Accurate prediction of relative binding affinities of a series of HIV‐1 protease inhibitors using semi‐empirical quantum mechanical charge

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (19) ◽  
pp. 1773-1780
Author(s):  
Cheng Peng ◽  
Jinan Wang ◽  
Zhijian Xu ◽  
Tingting Cai ◽  
Weiliang Zhu



2005 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 3825-3832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Yanchunas ◽  
David R. Langley ◽  
Li Tao ◽  
Ronald E. Rose ◽  
Jacques Friborg ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Protease inhibitors (PIs) are highly effective drugs against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), yet long-term therapeutic use is limited by emergence of HIV type 1 (HIV-1) protease substitutions that confer cross-resistance to multiple protease inhibitor drugs. Atazanavir is a highly potent HIV protease inhibitor with a distinct resistance profile that includes effectiveness against most HIV-1 isolates resistant to one or two PIs. The signature resistance substitution for atazanavir is I50L, and it is frequently (53%) accompanied by a compensatory A71V substitution that helps restore viability and increases atazanavir resistance levels. We measured the binding affinities of wild-type (WT) and I50L/A71V HIV-1 proteases to atazanavir and other currently approved PIs (ritonavir, lopinavir, saquinavir, nelfinavir, indinavir, and amprenavir) by isothermal titration calorimetry. Remarkably, we find that all of the PIs have 2- to 10-fold increased affinities for I50L/A71V protease, except for atazanavir. The results are also manifested by thermal stability measures of affinity for WT and I50L/A71V proteases. Additional biophysical and enzyme kinetics experiments show I50L/A71V protease is a stable enzyme with catalytic activity that is slightly reduced (34%) relative to the WT. Computational modeling reveals that the unique resistance phenotype of I50L/A71V protease likely originates from bulky tert-butyl groups at P2 and P2′ (specific to atazanavir) that sterically clash with methyl groups on residue L50. The results of this study provide a molecular understanding of the novel hypersusceptibility of atazanavir-resistant I50L/A71V-containing clinical isolates to other currently approved PIs.



1997 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 885-897 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Hultén ◽  
Nicholas M. Bonham ◽  
Ulrika Nillroth ◽  
Tomas Hansson ◽  
Guido Zuccarello ◽  
...  




1998 ◽  
Vol 41 (25) ◽  
pp. 5113-5117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert F. Kaltenbach ◽  
David A. Nugiel ◽  
Patrick Y. S. Lam ◽  
Ronald M. Klabe ◽  
Steven P. Seitz


2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Pepe ◽  
Ivano Mezzaroma ◽  
Alessandra Fantauzzi ◽  
Mario Falciano ◽  
Alessandra Salotti ◽  
...  


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Horton ◽  
Alice Allen ◽  
Daniel Cole

<div><div><div><p>The quantum mechanical bespoke (QUBE) force field is used to retrospectively calculate the relative binding free energy of a series of 17 flexible inhibitors of p38α MAP kinase. The size and flexibility of the chosen molecules represent a stringent test of the derivation of force field parameters from quantum mechanics, and enhanced sampling is required to reduce the dependence of the results on the starting structure. Competitive accuracy with a widely-used biological force field is achieved, indicating that quantum mechanics derived force fields are approaching the accuracy required to provide guidance in prospective drug discovery campaigns.</p></div></div></div>



Tetrahedron ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 58 (9) ◽  
pp. 1697-1708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Xing Jia ◽  
Xin Li ◽  
Bin Wu ◽  
Xue Zhi Zhao ◽  
Yong Qiang Tu


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