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ArticleCommunications biology2020

Human TRPC5 structures reveal interaction of a xanthine-based TRPC1/4/5 inhibitor with a conserved lipid binding site.

David J Wright, Katie J Simmons, Rachel M Johnson, David J Beech, Stephen P Muench, Robin S Bon

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Article in Communications biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David J WrightDiscovery and Translational Science Department, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1799-8447
Katie J SimmonsDiscovery and Translational Science Department, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
Rachel M JohnsonAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
David J BeechDiscovery and Translational Science Department, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7683-9422
Stephen P MuenchAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK. s.p.muench@leeds.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-6869-4414
Robin S BonDiscovery and Translational Science Department, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK. r.bon@leeds.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-1733-3680
University of Leeds · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/P020208/1Medical Research Council MC_PC_17165Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 090932/Z/09/ZWellcome Trust 102174/B/13/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

TRPC1/4/5 channels are non-specific cation channels implicated in a wide variety of diseases, and TRPC1/4/5 inhibitors have recently entered clinical trials. However, fundamental and translational studies require a better understanding of TRPC1/4/5 channel regulation by endogenous and exogenous factors. Although several potent and selective TRPC1/4/5 modulators have been reported, the paucity of mechanistic insights into their modes-of-action remains a barrier to the development of new chemical probes and drug candidates. Xanthine-based modulators include the most potent and selective TRPC1/4/5 inhibitors described to date, as well as TRPC5 activators. Our previous studies suggest that xanthines interact with a, so far, elusive pocket of TRPC1/4/5 channels that is essential to channel gating. Here we report the structure of a small-molecule-bound TRPC1/4/5 channel-human TRPC5 in complex with the xanthine Pico145-to 3.0 Å. We found that Pico145 binds to a conserved lipid binding site of TRPC5, where it displaces a bound phospholipid. Our findings explain the mode-of-action of xanthine-based TRPC1/4/5 modulators, and suggest a structural basis for TRPC1/4/5 modulation by endogenous factors such as (phospho)lipids and Zn

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TRPC Cation ChannelsXanthinesHumansLipidsMolecular Docking SimulationProtein BindingRecombinant ProteinsLipidsRecombinant ProteinsTRPC5 protein, humanTRPC Cation ChannelsXanthines

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PMID33230284
PMCPMC7683545
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