Relevance of Hydrogen Bonds for the Histamine H2 Receptor-Ligand Interactions: A Lesson from Deuteration

Kržan, Mojca; Keuschler, Jan; Mavri, Janez; Vianello, Robert (2020) Relevance of Hydrogen Bonds for the Histamine H2 Receptor-Ligand Interactions: A Lesson from Deuteration. Biomolecules, 10 (2). ISSN 2218-273X

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Abstract

We used a combination of density functional theory (DFT) calculations and the implicit quantization of the acidic N–H and O–H bonds to assess the effect of deuteration on the binding of agonists (2-methylhistamine and 4-methylhistamine) and antagonists (cimetidine and famotidine) to the histamine H2 receptor. The results show that deuteration significantly increases the affinity for 4-methylhistamine and reduces it for 2- methylhistamine, while leaving it unchanged for both antagonists, which is found in excellent agreement with experiments. The revealed trends are interpreted in the light of the altered strength of the hydrogen bonding upon deuteration, known as the Ubbelohde effect, which affects ligand interactions with both active sites residues and solvent molecules preceding the binding, thus providing strong evidence for the relevance of hydrogen bonding for this process. In addition, computations further underline an important role of the Tyr250 residue for the binding. The obtained insight is relevant for the therapy in the context of (per)deuterated drugs that are expected to enter therapeutic practice in the near future, while this approach may contribute towards understanding receptor activation and its discrimination between agonists and antagonists.

Item Type:

Article

Uncontrolled Keywords:

computational chemistry ; DFT calculations ; deuteration ; heavy drugs ; histamine receptor ; receptor activation ; hydrogen bonding

Subjects:

NATURAL SCIENCES > Chemistry

Divisions:

Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry

Projects:

Project title	Project leader	Project code	Project type
Dizajn i sinteza novih dušikovih heterocikličkih fluorofora i fluorescentnih nanomaterijala kao kemijskih senzora za pH i metalne ione-iNFiNiTE–SENS	Robert Vianello	IP-2014-09-3386	HRZZ

Depositing User:

Robert Vianello

Date Deposited:

18 Mar 2020 13:08

URI:

http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/5363

DOI:

10.3390/biom10020196