Surface plasmon resonance and cytotoxicity assays of drug efficacies predicted computationally to inhibit p53/MDM2 interaction.
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ABSTRACT: Docking on the p53-binding site of murine double minute 2 (MDM2) by small molecules restores p53's tumor-suppressor function. We previously assessed 3244 FDA-approved drugs via "computational conformer selection" for inhibiting MDM2 and p53 interaction. Here, we developed a surface plasmon resonance method to experimentally confirm the inhibitory effects of the known MDM2 inhibitor, nutlin-3a, and two drug candidates predicted by our computational method. This p53/MDM2 interaction displayed a dosage-dependent weakening when MDM2 is pre-mixed with drug candidates. The inhibition efficiency order is nutlin-3a (IC50?=?97?nM)?>?bepridil (206?nM)?>?azelastine (307?nM). Furthermore, we verified their anti-proliferation effects on SJSA-1 (wild-type p53 and overexpressed MDM2), SW480 (mutated p53), and SaOs-2 (deleted p53) cancer cell lines. The inhibitory order towards SJSA-1?cell line is nutlin-3a (IC50?=?0.8??M)?>?bepridil (23??M)?>?azelastine (25??M). Our experimental results are in line with the computational prediction, and the higher IC50 values from the cell-based assays are due to the requirement of higher drug concentrations to penetrate cell membranes. The anti-proliferation effects of bepridil and azelastine on the cell lines with mutated and deleted p53 implied some p53-independent anti-proliferation effects.
SUBMITTER: Wang X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6942878 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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