Neurotransmitters—key factors in neurological and neurodegenerative disorders of the central nervous system

RI Teleanu, AG Niculescu, E Roza… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neurotransmitters are molecules that amplify, transmit, and convert signals in cells, having
an essential role in information transmission throughout the nervous system. Hundreds of …

Targeting SLC transporters: small molecules as modulators and therapeutic opportunities

A Schlessinger, N Zatorski, K Hutchinson… - Trends in Biochemical …, 2023 - cell.com
Solute carrier (SLCs) transporters mediate the transport of a broad range of solutes across
biological membranes. Dysregulation of SLCs has been associated with various …

Illumination of serotonin transporter mechanism and role of the allosteric site

D Yang, E Gouaux - Science Advances, 2021 - science.org
The serotonin transporter (SERT) terminates serotonin signaling by using sodium and
chloride gradients to drive reuptake of serotonin into presynaptic neurons and is the target of …

Molecular mechanism for the allosteric inhibition of the human serotonin transporter by antidepressant escitalopram

W Xue, T Fu, S Deng, F Yang, J Yang… - ACS chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Human serotine transporter (hSERT) is one of the most influential drug targets, and its
allosteric modulators (eg, escitalopram) have emerged to be the next-generation medication …

The antidepressant drug vilazodone is an allosteric inhibitor of the serotonin transporter

P Plenge, D Yang, K Salomon, L Laursen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Depression is a common mental disorder. The standard medical treatment is the selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). All characterized SSRIs are competitive inhibitors of …

Structure-based discovery of a novel allosteric inhibitor against human dopamine transporter

S Deng, H Zhang, R Gou, D Luo, Z Liu… - Journal of chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Human dopamine transporter (hDAT) regulates the reuptake of extracellular dopamine (DA)
and is an essential therapeutic target for central nervous system (CNS) diseases. The …

Along the allostery stream: Recent advances in computational methods for allosteric drug discovery

D Ni, Z Chai, Y Wang, M Li, Z Yu, Y Liu… - Wiley …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Allostery is a universal, biological phenomenon in which orthosteric sites are fine‐tuned by
topologically distal allosteric sites triggered by perturbations, such as ligand binding, residue …

Ligand coupling mechanism of the human serotonin transporter differentiates substrates from inhibitors

R Gradisch, K Schlögl, E Lazzarin, M Niello… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The presynaptic serotonin transporter (SERT) clears extracellular serotonin following
vesicular release to ensure temporal and spatial regulation of serotonergic signalling and …

Structural and functional annotation of solute carrier transporters: implication for drug discovery

V Dvorak, G Superti-Furga - Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Solute carriers (SLCs) represent the largest group of membrane
transporters in the human genome. They play a central role in controlling the …

Structural Models of Human Norepinephrine Transporter Ensemble Reveal the Allosteric Sites and Ligand-Binding Mechanism

D Luo, Y Zhang, Y Li, Z Liu, H Wu… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The norepinephrine transporter (NET) plays a pivotal role in recycling norepinephrine (NE)
from the synaptic cleft. However, the structures referring to the conformational heterogeneity …