Vorinostat, a possible alternative to metronidazole for the treatment of amebiasis caused by Entamoeba histolytica

J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2020 Feb;38(2):597-603. doi: 10.1080/07391102.2019.1578693. Epub 2019 Apr 26.

Abstract

AbbreviationsSAHAsuberoylanilide hydroxamic acidEhHDACHistone Deacetylase from Entamoeba histolyticaRgRadius of gyrationRMSDroot-mean-square deviationRMSFroot-mean-square fluctuationMDSmolecular dynamics simulationVMDVisual Molecular DynamicsNAMDNanoscale Molecular DynamicsPBCperiodic boundary conditionsPMEParticle Mesh Ewald3Dthree-dimensionalCαalpha carbonFDAFood and Drug AdministrationnsnanosecondsGPU CUDAGraphics Processing Unit Compute Unified Device ArchitectureCommunicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amebiasis / drug therapy*
  • Amebiasis / parasitology*
  • Entamoeba histolytica / drug effects
  • Entamoeba histolytica / enzymology
  • Entamoeba histolytica / physiology*
  • Histone Deacetylases / chemistry
  • Metronidazole / chemistry
  • Metronidazole / pharmacology
  • Metronidazole / therapeutic use*
  • Molecular Docking Simulation
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation
  • Phylogeny
  • Structural Homology, Protein
  • Trophozoites / drug effects
  • Trophozoites / physiology
  • Vorinostat / chemistry
  • Vorinostat / pharmacology
  • Vorinostat / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Metronidazole
  • Vorinostat
  • Histone Deacetylases