Bruno Andrade
Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia
Brazil
Title: Addressing new targets and cytoprotective compounds against neurodegenerative diseases
Biography
Biography: Bruno Andrade
Abstract
Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and Autism comprise the most common neurodegenerative disorders. Sometimes, they share common metabolic pathways with between them and with other neurodegenerative disorders of the central nervous system. In general these disorders are related to abnormal high level of peptides and catabolites, such as that derived from Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP), which plays a key role in Alzheimer’s disease. In this study we proposed to evaluate the role of new targets involved with neurodegenerative diseases, using computational tools (systems biology and cheminformatics), as well as propose new natural compounds which can act in neuroprotection. All protein targets were transcribed from hub genes (picked by search ensemble approach algorithm (SEA) and its ligands were subjected to molecular docking studies. In addition we performed 20 nanoseconds molecular dynamics using MMPBSA protocol. Small molecules Docking studies were performed by Audodock 4.0, while peptide-protein and protein-protein interactions were calculated by Rosetta Online Server. PyMol 1.7 and Discovery Studio 4.0 were used to evaluate docking results and generating 2D maps. The suite GROMACS 5.0.5 was used to simulate MMPBSA Molecular Dinamics.