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Identification of sulfonamide compounds active on the insect nervous system: Molecular modeling, synthesis and biological evaluation. 2023

Balaji Selvam, and Elodie Landagaray, and Alison Cartereau, and Adèle D Laurent, and Jérôme Graton, and Jacques Lebreton, and Steeve H Thany, and Monique Mathé-Allainmat, and Jean-Yves Le Questel
Nantes Université, CNRS, CEISAM, UMR 6230, F-44000 Nantes, France; Gossamer Bio, 3013 Science Park Road, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92121, France.

Insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are a recognized target for insecticide design. In this work, we have identified, from a structure-based approach using molecular modeling tools, ligands with potential selective activity for pests versus pollinators. A high-throughput virtual screening with the Openeye software was performed using a library from the ZINC database, thiacloprid being used as the target structure. The top sixteen molecules were then docked in α6 cockroach and honeybee homomeric nAChRs to check from a theoretical point of view relevant descriptors in favor of pest selectivity. Among the selected molecules, one original sulfonamide compound has afterward been synthesized, together with various analogs. Two compounds of this family have been shown to behave as activators of the cockroach cholinergic synaptic transmission.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007306 Insecticides Pesticides designed to control insects that are harmful to man. The insects may be directly harmful, as those acting as disease vectors, or indirectly harmful, as destroyers of crops, food products, or textile fabrics. Insecticide
D007313 Insecta Members of the phylum ARTHROPODA composed or organisms characterized by division into three parts: head, thorax, and abdomen. They are the dominant group of animals on earth with several hundred thousand different kinds. Three orders, HEMIPTERA; DIPTERA; and SIPHONAPTERA; are of medical interest in that they cause disease in humans and animals. (From Borror et al., An Introduction to the Study of Insects, 4th ed, p1). Insects,Insect
D008958 Models, Molecular Models used experimentally or theoretically to study molecular shape, electronic properties, or interactions; includes analogous molecules, computer-generated graphics, and mechanical structures. Molecular Models,Model, Molecular,Molecular Model
D009420 Nervous System The entire nerve apparatus, composed of a central part, the brain and spinal cord, and a peripheral part, the cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia, and plexuses. (Stedman, 26th ed) Nervous Systems,System, Nervous,Systems, Nervous
D011978 Receptors, Nicotinic One of the two major classes of cholinergic receptors. Nicotinic receptors were originally distinguished by their preference for NICOTINE over MUSCARINE. They are generally divided into muscle-type and neuronal-type (previously ganglionic) based on pharmacology, and subunit composition of the receptors. Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors,Nicotinic Receptors,Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor,Nicotinic Receptor,Acetylcholine Receptor, Nicotinic,Acetylcholine Receptors, Nicotinic,Receptor, Nicotinic,Receptor, Nicotinic Acetylcholine,Receptors, Nicotinic Acetylcholine
D003058 Cockroaches Insects of the order Dictyoptera comprising several families including Blaberidae, BLATTELLIDAE, Blattidae (containing the American cockroach PERIPLANETA americana), Cryptocercidae, and Polyphagidae. Blaberidae,Blattaria,Blattidae,Blattodea,Cryptocercidae,Dictyoptera,Polyphagidae,Cockroach,Blattarias,Blattodeas,Cockroache,Cockroachs,Dictyopteras
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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