Cooperative cobinding of synthetic and natural ligands to the nuclear receptor PPARγ

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Abstract

Crystal structures of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) have revealed overlapping binding modes for synthetic and natural/endogenous ligands, indicating competition for the orthosteric pocket. Here we show that cobinding of a synthetic ligand to the orthosteric pocket can push natural and endogenous PPARγ ligands (fatty acids) out of the orthosteric pocket towards an alternate ligand-binding site near the functionally important omega (Ω) loop. X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, all-atom molecular dynamics simulations, and mutagenesis coupled to quantitative biochemical functional and cellular assays reveal that synthetic ligand and fatty acid cobinding can form a 'ligand link' to the Ω loop and synergistically affect the structure and function of PPARγ. These findings contribute to a growing body of evidence indicating ligand binding to nuclear receptors can be more complex than the classical one-for-one orthosteric exchange of a natural or endogenous ligand with a synthetic ligand.

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Crystal structures and diffraction data have been deposited in the PDB under accession codes 5UGM, 6AVI, 6AUG, 6MCZ, 6MD0, 6MD1, 6MD2, and 6MD4.

The following data sets were generated

1. Shang J
2. Kojetin DJ
(2017) Crystal Structure of Human PPARgamma Ligand Binding Domain in Complex with Edaglitazone
Protein Data Bank, 5UGM.

http://www.rcsb.org/structure/5UGM
1. Shang J
2. Kojetin DJ
(2017) Crystal Structure of Human PPARgamma Ligand Binding Domain in Complex with GW9662 and Nonanoic acid
Protein Data Bank, 6AVI.

http://www.rcsb.org/structure/6AVI
1. Shang J
2. Kojetin DJ
(2017) Crystal Structure of Human PPARgamma Ligand Binding Domain in Complex with SR16832
Protein Data Bank, 6AUG.

http://www.rcsb.org/structure/6AUG
1. Shang J
2. Kojetin DJ
(2018) Crystal Structure of Human PPARgamma Ligand Binding Domain in Complex with Arachidonic Acid
Protein Data Bank, 6MCZ.

http://www.rcsb.org/structure/6MCZ
1. Shang J
2. Kojetin DJ
(2018) Crystal Structure of Human PPARgamma Ligand Binding Domain in Complex with Oleic Acid
Protein Data Bank, 6MD0.

http://www.rcsb.org/structure/6MD0
1. Shang J
2. Kojetin DJ
(2018) Crystal Structure of Human PPARgamma Ligand Binding Domain in Complex with GW9662 and Oleic acid
Protein Data Bank, 6MD1.

http://www.rcsb.org/structure/6MD1
1. Shang J
2. Kojetin DJ
(2018) Crystal Structure of Human PPARgamma Ligand Binding Domain in Complex with GW9662 and Arachidonic acid
Protein Data Bank, 6MD2.

http://www.rcsb.org/structure/6MD2
1. Shang J
2. Kojetin DJ
(2018) Crystal Structure of Human PPARgamma Ligand Binding Domain in Complex with Rosiglitazone and Oleic acid
Protein Data Bank, 6MD4.

http://www.rcsb.org/structure/6MD4

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https://www.rcsb.org/structure/4EM9
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https://www.rcsb.org/structure/4EMA
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Jinsai Shang

Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States

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Richard Brust

Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States

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Sarah A Mosure

Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States

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Jared Bass

Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States

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Paola Munoz-Tello

Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States

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Hua Lin

Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States

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Travis S Hughes

Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, University of Montana, Missoula, United States

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Miru Tang

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, United States

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Qingfeng Ge

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, United States

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Theodore M Kamekencka

Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States

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Douglas J Kojetin

Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States

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dkojetin@scripps.edu

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Funding

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK101871)

Douglas J Kojetin

American Heart Association (16- POST27780018)

Richard Brust

National Science Foundation (1659594)

Sarah A Mosure

The Scripps Research Institute

Sarah A Mosure

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R00DK103116)

Travis S Hughes

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (F32DK108442)

Richard Brust

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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