A fine-tuned azobenzene for enhanced photopharmacology in vivo

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Despite the power of photopharmacology for interrogating signaling proteins, many photopharmacological systems are limited by their efficiency, speed, or spectral properties. Here, we screen a library of azobenzene photoswitches and identify a urea-substituted "azobenzene-400" core that offers bistable switching between cis and trans with improved kinetics, light sensitivity, and a red-shift. We then focus on the metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs), neuromodulatory receptors that are major pharmacological targets. Synthesis of "BGAG12,400," a photoswitchable orthogonal, remotely tethered ligand (PORTL), enables highly efficient, rapid optical agonism following conjugation to SNAP-tagged mGluR2 and permits robust optical control of mGluR1 and mGluR5 signaling. We then produce fluorophore-conjugated branched PORTLs to enable dual imaging and manipulation of mGluRs and highlight their power in ex vivo slice and in vivo behavioral experiments in the mouse prefrontal cortex. Finally, we demonstrate the generalizability of our strategy by developing an improved soluble, photoswitchable pore blocker for potassium channels.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Cell chemical biology - 28(2021), 11 vom: 18. Nov., Seite 1648-1663.e16

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gutzeit, Vanessa A [VerfasserIn]
Acosta-Ruiz, Amanda [VerfasserIn]
Munguba, Hermany [VerfasserIn]
Häfner, Stephanie [VerfasserIn]
Landra-Willm, Arnaud [VerfasserIn]
Mathes, Bettina [VerfasserIn]
Mony, Jürgen [VerfasserIn]
Yarotski, Dzianis [VerfasserIn]
Börjesson, Karl [VerfasserIn]
Liston, Conor [VerfasserIn]
Sandoz, Guillaume [VerfasserIn]
Levitz, Joshua [VerfasserIn]
Broichhagen, Johannes [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Azo Compounds
Azobenzene
Calcium signaling
Dorsal root ganglia
F0U1H6UG5C
G protein-coupled receptor
Journal Article
Ligands
Metabotropic glutamate receptor
Optogenetics
PORTL
Photopharmacology
Potassium Channels
Potassium channel
Prefrontal cortex
Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Working memory

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Date Completed 17.01.2022

Date Revised 19.11.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.chembiol.2021.02.020

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM322921279