Thiazolidinediones(TZDs),such as rosiglitazone(RSG),which activates peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-y(PPARy),are a potent class of oral antidiabetic agents with good durability.However,the clinical use of T...Thiazolidinediones(TZDs),such as rosiglitazone(RSG),which activates peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-y(PPARy),are a potent class of oral antidiabetic agents with good durability.However,the clinical use of TZDs is challenging because of their side effects,including weight gain and hepatotoxicity.Here,we found that bavachinin(BVC),a lead natural product,additively activates PPARγ with lowdose RSG to preserve the maximum antidiabetic effects while reducing weight gain and hepatotoxicity in db/db mice caused by RSG monotherapy.Structural and biochemical assays demonstrated that an unexplored hotspot around Met329 and Ser332 in helix 5 is triggered by BVC cobinding to RSG-bound PPARy,thereby allosterically stabilizing the active state of the activation-function 2 motif responsible for additive activation with RSG.Based on this hotspot,we discovered a series of new classes of allosteric agonists inducing the activity of TZDs in the same manner as BVC.Together,our data illustrate that the hotspot of PPARγ is druggable for the discovery of new allosteric synergists,and the combination thera py of allosteric synergists and TZD drugs may provide a potential alternative approach to the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.展开更多
基金supported by Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education,Ministry of Education of China(20100162110058 to CPH)the Department of Veterans Affairs,Washington,DC,USA(JLM)and the Arkansas Bioventures Institute,Little Rock,AR,USA(JLM)
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21708025,81925034,91753117,and 81773793)the Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine+3 种基金the Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(2019-01-07-00-01-E00036)the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Foundation(19431901600)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2016M601618 and 2017T100303)the National Science and Technology Major Project of China(2018ZX09711001-005-022)。
文摘Thiazolidinediones(TZDs),such as rosiglitazone(RSG),which activates peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-y(PPARy),are a potent class of oral antidiabetic agents with good durability.However,the clinical use of TZDs is challenging because of their side effects,including weight gain and hepatotoxicity.Here,we found that bavachinin(BVC),a lead natural product,additively activates PPARγ with lowdose RSG to preserve the maximum antidiabetic effects while reducing weight gain and hepatotoxicity in db/db mice caused by RSG monotherapy.Structural and biochemical assays demonstrated that an unexplored hotspot around Met329 and Ser332 in helix 5 is triggered by BVC cobinding to RSG-bound PPARy,thereby allosterically stabilizing the active state of the activation-function 2 motif responsible for additive activation with RSG.Based on this hotspot,we discovered a series of new classes of allosteric agonists inducing the activity of TZDs in the same manner as BVC.Together,our data illustrate that the hotspot of PPARγ is druggable for the discovery of new allosteric synergists,and the combination thera py of allosteric synergists and TZD drugs may provide a potential alternative approach to the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
