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© Structural Dynamics Of Macromolecules
The structure of a bacterial analog of the nicotinic receptor (one color per subunit) inserted into the cell membrane (grey and orange). A representation of the volume accessible to ions is shown in yellow.
Publication : Structure (London, England : 1993)

Sites of Anesthetic Inhibitory Action on a Cationic Ligand-Gated Ion Channel

Scientific Fields
Diseases
Organisms
Applications
Technique

Published in Structure (London, England : 1993) - 24 Mar 2016

Laurent B, Murail S, Shahsavar A, Sauguet L, Delarue M, Baaden M

Link to Pubmed [PMID] – 27021161

Link to HAL – Click here

Link to DOI – 10.1016/j.str.2016.02.014

Structure 2016 Apr;24(4):595-605

Pentameric ligand-gated ion channels have been identified as the principal target of general anesthetics (GA), whose molecular mechanism of action remains poorly understood. Bacterial homologs, such as the Gloeobacter violaceus receptor (GLIC), have been shown to be valid functional models of GA action. The GA bromoform inhibits GLIC at submillimolar concentration. We characterize bromoform binding by crystallography and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. GLIC’s open form structure identified three intra-subunit binding sites. We crystallized the locally closed form with an additional bromoform molecule in the channel pore. We systematically compare binding with the multiple potential sites of allosteric channel regulation in the open, locally closed, and resting forms. MD simulations reveal differential exchange pathways between sites from one form to the other. GAs predominantly access the receptor from the lipid bilayer in all cases. Differential binding affinity among the channel forms is observed; the pore site markedly stabilizes the inactive versus active state.