A new insight into mushroom tyrosinase inhibitors: docking, pharmacophore-based virtual screening, and molecular modeling studies

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 487-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kowsar Bagherzadeh ◽  
Faezeh Shirgahi Talari ◽  
Amirhossein Sharifi ◽  
Mohammad Reza Ganjali ◽  
Ali Akbar Saboury ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Modeling ◽  
Virtual Screening ◽  
Mushroom Tyrosinase ◽  
Modeling Studies ◽  
Molecular Modeling Studies ◽  
Tyrosinase Inhibitors ◽  
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Molecular Modeling Studies on 2,4-Disubstituted Imidazopyridines as Anti-Malarials: Atom-Based 3D-QSAR, Molecular Docking, Virtual Screening, In-Silico ADMET and Theoretical Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150012
Author(s):  
Suraj N. Mali ◽  
Anima Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Docking ◽  
Molecular Modeling ◽  
Virtual Screening ◽  
In Silico ◽  
Energy Gap ◽  
3D Qsar ◽  
Modeling Studies ◽  
In Vitro Investigation ◽  
In Silico Admet ◽  
Molecular Modeling Studies

Malarial parasites have been reported for moderate-high resistance towards classical antimalarial agents and henceforth development of newer novel chemical entities targeting multiple targets rather than targeting single target will be a highly promising strategy in antimalarial drug discovery. Herein, we carried out molecular modeling studies on 2,4-disubstituted imidazopyridines as anti-hemozoin formation inhibitors by using Schrödinger’s molecular modeling package (2020_4). We have developed statistically robust atom-based 3D-QSAR model (training set, [Formula: see text]; test set, [Formula: see text]; [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text]; root-mean-square error, [Formula: see text]; standard deviation, [Formula: see text]). Our molecular docking, in-silico ADMET analysis showed that dataset molecule 37, has highly promising results. Our ligand-based virtual screening resulted in top five ZINC hits, among them ZINC73737443 hit was observed with lesser energy gap, i.e. 7.85[Formula: see text]eV, higher softness value (0.127[Formula: see text]eV), and comparatively good docking score of [Formula: see text]10.2[Formula: see text]kcal/mol. Our in-silico analysis for a proposed hit, ZINC73737443 showed that this molecule has good ADMET, in-silico nonames toxic as well as noncarcinogenic profile. We believe that further experimental as well as the in-vitro investigation will throw more lights on the identification of ZINC73737443 as a potential antimalarial agent.

Interaction of different prototropic species of an anticancer drug ellipticine with HSA and IgG proteins: multispectroscopic and molecular modeling studies

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (26) ◽  
pp. 16937-16946 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raina Thakur ◽  
Anupam Das ◽  
Vandna Sharma ◽  
Chandan Adhikari ◽  
Kalyan Sundar Ghosh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Modeling ◽  
Blood Serum ◽  
Anticancer Drug ◽  
Carrier Proteins ◽  
Physiological Conditions ◽  
Modeling Studies ◽  
Molecular Modeling Studies ◽  
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Studies on interactions between an anticancer alkaloid, ellipticine, and various carrier proteins in blood serum show tangible results to gain insight into the solubility and transport of the drug under physiological conditions.

p-Trifluoroacetophenone Oxime Ester Derivatives: Synthesis, Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Evaluation and Molecular Modeling Studies

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
İrem Bozbey ◽  
Suat Sari ◽  
Emine Şalva ◽  
Didem Kart ◽  
Arzu Karakurt
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Modeling ◽  
Neuroblastoma Cell ◽  
Neuroblastoma Cells ◽  
Cytotoxic Agents ◽  
Human Neuroblastoma Cell ◽  
Human Neuroblastoma ◽  
Modeling Studies ◽  
Broth Microdilution Method ◽  
Molecular Modeling Studies

Background: Azole antifungals are among the first-line drugs clinically used for the treatment of systemic candidiasis, a deadly type of fungal infection that threatens mostly immunecompromised and hospitalized patients. Some azole derivatives were also reported to have antiproliferative effects on cancer cells. Objective: In this study, 1-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-2-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)ethanone (3), its oxime (4), and a series of its novel oxime ester derivatives (5a-v) were synthesized and tested for their in vitro antimicrobial activities against certain ATCC standard strains of Candida sp. fungi and bacteria. The compounds were also tested for their cytotoxic effects against mouse fibroblast and human neuroblastoma cell lines. Molecular modeling studies were performed to provide insights into their possible mechanisms for antifungal and antibacterial actions. Methods: The compounds were synthesized by the reaction of various oximes with acyl chlorides. Antimicrobial activity of the compounds was determined according to the broth microdilution method. For the determination of cytotoxic effect, we used MTS assay. Molecular docking and QM/MM studies were performed to predict the binding mechanisms of the active compounds in the catalytic site of C. albicans CYP51 (CACYP51) and S. aureus flavohemoglobin (SAFH), the latter of which was created via homology modeling. Results: 5d, 5l, and 5t showed moderate antifungal activity against C. albicans, while 3, 5c, and 5r showed significant antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Most of the compounds showed approximately 40-50% inhibition against the human neuroblastoma cells at 100 µM. In this line, 3 was the most potent with an IC50 value of 82.18 μM followed by 5a, 5o, and 5t. 3 and 5a were highly selective to the neuroblastoma cells. Molecular modelling results supported the hypothesis that our compounds were inhibitors of CAYP51 and SAFH. Conclusion: This study supports that oxime ester derivatives may be used for the development of new antimicrobial and cytotoxic agents.

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