HT-SuMD : making molecular dynamics simulations suitable for fragment-based screening. A comparative study with NMR

Fragment-based lead discovery (FBLD) is one of the most efficient methods to develop new drugs. We present here a new computational protocol called High-Throughput Supervised Molecular Dynamics (HT-SuMD), which makes it possible to automatically screen up to thousands of fragments, representing therefore a new valuable resource to prioritise fragments in FBLD campaigns. The protocol was applied to Bcl-XL, an oncological protein target involved in the regulation of apoptosis through protein-protein interactions. Initially, HT-SuMD performances were validated against a robust NMR-based screening, using the same set of 100 fragments. These independent results showed a remarkable agreement between the two methods. Then, a virtual screening on a larger library of additional 300 fragments was carried out and the best hits were validated by NMR. Remarkably, all the in silico selected fragments were confirmed as Bcl-XL binders. This represents, to date, the largest computational fragments screening entirely based on MD.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

Enthalten in:

Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry - 36(2021), 1 vom: 15. Dez., Seite 1-14

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ferrari, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Bissaro, Maicol [VerfasserIn]
Fabbian, Simone [VerfasserIn]
De Almeida Roger, Jessica [VerfasserIn]
Mammi, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Moro, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Bellanda, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Sturlese, Mattia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bcl-X Protein
Bcl-XL
Comparative Study
FBLD
Journal Article
MD
NMR
Small Molecule Libraries
SuMD

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Date Completed 17.05.2021

Date Revised 12.11.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/14756366.2020.1838499

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316838861