Virtual screening of potential anticancer drugs based on microbial products

Investor logo
Investor logo
Investor logo

Warning

This publication doesn't include Faculty of Economics and Administration. It includes Faculty of Science. Official publication website can be found on muni.cz.
Authors

RANGEL PAMPLONA PIZARRO PINTO José Gaspar HENDRIKSE Natalie M. ŠTOURAČ Jan DAMBORSKÝ Jiří BEDNÁŘ David

Year of publication 2022
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Seminars in Cancer Biology
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Citation
Web https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1044579X21002078?via%3Dihub
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.semcancer.2021.07.012
Keywords Databases; Microbial products; Virtual screening; Web tools; PredictSNP Onco
Description The development of microbial products for cancer treatment has been in the spotlight in recent years. In order to accelerate the lengthy and expensive drug development process, in silico screening tools are systematically employed, especially during the initial discovery phase. Moreover, considering the steadily increasing number of molecules approved by authorities for commercial use, there is a demand for faster methods to repurpose such drugs. Here we present a review on virtual screening web tools, such as publicly available databases of molecular targets and libraries of ligands, with the aim to facilitate the discovery of potential anticancer drugs based on microbial products. We provide an entry-level step-by-step description of the workflow for virtual screening of microbial metabolites with known protein targets, as well as two practical examples using freely available web tools. The first case presents a virtual screening study of drugs developed from microbial products using Caver Web, a web tool that performs docking along a tunnel. The second case comprises a comparative analysis between a wild type isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 and a mutant that results in cancer, using the recently developed web tool PredictSNPOnco. In summary, this review provides the basic and essential background information necessary for virtual screening experiments, which may accelerate the discovery of novel anticancer drugs.
Related projects:

You are running an old browser version. We recommend updating your browser to its latest version.