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Amadio P, Sandrini L, Zarà M, Barbieri SS, Ieraci A. NADPH-oxidases as potential pharmacological targets for thrombosis and depression comorbidity. Redox Biol 2024; 70:103060. [PMID: 38310682 PMCID: PMC10848036 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2024.103060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/06/2024] Open
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There is a complex interrelationship between the nervous system and the cardiovascular system. Comorbidities of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) with mental disorders, and vice versa, are prevalent. Adults with mental disorders such as anxiety and depression have a higher risk of developing CVD, and people with CVD have an increased risk of being diagnosed with mental disorders. Oxidative stress is one of the many pathways associated with the pathophysiology of brain and cardiovascular disease. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase (NOX) is one of the major generators of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in mammalian cells, as it is the enzyme that specifically produces superoxide. This review summarizes recent findings on the consequences of NOX activation in thrombosis and depression. It also discusses the therapeutic effects and pharmacological strategies of NOX inhibitors in CVD and brain disorders. A better comprehension of these processes could facilitate the development of new therapeutic approaches for the prevention and treatment of the comorbidity of thrombosis and depression.
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- Patrizia Amadio
- Unit of Brain-Heart Axis: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, 20138, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Brain-Heart Axis: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, 20138, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Brain-Heart Axis: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, 20138, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Brain-Heart Axis: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, 20138, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, eCampus University, 22060, Novedrate (CO), Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, 20156, Milan, Italy.
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Hamid A, Mäser P, Mahmoud AB. Drug Repurposing in the Chemotherapy of Infectious Diseases. Molecules 2024; 29:635. [PMID: 38338378 PMCID: PMC10856722 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29030635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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Repurposing is a universal mechanism for innovation, from the evolution of feathers to the invention of Velcro tape. Repurposing is particularly attractive for drug development, given that it costs more than a billion dollars and takes longer than ten years to make a new drug from scratch. The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a large number of drug repurposing activities. At the same time, it has highlighted potential pitfalls, in particular when concessions are made to the target product profile. Here, we discuss the pros and cons of drug repurposing for infectious diseases and analyze different ways of repurposing. We distinguish between opportunistic and rational approaches, i.e., just saving time and money by screening compounds that are already approved versus repurposing based on a particular target that is common to different pathogens. The latter can be further distinguished into divergent and convergent: points of attack that are divergent share common ancestry (e.g., prokaryotic targets in the apicoplast of malaria parasites), whereas those that are convergent arise from a shared lifestyle (e.g., the susceptibility of bacteria, parasites, and tumor cells to antifolates due to their high rate of DNA synthesis). We illustrate how such different scenarios can be capitalized on by using examples of drugs that have been repurposed to, from, or within the field of anti-infective chemotherapy.
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- Amal Hamid
- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Khartoum, Khartoum 11111, Sudan;
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- Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, 4123 Basel, Switzerland
- Faculty of Science, University of Basel, 4001 Basel, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Khartoum, Khartoum 11111, Sudan;
- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany
- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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Ullah A, Khan A, Al-Harrasi A, Ullah K, Shabbir A. Three-Dimensional Structure Characterization and Inhibition Study of Exfoliative Toxin D From Staphylococcus aureus. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:800970. [PMID: 35250557 PMCID: PMC8895341 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.800970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The Staphylococcus aureus exfoliative toxins (ETs) are the main toxins that produce staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS), an abscess skin disorder. The victims of the disease are usually newborns and kids, as well as grown-up people. Five ETs namely, exfoliative toxins A, B, C, D, and E have been identified in S. aureus. The three-dimensional (3D) structure of exfoliative toxins A, B, C and E is known, while that of exfoliative toxin D (ETD) is still unknown. In this work, we have predicted the 3D structure of ETD using protein modeling techniques (software used for 3D structure modeling comprising the MODELLER 9v19 program, SWISS-Model, and I-TESSER). The validation of the build model was done using PROCHECK (Ramachandran plot), ERRAT2, and Verify 3D programs. The results from 3D modeling show that the build model was of good quality as indicated by a GMQE score of 0.88 and by 91.1% amino acid residues in the most favored region of the Ramachandran plot, the ERRAT2 quality factor of 90.1%, and a verify3D score of >0.2 for 99.59% of amino acid residues. The 3D structure analysis indicates that the overall structure of ETD is similar to the chymotrypsin-like serine protease fold. The structure is composed of 13 β-strands and seven α-helices that fold into two well-defined six-strand β-barrels whose axes are roughly perpendicular to each other. The active site residues include histidine-97, aspartic acid-147, and serine-221. This represents the first structure report of ETD. Structural comparison with the other ETs shows some differences, particularly in the loop region, which also change the overall surface charge of these toxins. This may convey variable substrate specificity to these toxins. The inhibition of these toxins by natural (2S albumin and flocculating proteins from Moringa oleifera seeds) and synthetic inhibitors (suramin) was also carried out in this study. The results from docking indicate that the inhibitors bind near the C-terminal domain which may restrict the movement of this domain and may halt the access of the substrate to the active site of this enzyme. Molecular dynamic simulation was performed to see the effect of inhibitor binding to the enzyme. This work will further elucidate the structure–function relationship of this enzyme. The inhibition of this enzyme will lead to a new treatment for SSSS.
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- Anwar Ullah
- Department of Biosciences COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
- *Correspondence: Anwar Ullah, ; Ahmed Al-Harrasi,
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- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, Oman
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- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, Oman
- *Correspondence: Anwar Ullah, ; Ahmed Al-Harrasi,
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- Department of Biosciences COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biosciences COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Larréché S, Chippaux JP, Chevillard L, Mathé S, Résière D, Siguret V, Mégarbane B. Bleeding and Thrombosis: Insights into Pathophysiology of Bothrops Venom-Related Hemostasis Disorders. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22179643. [PMID: 34502548 PMCID: PMC8431793 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22179643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Revised: 08/29/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Toxins from Bothrops venoms targeting hemostasis are responsible for a broad range of clinical and biological syndromes including local and systemic bleeding, incoagulability, thrombotic microangiopathy and macrothrombosis. Beyond hemostais disorders, toxins are also involved in the pathogenesis of edema and in most complications such as hypovolemia, cardiovascular collapse, acute kidney injury, myonecrosis, compartmental syndrome and superinfection. These toxins can be classified as enzymatic proteins (snake venom metalloproteinases, snake venom serine proteases, phospholipases A2 and L-amino acid oxidases) and non-enzymatic proteins (desintegrins and C-type lectin proteins). Bleeding is due to a multifocal toxicity targeting vessels, platelets and coagulation factors. Vessel damage due to the degradation of basement membrane and the subsequent disruption of endothelial cell integrity under hydrostatic pressure and tangential shear stress is primarily responsible for bleeding. Hemorrhage is promoted by thrombocytopenia, platelet hypoaggregation, consumption coagulopathy and fibrin(ogen)olysis. Onset of thrombotic microangiopathy is probably due to the switch of endothelium to a prothrombotic phenotype with overexpression of tissue factor and other pro-aggregating biomarkers in association with activation of platelets and coagulation. Thrombosis involving large-caliber vessels in B. lanceolatus envenomation remains a unique entity, which exact pathophysiology remains poorly understood.
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- Sébastien Larréché
- INSERM, UMRS-1144, Paris University, 75006 Paris, France; (S.L.); (L.C.); (S.M.)
- Department of Medical Biology, Bégin Military Teaching Hospital, 94160 Saint-Mandé, France
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- MERIT, IRD, Paris University, 75006 Paris, France;
- CRT, Pasteur Institute, 75015 Paris, France
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- INSERM, UMRS-1144, Paris University, 75006 Paris, France; (S.L.); (L.C.); (S.M.)
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- INSERM, UMRS-1144, Paris University, 75006 Paris, France; (S.L.); (L.C.); (S.M.)
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- Clinical Toxicology Unit, Critical Care Department, University Hospital of Martinique, Fort de France, 97200 Martinique, France;
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- INSERM, UMRS-1140, Paris University, 75006 Paris, France;
- Laboratory of Hematology, Lariboisière Hospital, 75010 Paris, France
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- INSERM, UMRS-1144, Paris University, 75006 Paris, France; (S.L.); (L.C.); (S.M.)
- Department of Medical and Toxicological Critical Care, Lariboisière Hospital, 75010 Paris, France
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +33-(0)-143-985-299
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Ullah A, Masood R, Ali I, Ullah K, Ali H, Akbar H, Betzel C. Thrombin-like enzymes from snake venom: Structural characterization and mechanism of action. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 114:788-811. [PMID: 29604354 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.03.164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2018] [Revised: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Snake venom thrombin-like enzymes (SVTLEs) constitute the major portion (10-24%) of snake venom and these are the second most abundant enzymes present in the crude venom. During envenomation, these enzymes had shown prominently the various pathological effects, such as disturbance in hemostatic system, fibrinogenolysis, fibrinolysis, platelet aggregation, thrombosis, neurologic disorders, activation of coagulation factors, coagulant, procoagulant etc. These enzymes also been used as a therapeutic agent for the treatment of various diseases such as congestive heart failure, ischemic stroke, thrombotic disorders etc. Although the crystal structures of five SVTLEs are available in the Protein Data Bank (PDB), there is no single article present in the literature that has described all of them. The current work describes the structural aspects, structure-based mechanism of action, processing and inhibition of these enzymes. The sequence analysis indicates that these enzymes show a high sequence identity (57-85%) with each other and low sequence identity with trypsin (36-43%), human alpha-thrombin (29-36%) and other snake venom serine proteinases (57-85%). Three-dimensional structural analysis indicates that the loops surrounding the active site are variable both in amino acids composition and length that may convey variable substrate specificity to these enzymes. The surface charge distributions also vary in these enzymes. Docking analysis with suramin shows that this inhibitor preferably binds to the C-terminal region of these enzymes and causes the destabilization of their three-dimensional structure.
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- Anwar Ullah
- Department of Biosciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Park Road, Islamabad 45550, Pakistan.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan
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- Department of Biosciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Park Road, Islamabad 45550, Pakistan
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- Department of Biosciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Park Road, Islamabad 45550, Pakistan
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- Department of Biosciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Park Road, Islamabad 45550, Pakistan
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- Department of Biosciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Park Road, Islamabad 45550, Pakistan
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- Laboratory for Structural Biology of Infection and Inflammation, University of Hamburg, c/o DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
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Marques AF, Esser D, Rosenthal PJ, Kassack MU, Lima LMTR. Falcipain-2 inhibition by suramin and suramin analogues. Bioorg Med Chem 2013; 21:3667-73. [PMID: 23680445 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2013.04.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2013] [Revised: 04/09/2013] [Accepted: 04/17/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Falcipain-2 is a cysteine protease of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum that plays a key role in the hydrolysis of hemoglobin, a process that is required by intraerythrocytic parasites to obtain amino acids. In this work we show that the polysulfonated napthylurea suramin is capable of binding to falcipain-2, inhibiting its catalytic activity at nanomolar concentrations against both synthetic substrates and the natural substrate hemoglobin. Kinetic measurements suggest that the inhibition occurs through an noncompetitive allosteric mechanism, eliciting substrate inhibition. Smaller suramin analogues and those with substituted methyl groups also showed inhibition within the nanomolar range. Our results identify the suramin family as a potential starting point for the design of falcipain-2 inhibitor antimalarials that act through a novel inhibition mechanism.
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- Adriana Fonseca Marques
- Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, CCS, Bss34, Ilha do Fundão, 21941-590 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Domingos TFS, Moura LDA, Carvalho C, Campos VR, Jordão AK, Cunha AC, Ferreira VF, de Souza MCBV, Sanchez EF, Fuly AL. Antivenom effects of 1,2,3-triazoles against Bothrops jararaca and Lachesis muta snakes. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:294289. [PMID: 23710441 PMCID: PMC3654660 DOI: 10.1155/2013/294289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2013] [Revised: 03/25/2013] [Accepted: 03/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Snake venoms are complex mixtures of proteins of both enzymes and nonenzymes, which are responsible for producing several biological effects. Human envenomation by snake bites particularly those of the viperid family induces a complex pathophysiological picture characterized by spectacular changes in hemostasis and frequently hemorrhage is also seen. The present work reports the ability of six of a series of 1,2,3-triazole derivatives to inhibit some pharmacological effects caused by the venoms of Bothrops jararaca and Lachesis muta. In vitro assays showed that these compounds were impaired in a concentration-dependent manner, the fibrinogen or plasma clotting, hemolysis, and proteolysis produced by both venoms. Moreover, these compounds inhibited biological effects in vivo as well. Mice treated with these compounds were fully protected from hemorrhagic lesions caused by such venoms. But, only the B. jararaca edema-inducing activity was neutralized by the triazoles. So the inhibitory effect of triazoles derivatives against some in vitro and in vivo biological assays of snake venoms points to promising aspects that may indicate them as molecular models to improve the production of effective antivenom or to complement antivenom neutralization, especially the local pathological effects, which are partially neutralized by antivenoms.
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- Thaisa F. S. Domingos
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Marinha, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia das Interações, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Outeiro de São João Batista, s/n, 3 Andar, Sala 310, 24020-141 Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Orgânica, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Orgânica, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Orgânica, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Orgânica, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Orgânica, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Outeiro de São João Batista, s/n, 3 Andar, Sala 310, 24020-141 Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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Allosteric activation of human α-thrombin through exosite 2 by suramin analogs. Arch Biochem Biophys 2012; 520:36-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2012.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2011] [Revised: 02/01/2012] [Accepted: 02/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Neutralization of Bothrops asper venom by antibodies, natural products and synthetic drugs: Contributions to understanding snakebite envenomings and their treatment. Toxicon 2009; 54:1012-28. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2009] [Revised: 03/10/2009] [Accepted: 03/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Synthesis, biological, and theoretical evaluations of new 1,2,3-triazoles against the hemolytic profile of the Lachesis muta snake venom. Bioorg Med Chem 2009; 17:7429-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2009] [Revised: 09/16/2009] [Accepted: 09/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Lima LMTR, Becker CF, Giesel GM, Marques AF, Cargnelutti MT, de Oliveira Neto M, Monteiro RQ, Verli H, Polikarpov I. Structural and thermodynamic analysis of thrombin:suramin interaction in solution and crystal phases. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2009; 1794:873-81. [PMID: 19332154 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2008] [Revised: 02/24/2009] [Accepted: 03/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Suramin is a hexasulfonated naphthylurea which has been recently characterized as a non-competitive inhibitor of human alpha-thrombin activity over fibrinogen, although its binding site and mode of interaction with the enzyme remain elusive. Here, we determined two X-ray structure of the thrombin:suramin complex, refined at 2.4 A resolution. While a single thrombin:suramin complex was found in the asymmetric unit cell of the crystal, some of the crystallographic contacts with symmetrically related molecules are mediated by both the enzyme and the ligand. Molecular dynamics simulations with the 1:1 complex demonstrate a large rearrangement of suramin in the complex, but with the protein scaffold and the more extensive protein-ligand regions keep unchanged. Small-angle X-ray scattering measurements at high micromolar concentration demonstrate a suramin-induced dimerization of the enzyme. These data indicating a dissimilar binding mode in the monomeric and oligomeric states, with a monomeric, 1:1 complex to be more likely to exist at the thrombin physiological, nanomolar concentration range. Collectively, close understanding on the structural basis for interaction is given which might establish a basis for design of suramin analogues targeting thrombin.
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- Luis Maurício T R Lima
- Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-590, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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