Identification of anti‐Parkinson's Disease Lead Compounds from Aspergillus ochraceus Targeting Adenosin Receptors A 2A
Linzhen Hu, Shuying Tian, Rongrong Wu, Tong Zhou, Wen Jiang, Ping Hu, Xueyang Xiao, Xueke Zhang, Hui Min Zhou, Qingyi Tong, Yuanyuan Lu, Zhiyong Huang, Yong Chen, Yonghui Zhang · ChemistryOpen · 2021
Abstract Two novel alkaloids compounds together with fifteen know metabolites were identified from Aspergillus ochraceus . The stereochemistry features of the new molecules were determined via HRESIMS, NMR, ECD, and XRD analyses. Amongst these, compounds two compounds exhibited potential efficacy as anti‐Parkinson's disease with the EC 50 values of 2.30 and 2.45 μ M , respectively. ADMET prediction showed that these compounds owned favorable drug‐like characteristics and safe toxicity scores towards CNS drugs. Virtual screening analyses manifested that the compounds exhibited not only robust and reliable interactions to adenosine receptors A 2A , but also higher binding selectivity to A 2A receptors than to A 1 and A 3 receptors. Molecular dynamics simulation demonstrated the reliability of molecular docking results and the stability of the complexes obtained with the novel compounds and A 2A receptors in natural environments. It is the first time that anti‐PD lead compounds have been identified from Aspergillus ochraceus and targeting adenosine A 2A receptors.