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Title

Computer-assisted combinatorial design of bicyclic thymidine analogs as inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis thymidine monophosphate kinase.

Authors

Frecer, Vladimir; Seneci, Pierfausto; Miertus, Stanislav

Abstract

Thymidine monophosphate kinase (TMPK) is an essential enzyme for nucleotide metabolism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and thus an attractive target for novel antituberculosis agents. In this work, we have explored the chemical space around the 2′,3′-bicyclic thymidine nucleus by designing and in silico screening of a virtual focused library selected via structure based methods to identify more potent analogs endowed with favorable ADME-related properties. In all the library members we have exchanged the ribose ring of the template with a cyclopentane moiety that is less prone to enzymatic degradation. In addition, we have replaced the six-membered 2′,3′-ring by a number of five-membered and six-membered heterocyclic rings containing alternative proton donor and acceptor groups, to exploit the interaction with the carboxylate groups of Asp9 and Asp163 as well as with several cationic residues present in the vicinity of the TMPK binding site. The three-dimensional structure of the TMPK complexed with 5-hydroxymethyl-dUMP, an analog of dTMP, was employed to develop a QSAR model, to parameterize a scoring function specific for the TMPK target and to select analogues which display the highest predicted binding to the target. As a result, we identified a small highly focused combinatorial subset of bicyclic thymidine analogues as virtual hits that are predicted to inhibit the mycobacterial TMPK in the submicromolar concentration range and to display favorable ADME-related properties. Graphical abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Subjects

MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis; ANTITUBERCULAR agents; NUCLEOTIDES; THYMIDINE; BINDING sites; COMBINATORIAL designs & configurations; COMPUTER-aided design

Publication

Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design, 2011, Vol 25, Issue 1, p31

ISSN

0920-654X

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1007/s10822-010-9399-4

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