Friday, August 25, 2023

Halogens engineering-based design of agonists for boosting expression of frataxin protein in Friedreich's ataxia

Naveed, M., Ali, I., Aziz, T., Ain, N., Shabbir, M. A., Javed, K., Alharbi, M., Alshammari, A., Alasmari, A. F., Alharbi, S. A., & Alharbi, M. S. (2023). Halogens engineering-based design of agonists for boosting expression of frataxin protein in Friedreich's ataxia. European review for medical and pharmacological sciences, 27(15), 6972–6984. doi:10.26355/eurrev_202308_33269 

 The selected agonist is one of the most potent compounds in increasing Frataxin protein expression. Furthermore, optimization with halogens can be a productive approach to improve the candidate's drug efficacy. The development of effective medications for the treatment of Friedreich ataxia would be aided by the results of these computational investigations.
The optimized agonist 9-[1-[(1S, 5R)-8, 8-dimethyl-8-azoniabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-yl]triazol-4-yl]fluoren-9-ol has higher binding energy of -10.4Kcal/mol with molecular weight of 705.63 g/mol. Drug-like properties are identified through ADMET profiling, having water solubility of about -7.59, skin permeation -7.08 cm/s, bioavailability score 0.17, and high GI absorption. The candidate fulfills the Lipinski rule of five and portrays efficient molecular dynamic stimulations.