List of works - Leonardo Pardo

3-D-QSAR/CoMFA and recognition models of benzimidazole derivatives at the 5-HT(4) receptor

scientific article

A biased ligand for OXE-R uncouples Gα and Gβγ signaling within a heterotrimer.

scientific article published on 27 May 2012

A conserved Asn in TM7 of the thyrotropin receptor is a common requirement for activation by both mutations and its natural agonist.

scientific article

A conserved Asn in transmembrane helix 7 is an on/off switch in the activation of the thyrotropin receptor

scientific article

A molecular dissection of the glycoprotein hormone receptors.

scientific article published on March 2004

A new serotonin 5-HT6 receptor antagonist with procognitive activity - Importance of a halogen bond interaction to stabilize the binding.

scientific article published on 24 January 2017

A solid-phase combinatorial approach for indoloquinolizidine-peptides with high affinity at D(1) and D(2) dopamine receptors.

scientific article published on 28 April 2015

A structural insight into the reorientation of transmembrane domains 3 and 5 during family A G protein-coupled receptor activation

scientific article published on 16 November 2010

A three-dimensional pharmacophore model for 5-hydroxytryptamine6 (5-HT6) receptor antagonists.

scientific article published in June 2005

Activation of CCR5 by chemokines involves an aromatic cluster between transmembrane helices 2 and 3.

scientific article published on 30 October 2002

Activation of the mu opioid receptor involves conformational rearrangements of multiple transmembrane domains

scientific article published on 9 September 2008

An activation switch in the rhodopsin family of G protein-coupled receptors: the thyrotropin receptor

scientific article

Analysis of the interactions of sulfur-containing amino acids in membrane proteins

scientific article published on 30 May 2016

Benzimidazole derivatives as new serotonin 5-HT6 receptor antagonists. Molecular mechanisms of receptor inactivation.

scientific article

Benzimidazole derivatives. 3. 3D-QSAR/CoMFA model and computational simulation for the recognition of 5-HT(4) receptor antagonists

scientific article published in October 2002

Benzimidazole derivatives. 4. The recognition of the voluminous substituent attached to the basic amino group of 5-HT4 receptor antagonists

scientific article

Binding of proteins to the minor groove of DNA: what are the structural and energetic determinants for kinking a basepair step?

scientific article published in April 2003

Biological evaluation, structure-activity relationships, and three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship studies of dihydro-beta-agarofuran sesquiterpenes as modulators of P-glycoprotein-dependent multidrug resistance

scientific article published on 12 September 2007

Chemical probes for the recognition of cannabinoid receptors in native systems

scientific article

Cognitive Impairment Induced by Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol Occurs through Heteromers between Cannabinoid CB1 and Serotonin 5-HT2A Receptors

scientific article

Comparison of sucralfate and ranitidine in the treatment of duodenal ulcers

scientific article

Conformational toggle switches implicated in basal constitutive and agonist-induced activated states of 5-hydroxytryptamine-4 receptors

scientific article

Constitutively active mutants of the histamine H1 receptor suggest a conserved hydrophobic asparagine-cage that constrains the activation of class A G protein-coupled receptors

scientific article published on 24 October 2007

Crystal structure of the µ-opioid receptor bound to a morphinan antagonist

scientific article

Design and synthesis of S-(-)-2-[[4-(napht-1-yl)piperazin-1-yl]methyl]-1,4-dioxoperhydropyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine (CSP-2503) using computational simulation. A 5-HT1A receptor agonist.

scientific article

Design, synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of 5-hydroxytryptamine(1a) receptor ligands to explore the three-dimensional structure of the receptor.

scientific article published in July 2002

Development of a Nucleotide Exchange Inhibitor That Impairs Ras Oncogenic Signaling.

scientific article

Development of non-peptide ligands of growth factor receptor-bound protein 2-SRC homology 2 domain using molecular modeling and NMR spectroscopy

scientific article published on 27 January 2011

Dihydro-beta-agarofuran sesquiterpenes: a new class of reversal agents of the multidrug resistance phenotype mediated by P-glycoprotein in the protozoan parasite Leishmania.

scientific article

Evidence for functional pre-coupled complexes of receptor heteromers and adenylyl cyclase.

scientific article published on 28 March 2018

Experimental and theoretical characterization of the high-affinity cation-binding site of the purple membrane.

scientific article published on August 1998

Functional elements of the gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor: Comparison between secretin- and rhodopsin-like G protein-coupled receptors

scientific article published on June 2015

GPCRtm: An amino acid substitution matrix for the transmembrane region of class A G Protein-Coupled Receptors

scientific article

Glycoprotein hormone receptors: determinants in leucine-rich repeats responsible for ligand specificity

scientific article

Helix 8 of the viral chemokine receptor ORF74 directs chemokine binding.

scientific article published on 22 September 2006

Identification of a potent and selective free fatty acid receptor 1 (FFA1/GPR40) agonist with favorable physicochemical and in vitro ADME properties.

scientific article

Identification of small-molecule inhibitors of calcineurin-NFATc signaling that mimic the PxIxIT motif of calcineurin binding partners.

scientific article published on 23 June 2015

Identification of the first germline mutation in the extracellular domain of the follitropin receptor responsible for spontaneous ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Impact of helix irregularities on sequence alignment and homology modeling of G protein-coupled receptors

scientific article published on July 2012

Influence of the g- conformation of Ser and Thr on the structure of transmembrane helices

scientific article published on 17 September 2009

Interactions between intracellular domains as key determinants of the quaternary structure and function of receptor heteromers

scientific article

Ligand binding determinants for angiotensin II type 1 receptor from computer simulations

scientific article

Ligand-specific regulation of the extracellular surface of a G-protein-coupled receptor

scientific article

Linking agonist binding to histamine H1 receptor activation

scientific article published on 19 June 2005

Lysine 183 and glutamic acid 157 of the TSH receptor: two interacting residues with a key role in determining specificity toward TSH and human CG.

scientific article

Membrane Protein Simulations Using AMBER Force Field and Berger Lipid Parameters

Modeling of G protein-coupled receptors using crystal structures: from monomers to signaling complexes

scientific article published on January 2014

Modulation of ligand selectivity associated with activation of the transmembrane region of the human follitropin receptor.

scientific article published on 27 May 2004

Modulation of the Interaction between a Peptide Ligand and a G Protein-Coupled Receptor by Halogen Atoms

scientific article published on 16 July 2015

Molecular Determinants of MAO Selectivity in a Series of Indolylmethylamine Derivatives: Biological Activities, 3D-QSAR/CoMFA Analysis, and Computational Simulation of Ligand Recognition

scientific article published on 01 May 2000

Molecular basis of ligand dissociation in β-adrenergic receptors

scientific article

New serotonin 5-HT(1A) receptor agonists with neuroprotective effect against ischemic cell damage.

scientific article published on 11 November 2011

On the mechanism of interaction of potent surmountable and insurmountable antagonists with the prostaglandin D2 receptor CRTH2

scientific article

On the use of the transmembrane domain of bacteriorhodopsin as a template for modeling the three-dimensional structure of guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein-coupled receptors ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 1992

Optimization of the pharmacophore model for 5-HT7R antagonism. Design and synthesis of new naphtholactam and naphthosultam derivatives

scientific article

Pharmacogenomic and structural analysis of constitutive g protein-coupled receptor activity.

scientific article published on January 2007

Progressive DNA bending is made possible by gradual changes in the torsion angle of the glycosyl bond.

scientific article

Quaternary structure of a G-protein-coupled receptor heterotetramer in complex with Gi and Gs.

scientific article

Relation between sequence and structure in membrane proteins.

scientific article

SAR studies of dihydro-beta-agarofuran sesquiterpenes as inhibitors of the multidrug-resistance phenotype in a Leishmania tropica line overexpressing a P-glycoprotein-like transporter.

scientific article

Selective binding of the TATA box-binding protein to the TATA box-containing promoter: analysis of structural and energetic factors

scientific article

Ser and Thr residues modulate the conformation of pro-kinked transmembrane alpha-helices

scientific article published on January 2004

Serine and threonine residues bend alpha-helices in the chi(1) = g(-) conformation.

scientific article published on November 2000

Serotonin 5-HT6 receptor antagonists for the treatment of cognitive deficiency in Alzheimer's disease

scientific article (publication date: 11 September 2014)

Structural determinants for the interaction of formyl peptide receptor 2 with peptide ligands

scientific article published in Journal of Biological Chemistry

Structural models of class a G protein-coupled receptors as a tool for drug design: insights on transmembrane bundle plasticity

scientific article published on January 2007

Structural-functional analysis of the third transmembrane domain of the corticotropin-releasing factor type 1 receptor: role in activation and allosteric antagonism

scientific article

Structure and activity of membrane receptors: Modeling and computational simulation of ligand recognition in a three-dimensional model of the 5-hydroxytryptamine1A receptor

scientific article published on 01 April 1996

Sucralfate versus ranitidine in the treatment of gastric ulcer

scientific article published on 01 June 1989

Synthesis and pharmacophore modeling of naphthoquinone derivatives with cytotoxic activity in human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cell line

scientific article published on 24 January 2007

Synthesis and structure-activity relationships of a new model of arylpiperazines. 8. Computational simulation of ligand-receptor interaction of 5-HT(1A)R agonists with selectivity over alpha1-adrenoceptors

scientific article

Synthesis of new serotonin 5-HT7 receptor ligands. Determinants of 5-HT7/5-HT1A receptor selectivity

scientific article

TMalphaDB and TMbetaDB: web servers to study the structural role of sequence motifs in α-helix and β-barrel domains of membrane proteins

scientific article

The Cloned Equine Thyrotropin Receptor Is Hypersensitive to Human Chorionic Gonadotropin; Identification of Three Residues in the Extracellular Domain Involved in Ligand Specificity

scientific article published on 05 June 2008

The G-protein coupled receptor family: actors with many faces

scientific article published on January 2012

The Parkinson's disease-associated GPR37 receptor-mediated cytotoxicity is controlled by its intracellular cysteine-rich domain.

scientific article published on 3 March 2013

The TXP motif in the second transmembrane helix of CCR5. A structural determinant of chemokine-induced activation

scientific article

The activation mechanism of chemokine receptor CCR5 involves common structural changes but a different network of interhelical interactions relative to rhodopsin.

scientific article published on 25 January 2007

The coexistence of a novel inactivating mutant thyrotropin receptor allele with two thyroid peroxidase mutations: a genotype-phenotype correlation

scientific article

The effect of the molecular mechanism of G protein-coupled receptor activation on the process of signal transduction

scientific article published on September 1997

The extracellular entrance provides selectivity to serotonin 5-HT7 receptor antagonists with antidepressant-like behavior in vivo.

scientific article published on 5 August 2014

The mutational landscape of human olfactory G protein-coupled receptors

scientific article published on 05 February 2021

The pathway of ligand entry from the membrane bilayer to a lipid G protein-coupled receptor

scientific article

The role of hydrophobic amino acids in the structure and function of the rhodopsin family of G protein-coupled receptors

scientific article published on January 2013

The role of internal water molecules in the structure and function of the rhodopsin family of G protein-coupled receptors

scientific article published on January 2007

The seventh transmembrane domains of the delta and kappa opioid receptors have different accessibility patterns and interhelical interactions

scientific article published on December 2005

The specificity of binding of glycoprotein hormones to their receptors

scientific article published on August 2008

Theoretical studies on the histamine H2 receptor: construction of a receptor model based on the structural properties of dimaprit and N alpha-guanylhistamine

scientific article published on 01 December 1991

Theoretical studies on the histamine H2 receptor: molecular mechanism of action of antagonists ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 1992

[The nature of drug consumption in Spain in the last 10 years]

scientific article published on 01 April 1983

List of works by Leonardo Pardo

3-D-QSAR/CoMFA and recognition models of benzimidazole derivatives at the 5-HT(4) receptor

A biased ligand for OXE-R uncouples Gα and Gβγ signaling within a heterotrimer.

A conserved Asn in TM7 of the thyrotropin receptor is a common requirement for activation by both mutations and its natural agonist.

A conserved Asn in transmembrane helix 7 is an on/off switch in the activation of the thyrotropin receptor

A molecular dissection of the glycoprotein hormone receptors.

A new serotonin 5-HT6 receptor antagonist with procognitive activity - Importance of a halogen bond interaction to stabilize the binding.

A solid-phase combinatorial approach for indoloquinolizidine-peptides with high affinity at D(1) and D(2) dopamine receptors.

A structural insight into the reorientation of transmembrane domains 3 and 5 during family A G protein-coupled receptor activation

A three-dimensional pharmacophore model for 5-hydroxytryptamine6 (5-HT6) receptor antagonists.

Activation of CCR5 by chemokines involves an aromatic cluster between transmembrane helices 2 and 3.

Activation of the mu opioid receptor involves conformational rearrangements of multiple transmembrane domains

An activation switch in the rhodopsin family of G protein-coupled receptors: the thyrotropin receptor

Analysis of the interactions of sulfur-containing amino acids in membrane proteins

Benzimidazole derivatives as new serotonin 5-HT6 receptor antagonists. Molecular mechanisms of receptor inactivation.

Benzimidazole derivatives. 3. 3D-QSAR/CoMFA model and computational simulation for the recognition of 5-HT(4) receptor antagonists

Benzimidazole derivatives. 4. The recognition of the voluminous substituent attached to the basic amino group of 5-HT4 receptor antagonists

Binding of proteins to the minor groove of DNA: what are the structural and energetic determinants for kinking a basepair step?

Biological evaluation, structure-activity relationships, and three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship studies of dihydro-beta-agarofuran sesquiterpenes as modulators of P-glycoprotein-dependent multidrug resistance

Chemical probes for the recognition of cannabinoid receptors in native systems

Cognitive Impairment Induced by Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol Occurs through Heteromers between Cannabinoid CB1 and Serotonin 5-HT2A Receptors

Comparison of sucralfate and ranitidine in the treatment of duodenal ulcers

Conformational toggle switches implicated in basal constitutive and agonist-induced activated states of 5-hydroxytryptamine-4 receptors

Constitutively active mutants of the histamine H1 receptor suggest a conserved hydrophobic asparagine-cage that constrains the activation of class A G protein-coupled receptors

Crystal structure of the µ-opioid receptor bound to a morphinan antagonist

Design and synthesis of S-(-)-2-[[4-(napht-1-yl)piperazin-1-yl]methyl]-1,4-dioxoperhydropyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine (CSP-2503) using computational simulation. A 5-HT1A receptor agonist.

Design, synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of 5-hydroxytryptamine(1a) receptor ligands to explore the three-dimensional structure of the receptor.

Development of a Nucleotide Exchange Inhibitor That Impairs Ras Oncogenic Signaling.

Development of non-peptide ligands of growth factor receptor-bound protein 2-SRC homology 2 domain using molecular modeling and NMR spectroscopy

Dihydro-beta-agarofuran sesquiterpenes: a new class of reversal agents of the multidrug resistance phenotype mediated by P-glycoprotein in the protozoan parasite Leishmania.

Evidence for functional pre-coupled complexes of receptor heteromers and adenylyl cyclase.

Experimental and theoretical characterization of the high-affinity cation-binding site of the purple membrane.

Functional elements of the gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor: Comparison between secretin- and rhodopsin-like G protein-coupled receptors

GPCRtm: An amino acid substitution matrix for the transmembrane region of class A G Protein-Coupled Receptors

Glycoprotein hormone receptors: determinants in leucine-rich repeats responsible for ligand specificity

Helix 8 of the viral chemokine receptor ORF74 directs chemokine binding.

Identification of a potent and selective free fatty acid receptor 1 (FFA1/GPR40) agonist with favorable physicochemical and in vitro ADME properties.

Identification of small-molecule inhibitors of calcineurin-NFATc signaling that mimic the PxIxIT motif of calcineurin binding partners.

Identification of the first germline mutation in the extracellular domain of the follitropin receptor responsible for spontaneous ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome

Impact of helix irregularities on sequence alignment and homology modeling of G protein-coupled receptors

Influence of the g- conformation of Ser and Thr on the structure of transmembrane helices

Interactions between intracellular domains as key determinants of the quaternary structure and function of receptor heteromers

Ligand binding determinants for angiotensin II type 1 receptor from computer simulations

Ligand-specific regulation of the extracellular surface of a G-protein-coupled receptor

Linking agonist binding to histamine H1 receptor activation

Lysine 183 and glutamic acid 157 of the TSH receptor: two interacting residues with a key role in determining specificity toward TSH and human CG.

Membrane Protein Simulations Using AMBER Force Field and Berger Lipid Parameters

Modeling of G protein-coupled receptors using crystal structures: from monomers to signaling complexes

Modulation of ligand selectivity associated with activation of the transmembrane region of the human follitropin receptor.

Modulation of the Interaction between a Peptide Ligand and a G Protein-Coupled Receptor by Halogen Atoms

Molecular Determinants of MAO Selectivity in a Series of Indolylmethylamine Derivatives: Biological Activities, 3D-QSAR/CoMFA Analysis, and Computational Simulation of Ligand Recognition

Molecular basis of ligand dissociation in β-adrenergic receptors

New serotonin 5-HT(1A) receptor agonists with neuroprotective effect against ischemic cell damage.

On the mechanism of interaction of potent surmountable and insurmountable antagonists with the prostaglandin D2 receptor CRTH2

On the use of the transmembrane domain of bacteriorhodopsin as a template for modeling the three-dimensional structure of guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein-coupled receptors ⬇️

Optimization of the pharmacophore model for 5-HT7R antagonism. Design and synthesis of new naphtholactam and naphthosultam derivatives

Pharmacogenomic and structural analysis of constitutive g protein-coupled receptor activity.

Progressive DNA bending is made possible by gradual changes in the torsion angle of the glycosyl bond.

Quaternary structure of a G-protein-coupled receptor heterotetramer in complex with Gi and Gs.

Relation between sequence and structure in membrane proteins.

SAR studies of dihydro-beta-agarofuran sesquiterpenes as inhibitors of the multidrug-resistance phenotype in a Leishmania tropica line overexpressing a P-glycoprotein-like transporter.

Selective binding of the TATA box-binding protein to the TATA box-containing promoter: analysis of structural and energetic factors

Ser and Thr residues modulate the conformation of pro-kinked transmembrane alpha-helices

Serine and threonine residues bend alpha-helices in the chi(1) = g(-) conformation.

Serotonin 5-HT6 receptor antagonists for the treatment of cognitive deficiency in Alzheimer's disease

Structural determinants for the interaction of formyl peptide receptor 2 with peptide ligands

Structural models of class a G protein-coupled receptors as a tool for drug design: insights on transmembrane bundle plasticity

Structural-functional analysis of the third transmembrane domain of the corticotropin-releasing factor type 1 receptor: role in activation and allosteric antagonism

Structure and activity of membrane receptors: Modeling and computational simulation of ligand recognition in a three-dimensional model of the 5-hydroxytryptamine1A receptor

Sucralfate versus ranitidine in the treatment of gastric ulcer

Synthesis and pharmacophore modeling of naphthoquinone derivatives with cytotoxic activity in human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cell line

Synthesis and structure-activity relationships of a new model of arylpiperazines. 8. Computational simulation of ligand-receptor interaction of 5-HT(1A)R agonists with selectivity over alpha1-adrenoceptors

Synthesis of new serotonin 5-HT7 receptor ligands. Determinants of 5-HT7/5-HT1A receptor selectivity

TMalphaDB and TMbetaDB: web servers to study the structural role of sequence motifs in α-helix and β-barrel domains of membrane proteins

The Cloned Equine Thyrotropin Receptor Is Hypersensitive to Human Chorionic Gonadotropin; Identification of Three Residues in the Extracellular Domain Involved in Ligand Specificity

The G-protein coupled receptor family: actors with many faces

The Parkinson's disease-associated GPR37 receptor-mediated cytotoxicity is controlled by its intracellular cysteine-rich domain.

The TXP motif in the second transmembrane helix of CCR5. A structural determinant of chemokine-induced activation

The activation mechanism of chemokine receptor CCR5 involves common structural changes but a different network of interhelical interactions relative to rhodopsin.

The coexistence of a novel inactivating mutant thyrotropin receptor allele with two thyroid peroxidase mutations: a genotype-phenotype correlation