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  1. Article ; Online: AAp-MSMD: Amino Acid Preference Mapping on Protein-Protein Interaction Surfaces Using Mixed-Solvent Molecular Dynamics.

    Kudo, Genki / Yanagisawa, Keisuke / Yoshino, Ryunosuke / Hirokawa, Takatsugu

    Journal of chemical information and modeling

    2023  Volume 63, Issue 24, Page(s) 7768–7777

    Abstract: Peptides have attracted much attention recently owing to their well-balanced properties as drugs against protein-protein interaction (PPI) surfaces. Molecular simulation-based predictions of binding sites and amino acid residues with high affinity to PPI ...

    Abstract Peptides have attracted much attention recently owing to their well-balanced properties as drugs against protein-protein interaction (PPI) surfaces. Molecular simulation-based predictions of binding sites and amino acid residues with high affinity to PPI surfaces are expected to accelerate the design of peptide drugs. Mixed-solvent molecular dynamics (MSMD), which adds probe molecules or fragments of functional groups as solutes to the hydration model, detects the binding hotspots and cryptic sites induced by small molecules. The detection results vary depending on the type of probe molecule; thus, they provide important information for drug design. For rational peptide drug design using MSMD, we proposed MSMD with amino acid residue probes, named amino acid probe-based MSMD (AAp-MSMD), to detect hotspots and identify favorable amino acid types on protein surfaces to which peptide drugs bind. We assessed our method in terms of hotspot detection at the amino acid probe level and binding free energy prediction with amino acid probes at the PPI site for the complex structure that formed the PPI. In hotspot detection, the max-spatial probability distribution map (max-PMAP) obtained from AAp-MSMD detected the PPI site, to which each type of amino acid can bind favorably. In the binding free energy prediction using amino acid probes, ΔGFE obtained from AAp-MSMD roughly estimated the experimental binding affinities from the structure-activity relationship. AAp-MSMD, with amino acid probes, provides estimated binding sites and favorable amino acid types at the PPI site of a target protein.
    MeSH term(s) Molecular Dynamics Simulation ; Solvents/chemistry ; Amino Acids/metabolism ; Proteins/chemistry ; Binding Sites ; Peptides/chemistry ; Protein Binding
    Chemical Substances Solvents ; Amino Acids ; Proteins ; Peptides
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-12
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 190019-5
    ISSN 1549-960X ; 0095-2338
    ISSN (online) 1549-960X
    ISSN 0095-2338
    DOI 10.1021/acs.jcim.3c01677
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  2. Article ; Online: Pocket to concavity: a tool for the refinement of protein-ligand binding site shape from alpha spheres.

    Kudo, Genki / Hirao, Takumi / Yoshino, Ryunosuke / Shigeta, Yasuteru / Hirokawa, Takatsugu

    Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)

    2023  Volume 39, Issue 4

    Abstract: Summary: Understanding the binding site of the target protein is essential for rational drug design. Pocket detection software predicts the ligand binding site of the target protein; however, the predicted protein pockets are often excessively estimated ...

    Abstract Summary: Understanding the binding site of the target protein is essential for rational drug design. Pocket detection software predicts the ligand binding site of the target protein; however, the predicted protein pockets are often excessively estimated in comparison with the actual volume of the bound ligands. This study proposes a refinement tool for the pockets predicted by an alpha sphere-based approach, Pocket to Concavity (P2C). P2C is divided into two modes: Ligand-Free (LF) and Ligand-Bound (LB) modes. The LF mode provides the shape of the deep and druggable concavity where the core scaffold can bind. The LB mode searches the deep concavity around the bound ligand. Thus, P2C is useful for identifying and designing desirable compounds in Structure-Based Drug Design (SBDD).
    Availability and implementation: Pocket to Concavity is freely available at https://github.com/genki-kudo/Pocket-to-Concavity. This tool is implemented in Python3 and Fpocket2.
    MeSH term(s) Protein Conformation ; Proteins/chemistry ; Binding Sites ; Protein Binding ; Software ; Ligands
    Chemical Substances Proteins ; Ligands
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-22
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1422668-6
    ISSN 1367-4811 ; 1367-4803
    ISSN (online) 1367-4811
    ISSN 1367-4803
    DOI 10.1093/bioinformatics/btad212
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  3. Article ; Online: Inverse Mixed-Solvent Molecular Dynamics for Visualization of the Residue Interaction Profile of Molecular Probes.

    Yanagisawa, Keisuke / Yoshino, Ryunosuke / Kudo, Genki / Hirokawa, Takatsugu

    International journal of molecular sciences

    2022  Volume 23, Issue 9

    Abstract: To ensure efficiency in discovery and development, the application of computational technology is essential. Although virtual screening techniques are widely applied in the early stages of drug discovery research, the computational methods used in lead ... ...

    Abstract To ensure efficiency in discovery and development, the application of computational technology is essential. Although virtual screening techniques are widely applied in the early stages of drug discovery research, the computational methods used in lead optimization to improve activity and reduce the toxicity of compounds are still evolving. In this study, we propose a method to construct the residue interaction profile of the chemical structure used in the lead optimization by performing "inverse" mixed-solvent molecular dynamics (MSMD) simulation. Contrary to constructing a protein-based, atom interaction profile, we constructed a probe-based, protein residue interaction profile using MSMD trajectories. It provides us the profile of the preferred protein environments of probes without co-crystallized structures. We assessed the method using three probes: benzamidine, catechol, and benzene. As a result, the residue interaction profile of each probe obtained by MSMD was a reasonable physicochemical description of the general non-covalent interaction. Moreover, comparison with the X-ray structure containing each probe as a ligand shows that the map of the interaction profile matches the arrangement of amino acid residues in the X-ray structure.
    MeSH term(s) Ligands ; Molecular Dynamics Simulation ; Molecular Probes ; Proteins/chemistry ; Solvents/chemistry
    Chemical Substances Ligands ; Molecular Probes ; Proteins ; Solvents
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-26
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2019364-6
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    ISSN (online) 1422-0067
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    DOI 10.3390/ijms23094749
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  4. Article ; Online: Chemosynthetic ethanolamine plasmalogen stimulates gonadotropin secretion from bovine gonadotrophs by acting as a potential GPR61 agonist.

    Kadokawa, Hiroya / Yoshino, Ryunosuke / Saito, Risa / Hirokawa, Takatsugu

    Animal reproduction science

    2022  Volume 241, Page(s) 106992

    Abstract: Brain ethanolamine plasmalogens (EPls) are unique alkenylacyl-glycerophospholipids and the only recognized ligands of G-protein-coupled receptor 61 (GPR61), a newly identified receptor that colocalizes with GnRH receptors on gonadotrophs. As the chemical ...

    Abstract Brain ethanolamine plasmalogens (EPls) are unique alkenylacyl-glycerophospholipids and the only recognized ligands of G-protein-coupled receptor 61 (GPR61), a newly identified receptor that colocalizes with GnRH receptors on gonadotrophs. As the chemical synthesis of EPl is challenging, only one chemosynthetic EPl, 1-(1Z-octadecenyl)- 2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (PLAPE; C18:0-C18:1), is commercially available. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that PLAPE stimulates gonadotropin secretion from bovine gonadotrophs. We prepared anterior pituitary cells from healthy, post-pubertal heifers, cultured for 3.5 d, and then treated them with increasing concentrations (0, 0.5, 5, 50, or 500 pg/mL) of PLAPE for 5 mi, before either no treatment or GnRH stimulation. After 2 h, medium samples were harvested for FSH and LH assays. PLAPE (5-500 pg/mL) stimulated (P < 0.01) basal FSH and LH secretion, and such stimulation effects were inhibited by a SMAD pathway inhibitor. In the presence of GnRH, PLAPE at 0.5 and 5 pg/mL stimulated FSH and LH secretion (P < 0.01). However, a higher dose of PLAPE (500 pg/mL) suppressed GnRH-induced FSH and LH, and such suppressive effects were inhibited by an ERK pathway inhibitor. PLAPE stimulated gonadotropin secretion in the presence of EPls extracted from the brains of young heifers, but not old cows. Additionally, we performed in silico molecular-docking simulations using the deep-learning algorithm, AlphaFold2. The simulations revealed the presence of three binding sites for PLAPE in the three-dimensional structural model of GPR61. In conclusion, PLAPE stimulated gonadotropin secretion from bovine gonadotrophs and might act as a chemosynthetic agonist of GPR61.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cattle ; Female ; Follicle Stimulating Hormone/metabolism ; Follicle Stimulating Hormone/pharmacology ; Gonadotrophs/metabolism ; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone/metabolism ; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone/pharmacology ; Plasmalogens/metabolism ; Plasmalogens/pharmacology
    Chemical Substances Plasmalogens ; phosphatidal ethanolamines ; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (33515-09-2) ; Follicle Stimulating Hormone (9002-68-0)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-05-13
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 429674-6
    ISSN 1873-2232 ; 0378-4320
    ISSN (online) 1873-2232
    ISSN 0378-4320
    DOI 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2022.106992
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  5. Article ; Online: Inverse Mixed-Solvent Molecular Dynamics for Visualization of the Residue Interaction Profile of Molecular Probes

    Keisuke Yanagisawa / Ryunosuke Yoshino / Genki Kudo / Takatsugu Hirokawa

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 23, Iss 4749, p

    2022  Volume 4749

    Abstract: To ensure efficiency in discovery and development, the application of computational technology is essential. Although virtual screening techniques are widely applied in the early stages of drug discovery research, the computational methods used in lead ... ...

    Abstract To ensure efficiency in discovery and development, the application of computational technology is essential. Although virtual screening techniques are widely applied in the early stages of drug discovery research, the computational methods used in lead optimization to improve activity and reduce the toxicity of compounds are still evolving. In this study, we propose a method to construct the residue interaction profile of the chemical structure used in the lead optimization by performing “inverse” mixed-solvent molecular dynamics (MSMD) simulation. Contrary to constructing a protein-based, atom interaction profile, we constructed a probe-based, protein residue interaction profile using MSMD trajectories. It provides us the profile of the preferred protein environments of probes without co-crystallized structures. We assessed the method using three probes: benzamidine, catechol, and benzene. As a result, the residue interaction profile of each probe obtained by MSMD was a reasonable physicochemical description of the general non-covalent interaction. Moreover, comparison with the X-ray structure containing each probe as a ligand shows that the map of the interaction profile matches the arrangement of amino acid residues in the X-ray structure.
    Keywords mixed-solvent molecular dynamics ; interaction pattern analysis ; residue interaction profile ; visualization ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5 ; Chemistry ; QD1-999
    Subject code 541
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
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  6. Article: Chemosynthetic ethanolamine plasmalogen stimulates gonadotropin secretion from bovine gonadotrophs by acting as a potential GPR61 agonist

    Kadokawa, Hiroya / Yoshino, Ryunosuke / Saito, Risa / Hirokawa, Takatsugu

    Animal reproduction science. 2022 June, v. 241

    2022  

    Abstract: Brain ethanolamine plasmalogens (EPls) are unique alkenylacyl-glycerophospholipids and the only recognized ligands of G-protein-coupled receptor 61 (GPR61), a newly identified receptor that colocalizes with GnRH receptors on gonadotrophs. As the chemical ...

    Abstract Brain ethanolamine plasmalogens (EPls) are unique alkenylacyl-glycerophospholipids and the only recognized ligands of G-protein-coupled receptor 61 (GPR61), a newly identified receptor that colocalizes with GnRH receptors on gonadotrophs. As the chemical synthesis of EPl is challenging, only one chemosynthetic EPl, 1-(1Z-octadecenyl)− 2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (PLAPE; C18:0-C18:1), is commercially available. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that PLAPE stimulates gonadotropin secretion from bovine gonadotrophs. We prepared anterior pituitary cells from healthy, post-pubertal heifers, cultured for 3.5 d, and then treated them with increasing concentrations (0, 0.5, 5, 50, or 500 pg/mL) of PLAPE for 5 mi, before either no treatment or GnRH stimulation. After 2 h, medium samples were harvested for FSH and LH assays. PLAPE (5–500 pg/mL) stimulated (P < 0.01) basal FSH and LH secretion, and such stimulation effects were inhibited by a SMAD pathway inhibitor. In the presence of GnRH, PLAPE at 0.5 and 5 pg/mL stimulated FSH and LH secretion (P < 0.01). However, a higher dose of PLAPE (500 pg/mL) suppressed GnRH-induced FSH and LH, and such suppressive effects were inhibited by an ERK pathway inhibitor. PLAPE stimulated gonadotropin secretion in the presence of EPls extracted from the brains of young heifers, but not old cows. Additionally, we performed in silico molecular-docking simulations using the deep-learning algorithm, AlphaFold2. The simulations revealed the presence of three binding sites for PLAPE in the three-dimensional structural model of GPR61. In conclusion, PLAPE stimulated gonadotropin secretion from bovine gonadotrophs and might act as a chemosynthetic agonist of GPR61.
    Keywords G-protein coupled receptors ; agonists ; algorithms ; animal reproduction ; anterior pituitary ; brain ; computer simulation ; ethanolamine ; ligands ; models ; secretion ; synthesis
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-06
    Publishing place Elsevier B.V.
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 429674-6
    ISSN 1873-2232 ; 0378-4320
    ISSN (online) 1873-2232
    ISSN 0378-4320
    DOI 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2022.106992
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  7. Article ; Online: Identification of key interactions between SARS-CoV-2 main protease and inhibitor drug candidates.

    Yoshino, Ryunosuke / Yasuo, Nobuaki / Sekijima, Masakazu

    Scientific reports

    2020  Volume 10, Issue 1, Page(s) 12493

    Abstract: The number of cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (COVID-19) has reached over 114,000. SARS-CoV-2 caused a pandemic in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and is rapidly spreading globally. It has been reported that ...

    Abstract The number of cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (COVID-19) has reached over 114,000. SARS-CoV-2 caused a pandemic in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and is rapidly spreading globally. It has been reported that peptide-like anti-HIV-1 drugs are effective against SARS-CoV Main protease (M
    MeSH term(s) Amino Acid Sequence ; Betacoronavirus/chemistry ; Betacoronavirus/isolation & purification ; Betacoronavirus/metabolism ; Binding Sites ; COVID-19 ; Coronavirus Infections/pathology ; Coronavirus Infections/virology ; Drug Design ; Humans ; Molecular Dynamics Simulation ; Pandemics ; Pneumonia, Viral/pathology ; Pneumonia, Viral/virology ; Protease Inhibitors/chemistry ; Protease Inhibitors/metabolism ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus/chemistry ; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus/isolation & purification ; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus/metabolism ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Sequence Alignment ; Viral Nonstructural Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors ; Viral Nonstructural Proteins/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Protease Inhibitors ; Viral Nonstructural Proteins
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-07-27
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2615211-3
    ISSN 2045-2322 ; 2045-2322
    ISSN (online) 2045-2322
    ISSN 2045-2322
    DOI 10.1038/s41598-020-69337-9
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  8. Article ; Online: Hemodialysis treatment of vancomycin-induced drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms/drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome in a patient undergoing peritoneal dialysis.

    Mitsuno, Ryunosuke / Nakayama, Takashin / Uchiyama, Kiyotaka / Yoshimoto, Norifumi / Kusahana, Ei / Morimoto, Kohkichi / Yoshino, Jun / Yoshida, Tadashi / Kanda, Takeshi / Yamaguchi, Shintaro / Hayashi, Kaori

    CEN case reports

    2024  

    Abstract: Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS), also known as drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS), is a severe drug-induced hypersensitivity reaction with 10% mortality. To date, there is insufficient evidence regarding the ... ...

    Abstract Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS), also known as drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS), is a severe drug-induced hypersensitivity reaction with 10% mortality. To date, there is insufficient evidence regarding the association between DRESS/DIHS and serum levels of vancomycin (VCM). Here, we report the case of a 46-year-old woman undergoing peritoneal dialysis who developed VCM-induced DRESS/DIHS. She was hospitalized for peritonitis with abdominal pain and treated with VCM. On day 10 of hospitalization, her abdominal symptoms improved; however, fever, skin rash, lymphadenopathy, eosinophilia, atypical lymphocytes, and liver and renal dysfunction developed. Based on the clinical course and laboratory findings, we diagnosed the patient with DRESS/DIHS due to VCM. Since her serum VCM concentration was high at 39.8 μg/mL, hemodialysis (HD) was performed to remove VCM, which caused her symptoms to improve. However, serum levels of VCM rebounded and the same symptoms recurred. Therefore, we re-performed HD; no further relapse occurred. This clinical course showed that increased serum VCM levels were associated with DRESS/DIHS onset and severity, suggesting that it is a blood level-dependent disease and that removal of VCM by HD is a potential therapeutic option.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-10
    Publishing country Japan
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2660492-9
    ISSN 2192-4449 ; 2192-4449
    ISSN (online) 2192-4449
    ISSN 2192-4449
    DOI 10.1007/s13730-023-00847-x
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  9. Book ; Online: Identification of Key Interactions Between SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease and Inhibitor Drug Candidates

    Ryunosuke Yoshino / Nobuaki Yasuo / Masakazu Sekijima

    2020  

    Abstract: The number of cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (COVID-19) has reached over 114,000. SARS-CoV-2 caused a pandemic in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and is rapidly spreading globally. It has been reported that ...

    Abstract The number of cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (COVID-19) has reached over 114,000. SARS-CoV-2 caused a pandemic in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and is rapidly spreading globally. It has been reported that peptide-like anti-HIV-1 drugs are effective against SARS-CoV Main protease (M pro ). Due to the close phylogenetic relationship between SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2, their main proteases share many structural and functional features. Thus, these drugs are also regarded as potential drug candidates targeting SARS-CoV-2 M pro . However, the mechanism of action of SARS-CoV-2 M pro at the atomic-level is unknown. In the present study, we revealed key interactions between SARS-CoV-2 M pro and three drug candidates by performing pharmacophore modeling and 1μs molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. His41, Gly143, and Glu166 formed interactions with the functional groups that were common among peptide-like inhibitors in all MD simulations. These interactions are important targets for potential drugs against SARS-CoV-2 M pro .
    Keywords Bioinformatics and Computational Biology ; Biophysics ; Computational Chemistry and Modeling ; Biophysical Chemistry ; COVID-19 ; SARS-CoV-2 ; main protease ; interaction analysis ; molecular dynamics ; pharmacophore model ; covid19
    Subject code 333
    Publishing date 2020-03-23T12:27:21Z
    Document type Book ; Online
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  10. Article ; Online: Identification of key interactions between SARS-CoV-2 main protease and inhibitor drug candidates

    Ryunosuke Yoshino / Nobuaki Yasuo / Masakazu Sekijima

    Scientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2020  Volume 8

    Abstract: Abstract The number of cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (COVID-19) has reached over 114,000. SARS-CoV-2 caused a pandemic in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and is rapidly spreading globally. It has been ... ...

    Abstract Abstract The number of cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (COVID-19) has reached over 114,000. SARS-CoV-2 caused a pandemic in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and is rapidly spreading globally. It has been reported that peptide-like anti-HIV-1 drugs are effective against SARS-CoV Main protease (Mpro). Due to the close phylogenetic relationship between SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2, their main proteases share many structural and functional features. Thus, these drugs are also regarded as potential drug candidates targeting SARS-CoV-2 Mpro. However, the mechanism of action of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro at the atomic-level is unknown. In the present study, we revealed key interactions between SARS-CoV-2 Mpro and three drug candidates by performing pharmacophore modeling and 1 μs molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. His41, Gly143, and Glu166 formed interactions with the functional groups that were common among peptide-like inhibitors in all MD simulations. These interactions are important targets for potential drugs against SARS-CoV-2 Mpro.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q ; covid19
    Subject code 572
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Publishing Group
    Document type Article ; Online
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