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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5843
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-9-7
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Tricyclic antidepressants exert their pharmacological effect-inhibiting the reuptake of serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine-by directly blocking neurotransmitter transporters (SERT, NET, and DAT, respectively) in the presynaptic membrane. The drug-binding site and the mechanism of this inhibition are poorly understood. We determined the crystal structure at 2.9 angstroms of the bacterial leucine transporter (LeuT), a homolog of SERT, NET, and DAT, in complex with leucine and the antidepressant desipramine. Desipramine binds at the inner end of the extracellular cavity of the transporter and is held in place by a hairpin loop and by a salt bridge. This binding site is separated from the leucine-binding site by the extracellular gate of the transporter. By directly locking the gate, desipramine prevents conformational changes and blocks substrate transport. Mutagenesis experiments on human SERT and DAT indicate that both the desipramine-binding site and its inhibition mechanism are probably conserved in the human neurotransmitter transporters.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bacterial Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Desipramine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Drosophila Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Leucine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Norepinephrine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Norepinephrine Plasma Membrane..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Plasma Membrane Neurotransmitter..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Serotonin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
317
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1390-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Desipramine, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Dopamine, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Leucine, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Norepinephrine, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Norepinephrine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Plasma Membrane Neurotransmitter Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Serotonin, pubmed-meshheading:17690258-Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
LeuT-desipramine structure reveals how antidepressants block neurotransmitter reuptake.
pubmed:affiliation
Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine and Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural