A Pragmatic Pharmacophore Informatics Strategy to Discover New Potent Inhibitors Against Pim-3

Author(s):  
Sudhir Reddy Peddi ◽  
Ramalingam Kundenapally ◽  
Sree Kanth Sivan ◽  
Gururaj Somadi ◽  
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Abstract Pim-3 (proviral integration site moloney murine leukemia virus-3) is an oncogene which encodes proteins belonging to serine/threonine kinase family, and PIM subfamily. It is generally over expressed in epithelial and hematological tumors. It is known to involve in numerous cellular functions such as cell growth, differentiation, survival, tumorigenesis and apoptosis. It also plays a crucial role in regulation of signal transduction cascades. Therefore it emerged as a hopefultherapeutic target for cancer treatment. In current study, indole derivatives having potent inhibitory activity against Pim 3 were taken and pharmacophore based virtual screening was carried out. A five point pharmacophore hypothesis with one hydrogen bond acceptor, one hydrogen bond donor and three aromatic rings i.e., ADRRR was developed with acceptable R2and Q2 values of 0.913 and 0.748 respectively. It was employed as a query and screening was conducted against Asinex and Otava lead library databases to screen out potent drug like candidates. The obtained compounds were subjected to SP, XP docking using 3D model of pim-3 which was constructed through comparative homology modelling and finally binding free energies were calculated for top hits. The docking and binding free energy studies revealed that six hit molecules showed higher binding energy in comparison to the best active molecule. Finally, MD simulations of the top hit with highest binding energy was carried out which indicated that the obtained hit N1 formed a stable complex with pim-3. We believe that these combined protocols will be helpful and cooperative to discover and design more potent pim-3 inhibitors in near future.

2006 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. o1754-o1755
Author(s):  
Neng-Fang She ◽  
Sheng-Li Hu ◽  
Hui-Zhen Guo ◽  
An-Xin Wu

The title compound, C24H18Br2N4O2·H2O, forms a supramolecular structure via N—H...O, O—H...O and C—H...O hydrogen bonds. In the crystal structure, the water molecule serves as a bifurcated hydrogen-bond acceptor and as a hydrogen-bond donor.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph A. Bauer ◽  
Gisbert Schneider ◽  
Andreas H. Göller

Abstract We present machine learning (ML) models for hydrogen bond acceptor (HBA) and hydrogen bond donor (HBD) strengths. Quantum chemical (QC) free energies in solution for 1:1 hydrogen-bonded complex formation to the reference molecules 4-fluorophenol and acetone serve as our target values. Our acceptor and donor databases are the largest on record with 4426 and 1036 data points, respectively. After scanning over radial atomic descriptors and ML methods, our final trained HBA and HBD ML models achieve RMSEs of 3.8 kJ mol−1 (acceptors), and 2.3 kJ mol−1 (donors) on experimental test sets, respectively. This performance is comparable with previous models that are trained on experimental hydrogen bonding free energies, indicating that molecular QC data can serve as substitute for experiment. The potential ramifications thereof could lead to a full replacement of wetlab chemistry for HBA/HBD strength determination by QC. As a possible chemical application of our ML models, we highlight our predicted HBA and HBD strengths as possible descriptors in two case studies on trends in intramolecular hydrogen bonding.


Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 1940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanwen Zhong ◽  
Xuanyi Li ◽  
Hequan Yao ◽  
Kejiang Lin

The programmed cell death ligand protein 1 (PD-L1) is a member of the B7 protein family and consists of 290 amino acid residues. The blockade of the PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint pathway is effective in tumor treatment. Results: Two pharmacophore models were generated based on peptides and small molecules. Hypo 1A consists of one hydrogen bond donor, one hydrogen bond acceptor, two hydrophobic points and one aromatic ring point. Hypo 1B consists of one hydrogen bond donor, three hydrophobic points and one positive ionizable point. Conclusions: The pharmacophore model consisting of a hydrogen bond donor, hydrophobic points and a positive ionizable point may be helpful for designing small-molecule inhibitors targeting PD-L1.


2013 ◽  
Vol 91 (12) ◽  
pp. 1292-1302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osama Y. Ali ◽  
Elyse Jewer ◽  
Travis D. Fridgen

The infrared absorption spectra of hydrogen-bonded complexes of propylene oxide with either ethanol or 2-fluoroethanol have been recorded in neon matrices. Mixtures of propylene oxide and ethanol or propylene oxide and 2-fluoroethanol vapors were mixed with an excess of neon gas and deposited onto a KBr substrate at 4.2 K. The results indicate that hydrogen-bonded complexes were formed with propylene oxide as the hydrogen bond acceptor and either ethanol or 2-fluoroethanol as the hydrogen bond donors. The features assigned to the O−H stretch were red-shifted by 175 and 193 cm−1 for the ethanol- and 2-fluoroethanol-containing complexes, respectively. The difference in red shifts can be accounted for due to the greater acidity of 2-fluroethanol. Deuterium isotope experiments were conducted to help confirm the assignment of the O–H stretch for the complexes. As well, structures and infrared spectra were calculated using B3LYP/6-311++G(2d,2p) calculations and were used to compare with the experimental spectra. A “scaling equation” rather than a scaling factor was used and is shown to greatly increase the utility of the calculations when comparing with experimental spectra. An examination of the O–H stretching red shifts for many hydrogen-bound complexes reveals a relationship between the shift and the difference between the acidity of the hydrogen bond donor and the basicity of the hydrogen bond acceptor (the enthalpy of proton transfer). Both hydrogen-bonded complexes and proton-bound complexes appear to have a maximum in the reduced frequency value that corresponds to complexes where the hydrogen/proton are equally shared between the two bases.


1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (9) ◽  
pp. 2540-2544 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Kirk Stephenson ◽  
Richard Fuchs

Heats of solution of triethylamine, aniline, pyridine, and model compounds (3-ethylpentane, benzene) in 17 organic solvents (n-heptane, cyclohexane, carbon tetrachloride, 1,2-dichloroethane, α,α,α-trifluorotoluene, triethylamine, butyl ether, ethyl acetate, dimethylformamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, benzene, toluene, mesitylene, t-butyl alcohol, 1-octanol, methanol, 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol) have been combined with solute heats of vaporization to give enthalpies of transfer from vapor to solvent (ΔH(v → s)). Differences between solute and model values (ΔΔH(v → s) = ΔH(v → s) (solute) – ΔH(v → s) (model)) were used to evaluate nitrogen base solute–solvent polar interactions. Correlations of ΔΔH(v → s) with Taft–Kamlet solvatochromic parameters (π*, α, β) have been determined.Aniline was found to be a better hydrogen bond donor acid than hydrogen bond acceptor base. Nevertheless, alcohols donate H-bonds to aniline. Triethylamine and pyridine are stronger HBA bases than aniline. The π* (dipolarity–polarizability) parameter of aniline (as a solute) is calculated to be 1.10.


2005 ◽  
Vol 04 (04) ◽  
pp. 467-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
ABDELHAK BELAISSAOUI ◽  
HIDEO TOKUHISA ◽  
EMIKO KOYAMA ◽  
MASATOSHI KANESATO

We demonstrate that immobilization of a π-conjugated molecule containing a bipyridine moiety as a hydrogen bond acceptor on Au using a dendrimer-based template with 3,4-dihydroxybenzene moiety at the core as a hydrogen bond donor. The hydrogen bond interaction was used for the linkage between the conjugated molecule and the template to improve the method to fabricate single-molecule arrays we reported before.1 Although the binding constant is small ( K = 120 ± 20 M -1) in CDCl 3, it was demonstrated that the dendrimer spacer serves as a template to isolate the π-conjugated molecule, and is removable simply with a CH 2 Cl 2 rinsing by surface FTIR spectroscopy.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rima J. Isaifan ◽  
Abdukarem Amhamed

In the recent past few years, deep eutectic solvents (DESs) were developed sharing similar characteristics to ionic liquids but with more advantageous features related to preparation cost, environmental impact, and efficiency for gas separation processes. Amongst many combinations of DES solvents that have been prepared, reline (choline chloride as the hydrogen bond acceptor mixed with urea as the hydrogen bond donor) was the first DES synthesized and is still the one with the lowest melting point. Choline chloride/urea DES has proven to be a promising solvent as an efficient medium for carbon dioxide capture when compared with amine alone or ionic liquids under the same conditions. This review sheds light on the preparation method, physical and chemical characteristics, and the CO2 absorption capacity of choline chloride/urea DES under different temperatures and pressures reported up to date.


2013 ◽  
Vol 444-445 ◽  
pp. 1756-1760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Ling Zhang ◽  
Yuan Ming Wang ◽  
Yan Jiang Qiao

The structure-based pharmacophore (SBP) model is consisted by the complementarity of the chemical features and space of the interaction between the ligand and receptor. The SBP models always have a high specificity which can only represent the specific class of the ligand. To simplify the models, sub-pharmacophore was then proposed in present study, and was expected to have and only have the most important or the common chemical features which play the major role in the interaction of ligand and receptor. Sub-pharmacophore should contain 4-6 features, the higher specificity with more features, and vice versa. The sub-pharmacophore was generated by the random combination of features from the structure-based models. With the MDL Drug Data Report database used as the testing database, a new metric CAI (comprehensive appraisal index), which integrated the metrics of E and A%, was defined and used to determine the best sub-pharmacophore model. C-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNKs) is one of the mitogen-activated protein kinase family, and widely involved in immune response and inflammatory response, and other pathological processes. JNK3 is mainly distributed in the brain and nervous system. In present study, twenty-five initial SBP models of JNK3 inhibitors were directly constructed from the Protein Data Bank (PDB) complexes by the LigandScout software. Then, 1018 sub-pharmacophore models were obtained from the 25 initial models. Finally, the best sub-pharmacophore was determined which was simplified from the initial model generated from the 3FI2 complex, and included four features: one hydrogen bond donor, one hydrogen bond acceptor, and two hydrophobic groups. The metrics of E, A% and CAI value of the best sub-pharmacophore model are 17.47, 31.15 and 5.44, respectively. The potential JNK3 inhibitors were then identified from Chinese herbs with the best sub-pharmacophore model, and 286 compounds were obtained.


2015 ◽  
Vol 71 (9) ◽  
pp. 824-833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Hossein Alamdar ◽  
Mehrdad Pourayoubi ◽  
Anahid Saneei ◽  
Michal Dušek ◽  
Monika Kučeráková ◽  
...  

Hirshfeld surfaces and two-dimensional fingerprint plots are used to analyse the intermolecular interactions in two new phosphorothioic triamide structures, namelyN,N′,N′′-tris(3,4-dimethylphenyl)phosphorothioic triamide acetonitrile hemisolvate, P(S)[NHC6H3-3,4-(CH3)2]3·0.5CH3CN or C24H30N3PS·0.5CH3CN, (I), andN,N′,N′′-tris(4-methylphenyl)phosphorothioic triamide–3-methylpiperidinium chloride (1/1), P(S)[NHC6H4(4-CH3)]3·[3-CH3-C5H9NH2]+·Cl−or C21H24N3PS·C6H14N+·Cl−, (II). The asymmetric unit of (I) consists of two independent phosphorothioic triamide molecules and one acetonitrile solvent molecule, whereas for (II), the asymmetric unit is composed of three components (molecule, cation and anion). In the structure of (I), the different components are organized into a six-molecule aggregate through N—H...S and N—H...N hydrogen bonds. The components of (II) are aggregated into a two-dimensional array through N—H...S and N—H...Cl hydrogen bonds. Moreover, interesting features of packing arise in this structure due to the presence of a double hydrogen-bond acceptor (the S atom of the phosphorothioic triamide molecule) and of a double hydrogen-bond donor (the N—H unit of the cation). For both (I) and (II), the full fingerprint plot of each component is asymmetric as a consequence of the presence of three fragments. These analyses reveal that H...H interactions [67.7 and 64.3% for the two symmetry-independent phosphorothioic triamide molecules of (I), 30.7% for the acetonitrile solvent of (I), 63.8% in the phosphorothioic triamide molecule of (II) and 62.9% in the 3-methylpiperidinium cation of (II)] outnumber the other contacts for all the components in both structures, except for the chloride anion of (II), which only receives the Cl...H contact. The phosphorothioic triamide molecules of both structures include unsaturated C atoms, thus presenting C...H/H...C interactions: 17.6 and 21% for the two symmetry-independent phosphorothioic triamide molecules in (I), and 22.7% for the phosphorothioic triamide molecule of (II). Furthermore, the N—H...S hydrogen bonds in both (I) and (II), and the N—H...Cl hydrogen bonds in (II), are the most prominent interactions, appearing as large red spots on the Hirshfeld surface maps. The N...H/H...N contacts in structure (I) are considerable, whereas for (II), they give a negligible contribution to the total interactions in the system.


2012 ◽  
Vol 90 (8) ◽  
pp. 675-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Premlata K. Ambre ◽  
Raghuvir R. S. Pissurlenkar ◽  
Evans C. Coutinho ◽  
Radhakrishnan P. Iyer

Inhibition of checkpoint kinase-1 (Chk1) by small molecules is of great therapeutic interest in the field of oncology and for understanding cell-cycle regulations. This paper presents a model with elements from docking, pharmacophore mapping, the 3D-QSAR approaches CoMFA, CoMSIA and CoRIA, and virtual screening to identify novel hits against Chk1. Docking, 3D-QSAR (CoRIA, CoMFA and CoMSIA), and pharmacophore studies delineate crucial site points on the Chk1 inhibitors, which can be modified to improve activity. The docking analysis showed residues in the proximity of the ligands that are involved in ligand–receptor interactions, whereas CoRIA models were able to derive the magnitude of these interactions that impact the activity. The ligand-based 3D-QSAR methods (CoMFA and CoMSIA) highlight key areas on the molecules that are beneficial and (or) detrimental for activity. The docking studies and 3D-QSAR models are in excellent agreement in terms of binding-site interactions. The pharmacophore hypotheses validated using sensitivity, selectivity, and specificity parameters is a four-point model, characterized by a hydrogen-bond acceptor (A), hydrogen-bond donor (D), and two hydrophobes (H). This map was used to screen a database of 2.7 million druglike compounds, which were pruned to a small set of potential inhibitors by CoRIA, CoMFA, and CoMSIA models with predicted activity in the range of 8.5–10.5 log units.


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