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Rational design of selective HDAC2 inhibitors for liver cancer treatment: computational insights into the selectivity mechanism through molecular dynamics simulations and QM/MM calculations

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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
卷 23, 期 32, 页码 17576-17590

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02264d

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  1. Overseas Expertise Introduction Project for Discipline Innovation [D20029]
  2. Program for Innovative Talents of Higher Education of Liaoning [2012520005]
  3. Grants of Undergraduate Innovative Experiment Program [S202010163051]
  4. Education Department of Liaoning [2020LJC05]

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The study utilized various computational methods to clarify the structural basis of selective inhibition towards HDAC2 over HDAC8 and demonstrated the different binding modes of inhibitors with the two isoforms. The results revealed the diverse interaction patterns of HDAC2 and HDAC8 inhibitors with Zn2+ ions.
The rational design of selective histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2) inhibitors is beneficial for the therapeutic treatment of liver cancer, though HDAC2 is highly homologous to HDAC8, which may lead to undesired side effects due to the pan-inhibition towards HDAC2 and HDAC8. To clarify the structural basis of selective inhibition towards HDAC2 over HDAC8, we utilized multiple in silico strategies, including sequence alignment, structural comparison, molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulations, free energy calculations, alanine scanning mutagenesis, pharmacophore modeling, protein contacts atlas analysis and QM/MM calculations to study the binding patterns of HDAC2/8 selective inhibitors. Through the whole process described above, it is found that although HDAC2 has conserved GLY154 and PHE210 that also exist within HDAC8, namely GLY151 and PHE208, the two isoforms exhibit diverse binding modes towards their inhibitors. Typically, HDAC2 inhibitors interact with the Zn2+ ions through the core chelate group, while HDAC8 inhibitors adopt a bent conformation within the HDAC8 pocket that inclines to be in contact with the Zn2+ ions through the terminal hydroxamic acid group. In summary, our data comprehensively elucidate the selectivity mechanism towards HDAC2 over HDAC8, which would guide the rational design of selective HDAC2 inhibitors for liver cancer treatment.

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