Chemical Synthesis of MT1 and MT7 Muscarinic Toxins: Critical Role of Arg-34 in Their Interaction with M1 Muscarinic Receptor
Two muscarinic toxins, MT1 and MT7, were obtained by one-step solid-phase synthesis using the 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl-based method. The synthetic and natural toxins, isolated from the snake venom or recombinantly expressed, display identical physicochemical properties and pharmacological profiles...
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Published in | Molecular pharmacology Vol. 63; no. 1; pp. 26 - 35 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
01.01.2003
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Summary: | Two muscarinic toxins, MT1 and MT7, were obtained by one-step solid-phase synthesis using the 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl-based
method. The synthetic and natural toxins, isolated from the snake venom or recombinantly expressed, display identical physicochemical
properties and pharmacological profiles. High protein recovery allowed us to specify the selectivity of these toxins for various
muscarinic receptor subtypes. Thus, sMT7 has a selectivity for the M 1 receptor that is at least 20,000 times that for the other subtypes. The stability of the toxin-receptor complexes indicates
that sMT1 interacts reversibly with the M 1 receptor, unlike sMT7, which binds it quasi-irreversibly. The effect of the synthetic toxins on the atropine-induced [ 3 H] N -methylscopolamine (NMS) dissociation confirms that sMT7 targets the allosteric site on the M 1 receptor, whereas sMT1 seems interact on the orthosteric one. The great decreases in the binding potencies observed after
the R34A modification in sMT1 and sMT7 toxins highlight the functional role of this conserved residue in their interactions
with the M 1 receptor. Interestingly, after the R34A modification, the sMT7 toxin binds reversibly on the M 1 receptor. Furthermore, the potency of sMT7-R34A for the NMS-occupied receptor is lower compared with unmodified toxin, supporting
the role of this residue in the allosteric interaction of sMT7. All these results and the different charge distributions observed
at the two toxin surfaces of their structure models support the hypothesis that the two toxins recognize the M 1 receptor differently. |
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ISSN: | 0026-895X 1521-0111 |
DOI: | 10.1124/mol.63.1.26 |