Abstract
Aquaporins are integral membrane proteins that facilitate water flow across biological membranes. Their involvement in multiple physiological functions and disease states has prompted intense research to discover water channel activity modulators. However, inhibitors found so far are weak and/or lack specificity. For organic compounds, which lack ofhigh electron-dense atoms, the identification of binding sites is even more difficult. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) requires large amounts of the protein, and expression and purification of mammalian aquaporins in large quantities is a difficult task. However, since aquaporin Z (AqpZ) can be purified and expressed in good quantities and has a high similarity to human AQP1 (~ 40% identity), it can be used as a model for studying the structure and function of human aquaporins. In the present study, we have used solid-state MAS NMR to investigate the binding of a lead compound [1-(4-methylphenyl)1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione] to AqpZ, through mapping of chemical shift perturbations in the presence of the compound.
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