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  2. Discovery of non-glycoside sodium-dependent glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors by ligand-based virtual screening

Discovery of non-glycoside sodium-dependent glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors by ligand-based virtual screening

  • J Med Chem. 2010 Dec 23;53(24):8770-4. doi: 10.1021/jm101080v.
Jian-Sung Wu 1 Yi-Hui Peng Jiun-Ming Wu Chieh-Jui Hsieh Szu-Huei Wu Mohane Selvaraj Coumar Jen-Shin Song Jinq-Chyi Lee Chi-Hui Tsai Chiung-Tong Chen Yu-Wei Liu Yu-Sheng Chao Su-Ying Wu
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Affiliation

  • 1 Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan Town, Miaoli County 350, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Abstract

A ligand-based virtual screening strategy (a combination of pharmacophore model generation, shape-based scoring, and structure clustering analysis) was developed to discover novel SGLT2 inhibitors. The best pharmacophore model, generated from eight glycoside inhibitors, was utilized to virtually screen three chemical databases that led to the identification of three non-glycoside SGLT2 inhibitors. This is the first report of the generation of a pharmacophore model from glycosides that has then been used to discover novel non-glycosides hits.

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