1. Differentiating physicochemical properties between NDRIs and sNRIs clinically important for the treatment of ADHD.
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Wang P, Fu T, Zhang X, Yang F, Zheng G, Xue W, Chen Y, Yao X, and Zhu F
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- Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity metabolism, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity pathology, Dopamine chemistry, Dopamine metabolism, Dopamine Antagonists administration & dosage, Humans, Molecular Docking Simulation, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Norepinephrine antagonists & inhibitors, Norepinephrine chemistry, Serotonin and Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitors administration & dosage, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity drug therapy, Dopamine Antagonists chemistry, Norepinephrine metabolism, Serotonin and Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitors chemistry
- Abstract
Background: Drugs available for treating attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are mainly selective norepinephrine (sNRIs) and dual norepinephrine-dopamine (NDRIs) reuptake inhibitors. The major problem of sNRIs lines in their delayed onset of action and partial- or non-responses, which makes NDRIs distinguished in drug efficacy. Understanding of the differential binding modes of these 2 types of drugs to their corresponding targets can give great insights into the discovery of privileged drug-like scaffolds with improved efficacy. So far, no such study has been carried out., Methods: A combinatorial computational strategy, integrating homology modeling, molecular docking, molecular dynamics (MD) and binding free energy calculation, was employed to analyze the binding modes of 8 clinically important ADHD drugs in their targets., Results: Binding modes of 2 types of ADHD drugs (sNRIs and NDRIs) in their targets was identified for the first time by MD simulation, and 15 hot spot residues were discovered as crucial for NDRIs' binding in hNET and hDAT. Comparing to sNRIs, a clear reduction in the hydrophobic property of NDRIs' one functional group was observed, and the depth of drugs' aromatic ring stretched into the pocket of both targets was further identified as key contributors to drugs' selectivity., Conclusions: The hydrophobic property of NDRI ADHD drugs' one functional group contributes to their selectivity when bind hNET and hDAT., General Significance: These results provide insights into NDRI ADHD drugs' binding mechanisms, which could be utilized as structural blueprints for assessing and discovering more efficacious drugs for ADHD therapy., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2017
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