Virtual screening and molecular docking of structures with potential inhibitor of the ebolavirus glycoprotein

Ebola is a disease caused by viruses of the ebolavirus genus that cause hemorrhagic fever with high human mortality. Symptoms of the infection include fever, headache, joint pain, diarrhea, vomiting and stomach pain. Unfortunately, there is still no effective treatment for this disease. This work ai...

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Autores: Ferreira, Maria de Lourdes de Aguiar Silva, Bastos, Ruan Sousa, Lima, Lúcio Rocha de, Barbosa, Edielson dos Santos, Passos, Ionara Nayana Gomes, Santos, Cleydson Breno Rodrigues dos, Souza, Janilson Lima, Rego, Ulisses Alves do
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Itajubá (UNIFEI)
Repositorio:Research, Society and Development
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/26034
Acceso en línea:https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/26034
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:EBOV GP
Triagem Virtual
Ancoragem molecular.
Proyección virtual
Acoplamiento molecular.
Virtual Screening
Docking molecular.
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Sumario:Ebola is a disease caused by viruses of the ebolavirus genus that cause hemorrhagic fever with high human mortality. Symptoms of the infection include fever, headache, joint pain, diarrhea, vomiting and stomach pain. Unfortunately, there is still no effective treatment for this disease. This work aimed to perform a virtual screening of candidates with EBOV GP inhibition potential based on pharmacophores of 4 structures from the literature. The selected candidates underwent ADME analysis and later calculations of HOMO, LUMO and electrostatic potential map. 50 structures were obtained and after selection based on their ADME characteristics only 4 candidates were chosen. In the molecular anchoring process, the structure that presented the best binding energy was ZINC12 with -4.44 kcal.mol-1 and enzyme inhibition constant Ki equal to 555.9 µM. This result is fundamental, as it will subsidize other researches such as in vitro studies, or even application in real samples.