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ArticleComputational and structural biotechnology journal2022

Discrepancy in interactions and conformational dynamics of pregnane X receptor (PXR) bound to an agonist and a novel competitive antagonist.

Azam Rashidian, Enni-Kaisa Mustonen, Thales Kronenberger, Matthias Schwab, Oliver Burk, Stefan A Laufer, Tatu Pantsar

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Article in Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Azam RashidianDepartment of Internal Medicine VIII, University Hospital Tuebingen, Otfried-Müller-Strasse 14, Tuebingen DE 72076, Germany.
Enni-Kaisa MustonenDr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart and University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
Thales KronenbergerDepartment of Internal Medicine VIII, University Hospital Tuebingen, Otfried-Müller-Strasse 14, Tuebingen DE 72076, Germany.
Matthias SchwabDr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart and University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
Oliver BurkDr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart and University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
Stefan A LauferDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tuebingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, Tuebingen 72076, Germany.
Tatu PantsarDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tuebingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, Tuebingen 72076, Germany.
Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology · DEUniversity of Tübingen · DEUniversity of Eastern Finland · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pregnane X receptor (PXR) is a nuclear receptor with an essential role in regulating drug metabolism genes. While the mechanism of action for ligand-mediated PXR agonism is well-examined, its ligand-mediated inhibition or antagonism is poorly understood. Here we employ microsecond timescale all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to investigate how our newly identified dual kinase and PXR inhibitor, compound 100, acts as a competitive PXR antagonist and not as a full agonist. We study the PXR ligand binding domain conformational changes associated with compound 100 and compare the results to the full agonist SR12813, in presence and absence of the coactivator. Furthermore, we complement our research by experimentally disclosing the effect of eight key-residue mutations on PXR activation. Finally, simulations of P2X4 inhibitor (BAY-1797) in complex with PXR, which shares an identical structural moiety with compound 100, provide further insights to ligand-induced PXR behaviour. Our MD data suggests ligand-specific influence on conformations of different PXR-LBD regions, including α6 region, αAF-2, α1-α2', β1'-α3 and β1-β1' loop. Our results provide important insights on conformational behaviour of PXR and offers guidance how to alleviate PXR agonism or to promote PXR antagonism.

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BAY-1797 (PubChem CID: 124125214)Molecular dynamics simulationPregnane X receptorPXR ligand binding domainSR12813 (PubChem CID: 446313)

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PMID35782743
PMCPMC9218138
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