通过基于多个结构的对接和分子动力学模拟,将天然产品作为UPAR抑制剂进行选
Song Xie1, Guiqian Yang1, Juhong Wu1
1College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China.
Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics
|December 19, 2023
概括
研究人员确定了新的天然产品抑制剂,向尿激酶类型的血原激活体受体 (uPAR),以对抗癌症转移. 化合物NP5,NP12和NP14通过阻断PAR-uPA相互作用,显示出作为口服活性抗癌疗法的前景.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
- 计算化学的计算化学
背景情况:
- 癌症转移是癌症相关死亡和治疗耐药性的主要原因.
- 泌尿酸酶类型等离子素激活体受体 (uPAR) 是抗癌和抗转移疗法的关键标.
研究的目的:
- 通过基于结构的虚拟查来识别PAR的新型天然产品抑制剂.
- 评估潜在抑制剂对PAR的结合亲和力和动态.
主要方法:
- 长时间分子动力学 (MD) 模拟以生成apo-uPAR模型.
- 分子对接,共识评分和视觉检查用于初始抑制剂识别.
- 基于MD的MM-GBSA计算和结构动态分析用于绑定亲和和稳定性评估.
- 对排名第一的化合物进行ADMET属性预测.
主要成果:
- 从天然产品库中确定了15种潜在的UPAR抑制剂 (NP1-NP15).
- 前六种化合物表现为稳定地与PAR结合,与PAR-uPA接口的关键残留物相互作用.
- 与之前发现的抑制剂相比,天然产品NP5,NP12和NP14表现出更高的结合亲和力.
- 预测NP5,NP12和NP14具有良好的口服生物利用性.
结论:
- 这项研究确定了有前途的天然产品衍生PAR抑制剂.
- NP5,NP12和NP14代表了开发新型抗癌和抗转移疗法的潜在候选人.
- 已识别的化合物可能提供有效的策略来中断PAR介导的癌症进展.
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