Virtual screening and experimental validation reveal novel small-molecule inhibitors of 14-3-3 protein–protein interactions

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (76) ◽  
pp. 8468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philipp Thiel ◽  
Lars Röglin ◽  
Nicole Meissner ◽  
Sven Hennig ◽  
Oliver Kohlbacher ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (20) ◽  
pp. 1719-1736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharanya Sarkar ◽  
Khushboo Gulati ◽  
Manikyaprabhu Kairamkonda ◽  
Amit Mishra ◽  
Krishna Mohan Poluri

Background: To carry out wide range of cellular functionalities, proteins often associate with one or more proteins in a phenomenon known as Protein-Protein Interaction (PPI). Experimental and computational approaches were applied on PPIs in order to determine the interacting partners, and also to understand how an abnormality in such interactions can become the principle cause of a disease. Objective: This review aims to elucidate the case studies where PPIs involved in various human diseases have been proven or validated with computational techniques, and also to elucidate how small molecule inhibitors of PPIs have been designed computationally to act as effective therapeutic measures against certain diseases. Results: Computational techniques to predict PPIs are emerging rapidly in the modern day. They not only help in predicting new PPIs, but also generate outputs that substantiate the experimentally determined results. Moreover, computation has aided in the designing of novel inhibitor molecules disrupting the PPIs. Some of them are already being tested in the clinical trials. Conclusion: This review delineated the classification of computational tools that are essential to investigate PPIs. Furthermore, the review shed light on how indispensable computational tools have become in the field of medicine to analyze the interaction networks and to design novel inhibitors efficiently against dreadful diseases in a shorter time span.


2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (38) ◽  
pp. 12249-12260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Logan R. Hoggard ◽  
Yongqiang Zhang ◽  
Min Zhang ◽  
Vanja Panic ◽  
John A. Wisniewski ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Ye ◽  
Weiyao Zhang ◽  
Wenchao Lu ◽  
Yiqian Xie ◽  
Hao Jiang ◽  
...  

Overexpression of coactivator associated arginine methyltransferase 1 (CARM1), a protein arginine N-methyltransferase (PRMT) family enzyme, is associated with various diseases including cancers. Consequently, the development of small-molecule inhibitors targeting PRMTs has significant value for both research and therapeutic purposes. In this study, together with structure-based virtual screening with biochemical assays, two compounds DC_C11 and DC_C66 were identified as novel inhibitors of CARM1. Cellular studies revealed that the two inhibitors are cell membrane permeable and effectively blocked proliferation of cancer cells including HELA, K562, and MCF7. We further predicted the binding mode of these inhibitors through molecular docking analysis, which indicated that the inhibitors competitively occupied the binding site of the substrate and destroyed the protein-protein interactions between CARM1 and its substrates. Overall, this study has shed light on the development of small-molecule CARM1 inhibitors with novel scaffolds.


2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (22) ◽  
pp. 8375-8375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunquan Sheng ◽  
Guoqiang Dong ◽  
Zhenyuan Miao ◽  
Wannian Zhang ◽  
Wei Wang

Correction for ‘State-of-the-art strategies for targeting protein–protein interactions by small-molecule inhibitors’ by Chunquan Sheng et al., Chem. Soc. Rev., 2015, DOI: 10.1039/c5cs00252d.


ChemMedChem ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncan E. Scott ◽  
Anthony G. Coyne ◽  
Ashok Venkitaraman ◽  
Tom L. Blundell ◽  
Chris Abell ◽  
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