SPR-based fragment screening with neurotensin receptor 1 generates novel small molecule ligands.

Bibliographic Details
Title: SPR-based fragment screening with neurotensin receptor 1 generates novel small molecule ligands.
Authors: Sylwia Huber, Fabio Casagrande, Melanie N Hug, Lisha Wang, Philipp Heine, Lutz Kummer, Andreas Plückthun, Michael Hennig
Source: PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 5, p e0175842 (2017)
Publisher Information: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017.
Publication Year: 2017
Collection: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
Subject Terms: Medicine, Science
More Details: The neurotensin receptor 1 represents an important drug target involved in various diseases of the central nervous system. So far, the full exploitation of potential therapeutic activities has been compromised by the lack of compounds with favorable physicochemical and pharmacokinetic properties which efficiently penetrate the blood-brain barrier. Recent progress in the generation of stabilized variants of solubilized neurotensin receptor 1 and its subsequent purification and successful structure determination presents a solid starting point to apply the approach of fragment-based screening to extend the chemical space of known neurotensin receptor 1 ligands. In this report, surface plasmon resonance was used as primary method to screen 6369 compounds. Thereby 44 hits were identified and confirmed in competition as well as dose-response experiments. Furthermore, 4 out of 8 selected hits were validated using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy as orthogonal biophysical method. Computational analysis of the compound structures, taking the known crystal structure of the endogenous peptide agonist into consideration, gave insight into the potential fragment-binding location and interactions and inspires chemistry efforts for further exploration of the fragments.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1932-6203
Relation: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0175842&type=printable; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175842&type=printable
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175842
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/263952a649e24caeb01f9f211d01ff10
Accession Number: edsdoj.263952a649e24caeb01f9f211d01ff10
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
More Details
ISSN:19326203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0175842&type=printable
Published in:PLoS ONE
Language:English