Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To investigate the binding of 3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl formylmorpholine(compound
1) to AMPA receptor.
METHODS The potency of compound
1 binding to AMPA receptor was evaluated by radioligand binding assay. Meanwhile, the binding mode of compound
1 to AMPA receptor was evaluated by molecular docking.
RESULTS Compound
1 showed high affinity of AMPA receptor with the
IC50 value of 1.74×10
-9 mol·L
-1. Meanwhile, the results from molecular docking indicated that compound
1 could bind to AMPA receptor by high affinity with the Δ
E value of -5.46 kcal·mol
-1. Hydrogen bond, hydrophobic force and electrostatic interaction played key roles in binding. Moreover, the O atoms of compound
1 could form hydrogen bond with Ser108 and Ser242 of AMPA receptor, which was recommended as the key binding site.
CONCLUSION The results demonstrate that compound
1 could bind to AMPA receptor with high affinity,.