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ArticleScientific reports2016

Exploring the Inhibitory Mechanism of Approved Selective Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors and Reboxetine Enantiomers by Molecular Dynamics Study.

Guoxun Zheng, Weiwei Xue, Panpan Wang, Fengyuan Yang, Bo Li, Xiaofeng Li, Yinghong Li, Xiaojun Yao, Feng Zhu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Guoxun ZhengInnovative Drug Research and Bioinformatics Group, Innovative Drug Research Centre and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China.
Weiwei XueInnovative Drug Research and Bioinformatics Group, Innovative Drug Research Centre and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China.
Panpan WangInnovative Drug Research and Bioinformatics Group, Innovative Drug Research Centre and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China.
Fengyuan YangInnovative Drug Research and Bioinformatics Group, Innovative Drug Research Centre and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China.
Bo LiInnovative Drug Research and Bioinformatics Group, Innovative Drug Research Centre and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China.
Xiaofeng LiInnovative Drug Research and Bioinformatics Group, Innovative Drug Research Centre and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China.
Yinghong LiInnovative Drug Research and Bioinformatics Group, Innovative Drug Research Centre and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China.
Xiaojun YaoState Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Feng ZhuInnovative Drug Research and Bioinformatics Group, Innovative Drug Research Centre and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China.
Chongqing University · CNLanzhou University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (sNRIs) provide an effective class of approved antipsychotics, whose inhibitory mechanism could facilitate the discovery of privileged scaffolds with enhanced drug efficacy. However, the crystal structure of human norepinephrine transporter (hNET) has not been determined yet and the inhibitory mechanism of sNRIs remains elusive. In this work, multiple computational methods were integrated to explore the inhibitory mechanism of approved sNRIs (atomoxetine, maprotiline, reboxetine and viloxazine), and 3 lines of evidences were provided to verify the calculation results. Consequently, a binding mode defined by interactions between three chemical moieties in sNRIs and eleven residues in hNET was identified as shared by approved sNRIs. In the meantime, binding modes of reboxetine's enantiomers with hNET were compared. 6 key residues favoring the binding of (S, S)-reboxetine over that of (R, R)-reboxetine were discovered. This is the first study reporting that those 11 residues are the common determinants for the binding of approved sNRIs. The identified binding mode shed light on the inhibitory mechanism of approved sNRIs, which could help identify novel scaffolds with improved drug efficacy.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationAmino Acid MotifsAntipsychotic AgentsAtomoxetine HydrochlorideBinding SitesHumansMaprotilineMolecular Docking SimulationMorpholinesNeurotransmitter Uptake InhibitorsNorepinephrineNorepinephrine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsProtein BindingProtein Conformation, alpha-HelicalProtein Conformation, beta-StrandProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsAntipsychotic AgentsAtomoxetine HydrochlorideMaprotilineMorpholinesNeurotransmitter Uptake InhibitorsNorepinephrineNorepinephrine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsReboxetineSLC6A2 protein, humanViloxazine

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