Identification of the molecular target of small molecule inhibitors of HDL receptor SR-BI activity.

Biochemistry
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Abstract

Scavenger receptor, class B, type I (SR-BI), controls high-density lipoprotein (HDL) metabolism by mediating cellular selective uptake of lipids from HDL without the concomitant degradation of the lipoprotein particle. We previously identified in a high-throughput chemical screen of intact cells five compounds (BLT-1-5) that inhibit SR-BI-dependent lipid transport from HDL, but do not block HDL binding to SR-BI on the cell surface. Although these BLTs are widely used to examine the diverse functions of SR-BI, their direct target(s), SR-BI itself or some other component of the SR-BI pathway, has not been identified. Here we show that SR-BI in the context of a membrane lipid environment is the target of BLT-1, -3, -4, and -5. The analysis using intact cells and an in vitro system of purified SR-BI reconstituted into liposomes was aided by information derived from structure-activity relationship (SAR) analysis of the most potent of these BLTs, the thiosemicarbazone BLT-1. We found that the sulfur atom of BLT-1 was crucially important for its inhibitory activity, because changing it to an oxygen atom resulted in the isostructural, but essentially inactive, semicarbazone derivative BLT-1sc. SAR analysis also established the importance of BLT-1's hydrophobic tail. BLTs and their corresponding inactive compounds can be used to explore the mechanism and function of SR-BI-mediated selective lipid uptake in diverse mammalian experimental models. Consequently, BLTs may help determine the therapeutic potential of SR-BI-targeted pharmaceutical drugs.

Year of Publication
2008
Journal
Biochemistry
Volume
47
Issue
1
Pages
460-72
Date Published
2008 Jan 08
ISSN
0006-2960
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DOI
10.1021/bi701277x
PubMed ID
18067275
PubMed Central ID
PMC2736594
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R01 HL052212 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R01 HL048739-11 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HL48739 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R01 AI063430 / AI / NIAID NIH HHS / United States
R01 AI063430-02 / AI / NIAID NIH HHS / United States
HL52212 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R01 HL048739 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
AIO63430 / PHS HHS / United States
N01CO12400 / CA / NCI NIH HHS / United States
N01-CO-12400 / CO / NCI NIH HHS / United States
R01 HL052212-09 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States