Structure based design and molecular docking studies for phosphorylated tau inhibitors in alzheimer’s disease

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Abstract

The purpose of our study is to identify phosphorylated tau (p-tau) inhibitors. P-tau has recently received great interest as a potential drug target in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The continuous failure of Aβ-targeted therapeutics recommends an alternative drug target to treat AD. There is increasing evidence and growing awareness of tau, which plays a central role in AD pathophysiology, including tangles formation, abnormal activation of phosphatases/kinases, leading p-tau aggregation in AD neurons. In the present study, we performed computational pharmacophore models, molecular docking, and simulation studies for p-tau in order to identify hyperphosphorylated sites. We found multiple serine sites that altered the R1/R2 repeats flanking sequences in the tau protein, affecting the microtubule binding ability of tau. The ligand molecules exhibited the p-O ester scaffolds with inhibitory and/or blocking actions against serine residues of p-tau. Our molecular docking results revealed five ligands that showed high docking scores and optimal protein-ligand interactions of p-tau. These five ligands showed the best pharmacokinetic and physicochemical properties, including good absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) and admetSAR toxicity tests. The p-tau pharmacophore based drug discovery models provide the comprehensive and rapid drug interventions in AD, and tauopathies are expected to be the prospective future therapeutic approach in AD.

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Pradeepkiran, J. A., & Reddy, P. H. (2019). Structure based design and molecular docking studies for phosphorylated tau inhibitors in alzheimer’s disease. Cells, 8(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/cells8030260

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