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Structure and dynamics of neurosteroid binding to the α 1 β 2 γ 2 GABA A receptor.
Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2018 September
Neurosteroids are the principal endogenous modulators of the γ-Aminobutyric acid receptors (GABAA Rs), pentameric membrane-bound proteins that can be assembled from at least 19 subunits. In the most abundant GABAA R arrangement (α1 β2 γ2 ), neurosteroids can potentiate the GABA action as well as produce a direct activation of the channel. The recent crystal structures of neurosteroids bound to α homopentameric GABAA R reveal binding to five equivalent sites. However, these results have been obtained using receptors that are not physiologically relevant, suggesting a need to investigate neurosteroid binding to heteropentameric receptors that exist in the central nervous system. In a previous work, we predicted the neurosteroid binding site by applying molecular modeling methods on the β3 homopentamer. Here we construct a homology model of the transmembrane domain of the heteropentameric α1 β2 γ2 receptor and then, by combining docking and molecular dynamics simulations, we analyzed neurosteroid binding. Results show that the five neurosteroid cavities are conserved in the α1 β2 γ2 receptor and all of them are able to bind neurosteroids. Two different binding modes were detected depending on the identity of the residue at position 241 in the transmembrane helix 1. These theoretical findings provide microscopic insights into neurosteroid binding at the heteropentameric GABAA R. The existence of two classes of sites may be associated with how neurosteroids modulate GABAA R. Our finding would represent the essential first step to reach a comprehensive understanding of how these endogenous molecules regulate the central nervous system.
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