Identification of potential inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis shikimate kinase : molecular docking, in silico toxicity and in vitro experiments

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Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the main causes of death from a single pathological agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). In addition, the emergence of drug-resistant TB strains has exacerbated even further the treatment outcome of TB patients. It is thus needed the search for new therapeutic strategies to improve the current treatment and to circumvent the resistance mechanisms of Mtb. The shikimate kinase (SK) is the fifth enzyme of the shikimate pathway, which is essential for the survival of Mtb. The shikimate pathway is absent in humans, thereby indicating SK as an attractive target for the development of anti-TB drugs. In this work, a combination of in silico and in vitro techniques was used to identify potential inhibitors for SK from Mtb (MtSK). All compounds of our in-house database (Centro de Pesquisas em Biologia Molecular e Funcional, CPBMF) were submitted to in silico toxicity analysis to evaluate the risk of hepatotoxicity. Docking experiments were performed to identify the potential inhibitors of MtSK according to the predicted binding energy. In vitro inhibitory activity of MtSK-catalyzed chemical reaction at a single compound concentration was assessed. Minimum inhibitory concentration values for in vitro growth of pan-sensitive Mtb H37Rv strain were also determined. The mixed approach implemented in this work was able to identify five compounds that inhibit both MtSK and the in vitro growth of Mtb.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:37

Enthalten in:

Journal of computer-aided molecular design - 37(2023), 3 vom: 22. März, Seite 117-128

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Freitas de Freitas, Talita [VerfasserIn]
Roth, Candida Deves [VerfasserIn]
Abbadi, Bruno Lopes [VerfasserIn]
Hopf, Fernanda Souza Macchi [VerfasserIn]
Perelló, Marcia Alberton [VerfasserIn]
de Matos Czeczot, Alexia [VerfasserIn]
de Souza, Eduardo Vieira [VerfasserIn]
Borsoi, Ana Flávia [VerfasserIn]
Machado, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Bizarro, Cristiano Valim [VerfasserIn]
Basso, Luiz Augusto [VerfasserIn]
Timmers, Luis Fernando Saraiva Macedo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antitubercular Agents
AutoDock Vina
Docking
Journal Article
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
PkCSM
PyRx
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Shikimate
Shikimate kinase

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Date Completed 09.03.2023

Date Revised 03.04.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10822-022-00495-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350592950