Structure-based Drug Discovery Using GPCR Homology Modeling: Successful Virtual Screening for Antagonists of the Alpha1A Adrenergic Receptor
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Abstract
In this paper, we describe homology modeling of the alpha1A receptor based on the X-ray structure of bovine rhodopsin. The protein model has been generated by applying ligand-supported homology modeling, using mutational and ligand SAR data to guide the protein modeling procedure. We performed a virtual screening of the company's compound collection to test how well this model is suited to identify alpha1A antagonists. We applied a hierarchical virtual screening procedure guided by 2D filters and three-dimensional pharmacophore models. The ca. 23 000 filtered compounds were docked into the alpha1A homology model with GOLD and scored with PMF. From the top-ranked compounds, 80 diverse compounds were tested in a radioligand displacement assay. 37 compounds revealed Ki values better than 10 μM; the most active compound binds with 1.4 nM to the alpha1A receptor. Our findings suggest that rhodopsin-based homology models may be used as the structural basis for GPCR lead finding and compound optimization.
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