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Small-Molecule Quinolinol Inhibitor Identified Provides Protection against BoNT/A in Mice

Overview of attention for article published in PLOS ONE, October 2012
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Title
Small-Molecule Quinolinol Inhibitor Identified Provides Protection against BoNT/A in Mice
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PLOS ONE, October 2012
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0047110
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Padma Singh, Manglesh Kumar Singh, Dilip Chaudhary, Vinita Chauhan, Pranay Bharadwaj, Apurva Pandey, Nisha Upadhyay, Ram Kumar Dhaked

Abstract

Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), etiological agents of the life threatening neuroparalytic disease botulism, are the most toxic substances currently known. The potential for the use as bioweapon makes the development of small-molecule inhibitor against these deadly toxins is a top priority. Currently, there are no approved pharmacological treatments for BoNT intoxication. Although an effective vaccine/immunotherapy is available for immuno-prophylaxis but this cannot reverse the effects of toxin inside neurons. A small-molecule pharmacological intervention, especially one that would be effective against the light chain protease, would be highly desirable. Similarity search was carried out from ChemBridge and NSC libraries to the hit (7-(phenyl(8-quinolinylamino)methyl)-8-quinolinol; NSC 84096) to mine its analogs. Several hits obtained were screened for in silico inhibition using AutoDock 4.1 and 19 new molecules selected based on binding energy and Ki. Among these, eleven quinolinol derivatives potently inhibited in vitro endopeptidase activity of botulinum neurotoxin type A light chain (rBoNT/A-LC) on synaptosomes isolated from rat brain which simulate the in vivo system. Five of these inhibitor molecules exhibited IC(50) values ranging from 3.0 nM to 10.0 µM. NSC 84087 is the most potent inhibitor reported so far, found to be a promising lead for therapeutic development, as it exhibits no toxicity, and is able to protect animals from pre and post challenge of botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNT/A).

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Country Count As %
France 1 4%
Unknown 22 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 30%
Other 2 9%
Researcher 2 9%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 9%
Professor 1 4%
Other 3 13%
Unknown 6 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 35%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 9%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 4%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 4%
Neuroscience 1 4%
Other 2 9%
Unknown 8 35%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 September 2013.
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#2,586,968
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