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A Kinetic Fluorescence-based Ca2+ Mobilization Assay to Identify G Protein-coupled Receptor Agonists, Antagonists, and Allosteric Modulators
Published on: February 20, 2018
Identifying new liver X receptor alpha modulators and distinguishing between agonists and antagonists by crystal
Jia-Hau Lee1,2, Chien-Fu Huang3, Yi-Jing Chuang1
1Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Abstract:
Background: Modulators of LXRα are of high pharmacological interest as LXRα regulates fatty acid metabolism, inflammatory processes and cancer. We aim to identify new LXRα modulators and to recognize a distinguishable feature of agonists. Results&methodology: The ligand self-dock and largest-cavity-size searching purposely located two appropriate ligand-binding sites to reach the two aims. One is identifying the new modulators from Maybridge library. 20 new compounds are confirmed by the in vitro reporter gene assay. The other is denoting an agonist by at least one best docking pose having one hydrogen bond to LXRα Helix12 His421. Conclusion: Based on the quality x-ray binding pocket, we can identify new LXRα modulators and distinguish between agonists and antagonists by molecular docking.
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