Structure-based virtual screening for the inhibition and clearance of amyloidosis by small molecules as pharmacological chaperones

Autor: Fantao Sun, Jinrong Yang, Jialu Sun, Yu Liu, Lei Zhang, Jin-wu Yan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Reports, Vol 9, Iss , Pp 100107- (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2772-4174
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmcr.2023.100107
Popis: The accumulation, processing and toxicity of Aβ can be affected by interacting with transthyretin (TTR). We obtained 31 compounds with different structures by virtual screening based on protein structure. Among them, compound 11 inhibited acid-induced TTR protein amyloid fibrils by 75.57 ​± ​11.27%, inhibited Aβ amyloid fibrils by 68.55 ​± ​0.81%, and promoted depolymerization of Aβ fibrils by 109.2 ​± ​7.9%. Surprisingly, this molecule, as a pharmacological chaperone of TTR/Aβ, bound to TTR and Aβ to form a ternary complex that promoted Aβ phagocytosis by microglia and attenuated Aβ neurotoxicity. These results together suggest that formation of the ternary complex [TTR+11] +Aβ may become a viable therapeutic approach for AD treatment.
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