Antithrombin conformational modulation by D-myo-inositol 3, 4, 5, 6-tetrakisphosphate (TMI), a novel scaffold for the development of antithrombotic agents

PR Arantes, H Pérez-Sánchez… - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
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Antithrombin (AT) is a serpin that inhibits mainly thrombin and fXa after being activated by
binding to glycosaminoglycans as heparin and heparan sulfate. Upon binding, the native AT
conformation, relatively inactive as a protease inhibitor, is converted to an activated form.
Recently, a new compound, named TMI, was discovered in our group with nanomolar affinity
to antithrombin, and shown to be able to induce a partial activation of antithrombin. As TMI
represents an original scaffold for structural optimizations aiming the development of new …
Antithrombin (AT) is a serpin that inhibits mainly thrombin and fXa after being activated by binding to glycosaminoglycans as heparin and heparan sulfate. Upon binding, the native AT conformation, relatively inactive as a protease inhibitor, is converted to an activated form. Recently, a new compound, named TMI, was discovered in our group with nanomolar affinity to antithrombin, and shown to be able to induce a partial activation of antithrombin. As TMI represents an original scaffold for structural optimizations aiming the development of new antithrombotic drugs, the present work demonstrated, through a series of molecular dynamics simulations, that TMI is able to modulate AT reactive center loop flexibility similarly to what is observed to heparin, as well as exposing AT P1 residue, Arg393. These results represent the first atomic level indication of AT conformational activation by TMI, and may offer a predictive basis for future studies aiming TMI structural optimization.
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