Structure-based virtual screening discovers novel kidney-type glutaminase inhibitors - 10/09/22
Abstract |
Glutaminase (GLS) serves a critical bioenergetic role for malignant tumor growth and has become a valuable therapeutic target for cancer treatment. Herein, we performed a structure-based virtual screening to discover novel GLS inhibitors and provide information for developing new GLS inhibitors. We identified critical pharmacological interactions in the GLS1 binding site by analyzing the known GLS1 inhibitors and selected potential inhibitors based on their docking score and pharmacological interactions. The inhibitory effects of compounds were further confirmed by enzymatic and cell viability assays. We treated colorectal cancer and triple-negative breast cancer cells with the selected candidates and measured the inhibitory efficacy of hit compounds on cell viability. In total, we identified three GLS1 inhibitors. The compounds identified from our structure-based virtual screening methodology exhibited great anticancer potential as a lead targeting glutamine metabolism.
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Highlights |
• | An effective structure-based virtual screening is established to discover novel GLS inhibitors. |
• | Three hit compounds significantly inhibit GLS activity and cancer cell proliferation. |
• | The three hits display diverse moieties from known GLS1 inhibitors, suggesting novel GLS1 inhibitors are identified. |
Keywords : GLS1, Virtual screening, Docking, Pharmacological interaction
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Vol 154
Article 113585- octobre 2022 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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