Analysis of the in vitro antiviral activity of certain ribonucleosides against parainfluenza virus using a novel computer aided receptor modeling procedure.
Analysis of the in vitro antiviral activity of certain ribonucleosides against parainfluenza virus using a novel computer aided receptor modeling procedure.
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使用新型计算机辅助受体建模程序分析某些核糖核苷对副流感病毒的体外抗病毒活性。
DOI:
10.1021/jm00124a005
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发表时间:
1989
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
Robins,RK
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作者:
Ghose,AK;Crippen,GM;Revankar,GR;McKernan,PA;Smee,DF;Robins,RK
The in vitro antiviral activity of 28 nucleosides against the parainfluenza virus type 3 has been analyzedby using a novel computer aided receptor modeling procedure. The method involves an extensive modification of our earlier work (Ghose, A. K.; Crippen, G. MJ Med. Chem. 1985, 28, 333). It presents a more straightforward algorithm for the steps that suffered from subjectivity in the earlier method. The method first determines the possible low-energy conformations of the nucleosides, and assigns a priority value for each conformation of each molecule. It then performs the following steps repeatedly, until it finds an acceptable solution. Startingfrom the conformation of highest priority, the various energetically allowed conformations of the other molecules sire superimposed on it. On the basis of the physicochemical property matching (or overlapping), the best superposition is determined. The superimposed molecules are dissected into a minimum number of partsand the local physicochemical properties at different regions are correlated with their binding data (antiviral activity). A modified version of distance geometry has been used for geometric comparison of the structure of the molecules. On the basis of the virus rating (VR) of 28 ribonucleosides, this procedure hypothesized the minimum-energy conformation of 6-(methylthio)-9-/3-D-ribofuranosylpurine as a reference conformation and used three physicochemical properties, namely hydrophobicity, molar refractivity, and formal charge density for property matching. The binding-site cavity was divided into seven regions or pockets to differentiate the nature of interaction quantitatively. The model suggests that the 2-and 3-positions of the purine ring and the corresponding atoms of the other ringsget some steric repulsion, and nucleosides having a single five-membered heterocyclic ring will better fit this virus. The methylthio group gets a strong attraction from dispersive interaction. Both hydrophilic and dispersive groups are attractive here. Although our calculation supports the previously suggested activeconformation of ribavirin, it shows that it is not the global minimum-energy conformation. The difference lies in the orientation of the amide group. The calculated viral rating from this model showed a correlation coefficient of 0.971 with the observed values, and the explained variance and the standard deviation of the fit were 0.880 and 0.125, respectively.The objective of this work was to develop a comple-mentary model of the binding site of nucleosides to the parainfluenza virus receptor, based upon the virus inhib-ition data and the chemical structure of the nucleosides. The model could be applied to design novel antiviral agents. The model not only constitutes the geometrical shape of the hypothetical binding site cavity but also gives a quantitative estimation of the interaction of the ligand atoms with the receptor. 1-3 Such a model is very helpful in understanding the ligand-receptor interaction in the absence of the explicit structure of the receptor and the binding site. Not only is the problem of designing such a model very complex4-7 but one can also question the feasibility of developing any physically realistic model from such limited information. In this introduction we want to consider briefly the various problems of the approach; in the Methods section an approximate solution of the problem will be discussed. We haveadopted here an ex-tensively modified procedure from our earlier reports. 1-3 It is very general and can be applied to any comparable problem.