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Ligand- and structure-based in silico studies to identify kinesin spindle protein (KSP) inhibitors as potential anticancer agents
Balakumar, Chandrasekaran,Ramesh, Muthusamy,Tham, Chuin Lean,Khathi, Samukelisiwe Pretty,Kozielski, Frank,Srinivasulu, Cherukupalli,Hampannavar, Girish A.,Sayyad, Nisar,Soliman, Mahmoud E.,Karpoormath, Rajshekhar
, p. 1 - 18 (2017)
Kinesin spindle protein (KSP) belongs to the kinesin superfamily of microtubule-based motor proteins. KSP is responsible for the establishment of the bipolar mitotic spindle which mediates cell division. Inhibition of KSP expedites the blockade of the normal cell cycle during mitosis through the generation of monoastral MT arrays that finally cause apoptotic cell death. As KSP is highly expressed in proliferating/cancer cells, it has gained considerable attention as a potential drug target for cancer chemotherapy. Therefore, this study envisaged to design novel KSP inhibitors by employing computational techniques/tools such as pharmacophore modelling, virtual database screening, molecular docking and molecular dynamics. Initially, the pharmacophore models were generated from the data-set of highly potent KSP inhibitors and the pharmacophore models were validated against in house test set ligands. The validated pharmacophore model was then taken for database screening (Maybridge and ChemBridge) to yield hits, which were further filtered for their drug-likeliness. The potential hits retrieved from virtual database screening were docked using CDOCKER to identify the ligand binding landscape. The top-ranked hits obtained from molecular docking were progressed to molecular dynamics (AMBER) simulations to deduce the ligand binding affinity. This study identified MB-41570 and CB-10358 as potential hits and evaluated these experimentally using in vitro KSP ATPase inhibition assays.
Facile assembly of two 6-membered fused N-heterocyclic rings: A rapid access to novel small molecules via Cu-mediated reaction
Adepu, Raju,Sunke, Rajnikanth,Meda, Chandana L. T.,Rambabu,Krishna, G. Rama,Reddy, C. Malla,Deora, Girdhar Singh,Parsa, Kishore V. L.,Pal, Manojit
supporting information, p. 190 - 192 (2013/02/22)
A rapid, versatile and one-pot Cu-mediated domino reaction has been developed for facile assembly of two six membered fused N-heterocyclic rings leading to novel small molecules as potential inhibitors of PDE4. The Royal Society of Chemistry.