Inducible gene expression and protein translocation using nontoxic ligands identified by a mammalian three-hybrid screen
AUTOR(ES)
Liberles, Stephen D.
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences of the USA
RESUMO
The natural product rapamycin has been used to provide temporal and quantitative control of gene expression in animals through its ability to interact with two proteins simultaneously. A shortcoming of this approach is that rapamycin is an inhibitor of cell proliferation, the result of binding to FKBP12–rapamycin-associated protein (FRAP). To overcome this limitation, nontoxic derivatives of rapamycin bearing bulky substituents at its C16-position were synthesized, each in a single step. The isosteric isopropoxy and methallyl substituents with the nonnatural C16-configuration abolish both binding to FRAP and inhibition of T cell proliferation. Binding proteins for these derivatives were identified from libraries of cDNAs encoding mutants of the FKBP12–rapamycin-binding (FRB) domain of FRAP by using a mammalian three-hybrid transcription assay. Targeting of the mutations was guided by the structure of the FKBP12-rapamycin–FRB ternary complex. Three compensatory mutations in the FRB domain, all along one face of an α-helix in a rapamycin-binding pocket, were identified that together restore binding of the rapamycin derivatives. Using this mutant FRB domain, one of the nontoxic rapamycin derivatives induced targeted gene expression in Jurkat T cells with an EC50 below 10 nM. Another derivative was used to recruit a cytosolic protein to the plasma membrane, mimicking a process involved in many signaling pathways.
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