Analogues of Oxamate, Pyruvate, and Lactate as potential inhibitors of Plasmodium Knowlesi lactate Dehydrogenase identified using virtual screening and verified via Inhibition Assays

Ahmad Fuad, Fazia Adyani and Ogu Salim, Nurhainis (2022) Analogues of Oxamate, Pyruvate, and Lactate as potential inhibitors of Plasmodium Knowlesi lactate Dehydrogenase identified using virtual screening and verified via Inhibition Assays. Processes, 10 (11). pp. 1-8. ISSN 2227-9717

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Abstract

Malaria management remains a challenge, due to the resistance of malaria parasites to current antimalarial agents. This resistance consequently delays the global elimination of malaria throughout the world. Hence, the demand is increasing for new and effective antimalarial drugs. The identification of potential drugs that target Pk-LDH can be obtained through virtual screening analyses, as this has been previously applied to discover Pf-LDH inhibitors. In this study, the selected candidates from our virtual screening analyses were subsequently tested against purified Pk-LDH, and verified through an inhibition of Pk-LDH via enzymatic activity assays. Virtual screening analysis from this study showed that 3,3-Difluoropyrrolidine hydrochloride and 3-hydroxytetrahydrofuran exhibited binding affinity values of −3.25 kcal/mol and −3.74, respectively. These compounds were selected for evaluation towards inhibitory activity against Pk-LDH assays, including two compounds from a previous study which are oxalic acid and glycolamide. The earlier compounds were structurally similar to lactate and pyruvate, and the latter two compounds were structurally similar to a known LDH inhibitor, oxamate. Among all of the compounds tested, oxalic acid showed the highest inhibition activity at 54.12%; interestingly, this correlated well with the virtual screening analyses, which showed that this compound was the best among the Oxamate analogues, with a binding affinity value of −2.59 kcal/mol. Hence, further exploration and development of this compound may result in a promising antimalarial drug for malaria treatment, especially for infection involving P. Knowlesi.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	7200/102173
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Malaria; Plasmodium knowlesi; lactate dehydrogenase; virtual screening; inhibition assay
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QD Chemistry
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Biotechnology Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr Fazia Adyani Ahmad Fuad
Date Deposited:	23 Dec 2022 10:53
Last Modified:	29 Dec 2022 12:17
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/102173

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