Abstract
ABSTRACTNeurotrophin receptors of the Trk family are involved in the regulation of brain development and neuroplasticity, and therefore can serve as targets for anti-cancer and stroke-recovery drugs, antidepressants, and many others. The structures of Trk protein domains in various states upon activation need to be elucidated to allow rational drug design. However, little is known about the conformations of the transmembrane and juxtamembrane domains of Trk receptors. In the present study, we employed NMR spectroscopy to solve the structure of the TrkB dimeric transmembrane domain in the lipid environment. We verified the structure using mutagenesis and confirmed that the conformation corresponds to the active state of the receptor. Subsequent study of TrkB interaction with the antidepressant drug fluoxetine, and the antipsychotic drug chlorpromazine, provided a clear self-consistent model, describing the mechanism by which fluoxetine activates the receptor by binding to its transmembrane domain.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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