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Bases estructurales para la inhibición de modo dual del transportador ABC MsbA
Hoangdung Ho1, Anh Miu2, Mary Kate Alexander3
1Structural Biology, Genentech Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA.
Nature
|May 4, 2018
Resumen
Los investigadores descubrieron cómo una pequeña molécula, G907, inhibe la MsbA, un transportador esencial en las bacterias Gram negativas. Este hallazgo revela un nuevo mecanismo para modular los transportadores de unión de ATP y diseñar nuevos antibióticos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología estructural
- Microbiología
- Farmacología
Sus antecedentes:
- El transporte del núcleo lipopolisacárido a través de la membrana interna de las bacterias Gram negativas es crucial y está mediado por el transportador de la cassette de unión al ATP (ABC) MsbA.
- Si bien las estructuras de MsbA ofrecen información sobre el transporte de lípidos, la comprensión de su modulación farmacológica es limitada.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para aclarar la base estructural de la inhibición de MsbA por el antagonista de molécula pequeña G907.
- Para revelar nuevos mecanismos de antagonismo del transportador ABC para el desarrollo terapéutico.
Principales métodos:
- Se ha determinado la estructura de resolución de 2,9 Å de MsbA en complejo con G907.
- Se utilizó el análisis estructural para identificar el sitio de unión y los cambios conformacionales inducidos por G907.
Principales resultados:
- G907 atrapa a MsbA en una conformación orientada hacia adentro, ligada a los lipopolisacáridos al unirse a una bolsa transmembrana conservada.
- G907 induce un segundo mecanismo inhibidor alostérico al desacoplar los dominios de unión a los nucleótidos.
Conclusiones:
- El estudio revela un mecanismo sin precedentes de inhibición del transportador ABC por G907.
- Proporciona un marco para la modulación selectiva de los transportadores de ABC y el diseño racional de nuevos antibióticos dirigidos a MsbA.
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