International union of basic and clinical pharmacology. CXII: adenosine receptors: a further update

AP IJzerman, KA Jacobson, CE Müller… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - ASPET
Our previous International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology report on the
nomenclature and classification of adenosine receptors (2011) contained a number of …

Structure-based virtual screening for ligands of G protein–coupled receptors: what can molecular docking do for you?

F Ballante, AJ Kooistra, S Kampen, C de Graaf… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - ASPET
G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) constitute the largest family of membrane proteins in
the human genome and are important therapeutic targets. During the last decade, the …

[HTML][HTML] Structure of a hallucinogen-activated Gq-coupled 5-HT2A serotonin receptor

K Kim, T Che, O Panova, JF DiBerto, J Lyu, BE Krumm… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Hallucinogens like lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), psilocybin, and substituted N-benzyl
phenylalkylamines are widely used recreationally with psilocybin being considered as a …

Structure, function and pharmacology of human itch GPCRs

C Cao, HJ Kang, I Singh, H Chen, C Zhang, W Ye… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The MRGPRX family of receptors (MRGPRX1–4) is a family of mas-related G-protein-
coupled receptors that have evolved relatively recently. Of these, MRGPRX2 and MRGPRX4 …

GPCR activation mechanisms across classes and macro/microscales

AS Hauser, AJ Kooistra, C Munk… - Nature structural & …, 2021 - nature.com
Two-thirds of human hormones and one-third of clinical drugs activate~ 350 G-protein-
coupled receptors (GPCR) belonging to four classes: A, B1, C and F. Whereas a model of …

Common activation mechanism of class A GPCRs

Q Zhou, D Yang, M Wu, Y Guo, W Guo, L Zhong, X Cai… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Class A G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) influence virtually every aspect of human
physiology. Understanding receptor activation mechanism is critical for discovering novel …

Positive allosteric mechanisms of adenosine A1 receptor-mediated analgesia

CJ Draper-Joyce, R Bhola, J Wang, A Bhattarai… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The adenosine A1 receptor (A1R) is a promising therapeutic target for non-opioid analgesic
agents to treat neuropathic pain,. However, development of analgesic orthosteric A1R …

Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics: Principles and applications

J Wang, PR Arantes, A Bhattarai… - Wiley …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics (GaMD) is a robust computational method for
simultaneous unconstrained enhanced sampling and free energy calculations of …

[HTML][HTML] Illuminating G-protein-coupling selectivity of GPCRs

A Inoue, F Raimondi, FMN Kadji, G Singh, T Kishi… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Heterotrimetic G proteins consist of four subfamilies (G s, G i/o, G q/11, and G 12/13) that
mediate signaling via G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), principally by receptors binding …

Activation and signaling mechanism revealed by cannabinoid receptor-Gi complex structures

T Hua, X Li, L Wu, C Iliopoulos-Tsoutsouvas, Y Wang… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Human endocannabinoid systems modulate multiple physiological processes mainly
through the activation of cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2. Their high sequence …