A molecular modeling and QSAR study of suppressors of the growth of Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes

J Mol Graph Model. 2004 Sep;23(1):89-97. doi: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2004.03.013.

Abstract

In this work, we have used molecular modeling and QSAR tools to study 18 dithiocarbamate suppressors of the growth of Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes, which have been reported in the literature as superoxide dismutase (SOD) inhibitors. The principal component analysis (PCA) showed that the descriptors superficial area, heat of formation, logarithm of the partition coefficient, charge of the nitrogen atom from the dithiocarbamate group and Charges of the two carbon atoms adjacent to that nitrogen are responsible for the classification between the higher and lower trypanomicid activity. Using multiple linear regression (MLR) and docking methods it was possible to identify the probable bioactive isomers that suppress of the growth of T. cruzi epimastigotes. Our best partial least square (PLS) model obtained with these six descriptors yields a good correlation between experimental and predicted biological activities and compares two different SODs as possible target for interaction with the dithiocarbamates.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemical synthesis
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Molecular Structure
  • Principal Component Analysis
  • Protein Conformation
  • Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Regression Analysis
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Superoxide Dismutase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Superoxide Dismutase / chemistry
  • Superoxide Dismutase / genetics
  • Superoxide Dismutase / metabolism
  • Thiocarbamates / chemical synthesis
  • Thiocarbamates / chemistry*
  • Thiocarbamates / pharmacology
  • Trypanosoma cruzi / cytology
  • Trypanosoma cruzi / drug effects
  • Trypanosoma cruzi / enzymology*
  • Trypanosoma cruzi / growth & development*

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Thiocarbamates
  • Superoxide Dismutase