Structural approach for COX-2 inhibition.
The design of selective COX-2 inhibitors is a new approach to obtain potent, anti-inflammatory drugs but with less side effects. Several families of such inhibitors were reported in literature. In this review, the drug design processes used to understand their binding mode and the origin of selectivity of these compounds are described.
Laboratory of Molecular and Structural Chemistry, Facultés Universitaires N.-D. de la Paix, 61 rue de Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur, Belgium. catherine.michaux@fundp.ac.be
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D001665:Binding Sites; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D052246:Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D015195:Drug Design; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
D052246:Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; C496511:PTGS1 protein, human; C496540:PTGS2 protein, human; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases