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Physiological Recordings and RNA Sequencing of the Gustatory Appendages of the Yellow-fever Mosquito Aedes aegypti
Published on: December 30, 2014
Promising Aedes aegypti repellent chemotypes identified through integrated QSAR, virtual screening, synthesis, and
Polina V Oliferenko1, Alexander A Oliferenko, Gennadiy I Poda
1Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America.
Abstract:
Molecular field topology analysis, scaffold hopping, and molecular docking were used as complementary computational tools for the design of repellents for Aedes aegypti, the insect vector for yellow fever, chikungunya, and dengue fever. A large number of analogues were evaluated by virtual screening with Glide molecular docking software. This produced several dozen hits that were either synthesized or procured from commercial sources. Analysis of these compounds by a repellent bioassay resulted in a few highly active chemicals (in terms of minimum effective dosage) as viable candidates for further hit-to-lead and lead optimization effort.
