Aparoy, P. and Reddy, K. K. and Reddanna, P. (2012) Structure and Ligand Based Drug Design Strategies in the Development of Novel 5-LOX Inhibitors. Current Medicinal Chemistry, 19 (22). pp. 3763-3778.

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Abstract

"Lipoxygenases (LOXs) are non-heme iron containing dioxygenases involved in the oxygenation of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) such as arachidonic acid (AA). Depending on the position of insertion of oxygen, LOXs are classified into 5-, 8-, 9-, 12- and 15-LOX. Among these, 5-LOX is the most predominant isoform associated with the formation of 5-hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid (5-HpETE), the precursor of non-peptido (LTB4) and peptido (LTC4, LTD4, and LTE4) leukotrienes. LTs are involved in inflammatory and allergic diseases like asthma, ulcerative colitis, rhinitis and also in cancer. Consequently 5-LOX has become target for the development of therapeutic molecules for treatment of various inflammatory disorders. Zileuton is one such inhibitor of 5-LOX approved for the treatment of asthma. In the recent times, computer aided drug design (CADD) strategies have been applied successfully in drug development processes. A comprehensive review on structure based drug design strategies in the development of novel 5-LOX inhibitors is presented in this article. Since the crystal structure of 5-LOX has been recently solved, efforts to develop 5-LOX inhibitors have mostly relied on ligand based rational approaches. The present review provides a comprehensive survey on these strategies in the development of 5-LOX inhibitors."

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Animal Genetics and Genomics
Depositing User:	Unnamed user with email alok@urdip.res.in
Date Deposited:	18 Mar 2015 08:13
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2015 08:13
URI:	http://niab.sciencecentral.in/id/eprint/12

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