Identification of novel liver X receptor activators by structure-based modeling |
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Authors: | von Grafenstein Susanne Mihaly-Bison Judit Wolber Gerhard Bochkov Valery N Liedl Klaus R Schuster Daniela |
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Institution: | Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry/Theoretical Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck-CMBI, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80/82, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria. |
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Abstract: | Liver X receptors (LXRs) are members of the nuclear receptor family. Activators of LXRs are of high pharmacological interest as LXRs regulate cholesterol, fatty acid, and carbohydrate metabolism as well as inflammatory processes. On the basis of different X-ray crystal structures, we established a virtual screening workflow for the identification of novel LXR modulators. A two-step screening concept to identify active compounds included 3D-pharmacophore filters and rescoring by shape alignment. Eighteen virtual hits were tested in vitro applying a reporter gene assay, where concentration-dependent activity was proven for four novel lead structures. The most active compound 10, a 1,4-naphthochinone, has an estimated EC?? of around 5 μM. |
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