期刊
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
卷 22, 期 15, 页码 4042-4048出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2014.05.068
关键词
Neuropilin; VEGF; Angiogenesis; Protein-protein interactions inhibitors; Structure-based virtual screening
资金
- Inserm institute, the University Paris Diderot
- University Paris 13
Neuropilin-1 (NRP-1), one of the most important co-receptors of vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A), increases its angiogenic action in several chronic diseases including cancer by increasing the activity of associated tyrosine kinase receptors, VEGFR1 and VEGFR2. Binding of VEGF-A to NRP-1 plays a critical role in pathological angiogenesis and tumor progression. Today, targeting this interaction is a validated approach to fight against angiogenesis-dependent diseases. Only anti-NRP-1 antibodies, peptide and peptidomimetic drug-candidates or hits have been developed thus far. In order to identify potent orally active small organic molecules various experimental and in silico approaches can be used. Here we report, novel promising small drug-like molecules disrupting the binding of VEGF-A(165) to NRP-1. We carried out structure-based virtual screening experiments using the ChemBridge compound collection on the VEGF-A(165) binding pocket of NRP-1. After docking and two rounds of similarity search computations, we identified 4 compounds that inhibit the biotinylated VEGF-A(165) binding to recombinant NRP-1 with K-i of about 10 mu M. These compounds contain a common chlorobenzyloxy alkyloxy halogenobenzyl amine scaffold that can serve as a base for further development of new NRP-1 inhibitors. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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