Design of new small molecules derived from indolin-2-one as potent TRKs inhibitors using a computer-aided drug design approach. 2024

Rachid Haloui, and Khaoula Mkhayar, and Ossama Daoui, and Kaouakeb El Khattabi, and Abdelmoula El Abbouchi, and Samir Chtita, and Souad Elkhattabi
Laboratory of Engineering, Systems, and Applications, National School of Applied Sciences, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah-Fez University, Fez, Morocco.

Tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRKs) enzymes are responsible for cancers associated with the neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor gene fusion and are identified as effective targets for anticancer drug discovery. A series of small-molecule indolin-2-one derivatives showed remarkable biological activity against TRKs enzymatic activity. These small molecules could have an excellent profile for pharmaceutical application in the treatment of cancers caused by TRKs activity. The aim of this study is to modify the structure of these molecules to obtain new molecules with improved TRK inhibitory activity and pharmacokinetic properties favorable to the design of new drugs. Based on these series, we carried out a 3D-QSAR study. As a result, robust and reliable CoMFA and CoMSIA models are developed and applied to the design of 11 new molecules. These new molecules have a biological activity superior to the most active molecule in the starting series. The eleven designed molecules are screened using drug-likeness, ADMET proprieties, molecular docking, and MM-GBSA filters. The results of this screening identified the T1, T3, and T4 molecules as the best candidates for strong inhibition of TRKs enzymatic activity. In addition, molecular dynamics simulations are performed for TRK free and complexed with ligands T1, T3, and T4 to evaluate the stability of ligand-protein complexes over the simulation time. On the other hand, we proposed experimental synthesis routes for these newly designed molecules. Finally, the designed molecules T1, T2, and T3 have great potential to become reliable candidates for the conception of new drug inhibitors of TRKs.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.

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