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. 2002 Sep;10(9):2883-91.
doi: 10.1016/s0968-0896(02)00161-x.

Molecular docking and 3-D-QSAR studies on the possible antimalarial mechanism of artemisinin analogues

Feng Cheng  1 , Jianhua Shen, Xiaomin Luo, Weiliang Zhu, Jiande Gu, Ruyun Ji, Hualiang Jiang, Kaixian Chen
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Molecular docking and 3-D-QSAR studies on the possible antimalarial mechanism of artemisinin analogues

Feng Cheng et al. Bioorg Med Chem. 2002 Sep.

Abstract

Artemisinin (Qinghaosu) is a natural constituent found in Artemisia annua L, which is an effective drug against chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum strains and cerebral malaria. The antimalarial activities of artemisinin and its analogues appear to be mediated by the interactions of the drugs with hemin. In order to understand the antimalarial mechanism and the relationship between the physicochemical properties and the antimalarial activities of artemisinin analogues, we performed molecular docking simulations to probe the interactions of these analogues with hemin, and then performed three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship (3-D-QSAR) studies on the basis of the docking models employing comparative molecular force fields analysis (CoMFA) and comparative molecular similarity indices analysis (CoMSIA). Molecular docking simulations generated probable 'bioactive' conformations of artemisinin analogues and provided a new insight into the antimalarial mechanism. The subsequent partial least squares (PLS) analysis indicates that the calculate binding energies correlate well with the experimental activity values. The CoMFA and CoMSIA models based on the bioactive conformations proved to have good predictive ability and in turn match well with the docking result, which further testified the reliability of the docking model. Combining these results, that is molecular docking and 3-D-QSAR, together, the binding model and activity of new synthesized artemisinin derivatives were well explained.

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