Discovery of novel inhibitors of human S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase based on in silico high-throughput screening and a non-radioactive enzymatic assay

Sci Rep. 2015 Jun 1:5:10754. doi: 10.1038/srep10754.

Abstract

Natural polyamines are small polycationic molecules essential for cell growth and development, and elevated level of polyamines is positively correlated with various cancers. As a rate-limiting enzyme of the polyamine biosynthetic pathway, S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (AdoMetDC) has been an attractive drug target. In this report, we present the discovery of novel human AdoMetDC (hAdoMetDC) inhibitors by coupling computational and experimental tools. We constructed a reasonable computational structure model of hAdoMetDC that is compatible with general protocols for high-throughput drug screening, and used this model in in silico screening of hAdoMetDC inhibitors against a large compound library using a battery of computational tools. We also established and validated a simple, economic, and non-radioactive enzymatic assay, which can be adapted for experimental high-throughput screening of hAdoMetDC inhibitors. Finally, we obtained an hAdoMetDC inhibitor lead with a novel scaffold. This study provides both new tools and a new lead for the developing of novel hAdoMetDC inhibitors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase / chemistry*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Drug Discovery / methods*
  • Enzyme Activation / drug effects
  • Enzyme Assays / methods*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • High-Throughput Screening Assays*
  • Humans
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Docking Simulation
  • Spectrophotometry / methods

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase