Virtual screening uses computer based methods to discover new ligands on the basis of biological structures. Among all virtual screening methods structure based docking has received considerable attention. In an attempt to identify new ligands as urease inhibitors, structure-based virtual screening (SBVS) of an in-house database of 10,000 organic compounds was carried out. The X-ray crystallographic structure of Bacillus pasteurii (BP) in complex with acetohydroxamic acid (PDB Code 4UBP) was used as a protein structure. As a starting point, similar to 10,000 compounds of our in-house database were analyzed to check redundancy and the compounds found repeated were removed from the database. Finally 6993 compounds were docked into the active site of BP urease using GOLD and MOE-Dock software. A remarkable feature of this study was the identification of monastrol, a well-known KSP inhibitor already in clinical trials, as a novel urease inhibitor. The hits identified were further evaluated by molecular docking and on examination of the affinity predictions, twenty-seven analogs of monastrol were synthesized by a multicomponent Biginelli reaction followed by their in vitro screening as urease inhibitors. Finally twelve compounds were identified as new urease inhibitors. The excellent in vitro activity suggested that these compounds may serve as viable lead compounds for the treatment of urease related problems. (c) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Discovery of 3,4-Dihydropyrimidin-2(1<i>H</i>)-ones As a Novel Class of Potent and Selective A<sub>2B</sub> Adenosine Receptor Antagonists
We describe the discovery and optimization of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones as a novel family of (nonzanthine) A(2B) receptor antagonists that exhibit an unusually high selectivity profile. The Biginelli-based hit optimization process enabled a thoughtful exploration of the structure-activity and structure-selectivity relationships for this chemotype, enabling the identification of ligands that combine structural simplicity with excellent hA(2B) AdoR affinity and remarkable selectivity profiles.
3,4-Dihydropyrimidin-2(1<i>H</i>)-ones as Antagonists of the Human A<sub>2B</sub> Adenosine Receptor: Optimization, Structure–Activity Relationship Studies, and Enantiospecific Recognition
作者:María Majellaro、Willem Jespers、Abel Crespo、María J. Núñez、Silvia Novio、Jhonny Azuaje、Rubén Prieto-Díaz、Claudia Gioé、Belma Alispahic、José Brea、María I. Loza、Manuel Freire-Garabal、Carlota Garcia-Santiago、Carlos Rodríguez-García、Xerardo García-Mera、Olga Caamaño、Christian Fernandez-Masaguer、Javier F. Sardina、Angela Stefanachi、Abdelaziz El Maatougui、Ana Mallo-Abreu、Johan Åqvist、Hugo Gutiérrez-de-Terán、Eddy Sotelo