Unraveling the Binding Mode of Cyclic Adenosine–Inosine Monophosphate (cAIMP) to STING through Molecular Dynamics Simulations
(2024) In Molecules 29(11).- Abstract
The stimulator of interferon genes (STING) plays a significant role in immune defense and protection against tumor proliferation. Many cyclic dinucleotide (CDN) analogues have been reported to regulate its activity, but the dynamic process involved when the ligands activate STING remains unclear. In this work, all-atom molecular dynamics simulations were performed to explore the binding mode between human STING (hSTING) and four cyclic adenosine–inosine monophosphate analogs (cAIMPs), as well as 2′,3′-cGMP-AMP (2′,3′-cGAMP). The results indicate that these cAIMPs adopt a U-shaped configuration within the binding pocket, forming extensive non-covalent interaction networks with hSTING. These interactions play a significant role in... (More)
The stimulator of interferon genes (STING) plays a significant role in immune defense and protection against tumor proliferation. Many cyclic dinucleotide (CDN) analogues have been reported to regulate its activity, but the dynamic process involved when the ligands activate STING remains unclear. In this work, all-atom molecular dynamics simulations were performed to explore the binding mode between human STING (hSTING) and four cyclic adenosine–inosine monophosphate analogs (cAIMPs), as well as 2′,3′-cGMP-AMP (2′,3′-cGAMP). The results indicate that these cAIMPs adopt a U-shaped configuration within the binding pocket, forming extensive non-covalent interaction networks with hSTING. These interactions play a significant role in augmenting the binding, particularly in interactions with Tyr167, Arg238, Thr263, and Thr267. Additionally, the presence of hydrophobic interactions between the ligand and the receptor further contributes to the overall stability of the binding. In this work, the conformational changes in hSTING upon binding these cAIMPs were also studied and a significant tendency for hSTING to shift from open to closed state was observed after binding some of the cAIMP ligands.
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- binding mode, cAIMP, conformational change, free energy calculation, molecular dynamics, STING
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- Molecules
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- 29
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- 11
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- 2650
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- MDPI AG
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- scopus:85195796928
- pmid:38893524
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- 1420-3049
- DOI
- 10.3390/molecules29112650
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- English
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