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Allosteric Inhibitor Remotely Modulates the Conformation of the Orthestric Pockets in Mutant IDH2/R140Q

Allosteric Inhibitor Remotely Modulates the Conformation of the Orthestric Pockets in Mutant IDH2/R140Q

Jiao Chen, Jie Yang, Xianqiang Sun, Zhongming Wang, Xiaolan Cheng, Wuguang Lu, Xueting Cai, Chunping Hu, Xu Shen, Peng Cao

Sci Rep. 2017 Nov 28;7(1):16458.

PMID: 29184081

Abstract:

Neomorphic mutation R140Q in the metabolic enzyme isocitrate dehydrogenase 2 (IDH2) is found to be a driver mutation in cancers. Recent studies revealed that allosteric inhibitors could selectively inhibit IDH2/R140Q and induce differentiation of TF-1 erythroleukemia and primary human AML cells. However, the allosteric inhibition mechanism is not very clear. Here, we report the results from computational studies that AGI-6780 binds tightly with the divalent cation binding helices at the homodimer interface and prevents the transition of IDH2/R140Q homodimer to a closed conformation that is required for catalysis, resulting in the decrease of the binding free energy of NADPHs. If the allosteric inhibitor is removed, the original open catalytic center of IDH2/R140Q will gradually reorganize to a quasi-closed conformation and the enzymatic activity might recover. Unlike IDH2/R140Q, AGI-6780 locks one monomer of the wild-type IDH2 in an inactive open conformation and the other in a half-closed conformation, which can be used to explain the selectivity of AGI-6780. Our results suggest that conformational changes are the primary contributors to the inhibitory potency of the allosteric inhibitor. Our study will also facilitate the understanding of the inhibitory and selective mechanisms of AG-221 (a promising allosteric inhibitor that has been approved by FDA) for mutant IDH2.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP1432660473	AGI-6780		1432660-47-3	Price

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