2yhd | pdb_00002yhd

Human androgen receptor in complex with AF2 small molecule inhibitor

spinqualitylabelsall models 2yhd, resolution 2.20Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2yhd is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.2Å Ligands: AV6, SO4, TES Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Disease ANDR_HUMAN Defects in AR are the cause of androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) [MIM:300068; previously known as testicular feminization syndrome (TFM). AIS is an X-linked recessive form of pseudohermaphroditism due end-organ resistance to androgen. Affected males have female external genitalia, female breast development, blind vagina, absent uterus and female adnexa, and abdominal or inguinal testes, despite a normal 46,XY karyotype. [:] [:] Defects in AR are the cause of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy X-linked type 1 (SMAX1) [MIM:313200; also known as Kennedy disease. SMAX1 is an X-linked recessive form of spinal muscular atrophy. Spinal muscular atrophy refers to a group of neuromuscular disorders characterized by degeneration of the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord, leading to symmetrical muscle weakness and atrophy. SMAX1 occurs only in men. Age at onset is usually in the third to fifth decade of life, but earlier involvement has been reported. It is characterized by slowly progressive limb and bulbar muscle weakness with fasciculations, muscle atrophy, and gynecomastia. The disorder is clinically similar to classic forms of autosomal spinal muscular atrophy. Note=Caused by trinucleotide CAG repeat expansion. In SMAX1 patients the number of Gln ranges from 38 to 62. Longer expansions result in earlier onset and more severe clinical manifestations of the disease. Note=Defects in AR may play a role in metastatic prostate cancer. The mutated receptor stimulates prostate growth and metastases development despite of androgen ablation. This treatment can reduce primary and metastatic lesions probably by inducing apoptosis of tumor cells when they express the wild-type receptor. Defects in AR are the cause of androgen insensitivity syndrome partial (PAIS) [MIM:312300; also known as Reifenstein syndrome. PAIS is characterized by hypospadias, hypogonadism, gynecomastia, genital ambiguity, normal XY karyotype, and a pedigree pattern consistent with X-linked recessive inheritance. Some patients present azoospermia or severe oligospermia without other clinical manifestations. Function ANDR_HUMAN Steroid hormone receptors are ligand-activated transcription factors that regulate eukaryotic gene expression and affect cellular proliferation and differentiation in target tissues. Transcription factor activity is modulated by bound coactivator and corepressor proteins. Transcription activation is down-regulated by NR0B2. Activated, but not phosphorylated, by HIPK3 and ZIPK/DAPK3. Publication Abstract from PubMed The androgen receptor (AR) is one of the most studied drug targets for the treatment of prostate cancer. However, all current anti-androgens directly interact with the AR at the androgen binding site, which is prone to resistant mutations, calling for new strategies of the AR inhibition. The current study represents the first attempt to use virtual screening to identify inhibitors of activation function-2 (AF2) of the human AR. By combining large-scale docking with experimental approaches, we were able to identify several small molecules that interact with the AF2 and effectively prevent the transcriptional activation of the AR. The crystallographic structure of one of these inhibitors in complex with the AR provides critical insight into the corresponding protein-ligand interactions and suitable for future hit optimization. Taken together, our results provide a promising ground for development of novel anti-androgens that can help to address the problem of drug resistance in prostate cancer. Inhibitors of Androgen Receptor Activation Function-2 (AF2) Site Identified through Virtual Screening.,Axerio-Cilies P, Lack NA, Nayana MR, Chan KH, Yeung A, Leblanc E, Guns ES, Rennie PS, Cherkasov A J Med Chem. 2011 Sep 22;54(18):6197-205. Epub 2011 Aug 29. PMID:21846139 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Androgen receptor 3D structures

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