Abstract
Monoamine oxidase-A (MAO-A) inhibitors are of particular importance in the treatment of depressive disorders. Herein described is pharmacophore generation and atom-based 3D-QSAR analysis of previously reported pyrrole based MAO-A inhibitors in order to get insight into their structural requirements responsible for high affinity. The best pharmacophore model generated consisted of four features DHHR: a hydrogen bond donor (D), two hydrophobic groups (H) and an aromatic ring (R). Based on model generated, a statistically valid 3D-QSAR with good predictability was developed. Derived pharmacophore was used as a query to search Zinc 'clean drug-like' database. Hits retrieved were passed progressively through filters like fitness score, predicted activity and docking scores. The survived hits present new scaffolds with a potential for MAO-A inhibition.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2419-2424 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 15 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- 3D-QSAR
- Docking
- MAO-A inhibitors
- Pharmacophore
- in silico screening
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Medicine
- Molecular Biology
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Drug Discovery
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Organic Chemistry