Cholesterol-mediated oligomerization pathways of serotonin G-coupled receptor 5-HT2C. 2020

Luca Massaccesi, and Emiliano Laudadio, and Giovanna Mobbili, and Cristina Minnelli, and Roberta Galeazzi
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.

Serotonin (5-HT) receptors have been shown to homodimerize and heterodimerize with other G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), although the details of this process have not yet been elucidated. Here we use coarse-grained molecular dynamics on monomeric 5-HT2C receptors to predict the transmembrane (TM) helices involved in such associations. All these simulations were carried out both in 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) lipid bilayers and in mixed composition POPC-Cholesterol ones, to show whether the presence of cholesterol could directly influence and drive the dimeric association. The goal is to get insights on the self-assembly pathway leading to GPCRs 5-HT2C oligomerization, which is supposed to be the basis of its constitutional activity. From the analysis of the molecular dynamics trajectories, we observed the formation of 5-HT2C oligomers through self-assembly and we identified the main domains involved in the receptor dimerization. In particular, dimers and oligomers from the two different environments show TM4-TM5 and TM1-TM7-H8 as the preferential dimerization interfaces. Nevertheless, substantial differences arise for oligomers in POPC and in POPC-Chol membranes: in POPC-Chol the variability of dimers interfaces is strictly limited to the TM1-TM7-H8 and TM4-TM5 interfaces and the dimorphism depends on cholesterol that directly participates in its formation. These results are in agreement with both experimental evidences and other computational studies conducted on other GPCRs oligomerization.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008051 Lipid Bilayers Layers of lipid molecules which are two molecules thick. Bilayer systems are frequently studied as models of biological membranes. Bilayers, Lipid,Bilayer, Lipid,Lipid Bilayer
D010713 Phosphatidylcholines Derivatives of PHOSPHATIDIC ACIDS in which the phosphoric acid is bound in ester linkage to a CHOLINE moiety. Choline Phosphoglycerides,Choline Glycerophospholipids,Phosphatidyl Choline,Phosphatidyl Cholines,Phosphatidylcholine,Choline, Phosphatidyl,Cholines, Phosphatidyl,Glycerophospholipids, Choline,Phosphoglycerides, Choline
D002784 Cholesterol The principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils. Epicholesterol
D000072417 Protein Domains Discrete protein structural units that may fold independently of the rest of the protein and have their own functions. Peptide Domain,Protein Domain,Domain, Peptide,Domain, Protein,Domains, Peptide,Domains, Protein,Peptide Domains
D044405 Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C A serotonin receptor subtype found primarily in the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM and the CHOROID PLEXUS. This receptor subtype is believed to mediate the anorectic action of SEROTONIN, while selective antagonists of the 5-HT2C receptor appear to induce ANXIETY. Several isoforms of this receptor subtype exist, due to adenine deaminase editing of the receptor mRNA. Serotonin 2C Receptor,5-HT(2C) Receptor,5-HT2C Receptor,5-Hydroxytryptamine Type 2C Receptor,5-Hydroxytryptamine Type 2C Receptors,Receptor, 5-Hydroxytryptamine Type 2C,5 HT2C Receptor,5 Hydroxytryptamine Type 2C Receptor,5 Hydroxytryptamine Type 2C Receptors,Receptor, 5 Hydroxytryptamine Type 2C,Receptor, 5-HT2C,Receptor, Serotonin 2C
D055503 Protein Multimerization The assembly of the QUATERNARY PROTEIN STRUCTURE of multimeric proteins (MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES) from their composite PROTEIN SUBUNITS. Protein Dimerization,Protein Heteromultimerizaton,Protein Multimer Assembly,Protein Trimerization,Assembly, Protein Multimer,Dimerization, Protein,Heteromultimerizaton, Protein,Heteromultimerizatons, Protein,Multimer Assembly, Protein,Multimerization, Protein,Trimerization, Protein
D056004 Molecular Dynamics Simulation A computer simulation developed to study the motion of molecules over a period of time. Molecular Dynamics Simulations,Molecular Dynamics,Dynamic, Molecular,Dynamics Simulation, Molecular,Dynamics Simulations, Molecular,Dynamics, Molecular,Molecular Dynamic,Simulation, Molecular Dynamics,Simulations, Molecular Dynamics

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