Tao Jiang, Rilei Yu

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Article in Marine drugs, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaoxiao XuKey Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China. 21170831073@stu.ouc.edu.cn.
Jiazhen LiangKey Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China. 11180822010@stu.ouc.edu.cn.
Zheyu ZhangKey Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China. zzy8617@stu.ouc.edu.cn.
Tao JiangKey Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China. jiangtao@ouc.edu.cn.
Rilei YuKey Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China. ryu@ouc.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-6625-2014
Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology · CNOcean University of China · CN

Funding

the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities No. 81502977the grant from National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 41830535the National Laboratory Director Fund QNLM201709
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are ligand-gated ion channels that are involved in fast synaptic transmission and mediated physiological activities in the nervous system. α-Conotoxin ImI exhibits subtype-specific blockade towards homomeric α7 and α9 receptors. In this study, we established a method to build a 2×ImI-dendrimer/h (human) α7 nAChR model, and based on this model, we systematically investigated the molecular interactions between the 2×ImI-dendrimer and hα7 nAChR. Our results suggest that the 2×ImI-dendrimer possessed much stronger potency towards hα7 nAChR than the α-ImI monomer and demonstrated that the linker between α-ImI contributed to the potency of the 2×ImI-dendrimer by forming a stable hydrogen-bond network with hα7 nAChR. Overall, this study provides novel insights into the binding mechanism of α-ImI dendrimer to hα7 nAChR, and the methodology reported here opens an avenue for the design of more selective dendrimers with potential usage as drug/gene carriers, macromolecular drugs, and molecular probes.

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Computer Simulationalpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine ReceptorConotoxinsDendrimersHumansProtein Bindingalpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptoralpha-conotoxin ImIConotoxinsDendrimers2×ImI-dendrimerbinding affinityhα7 nAChRlinkerMMGB/SAmolecular dynamics simulation

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PMID31126085
PMCPMC6563025
OpenAlexW2946197412

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