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Huerta, P., (2023). Reposicionamiento in silico de fármacos antiparasitarios como inhibidores de la glutaminasa GAC, una enzima sobreexpresada en células cancerosas [Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/14896
Huerta, P., Reposicionamiento in silico de fármacos antiparasitarios como inhibidores de la glutaminasa GAC, una enzima sobreexpresada en células cancerosas []. PE: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/14896
@misc{renati/911045,
title = "Reposicionamiento in silico de fármacos antiparasitarios como inhibidores de la glutaminasa GAC, una enzima sobreexpresada en células cancerosas",
author = "Huerta Roque, Pedro Francisco",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia",
year = "2023"
}
In recent years, interest has grown in designing new GLS1-encoded glutaminase inhibitors, since these enzymes are overexpressed in different types of cancer and favor glutamine metabolism. The latter is an essential nutrient for the proliferation of cancer cells, so by inhibiting glutaminase, it is sought to reduce glutamine substantially and with it the proliferation of the tumor. However, only a few glutaminase inhibitors have been described and most have low solubility and specificity. Therefore, the present study proposed identifying antiparasitic drugs that show an affinity for GAC glutaminase through coupling simulations and molecular dynamics: in silico repositioning. Molecular docking assays predicted posaconazole, mebendazole, and mefloquine as potential GAC inhibitors. From molecular dynamics simulations, it was found that Posaconazole exhibits similar stability and affinity energy as positive controls in its binding to the GAC glutaminase allosteric site. Also, Mefloquine remains stable at the allosteric site but generates different conformational changes on GAC. However, Mebendazole does not maintain its stability in the allosteric binding site and its binding by GAC would not be viable. With the findings of this work, studies can be carried out to demonstrate in vitro the affinity of Posaconazole and Mefloquine for GAC and, if this is positive, validate the mechanism of action of Posaconazole and Mefloquine on cancer cells through glutaminase inhibition.
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