Isha Singh, Anubha Seth, Christian B Billesbølle, Joao Braz, Ramona M Rodriguiz, Kasturi Roy, Bethlehem Bekele, Veronica Craik, Xi-Ping Huang, Danila Boytsov, Vladimir M Pogorelov, Parnian Lak, Henry O'Donnell, Walter Sandtner, John J Irwin, Bryan L Roth, Allan I Basbaum, William C Wetsel, Aashish Manglik, Brian K Shoichet, Gary Rudnick
The serotonin transporter (SERT) removes synaptic serotonin and is the target of anti-depressant drugs. SERT adopts three conformations: outward-open, occluded, and inward-open. All known inhibitors target the outward-open state except ibogaine, which has unusual anti-depressant and substance-withdrawal effects, and stabilizes the inward-open conformation. Unfortunately, ibogaine's promiscuity and cardiotoxicity limit the understanding of inward-open state ligands. We docked over 200 million small molecules against the inward-open state of the SERT...
May 11, 2023: Cell