Abstract
Aurora kinases belong to family of highly conserved serine/threonine protein kinases that are involved in diverse cell cycle events and play a major role in regulation of cell division. Abnormal expression of Aurora kinases may lead to cancer; hence, these are considered as a potential target in cancer treatment. In this research article, we identified three novel Aurora A inhibitors using modern computational tools. A four-point common 3D pharmacophore hypothesis of Aurora A (AurA) inhibitors was developed using a diverse set of 55 thienopyrimidine derivatives. A three-dimensional quantitative structure–activity relationship (3D-QSAR) study was carried out using atom-based alignment of diverse set of 55 molecules to evaluate the structure– activity relationships. Docking and 3D-QSAR studies were performed with the 3D structure of AurA to evaluate the generated pharmacophore. The pharmacophore model and 3D-QSAR results complemented the results of our docking study. The pharmacophore hypothesis, which yields the best results, was used to screen the Zinc ‘clean drug-like’ database. Various database filters such as 3D-arrangement of pharmacophoric features, predicted activity and binding interaction score were used to retrieve hits having potential AurA inhibition activity.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 853-863 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Molecular Diversity |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 9 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- 3D-QSAR
- Aurora A inhibitors
- Docking study
- In silico screening
- Pharmacophore
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- Information Systems
- Molecular Biology
- Drug Discovery
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry