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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2023

Expanding the Paradigm of Structure-Based Drug Design: Molecular Dynamics Simulations Support the Development of New Pyridine-Based Protein Kinase C-Targeted Agonists.

Saara Lautala, Riccardo Provenzani, Ilari Tarvainen, Katia Sirna, S Tuuli Karhu, Evgeni Grazhdankin, Antti K Lehtinen, Hanan Sa'd, Artturi Koivuniemi, Henri Xhaard and 4 more

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Saara LautalaDrug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-5528-8839
Riccardo ProvenzaniDrug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-6780-1924
Ilari TarvainenDrug Research Program, Division of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-3386-465X
Katia SirnaDrug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-0055-1596
S Tuuli KarhuDrug Research Program, Division of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-8172-485X
Evgeni GrazhdankinDrug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-7932-5497
Antti K LehtinenDrug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-5272-3049
Hanan Sa'dDrug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
Artturi KoivuniemiDrug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
Henri XhaardDrug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-3000-7858
Raimo K TuominenDrug Research Program, Division of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-7603-0749
Virpi TalmanDrug Research Program, Division of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-2702-6505
Alex BunkerDrug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-1236-9513
Jari Yli-KauhaluomaDrug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-0370-7653
University of Helsinki · FIUniversity of Jordan · JO

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein kinase C (PKC) modulators hold therapeutic potential for various diseases, including cancer, heart failure, and Alzheimer's disease. Targeting the C1 domain of PKC represents a promising strategy; the available protein structures warrant the design of PKC-targeted ligands via a structure-based approach. However, the PKC C1 domain penetrates the lipid membrane during binding, complicating the design of drug candidates. The standard docking-scoring approach for PKC lacks information regarding the dynamics and the membrane environment. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with PKC, ligands, and membranes have been used to address these shortcomings. Previously, we observed that less computationally intensive simulations of just ligand-membrane interactions may help elucidate C1 domain-binding prospects. Here, we present the design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of new pyridine-based PKC agonists implementing an enhanced workflow with ligand-membrane MD simulations. This workflow holds promise to expand the approach in drug design for ligands targeted to weakly membrane-associated proteins.

Indexed as

Drug DesignMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein Kinase CLigandsProtein BindingProtein Kinase InhibitorsPyridinesLigandsProtein Kinase CProtein Kinase InhibitorsPyridines

Identifiers

PMID37010933
PMCPMC10108360
OpenAlexW4362507019

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