{"title":"Interactions of the dimeric triad of HIV-1 aspartyl protease with inhibitors.","authors":"P. Mager, E. De Clercq, M. Froeyen, R. Reinhardt","doi":"10.3109/10559610290252832","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/10559610290252832","url":null,"abstract":"Strong hydrogen-bonding forces between the Thr26 and Thr26' of the protease stabilize the internal cage of the dimeric triad of the aspartyl HIV-1 protease (Asp25Thr26Gly27 and Asp25' Thr26'Gly27', respectively). The interaction of reversible inhibitors of HIV-1 protease is based on (i) strong hydrogen-bonding forces between the main chain (--CONH--) oxygen atoms of Gly27 and/or Gly27' and hydrogen-bond donating moieties of a drug, and (ii) hydrogen bonds between the oxygen of the catalytic Asp25 and/or Asp25' carboxylates and aliphatic hydroxyl groups of a drug. The free entry of natural substrates into the active-site cavity is sterically hindered by inhibitors, so that the catalytic Asp carboxylates cannot interact with natural substrates. Irreversible inhibitors interact with the nucleophilic carboxylate moiety of Asp25 of HIV-1 protease by covalent bonding.","PeriodicalId":11297,"journal":{"name":"Drug design and discovery","volume":"84 1","pages":"53-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78109768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conformational analysis of globomycin with a signal peptidase II inhibitory activity using molecular dynamics simulation.","authors":"Toshihiro Kiho, Yoriko Iwata, Hiroshi Kogen, Shuichi Miyamoto","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Globomycin (1), a 19-membered cyclic depsipeptide, exhibited an antibiotic activity against gram-negative bacteria by inhibiting signal peptidase II in the cytoplasmic membrane. Although only one conformation of 1 was observed for the crystal structure, it was revealed by 1H NMR spectroscopic analysis that 1 exists as a mixture of two rotational isomers in solution (CDCl3 and CD3OD). A conformational analysis of 1 was, therefore, performed by high-temperature molecular dynamics simulation in combination with 1H NMR analysis to elucidate the conformations in solution. The relative ratio of the major and minor isomers present, which differs depending on the solvent, was then derived from their relative energy differences obtained in the conformational analysis. The difference in the relative ratios corresponded with that calculated from the 1H NMR analysis. Finally, the predicted conformations in solution were compared with that of the X-ray crystal structure to find local and global differences that characterize these conformations.</p>","PeriodicalId":11297,"journal":{"name":"Drug design and discovery","volume":"18 4","pages":"109-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24821941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Predicting acyl-coenzyme A: cholesterol O-acyltransferase inhibitory activity: computational approach using topological descriptors.","authors":"Viney Lather, A K Madan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Relationship between the topological indices and acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol O-acyltransferase (ACAT) inhibitory activity of (aminosulfonyl)ureas has been investigated. Three topological indices, Wiener's index--a distance-based topological descriptor, molecular connectivity index--an adjacency-based topological index, and eccentric connectivity index--an adjacency-cum-distance-based topological descriptor, were used for the present investigations. A data set comprising 41 analogues of substituted (aminosulfonyl)ureas was selected for the present studies. The values of wiener's index, eccentric connectivity index, and molecular connectivity index for each of the 41 compounds comprising the data set were computed using an in-house computer program. Resultant data were analyzed and suitable models were developed after identification of active ranges. Subsequently, a biological activity was assigned to each compound using these models, which was then compared with the reported in vitro ACAT inhibitory activity. Accuracy of prediction using these models was found to vary from a minimum of approximately 83% to a maximum of approximately 91%.</p>","PeriodicalId":11297,"journal":{"name":"Drug design and discovery","volume":"18 4","pages":"117-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24821942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"QSAR modeling of anti-HIV activities of alkenyldiarylmethanes using topological and physicochemical descriptors.","authors":"J Thomas Leonard, Kunal Roy","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Three series of anti-HIV data (reverse transcriptase inhibitory activity, cytopathicity data, and cytotoxicity data) of alkenyldiarylmethanes were modeled with physicochemical, topological and structural descriptors by multiple regression analysis using principal component factor analysis as the data pre-processing step. Molar refractivity was found to be a significant contributor in modeling all three data sets. Apart from this, partition coefficient, E-state index, valence connectivity and indicator parameters were important in modeling different activity series. The final relations were of moderate to good quality as evidenced from regression statistics (R2 values ranging 66-75%) and leave-one-out cross validation data (Q2 values ranging 54-70%).</p>","PeriodicalId":11297,"journal":{"name":"Drug design and discovery","volume":"18 4","pages":"165-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24821946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kalapatapu V V M Sairam, Jagarlapudi A R P Sarma, Gautam R Desiraju
{"title":"3D-QSAR studies of some [[1-aryl(or benzyl)-1-(benzenesulphonamido)methyl] phenyl] alkanoic acid derivatives as thromboxane A2 receptor antagonists.","authors":"Kalapatapu V V M Sairam, Jagarlapudi A R P Sarma, Gautam R Desiraju","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Thromboxane A(2) receptor antagonists have attracted much attention in recent times in the design of new agents that could be active against diseases such as thrombosis, asthma and myocardial ischemia. 3D-QSAR studies have been performed on a series of [[1-aryl(or benzyl)-1-(benzenesulphonamido)methyl] phenyl] alkanoic acid derivatives by using the receptor surface analysis (RSA) method. The RSA analysis was carried out on 31 analogues of which 25 were used in the training set and the rest considered for the test set. This study produced reasonably good predictive models with good cross-validated and conventional r(2) values in both the models.</p>","PeriodicalId":11297,"journal":{"name":"Drug design and discovery","volume":"18 2-3","pages":"47-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24124448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Silvia Rivara, Marco Mor, Fabrizio Bordi, Claudia Silva, Valentina Zuliani, Federica Vacondio, Giovanni Morini, Pier Vincenzo Plazzi, Pierre-Alain Carrupt, Bernard Testa
{"title":"Synthesis and three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship analysis of H3 receptor antagonists containing a neutral heterocyclic polar group.","authors":"Silvia Rivara, Marco Mor, Fabrizio Bordi, Claudia Silva, Valentina Zuliani, Federica Vacondio, Giovanni Morini, Pier Vincenzo Plazzi, Pierre-Alain Carrupt, Bernard Testa","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship (3D-QSAR) analysis was applied to a series of H(3) receptor antagonists characterized by an imidazole ring, an alkyl spacer, and a heterocyclic polar moiety containing an imidazole or a thiazole ring, with a view to investigate the requirements for H(3) receptor affinity on rat cortex membranes. The compounds were aligned based on the hypothesis that the presence of a H-bond donor group in the polar portion of the molecule can increase H(3) receptor affinity. The 3D-QSAR analysis, which was performed using both the CoMFA and CoMSIA protocols, revealed that the presence of a H-bond donor group is not statistically relevant for H(3) receptor affinity. Based on this result, another alignment was adopted that took into consideration the structural features common to all compounds, namely the imidazole ring and the N atom with a free lone pair in the polar portion. The 3D-QSAR models thus obtained showed that H(3) receptor affinity is modulated by the position and direction of the intermolecular interaction elicited by the polar group in the ligands.</p>","PeriodicalId":11297,"journal":{"name":"Drug design and discovery","volume":"18 2-3","pages":"65-79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24124450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sulfonate ester hydroxamic acids as potent and selective inhibitors of TACE enzyme.","authors":"Jeremy I Levin, Mila T Du","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sulfonamide hydroxamate derivatives of anthranilic acids are known to be potent inhibitors of cell-free TACE enzyme. However, compounds of this structural class with both high potency and high selectivity for TACE over matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are uncommon. Replacement of the sulfonamide functionality with an isosteric sulfonate ester has resulted in a series of sulfonate ester hydroxamates, 2a-e, with excellent activity against TACE and excellent selectivity over MMP-1 and MMP-13. Although compounds 2a-e possess good permeability in a PAMPA assay, they are only weakly active as inhibitors of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated tumor necrosis factor (TNF) production in human monocytic THP-1 cells. Protein binding affinity also does not predict the lack of cellular activity for these analogs.</p>","PeriodicalId":11297,"journal":{"name":"Drug design and discovery","volume":"18 4","pages":"123-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24821943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In vitro and in vivo activities of acylated derivatives of isoniazid against mycobacterium tuberculosis.","authors":"M. Hearn, M. Cynamon","doi":"10.1080/10559610390450705","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10559610390450705","url":null,"abstract":"Enzymatic acylation of the antitubercular isoniazid (INH) by N-acetyl transferases reduces the therapeutic effectiveness of the drug. Because it represents a major metabolic pathway for INH in human beings, such acetylation has serious consequences for tuberculosis treatment regimens. Among patients in whom this process is efficient, the \"rapid acetylators,\" the resultant chronic underdosing of INH may give rise to the development of resistance, as well as inadequate therapy. Not much work has been done previously to characterize the antitubercular properties of other N2-acylisoniazids. In order to address the fundamental issue of the activities of these acylated derivatives of INH, a number of such compounds 1a-f were chemically synthesized for investigation by a method providing good yield and purity. In experiments in vitro against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, these compounds displayed minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values between several fold and several hundred fold greater than that of INH itself, on a molar basis, with some of the more active compounds having higher calculated values of log P. Among these derivatives, compound 1b, closely homologous to the INH metabolite 1a, N2-acetylisoniazid, provided unexpected protection in tuberculosis-infected mice. The authors conclude that such close structural congeners of metabolites of INH may serve as significant leads in antitubercular drug discovery and in the exploration of the mode of action of INH.","PeriodicalId":11297,"journal":{"name":"Drug design and discovery","volume":"20 1","pages":"103-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80227056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Structural bioinformatics and QSAR analysis applied to the acetylcholinesterase and bispyridinium aldoximes.","authors":"Peter P Mager, Anje Weber","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The methods of bioinformatics, molecular modelling, and quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) using regression and artificial neural network (ANN) analyses were applied to develop safer aldoxime antidotes against poisoning by organophosphorus (OP) agents with high, mean, and low aging rates. We start here from a molecular modelling of the mouse AChE at an atomistic level. Aim is to predict qualitatively the structural requirements of an aldoxime that shows an unique reactivating activity against the three classes of OPs. An antidotal action should occur by a three-site mechanism: the aldoxime groups of the first pyridinium ring should point towards the catalytic site, and the second pyridinium ring and its substituents should be anchored at the peripherical and anionic subsites. Based on this model, it is predicted that a suitable substituent is based on an arginine-like moiety. Then, an ANN-based QSAR analysis using a training set of aldoximes with known structure and activities was applied. Its input layer consisted of seven nodes: the group-membership descriptors that parameterize the type of the OP, the logarithms of the distribution coefficients at pH 7.4 and their squared term, the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energies, the scaled molar refractions of the substituents, and their squared term. It was shown that the qualitative prediction made by molecular modelling can be quantified by an ANN prediction.</p>","PeriodicalId":11297,"journal":{"name":"Drug design and discovery","volume":"18 4","pages":"127-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24821944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sulfonate ester hydroxamic acids as potent and selective inhibitors of TACE enzyme.","authors":"J. Levin, M. Du","doi":"10.3109/10559610390476473","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/10559610390476473","url":null,"abstract":"Sulfonamide hydroxamate derivatives of anthranilic acids are known to be potent inhibitors of cell-free TACE enzyme. However, compounds of this structural class with both high potency and high selectivity for TACE over matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are uncommon. Replacement of the sulfonamide functionality with an isosteric sulfonate ester has resulted in a series of sulfonate ester hydroxamates, 2a-e, with excellent activity against TACE and excellent selectivity over MMP-1 and MMP-13. Although compounds 2a-e possess good permeability in a PAMPA assay, they are only weakly active as inhibitors of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated tumor necrosis factor (TNF) production in human monocytic THP-1 cells. Protein binding affinity also does not predict the lack of cellular activity for these analogs.","PeriodicalId":11297,"journal":{"name":"Drug design and discovery","volume":"72 1","pages":"123-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82393569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}