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ArticleJournal of computer-aided molecular design2016

Discovery of DNA dyes Hoechst 34580 and 33342 as good candidates for inhibiting amyloid beta formation: in silico and in vitro study.

Nguyen Quoc Thai, Ning-Hsuan Tseng, Mui Thi Vu, Tin Trung Nguyen, Huynh Quang Linh, Chin-Kun Hu, Yun-Ru Chen, Mai Suan Li

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Article in Journal of computer-aided molecular design, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Nguyen Quoc ThaiInstitute for Computational Science and Technology, SBI Building, Quang Trung Software City, Tan Chanh Hiep Ward, District 12, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Ning-Hsuan TsengGenomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Academia Rd., Sec. 2, Nankang Dist., Taipei 115, Taiwan.
Mui Thi VuInstitute for Computational Science and Technology, SBI Building, Quang Trung Software City, Tan Chanh Hiep Ward, District 12, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Tin Trung NguyenInstitute for Computational Science and Technology, SBI Building, Quang Trung Software City, Tan Chanh Hiep Ward, District 12, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Huynh Quang LinhBiomedical Engineering Department, University of Technology -VNU HCM, 268 Ly Thuong Kiet Str., Distr. 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Chin-Kun HuInstitute of Physics, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road Section 2, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan.
Yun-Ru ChenGenomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Academia Rd., Sec. 2, Nankang Dist., Taipei 115, Taiwan.
Mai Suan LiInstitute for Computational Science and Technology, SBI Building, Quang Trung Software City, Tan Chanh Hiep Ward, District 12, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. masli@ifpan.edu.pl.

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Abstract

Combining Lipinski's rule with the docking and steered molecular dynamics simulations and using the PubChem data base of about 1.4 million compounds, we have obtained DNA dyes Hoechst 34580 and Hoechst 33342 as top-leads for the Alzheimer's disease. The binding properties of these ligands to amyloid beta (Aβ) fibril were thoroughly studied by in silico and in vitro experiments. Hoechst 34580 and Hoechst 33342 prefer to locate near hydrophobic regions with binding affinity mainly governed by the van der Waals interaction. By the Thioflavin T assay, it was found that the inhibition constant IC50 ≈ 0.86 and 0.68 μM for Hoechst 34580 and Hoechst 33342, respectively. This result qualitatively agrees with the binding free energy estimated using the molecular mechanic-Poisson Boltzmann surface area method and all-atom simulations with the AMBER-f99SB-ILDN force field and water model TIP3P. In addition, DNA dyes have the high capability to cross the blood brain barrier. Thus, both in silico and in vitro experiments have shown that Hoechst 34580 and 33342 are good candidates for treating the Alzheimer's disease by inhibiting Aβ formation.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesBenzimidazolesColoring AgentsDrug DiscoveryHumansMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein AggregatesAmyloid beta-PeptidesBenzimidazolesbisbenzimide ethoxide trihydrochlorideColoring AgentsHoechst 34580Protein AggregatesAlzheimer’s diseaseAmyloid beta fibrilDNA dyesDrug designHoechst 33342Hoechst 34580

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