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ArticleCurrent research in structural biology2021

Replacement of heme by soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) activators abolishes heme-nitric oxide/oxygen (H-NOX) domain structural plasticity.

Aikaterini I Argyriou, Garyfallia I Makrynitsa, Georgios Dalkas, Dimitra A Georgopoulou, Konstantinos Salagiannis, Vassiliki Vazoura, Andreas Papapetropoulos, Stavros Topouzis, Georgios A Spyroulias

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Article in Current research in structural biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Aikaterini I ArgyriouDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Patras, GR-26504, Patras, Greece.
Garyfallia I MakrynitsaDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Patras, GR-26504, Patras, Greece.
Georgios DalkasDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Patras, GR-26504, Patras, Greece.
Dimitra A GeorgopoulouDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Patras, GR-26504, Patras, Greece.
Konstantinos SalagiannisLaboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, 26504, Patras, Greece.
Vassiliki VazouraLaboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, 26504, Patras, Greece.
Andreas PapapetropoulosLaboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Stavros TopouzisLaboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, 26504, Patras, Greece.
Georgios A SpyrouliasDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Patras, GR-26504, Patras, Greece.
University of Patras · GRNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

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Abstract

The gasotransmitter nitric oxide (NO) is a critical endogenous regulator of homeostasis, in major part via the generation of cGMP (cyclic guanosine monophosphate) from GTP (guanosine triphosphate) by NO's main physiological receptor, the soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC). sGC is a heterodimer, composed of an α1 and a β1 subunit, of which the latter contains the heme-nitric oxide/oxygen (H-NOX) domain, responsible for NO recognition, binding and signal initiation. The NO/sGC/cGMP axis is dysfunctional in a variety of diseases, including hypertension and heart failure, especially since oxidative stress results in heme oxidation, sGC unresponsiveness to NO and subsequent degradation. As a central player in this axis, sGC is the focus of intense research efforts aiming to develop therapeutic molecules that enhance its activity. A class of drugs named sGC "activators" aim to replace the oxidized heme of the H-NOX domain, thus stabilizing the enzyme and restoring its activity. Although numerous studies outline the pharmacology and binding behavior of these compounds, the static 3D models available so far do not allow a satisfactory understanding of the structural basis of sGC's activation mechanism by these drugs. Herein, application NMR describes different conformational states during the replacement of the heme by a sGC activators. We show that the two sGC activators (BAY 58-2667 and BAY 60-2770) significantly decrease the conformational plasticity of the recombinant H-NOX protein domain of

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BAY 58-2667BAY 60-2770CinaciguatHemeH-NOXSoluble guanylate cyclase (sGC)

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