The design of beta2 adrenoceptor (β 2 AR) agonists is attractive because of their wide-ranging applications in medicine, and the details of agonist interactions with β 2 AR are interesting because it is considered a prototype for G-protein coupled receptors. Preclinical studies for agonist development have involved biological assays with guinea pigs due to a similar physiology to humans. Boron-containing Albuterol derivatives (BCADs) designed as bronchodilators have improved potency and efficacy compared with their boron-free precursor on guinea pig β 2 ARs (gpβ 2 ARs), and two of the BCADs (BR-AEA and boronterol) conserve these features on cells expressing human β 2 ARs (hβ 2 ARs). The aim of this study was to test the BCAD Politerol on gpβ 2 ARs and hβ 2 ARs in vitro and in silico. Politerol displayed higher potency and efficacy on gpβ 2 AR than on hβ 2 AR in experimental assays, possible explanations are provided based on molecular modeling, and molecular dynamics simulations of about 0.25 µs were performed for the free and bound states adding up to 2 µs in total. There were slight differences, particularly in the role of the boron atom, in the interactions of Politerol with gpβ 2 ARs and hβ 2 ARs, affecting movements of transmembrane domains 5–7, known to be pivotal in receptor activation. These findings could be instrumental in the design of compounds selective for hβ 2 ARs.
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Soriano-Ursúa, M. A., Bello, M., Hernández-Martínez, C. F., Santillán-Torres, I., Guerrero-Ramírez, R., Correa-Basurto, J., … Trujillo-Ferrara, J. G. (2019). Cell-based assays and molecular dynamics analysis of a boron-containing agonist with different profiles of binding to human and guinea pig beta2 adrenoceptors. European Biophysics Journal, 48(1), 83–97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00249-018-1336-9
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