Title
An Effective Virtual Screening Protocol To Identify Promising p53-MDM2 Inhibitors.
Abstract
The p53-MDM2 interaction is a well-known protein-protein contact, and its disruption is a key event for p53 activation and induction of its oncosuppressor response. The design of small molecules that can block the p53-MDM2 interaction and reactivate the p53 function is a promising strategy for cancer therapy. To date, several compounds have been identified as p53-MDM2 inhibitors, and X-ray structures of MDM2 complexed with several ligands are available in the Brookhaven Protein Data Bank. These data have been p53-11131112 interaction exploited to compile a hierarchical virtual screening protocol. The first steps were aimed at selecting a focused library, which was submitted in parallel to docking and pharmacophore model alignment. Selected compounds were subjected to inhibition assays of both cellular vitality (MTT) and p53-MDM2 interaction (ELISA and co-immunoprecipitation), disclosing four nanomolar inhibitors.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1021/acs.jcim.5b00747
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL INFORMATION AND MODELING
Field
DocType
Volume
Pharmacophore,Docking (dog),Combinatorial chemistry,Molecular Docking Simulation,Mdm2,Chemistry,Small molecule,Structure–activity relationship,Bioinformatics,Virtual screening,Protein Data Bank
Journal
56
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
SP6
1549-9596
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
10