Preprint Review Version 1 Preserved in Portico This version is not peer-reviewed

Computational Approaches to Identify Natural Products as Inhibitors of DNA Methyltransferases

Version 1 : Received: 6 July 2018 / Approved: 6 July 2018 / Online: 6 July 2018 (10:04:44 CEST)

A peer-reviewed article of this Preprint also exists.

Saldívar-González FI, Gómez-García A, Chávez-Ponce de León DE, Sánchez-Cruz N, Ruiz-Rios J, Pilón-Jiménez BA and Medina-Franco JL (2018) Inhibitors of DNA Methyltransferases From Natural Sources: A Computational Perspective. Front. Pharmacol. 9:1144. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2018.01144 Saldívar-González FI, Gómez-García A, Chávez-Ponce de León DE, Sánchez-Cruz N, Ruiz-Rios J, Pilón-Jiménez BA and Medina-Franco JL (2018) Inhibitors of DNA Methyltransferases From Natural Sources: A Computational Perspective. Front. Pharmacol. 9:1144. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2018.01144

Abstract

Naturally occurring small molecules include a large variety of natural products from different sources that have confirmed activity against epigenetic targets. In this work we review chemoinformatic, molecular modeling and other computational approaches that have been used to uncover natural products as inhibitors of DNA metiltransferases, a major family of epigenetic targets with significant potential for the treatment of cancer and several other diseases. Examples of these computational approaches include docking, similarity-based virtual screening, and pharmacophore modeling. It is also commented the chemoinformatic-based exploration of the chemical space of naturally occurring compounds as epigenetic modulators which may have significant implications in epigenetic drug discovery and nutriepigenetics.

Keywords

chemical space; chemoinformatics; data mining; databases; DNMT inhibitors; drug discovery; epi-informatics; molecular modeling; similarity searching; virtual screening

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Medicinal Chemistry

Comments (0)

We encourage comments and feedback from a broad range of readers. See criteria for comments and our Diversity statement.

Leave a public comment
Send a private comment to the author(s)
* All users must log in before leaving a comment
Views 0
Downloads 0
Comments 0
Metrics 0


×
Alerts
Notify me about updates to this article or when a peer-reviewed version is published.
We use cookies on our website to ensure you get the best experience.
Read more about our cookies here.