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Small Molecule Docking of DNA Repair Proteins Associated with Cancer Survival following PCNA Metagene Adjustment: A Potential Novel Class of Repair Inhibitors

Version 1 : Received: 5 January 2019 / Approved: 8 January 2019 / Online: 8 January 2019 (11:10:26 CET)

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Peterson, L.E. Small Molecule Docking of DNA Repair Proteins Associated with Cancer Survival Following PCNA Metagene Adjustment: A Potential Novel Class of Repair Inhibitors. Molecules 2019, 24, 645. Peterson, L.E. Small Molecule Docking of DNA Repair Proteins Associated with Cancer Survival Following PCNA Metagene Adjustment: A Potential Novel Class of Repair Inhibitors. Molecules 2019, 24, 645.

Abstract

Natural and synthetic small molecules from the NCI Developmental Therapeutics Program (DTP) were employed in molecular dynamics-based docking with DNA repair proteins whose RNA-Seq based expression was associated with overall cancer survival (OS) after adjustment for the PCNA metagene. The compounds employed were required to elicit a sensitive response (vs. resistance) in more than half of the cell lines tested for each cancer. Methodological approaches included peptide sequence alignments and homology modeling for 3D protein structure determination, ligand preparation, docking, toxicity and ADME prediction. Docking was performed for unique lists of DNA repair proteins which predict OS for AML, cancers of the breast, lung, colon, and ovaries, GBM, melanoma, and renal papillary cancer. Results indicate hundreds of drug-like and lead-like ligands with best-pose binding energies less than -6 kcal/mol. Ligand solubility for the top 20 drug-like hits approached lower bounds, while lipophilicity was acceptable. Most ligands were also blood-brain barrier permeable with high intestinal absorption rates. While the majority of ligands lacked positive prediction for Herg channel blockage and Ames carcinogenicity, there was considerable variation for predicted fathead minnow, honey bee, and Tetrahymena pyriformis toxicity. The computational results suggest the potential for new targets and mechanisms of repair inhibition and can be directly employed for in vitro and in vivo confirmatory laboratory experiments to identify new targets of therapy for cancer survival.

Keywords

small molecule; ligand; receptor; docking; molecular dynamics; DNA repair; inhibition; PCNA; ADME; toxicology

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Pharmacology and Toxicology

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