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<p>Prostaglandins (PGs) are bioactive lipids that regulate inflammation, reproduction, and vasopermeability. Timely clearance of excessive PGs is critical to prevent potential damages caused by prolonged signalling. The high-affinity prostaglandin transporter (PGT) plays an essential role in this termination process by efficiently re-uptaking PGs into cells. Here, we report human PGT structures in different oligomerization and substrate-binding states. Beyond the canonical MFS-fold, PGT harbours a cystine-rich extracellular segment that incorporates a Kazal-like domain crucial for PGT localization and activity. Two distinct PGE<sub>2</sub>-bound structures revealed essential elements for substrate recognition, elucidating a PGE<sub>2</sub>-flipping process during the multi-stop translocation cycle. Notably, our data suggest that PGT may dimerize in detergent micelles and lipid nanodiscs. This dimerization would likely increase the mobility of the extracellular region and induces a profound rotation of the C-domain transmembrane helices, an interesting observation for MFS transporters. These functionally distinct snapshots thus shed light on prostaglandin clearance and reveal intriguing features of MFS transporters.</p>

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Molecular basis of prostaglandin E2 reuptake by organic anion transporter PGT

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    2025年12月1日

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  • Zhini Zhu,
  • Yaohui Li,
  • Hao Xia,
  • Chuanhui Yang,
  • Zixuan Zhou,
  • Yulin Chao,
  • Qian Ba,
  • Dianfan Li,
  • Qianhui Qu

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Prostaglandins (PGs) are bioactive lipids that regulate inflammation, reproduction, and vasopermeability. Timely clearance of excessive PGs is critical to prevent potential damages caused by prolonged signalling. The high-affinity prostaglandin transporter (PGT) plays an essential role in this termination process by efficiently re-uptaking PGs into cells. Here, we report human PGT structures in different oligomerization and substrate-binding states. Beyond the canonical MFS-fold, PGT harbours a cystine-rich extracellular segment that incorporates a Kazal-like domain crucial for PGT localization and activity. Two distinct PGE2-bound structures revealed essential elements for substrate recognition, elucidating a PGE2-flipping process during the multi-stop translocation cycle. Notably, our data suggest that PGT may dimerize in detergent micelles and lipid nanodiscs. This dimerization would likely increase the mobility of the extracellular region and induces a profound rotation of the C-domain transmembrane helices, an interesting observation for MFS transporters. These functionally distinct snapshots thus shed light on prostaglandin clearance and reveal intriguing features of MFS transporters.