C3-Symmetric Ligands in Drug Design : When the Target Controls the Aesthetics of the Drug

A number of proteins are able to adopt a homotrimeric spatial conformation. Among these structures, this feature appears as crucial for biologic targets, since it facilitates the design of C3-symmetric ligands that are especially suitable for displaying optimized ligand-target interactions and therapeutic benefits. Additionally, DNA as a therapeutic target, even if its conformation into a superhelix does not correspond to a C3-symmetry, can also take advantage of these C3-symmetric ligands for better interactions and therapeutic effects. For the moment, this opportunity appears to be under-exploited, but should become more frequent with the discovery of new homotrimeric targets such as the SARS-CoV2 spike protein. Besides their potential therapeutic interest, the synthetic access to these C3-symmetric ligands often leads to chemical challenges, although drug candidates with an aesthetic structure are generally obtained.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 28(2023), 2 vom: 10. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Antonijevic, Mirjana [VerfasserIn]
Rochais, Christophe [VerfasserIn]
Dallemagne, Patrick [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

C3
Drug design
Homo-trimeric
Journal Article
Ligands
RNA, Viral
Review
Symmetry

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Date Completed 24.01.2023

Date Revised 01.02.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/molecules28020679

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM351884564