Identification of STAT1 and STAT3 Specific Inhibitors Using Comparative Virtual Screening and Docking Validation

被引:29
作者
Szelag, Malgorzata [1 ]
Czerwoniec, Anna [3 ]
Wesoly, Joanna [2 ]
Bluyssen, Hans A. R. [1 ]
机构
[1] Adam Mickiewicz Univ, Inst Mol Biol & Biotechnol, Dept Human Mol Genet, PL-61614 Poznan, Poland
[2] Adam Mickiewicz Univ, Inst Mol Biol & Biotechnol, Lab High Throughput Technol, PL-61614 Poznan, Poland
[3] Adam Mickiewicz Univ, Inst Mol Biol & Biotechnol, Bioinformat Lab, PL-61614 Poznan, Poland
关键词
SMALL-MOLECULE INHIBITOR; HIGH-ACCURACY; CANCER; ACTIVATION; PROTEINS; CELLS; PHOSPHORYLATION; INFLAMMATION; DIMERIZATION; RECOGNITION;
D O I
10.1371/journal.pone.0116688
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Signal transducers and activators of transcription (STATs) facilitate action of cytokines, growth factors and pathogens. STAT activation is mediated by a highly conserved SH2 domain, which interacts with phosphotyrosine motifs for specific STAT-receptor contacts and STAT dimerization. The active dimers induce gene transcription in the nucleus by binding to a specific DNA-response element in the promoter of target genes. Abnormal activation of STAT signaling pathways is implicated in many human diseases, like cancer, inflammation and auto-immunity. Searches for STAT-targeting compounds, exploring the phosphotyrosine (pTyr)-SH2 interaction site, yielded many small molecules for STAT3 but sparsely for other STATs. However, many of these inhibitors seem not STAT3-specific, thereby questioning the present modeling and selection strategies of SH2 domain-based STAT inhibitors. We generated new 3D structure models for all human (h) STATs and developed a comparative in silico docking strategy to obtain further insight into STAT-SH2 cross-binding specificity of a selection of previously identified STAT3 inhibitors. Indeed, by primarily targeting the highly conserved pTyr-SH2 binding pocket the majority of these compounds exhibited similar binding affinity and tendency scores for all STATs. By comparative screening of a natural product library we provided initial proof for the possibility to identify STAT1 as well as STAT3-specific inhibitors, introducing the 'STAT-comparative binding affinity value' and ` ligand binding pose variation' as selection criteria. In silico screening of a multi-million clean leads (CL) compound library for binding of all STATs, likewise identified potential specific inhibitors for STAT1 and STAT3 after docking validation. Based on comparative virtual screening and docking validation, we developed a novel STAT inhibitor screening tool that allows identification of specific STAT1 and STAT3 inhibitory compounds. This could increase our understanding of the functional role of these STATs in different diseases and benefit the clinical need for more drugable STAT inhibitors with high specificity, potency and excellent bioavailability.
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