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NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 96, Issue -, Pages 84-99Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2016.03.003
Keywords
Antipsychotics; Behavioral studies; Homology modeling; Molecular docking; Molecular dynamics; Schizophrenia
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Mathematical and Computational Modeling (ICM), Warsaw, Poland [G30-18]
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) [SAF2014-57138-C2-1-R]
- XUNTA de Galicia [ED181A-2015]
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Antipsychotics currently available to treat schizophrenia suffer several limitations: (1) they are efficient against positive but not negative and cognitive symptoms of the disease; (2) they help only a half of patients; (3) they have severe side effects including neurological and metabolic side effects. Thus, novel drugs to treat schizophrenia are highly demanded. We identified a novel dopamine D-2 receptor antagonist, D2AAK1, with K-i of 58 nM using structure-based virtual screening. D2AAK1 possesses additional nanomolar or low micromolar affinity to D-1, D-3, 5-HT1A and 5-HT2A receptors, making it an ideal candidate for a multi-target drug. Here we present homology modeling, molecular docking and molecular dynamics of D2AAK1 and its molecular targets and animal studies of D2AAK1 as a potential antipsychotic. The main contact of D2AAK1 and all the receptors studied is the electrostatic interaction between the protonable nitrogen atom of the ligand and the conserved Asp(3.32) as typical for orthosteric ligands of aminergic GPCR5. We confirmed antagonistic/partial agonistic properties of D2AAK1 towards all the receptors in in vitro essays and in in silico studies as the ligand stabilizes the ionic lock interaction. We also demonstrated neuroleptic, anxiolytic and, importantly, procognitive properties of D2AAK1 in mouse models. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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