Virtual Screening, Molecular Dynamics and ADME-Tox Tools for Finding Potential Inhibitors of Phosphoglycerate Mutase 1 from Plasmodium falciparum

Title:Virtual Screening, Molecular Dynamics and ADME-Tox Tools for Finding Potential Inhibitors of Phosphoglycerate Mutase 1 from Plasmodium falciparum

Volume: 18 Issue: 18

Author(s): Lluvia Ríos-Soto, Claudia Avitia-Domínguez, Erick Sierra-Campos, Mónica Valdez-Solana, Jorge Cisneros-Martínez, Marcelo Gómez Palacio-Gastellum and Alfredo Téllez-Valencia*

Affiliation:

• Facultad de Medicina y Nutricion, Universidad Juarez del Estado de Durango, Av. Universidad y Fanny Anitua S/N, Durango, Dgo, C.P. 34000,Mexico

Keywords: Malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, Phosphoglycerate mutase 1, Virtual screening, Molecular dynamics, ADME-Tox.

Abstract: Background: Nowadays, malaria is still one of the most important and lethal diseases worldwide, causing 445,000 deaths in a year. Due to the actual treatment resistance, there is an emergency to find new drugs.

Objective: The aim of this work was to find potential inhibitors of phosphoglycerate mutase 1 from P. falciparum.

Results: Through virtual screening of a chemical library of 15,123 small molecules, analyzed by two programs, four potential inhibitors of phosphoglycerate mutase 1 from P. falciparum were found: ZINC64219552, ZINC39095354, ZINC04593310, and ZINC04343691; their binding energies in SP mode were -7.3, -7.41, -7.4, and -7.18 kcal/mol respectively. Molecular dynamic analysis revealed that these molecules interact with residues important for enzyme catalysis and molecule ZINC04343691 provoked the highest structural changes. Physiochemical and toxicological profiles evaluation of these inhibitors with ADME-Tox method suggested that they can be considered as potential drugs. Furthermore, analysis of human PGAM-B suggested that these molecules could be selective for the parasitic enzyme.

Conclusion: The compounds reported here are the first selective potential inhibitors of phosphoglycerate mutase 1 from P. falciparum, and can serve as a starting point in the search of a new chemotherapy against malaria.

Cite this article as:

Ríos-Soto Lluvia , Avitia-Domínguez Claudia , Sierra-Campos Erick , Valdez-Solana Mónica , Cisneros-Martínez Jorge , Palacio-Gastellum Gómez Marcelo and Téllez-Valencia Alfredo *, Virtual Screening, Molecular Dynamics and ADME-Tox Tools for Finding Potential Inhibitors of Phosphoglycerate Mutase 1 from Plasmodium falciparum, Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 2018; 18 (18) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568026618666181029144653