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Ligand-Based and Structure-Based Virtual Screening of New Sodium Glucose Cotransporter Type 2 Inhibitors
Ana Karen Estrada1, Domingo Mendez-Alvarez1, Alfredo Juarez-Saldivar1
1Laboratorio de Biotecnologia Farmaceutica, Centro de Biotecnologia Genomica, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, 88710 Reynosa, Mexico.
Background:
Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease that causes multiple complications and common comorbidities, which decreases the quality of life for people affected by the disease. Sodium glucose cotransporter type 2 (SGLT2) participates in the reabsorption of 90% of glucose in the kidneys; therefore, it is an attractive drug target for controlling blood glucose levels.
Objective:
The aim in this work was to obtain new potential SGLT2 inhibitors.
Methods:
A ligand-based virtual screening (LBVS) from the ZINC15, PubChem and ChemSpider databases using the maximum common substructure (MCS) scaffold was performed.
Result:
A total of 341 compounds were obtained and analyzed by molecular docking on the active site of SGLT2. Subsequently, 15 compounds were selected for molecular dynamics (MD) simulation analysis. The compounds derived of spiroketal Sa1, Sa4, and Sa9 (≤ 3.5 Å) in complex with the receptor SGLT2 showed good stability during 120 ns of MD.
Conclusion:
These compounds are proposed as potential SGLT2 inhibitors.
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