TY  - JOUR
AU  - Stevanović, Strahinja
AU  - Perdih, Andrej
AU  - Senćanski, Milan V.
AU  - Glišić, Sanja
AU  - Duarte, Margarida
AU  - Tomas, Ana
AU  - Sena, Filipa
AU  - Sousa, Filipe
AU  - Pereira, Manuela M.
AU  - Šolmajer, Tom
PY  - 2018
UR  - http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/23/4/772
UR  - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/7774
AB  - There is an urgent need for the discovery of new antileishmanial drugs with a new mechanism of action. Type 2 NADH dehydrogenase from Leishmania infantum (LiNDH2) is an enzyme of the parasite's respiratory system, which catalyzes the electron transfer from NADH to ubiquinone without coupled proton pumping. In previous studies of the related NADH: ubiquinone oxidoreductase crystal structure from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, two ubiquinone-binding sites (UQI and UQII) were identified and shown to play an important role in the NDH-2-catalyzed oxidoreduction reaction. Based on the available structural data, we developed a three-dimensional structural model of LiNDH2 using homology detection methods and performed an in silico virtual screening campaign to search for potential inhibitors targeting the LiNDH2 ubiquinone-binding site 1-UQI. Selected compounds displaying favorable properties in the computational screening experiments were assayed for inhibitory activity in the structurally similar recombinant NDH-2 from S. aureus and leishmanicidal activity was determined in the wild-type axenic amastigotes and promastigotes of L. infantum. The identified compound, a substituted 6-methoxy-quinalidine, showed promising nanomolar leishmanicidal activity on wild-type axenic promastigotes and amastigotes of L. infantum and the potential for further development.
T2  - Molecules
T1  - In Silico Discovery of a Substituted 6-Methoxy-quinalidine with Leishmanicidal Activity in Leishmania infantum
VL  - 23
IS  - 4
SP  - 772
DO  - 10.3390/molecules23040772
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Stevanović, Strahinja and Perdih, Andrej and Senćanski, Milan V. and Glišić, Sanja and Duarte, Margarida and Tomas, Ana and Sena, Filipa and Sousa, Filipe and Pereira, Manuela M. and Šolmajer, Tom",
year = "2018",
abstract = "There is an urgent need for the discovery of new antileishmanial drugs with a new mechanism of action. Type 2 NADH dehydrogenase from Leishmania infantum (LiNDH2) is an enzyme of the parasite's respiratory system, which catalyzes the electron transfer from NADH to ubiquinone without coupled proton pumping. In previous studies of the related NADH: ubiquinone oxidoreductase crystal structure from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, two ubiquinone-binding sites (UQI and UQII) were identified and shown to play an important role in the NDH-2-catalyzed oxidoreduction reaction. Based on the available structural data, we developed a three-dimensional structural model of LiNDH2 using homology detection methods and performed an in silico virtual screening campaign to search for potential inhibitors targeting the LiNDH2 ubiquinone-binding site 1-UQI. Selected compounds displaying favorable properties in the computational screening experiments were assayed for inhibitory activity in the structurally similar recombinant NDH-2 from S. aureus and leishmanicidal activity was determined in the wild-type axenic amastigotes and promastigotes of L. infantum. The identified compound, a substituted 6-methoxy-quinalidine, showed promising nanomolar leishmanicidal activity on wild-type axenic promastigotes and amastigotes of L. infantum and the potential for further development.",
journal = "Molecules",
title = "In Silico Discovery of a Substituted 6-Methoxy-quinalidine with Leishmanicidal Activity in Leishmania infantum",
volume = "23",
number = "4",
pages = "772",
doi = "10.3390/molecules23040772"
}

Stevanović, S., Perdih, A., Senćanski, M. V., Glišić, S., Duarte, M., Tomas, A., Sena, F., Sousa, F., Pereira, M. M.,& Šolmajer, T.. (2018). In Silico Discovery of a Substituted 6-Methoxy-quinalidine with Leishmanicidal Activity in Leishmania infantum. in Molecules, 23(4), 772.
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules23040772

Stevanović S, Perdih A, Senćanski MV, Glišić S, Duarte M, Tomas A, Sena F, Sousa F, Pereira MM, Šolmajer T. In Silico Discovery of a Substituted 6-Methoxy-quinalidine with Leishmanicidal Activity in Leishmania infantum. in Molecules. 2018;23(4):772.
doi:10.3390/molecules23040772 .

Stevanović, Strahinja, Perdih, Andrej, Senćanski, Milan V., Glišić, Sanja, Duarte, Margarida, Tomas, Ana, Sena, Filipa, Sousa, Filipe, Pereira, Manuela M., Šolmajer, Tom, "In Silico Discovery of a Substituted 6-Methoxy-quinalidine with Leishmanicidal Activity in Leishmania infantum" in Molecules, 23, no. 4 (2018):772,
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules23040772 . .