Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review
Structure-based drug discovery and protein targets in the CNS. / Hubbard, Roderick E.
In: NEUROPHARMACOLOGY, Vol. 60, No. 1, 01.2011, p. 723.Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review
}
TY - JOUR
T1 - Structure-based drug discovery and protein targets in the CNS
AU - Hubbard, Roderick E.
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - Structure-based methods are having an increasing role and impact in drug discovery. The crystal structures of an increasing number of therapeutic targets are becoming available. These structures can transform our understanding of how these proteins perform their biological function and often provide insights into the molecular basis of disease. In addition, the structures can help the discovery process. Methods such as virtual screening and experimental fragment screening can provide starting hit compounds for a discovery project. Crystal structures of compounds bound to the protein can direct or guide the medicinal chemistry optimisation to improve drug-like properties - not only providing ideas on how to improve binding affinity or selectivity, but also showing where the compound can be modified in attempting to modulate physico-chemical properties and biological efficacy. The majority of drug discovery projects against globular protein targets now use these methods at some stage.This review provides a summary of the range of structure-based drug discovery methods that are in use and surveys the suitability of the methods for targets currently identified for CNS drugs. Until recently, structure-based discovery was difficult or unknown for these targets. The recent determination of the structures of a number of GPCR proteins, together with the steady increase in structures for other membrane proteins, is opening up the possibility for these structure-based methods to find increased use in drug discovery for CNS diseases and conditions. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
AB - Structure-based methods are having an increasing role and impact in drug discovery. The crystal structures of an increasing number of therapeutic targets are becoming available. These structures can transform our understanding of how these proteins perform their biological function and often provide insights into the molecular basis of disease. In addition, the structures can help the discovery process. Methods such as virtual screening and experimental fragment screening can provide starting hit compounds for a discovery project. Crystal structures of compounds bound to the protein can direct or guide the medicinal chemistry optimisation to improve drug-like properties - not only providing ideas on how to improve binding affinity or selectivity, but also showing where the compound can be modified in attempting to modulate physico-chemical properties and biological efficacy. The majority of drug discovery projects against globular protein targets now use these methods at some stage.This review provides a summary of the range of structure-based drug discovery methods that are in use and surveys the suitability of the methods for targets currently identified for CNS drugs. Until recently, structure-based discovery was difficult or unknown for these targets. The recent determination of the structures of a number of GPCR proteins, together with the steady increase in structures for other membrane proteins, is opening up the possibility for these structure-based methods to find increased use in drug discovery for CNS diseases and conditions. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
KW - Structure-based drug discovery
KW - Fragment-based drug discovery
KW - Protein structure
KW - Protein-ligand interactions
KW - STRUCTURE-BASED DESIGN
KW - X-RAY-STRUCTURE
KW - CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE
KW - ESTROGEN-RECEPTOR
KW - LIGAND-BINDING
KW - BETA(2)-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR
KW - THERAPEUTIC TARGETS
KW - NICOTINIC RECEPTORS
KW - MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS
KW - COUPLED RECEPTOR
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78149501220&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2010.07.016
DO - 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2010.07.016
M3 - Literature review
VL - 60
SP - 723
JO - NEUROPHARMACOLOGY
JF - NEUROPHARMACOLOGY
SN - 0028-3908
IS - 1
ER -