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Different conformational responses of the β-adrenergic receptor-Gs complex upon binding of the partial agonist salbutamol or the full agonist isoprenaline

National Science Review, ISSN: 2053-714X, Vol: 8, Issue: 9, Page: nwaa284
2021
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Article Description

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are responsible for most cytoplasmic signaling in response to extracellular ligands with different efficacy profiles. Various spectroscopic techniques have identified that agonists exhibiting varying efficacies can selectively stabilize a specific conformation of the receptor. However, the structural basis for activation of the GPCR-G protein complex by ligands with different efficacies is incompletely understood. To better understand the structural basis underlying the mechanisms by which ligands with varying efficacies differentially regulate the conformations of receptors and G proteins, we determined the structures of 2AR-Gs\beta bound with partial agonist salbutamol or bound with full agonist isoprenaline using single-particle cryo-electron microscopy at resolutions of 3.26 A and 3.80 A, respectively. Structural comparisons between the 2AR-Gs-salbutamol and 2AR-Gs-isoprenaline complexes demonstrated that the decreased binding affinity and efficacy of salbutamol compared with those of isoprenaline might be attributed to weakened hydrogen bonding interactions, attenuated hydrophobic interactions in the orthosteric binding pocket and different conformational changes in the rotamer toggle switch in TM6. Moreover, the observed stronger interactions between the intracellular loop 2 or 3 (ICL2 or ICL3) of 2AR and Gs with binding of salbutamol versus isoprenaline might decrease phosphorylation in the salbutamol-activated 2AR-Gs complex. From the observed structural differences between these complexes of 2AR, a mechanism of 2AR activation by partial and full agonists is proposed to provide structural insights into 2AR desensitization.

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