Structural and Molecular Docking Studies of 4-Benzyl-3-[(1-methylpyrrol- 2-yl)methyl]-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-one with Anticancer Activity
作者:Agnieszka A. Kaczor、Monika Pitucha、Zbigniew Karczmarzyk、Waldemar Wysocki、Jolanta Rzymowska、Dariusz Matosiuk
DOI:10.2174/1573406411309030002
日期:2013.2.1
The 1,2,4-triazoles are an important group of medicinal substances which exhibit a wide range of activity, such
as analgesic, antibacterial, fungicidal, antinflammatory, antiviral and anticancer. As a part of our long-term study on 1,2,4-
triazoles we synthesize 4-benzyl-3-[(1-methylpyrrol-2-yl)methyl]-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-one which is characterized
with anticancer activity. Here, we present an exhaustive studies of its electronic and molecular structure, aimed to rationalize
the observed pharmacological activity, supported by the molecular docking to the EGFR kinase domain ATP
binding site. The structural studies include X-ray analysis, experimental and computed spectral analysis (1H and 13C
NMR, IR) as well as conformational analysis and the frontal molecular orbitals (FMO) analysis. The results of molecular
docking indicate that interaction of 4-benzyl-3-[(1-methylpyrrol-2-yl)methyl]-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-one with the
EGFR kinase domain ATP binding site may be responsible for the observed anticancer activity of this 1,2,4-triazole derivative.
Moreover, we find that formation of the respective ligand-protein complex is conditioned by the keto-enol
tautomerism of the ligand, i.e. the energetic prevalence of the keto form.
1,2,4-三唑类药物是一类重要的药物,具有多种活性,例如止痛、抗菌、杀菌、消炎、抗病毒和抗癌。作为我们对1,2,4-三唑类药物长期研究的一部分,我们合成了4-苄基-3-[(1-甲基吡咯-2-基)甲基]-4,5-二氢-1H-1,2,4-三唑-5-酮,其抗癌活性是它的主要特征。在此,我们对其电子和分子结构进行了详尽的研究,旨在通过分子对接到EGFR激酶域ATP结合位点来合理化所观察到的药理活性。结构研究包括X射线分析、实验和计算光谱分析(1H和13C NMR、IR)以及构象分析和正面分子轨道(FMO)分析。分子对接的结果表明,4-苄基-3-[(1-甲基吡咯-2-基)甲基]-4,5-二氢-1H-1,2,4-三唑-5-酮与EGFR激酶域ATP结合位点的相互作用可能是这种1,2,4-三唑衍生物所观察到的抗癌活性的原因。此外,我们发现,相应配体-蛋白复合物的形成受配体的酮-烯醇互变异构的影响,即酮形式的能量优势。