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Rinné S, Kiper AK, Vowinkel KS, Ramírez D, Schewe M, Bedoya M, Aser D, Gensler I, Netter MF, Stansfeld PJ, Baukrowitz T, Gonzalez W, Decher N. The molecular basis for an allosteric inhibition of K +-flux gating in K 2P channels. eLife 2019; 8:39476. [PMID: 30803485 PMCID: PMC6391080 DOI: 10.7554/elife.39476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 02/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Two-pore-domain potassium (K2P) channels are key regulators of many physiological and pathophysiological processes and thus emerged as promising drug targets. As for other potassium channels, there is a lack of selective blockers, since drugs preferentially bind to a conserved binding site located in the central cavity. Thus, there is a high medical need to identify novel drug-binding sites outside the conserved lipophilic central cavity and to identify new allosteric mechanisms of channel inhibition. Here, we identified a novel binding site and allosteric inhibition mechanism, disrupting the recently proposed K+-flux gating mechanism of K2P channels, which results in an unusual voltage-dependent block of leak channels belonging to the TASK subfamily. The new binding site and allosteric mechanism of inhibition provide structural and mechanistic insights into the gating of TASK channels and the basis for the drug design of a new class of potent blockers targeting specific types of K2P channels.
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Affiliation(s)
- Susanne Rinné
- Institute for Physiology and Pathophysiology, Vegetative Physiology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
| | - Aytug K Kiper
- Institute for Physiology and Pathophysiology, Vegetative Physiology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
| | - Kirsty S Vowinkel
- Institute for Physiology and Pathophysiology, Vegetative Physiology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
| | - David Ramírez
- Centro de Bioinformática y Simulación Molecular, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile.,Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Talca, Chile
| | - Marcus Schewe
- Institute of Physiology, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
| | - Mauricio Bedoya
- Centro de Bioinformática y Simulación Molecular, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile
| | - Diana Aser
- Institute for Physiology and Pathophysiology, Vegetative Physiology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
| | - Isabella Gensler
- Institute for Physiology and Pathophysiology, Vegetative Physiology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
| | - Michael F Netter
- Institute for Physiology and Pathophysiology, Vegetative Physiology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
| | - Phillip J Stansfeld
- Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biochemistry Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Centro de Bioinformática y Simulación Molecular, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile.,Millennium Nucleus of Ion Channels-Associated Diseases (MiNICAD), Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile
| | - Niels Decher
- Institute for Physiology and Pathophysiology, Vegetative Physiology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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