Abstract (EN):
A medicinal chemistry approach combining in silico and in vitro methodologies was performed aiming at identifying and characterizing putative allosteric drug-binding sites (aDBSs) at the interface of the transmembrane-and nucleotide-binding domains (TMD-NBD) of P-glycoprotein. Two aDBSs were identified, one in TMD1/NBD1 and another one in TMD2/NBD2, by means of in silico fragment-based molecular dynamics and characterized in terms of size, polarity, and lining residues. From a small library of thioxanthone and flavanone derivatives, experimentally described to bind at the TMD-NBD interfaces, several compounds were identified to be able to decrease the verapamil-stimulated ATPase activity. An IC50 of 81 +/- 6.6 mu M is reported for a flavanone derivative in the ATPase assays, providing evidence for an allosteric efux modulation in P-glycoprotein. Molecular docking and molecular dynamics gave additional insights on the binding mode on how flavanone derivatives may act as allosteric inhibitors.
Idioma:
Inglês
Tipo (Avaliação Docente):
Científica
Nº de páginas:
7