Abstract
Agaritine, or β-N-[γ-L(+)-glutamyl]-4-hydroxymethylphenylhydrazine, is a Chinese herbal medicine, known having the antiviral and anticancer function. However, so far no reports whatsoever have been made for its potential as an anti-HIV agent. It was observed by docking experiments for more than 9,000 compounds extracted from various Chinese medicines that the compound agaritine distinguished itself from all the others in binding to the HIV protease with the most favorable free energy. Based on this, a series of derivatives were generated by modifying agaritine. It has been observed thru an extensive docking study that some of agaritine derivatives had markedly stronger binding interaction with the HIV protease than agaritine, suggesting that these derivatives might be good candidates for developing drugs for AIDS therapy.
Keywords: HIV Protease, AIDS, agaritine, docking, binding interaction, derivative of chinese herbal medicine, structurebased drug design
Medicinal Chemistry
Title: Agaritine and Its Derivatives Are Potential Inhibitors against HIV Proteases
Volume: 3 Issue: 3
Author(s): Wei-Na Gao, Dong-Qing Wei, Yun Li, Hui Gao, Wei-Ren Xu, Ai-Xiu Li and Kuo-Chen Chou
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Keywords: HIV Protease, AIDS, agaritine, docking, binding interaction, derivative of chinese herbal medicine, structurebased drug design
Abstract: Agaritine, or β-N-[γ-L(+)-glutamyl]-4-hydroxymethylphenylhydrazine, is a Chinese herbal medicine, known having the antiviral and anticancer function. However, so far no reports whatsoever have been made for its potential as an anti-HIV agent. It was observed by docking experiments for more than 9,000 compounds extracted from various Chinese medicines that the compound agaritine distinguished itself from all the others in binding to the HIV protease with the most favorable free energy. Based on this, a series of derivatives were generated by modifying agaritine. It has been observed thru an extensive docking study that some of agaritine derivatives had markedly stronger binding interaction with the HIV protease than agaritine, suggesting that these derivatives might be good candidates for developing drugs for AIDS therapy.
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Gao Wei-Na, Wei Dong-Qing, Li Yun, Gao Hui, Xu Wei-Ren, Li Ai-Xiu and Chou Kuo-Chen, Agaritine and Its Derivatives Are Potential Inhibitors against HIV Proteases, Medicinal Chemistry 2007; 3 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340607780620644
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340607780620644 |
Print ISSN 1573-4064 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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