Binding models of reversible inhibitors to type-B monoamine oxidase
by
Carrieri A, Carotti A, Barreca ML, Altomare C.
Dipartimento Farmaco-Chimico, Universita di Bari,
Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy.
carrieri@farmchim.uniba.it
J Comput Aided Mol Des. 2002 Nov;16(11):769-78

ABSTRACT

Interest in the inhibitors of type-B monoamine oxidase has grown in recent years, due to the evidence for multiple roles of one such agent (selegiline) in the pharmacological management of neurodegenerative disorders. A set of 130 reversible and selective inhibitors of MAO-B (including tetrazole, oxadiazolone, and oxadiazinone derivatives) were taken from the literature and subjected to a three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship (3D-QSAR) study, using CoMFA and GOLPE procedures. The steric and lipophilic fields, alone and in combination, provided us with informative models and satisfactory predictions (q2 = 0.73). The validity of these models was checked against the 3D X-ray structure of human MAO-B. Flexible docking calculations, performed by using a new approach which took advantage from QXP and GRID computational tools, showed the diverse inhibitors to interact with MAO-B in a similar binding mode, irrespective of the heterocycle characterizing them. A significant trend of correlation was observed between estimated energies of the complexes and the experimental inhibition data.

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