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Successful application of virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulations against antimalarial molecular targets.


ABSTRACT: The main challenge in the control of malaria has been the emergence of drug-resistant parasites. The presence of drug-resistant Plasmodium sp. has raised the need for new antimalarial drugs. Molecular modelling techniques have been used as tools to develop new drugs. In this study, we employed virtual screening of a pyrazol derivative (Tx001) against four malaria targets: plasmepsin-IV, plasmepsin-II, falcipain-II, and PfATP6. The receiver operating characteristic curves and area under the curve (AUC) were established for each molecular target. The AUC values obtained for plasmepsin-IV, plasmepsin-II, and falcipain-II were 0.64, 0.92, and 0.94, respectively. All docking simulations were carried out using AutoDock Vina software. The ligand Tx001 exhibited a better interaction with PfATP6 than with the reference compound (-12.2 versus -6.8 Kcal/mol). The Tx001-PfATP6 complex was submitted to molecular dynamics simulations in vacuum implemented on an NAMD program. The ligand Tx001 docked at the same binding site as thapsigargin, which is a natural inhibitor of PfATP6. Compound TX001 was evaluated in vitro with a P. falciparum strain (W2) and a human cell line (WI-26VA4). Tx001 was discovered to be active against P. falciparum (IC50 = 8.2 µM) and inactive against WI-26VA4 (IC50 > 200 µM). Further ligand optimisation cycles generated new prospects for docking and biological assays.

SUBMITTER: Nunes RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5146734 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Successful application of virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulations against antimalarial molecular targets.

Nunes Renata Rachide RR   Costa Marina Dos Santos MD   Santos Bianca Dos Reis BD   Fonseca Amanda Luisa da AL   Ferreira Lorena Sales LS   Chagas Rafael Cesar Russo RC   Silva Alisson Marques da AM   Varotti Fernando de Pilla FP   Taranto Alex Gutterres AG  

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 20161110 12


The main challenge in the control of malaria has been the emergence of drug-resistant parasites. The presence of drug-resistant Plasmodium sp. has raised the need for new antimalarial drugs. Molecular modelling techniques have been used as tools to develop new drugs. In this study, we employed virtual screening of a pyrazol derivative (Tx001) against four malaria targets: plasmepsin-IV, plasmepsin-II, falcipain-II, and PfATP6. The receiver operating characteristic curves and area under the curve  ...[more]

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