title: Docking Studies for Multi-Target Drugs.
abstract: The most basic principle of drug action is found in the lock and key model, where the highest possible affinity for a target that also avoids side effects is desired. For many years this was understood as being "one drug, for one target, for one disease", however researchers began to observe that certain diseases are best treated with multi-target drugs. In recent years, studies have sought out polypharmacological compounds acting on multiple targets against complex (multifactorial) diseases, such as cancer, neurodegenerative disease, and certain infections. One of the computational tools used in research for multifunctional drugs is Molecular Docking. Through this methodology of Computer-Aided Drug Design, we observe complexes formed between ligands and interesting targets (often many), for a particular disease. This review reports on docking studies as used in investigations of new multi-target compounds; it also shows the various ways that such studies are used in the search for multifunctional compounds.
authors: Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Paraiba, Campus I 58051-970, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors: Luciana
authors: L
authors: Scotti
authors: State University of Paraiba, Biological Science Department, Laboratory of Synthesis and Drug Delivery, 58070-450, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors: Francisco J B
authors: FJ
authors: Mendonca Junior
authors: University of Western Sao Paulo (Unoeste), Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil.
authors: Hamilton M
authors: HM
authors: Ishiki
authors: Federal University of Pernambuco, Campus I, Recife-PE, Brazil.
authors: Frederico F
authors: FF
authors: Ribeiro
authors: Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Azad Hind Fauz Marg, Sector-3, Dwarka, New Delhi-110078, India.
authors: Rajeev K
authors: RK
authors: Singla
authors: Federal University of Paraíba, Campus I, Joao Pessoa-PB, Brazil.
authors: Jose M
authors: JM
authors: Barbosa Filho
authors: Federal University of Paraíba, Campus I, Joao Pessoa-PB, Brazil.
authors: Marcelo S
authors: MS
authors: Da Silva
authors: Federal University of Paraíba, Campus I, Joao Pessoa-PB, Brazil.
authors: Marcus T
authors: MT
authors: Scotti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D015195:Drug Design; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D062105:Molecular Docking Simulation; D064798:Polypharmacology
keywords: CADD; diseases; docking; multi-target drugs; network; polypharmacology; receptor.