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PDBsum entry 5awd

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Immune system PDB id
5awd
Contents
Protein chain
750 a.a.
Ligands
NAG-NAG-BMA-MAN-
MAN
NAG-NAG
NAG-NAG-BMA
IDQ
NAG ×7
Waters ×308

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Title Structure-Based design of human tlr8-Specific agonists with augmented potency and adjuvanticity.
Authors M.Beesu, G.Caruso, A.C.Salyer, K.K.Khetani, D.Sil, M.Weerasinghe, H.Tanji, U.Ohto, T.Shimizu, S.A.David.
Ref. J Med Chem, 2015, 58, 7833-7849. [DOI no: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01087]
PubMed id 26351878
Abstract
Human Toll-like receptor 8 (hTLR8) is expressed in myeloid dendritic cells, monocytes, and monocyte-derived dendritic cells. Engagement by TLR8 agonists evokes a distinct cytokine profile which favors the development of type 1 helper T cells. Crystal structures of the ectodomain of hTLR8 cocrystallized with two regioisomers of a dual TLR7/8-agonistic N1-substituted imidazoquinolines showed subtle differences in their interactions in the binding site of hTLR8. We hypothesized that the potency of a previously reported best-in-class pure TLR8 agonist, 3-pentylquinoline-2-amine, could be further enhanced by "designing in" functional groups that would mimic key intermolecular interactions that we had observed in the crystal structures. We performed a focused exploration of decorating the quinoline core with alkylamino groups at all possible positions. These studies have led to the identification of a novel TLR8 agonist that was ∼20-fold more potent than the parent compound and displays prominent adjuvantic activity in a rabbit model of immunization.
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