Ligand with Two Modes of Interaction with the Dopamine D2 Receptor-An Induced-Fit Mechanism of Insurmountable Antagonism

Date

2020-09-15

Authors

Agren, Richard
Zeberg, Hugo
Stepniewski, Tomasz Maciej
Free, R. Benjamin
Reilly, Sean W.
Luedtke, Robert R.
Arhem, Peter
Ciruela, Francisco
Sibley, David R.
Mach, Robert H.

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0000-0001-8469-2371 (Luedtke, Robert R.)

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ACS Publications

Abstract

A solid understanding of the mechanisms governing ligand binding is crucial for rational design of therapeutics targeting the dopamine D2 receptor (D2R). Here, we use G protein-coupled inward rectifier potassium (GIRK) channel activation in Xenopus oocytes to measure the kinetics of D2R antagonism by a series of aripiprazole analogues, as well as the recovery of dopamine (DA) responsivity upon washout. The aripiprazole analogues comprise an orthosteric and a secondary pharmacophore and differ by the length of the saturated carbon linker joining these two pharmacophores. Two compounds containing 3- and 5-carbon linkers allowed for a similar extent of recovery from antagonism in the presence of 1 or 100 muM DA (>25 and >90% of control, respectively), whereas recovery was less prominent ( approximately 20%) upon washout of the 4-carbon linker compound, SV-III-130, both with 1 and 100 muM DA. Prolonging the coincubation time with SV-III-130 further diminished recovery. Curve-shift experiments were consistent with competition between SV-III-130 and DA. Two mutations in the secondary binding pocket (V91A and E95A) of D2R decreased antagonistic potency and increased recovery from SV-III-130 antagonism, whereas a third mutation (L94A) only increased recovery. Our results suggest that the secondary binding pocket influences recovery from inhibition by the studied aripiprazole analogues. We propose a mechanism, supported by in silico modeling, whereby SV-III-130 initially binds reversibly to the D2R, after which the drug-receptor complex undergoes a slow transition to a second ligand-bound state, which is dependent on secondary binding pocket integrity and irreversible during the time frame of our experiments.

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Ågren, R., Zeberg, H., St?pniewski, T. M., Free, R. B., Reilly, S. W., Luedtke, R. R., Århem, P., Ciruela, F., Sibley, D. R., Mach, R. H., Selent, J., Nilsson, J., & Sahlholm, K. (2020). Ligand with Two Modes of Interaction with the Dopamine D2 Receptor-An Induced-Fit Mechanism of Insurmountable Antagonism. ACS chemical neuroscience, 11(19), 3130-3143. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00477