Identification of aquaporin 4 inhibitors using in vitro and in silico methods

VJ Huber, M Tsujita, T Nakada - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2009 - Elsevier
VJ Huber, M Tsujita, T Nakada
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2009Elsevier
The in vitro inhibitory effects and in silico docking energies of 18 compounds with respect to
Aquaporin 4 (AQP4) were investigated. More than half of the compounds tested showed
inhibitory activity in the in vitro functional assay and included the 5-HT1B/1D agonists
sumatriptan, and rizatriptan. Moreover, the observed inhibitory activity of the compounds
used in this study at 20μM showed a strong correlation with their in silico docking energies,
r2= 0.64, which was consistent with that found in previous studies. The AQP4 inhibitory IC50 …
The in vitro inhibitory effects and in silico docking energies of 18 compounds with respect to Aquaporin 4 (AQP4) were investigated. More than half of the compounds tested showed inhibitory activity in the in vitro functional assay and included the 5-HT1B/1D agonists sumatriptan, and rizatriptan. Moreover, the observed inhibitory activity of the compounds used in this study at 20μM showed a strong correlation with their in silico docking energies, r2=0.64, which was consistent with that found in previous studies. The AQP4 inhibitory IC50 values of three compounds, 2-(nicotinamido)-1,3,4-thiadiazole, sumatriptan and rizatriptan, were subsequently found to be 3, 11, and 2μM, respectively.
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