Theoretical Investigation of Interaction Between the Set of Ligands and α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

Authors

O. E. Glukhova, Saratov State University
Tatiana Prytkova, Chapman UniversityFollow
D. S. Shmygin, Saratov State University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-7-2016

Abstract

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are neuron receptor proteins that provide a transmission of nerve impulse through the synapses. They are composed of a pentametric assembly of five homologous subunits (5 α7 subunits for α7nAChR, for example), oriented around the central pore. These receptors might be found in the chemical synapses of central and peripheral nervous system, and also in the neuromuscular synapses. Transmembrane domain of the one of such receptors constitutes ion channel. The conductive properties of ion channel strongly depend on the receptor conformation changes in the response of binding with some molecule, f.e. acetylcholine. Investigation of interaction between ligands and acetylcholine receptor is important for drug design. In this work we investigate theoretically the interaction between the set of different ligands (such as vanillin, thymoquinone, etc.) and the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (primarily with subunit of the α7nAChR) by different methods and packages (AutodockVina, GROMACS, KVAZAR, HARLEM, VMD). We calculate interaction energy between different ligands in the subunit using molecular dynamics. On the base of obtained calculation results and using molecular docking we found an optimal location of different ligands in the subunit.

Comments

This article was originally published in Proceedings of the SPIE, volume 9723, in 2016. DOI: 10.1117/12.2211385

Recommended Citation

O. E. Glukhova ; T. R. Prytkova and D. S. Shmygin. " Theoretical investigation of interaction between the set of ligands and α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ", Proc. SPIE 9723, Reporters, Markers, Dyes, Nanoparticles, and Molecular Probes for Biomedical Applications VIII, 97230U (March 7, 2016); doi:10.1117/12.2211385; http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2211385

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