Structural investigation into the inhibitory mechanisms of indomethacin and its analogues towards human glyoxalase i

Ming Liu, Minggui Yuan, Zhe Li, Yuen Kit Cheng, Hai Bin Luo*, Xiaopeng Hu

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In the present work, a combined study of kinetic analysis, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics simulations on indomethacin and its analogues is performed to better understand their inhibitory mechanisms towards human glyoxalase I (GLOI). A remarkable correlation (R2 = 0.974) was observed for six inhibitors including indomethacin between their experimental inhibitory affinities and predicted binding free energy parameter (ΔG bind,pred). This suggests that ΔGbind,pred of a GLOI/inhibitor complex can be efficiently used to interpolate the experimental inhibitory affinity of a ligand of similar nature in the GLOI enzyme system. Energetic analyses revealed that electrostatic contribution plays an important role in their inhibitory mechanisms, which reflects the significant contribution of the coordination bond between zinc and ligands. The present work highlights that indomethacin is a promising lead as GLOI inhibitors for further development since it may bind all subsites in the active site pocket of GLOI and stabilize the flexible loop (152-159).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4243-4247
Number of pages5
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume21
Issue number14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jul 2011

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Drug Discovery
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Organic Chemistry

User-Defined Keywords

  • Binding free energy
  • Human glyoxalase I
  • Indomethacin
  • Inhibitory mechanism
  • Kinetic analysis
  • Molecular modeling

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