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ArticleInvestigational new drugs2021

A novel ligand of the translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) identified by virtual drug screening for cancer differentiation therapy.

Nicolas Fischer, Ean-Jeong Seo, Sara Abdelfatah, Edmond Fleischer, Anette Klinger, Thomas Efferth

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Article in Investigational new drugs, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nicolas FischerDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute for Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg University, Staudinger Weg 5, 55128, Mainz, Germany.
Ean-Jeong SeoDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute for Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg University, Staudinger Weg 5, 55128, Mainz, Germany.
Sara AbdelfatahDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute for Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg University, Staudinger Weg 5, 55128, Mainz, Germany.
Edmond FleischerMicroCombiChem GmbH, Wiesbaden, Germany.
Anette KlingerMicroCombiChem GmbH, Wiesbaden, Germany.
Thomas EfferthDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute for Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg University, Staudinger Weg 5, 55128, Mainz, Germany. efferth@uni-mainz.de.ORCID 0000-0002-2637-1681
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction Differentiation therapy is a promising strategy for cancer treatment. The translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) is an encouraging target in this context. By now, this field of research is still at its infancy, which motivated us to perform a large-scale screening for the identification of novel ligands of TCTP. We studied the binding mode and the effect of TCTP blockade on the cell cycle in different cancer cell lines. Methods Based on the ZINC-database, we performed virtual screening of 2,556,750 compounds to analyze the binding of small molecules to TCTP. The in silico results were confirmed by microscale thermophoresis. The effect of the new ligand molecules was investigated on cancer cell survival, flow cytometric cell cycle analysis and protein expression by Western blotting and co-immunoprecipitation in MOLT-4, MDA-MB-231, SK-OV-3 and MCF-7 cells. Results Large-scale virtual screening by PyRx combined with molecular docking by AutoDock4 revealed five candidate compounds. By microscale thermophoresis, ZINC10157406 (6-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-[(8-methoxy-4-methyl-2-quinazolinyl)amino]-4(3H)-pyrimidinone) was identified as TCTP ligand with a K

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Antineoplastic AgentsArtesunateCell Cycle CheckpointsCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalComputer SimulationDatabases, PharmaceuticalDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrugs, InvestigationalHumansLigandsMolecular Docking SimulationNeoplasmsTumor Protein, Translationally-Controlled 1Antineoplastic AgentsArtesunateDrugs, InvestigationalLigandsTPT1 protein, humanTumor Protein, Translationally-Controlled 1Differentiation therapyMolecular dockingPrecision medicineTargeted therapyVirtual drug screening

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