Dissertações em Química Medicinal e Modelagem Molecular (Mestrado) - PPGQMMM/ICS
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Dissertação Acesso aberto (Open Access) Avaliação do efeito do OTSSP167 em linhagens de adenocarcinoma gástrico com amplificação do gene MELK(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2019-12-09) PINHEIRO, Thayanne Macedo; CALCAGNO, Danielle Queiroz; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1326603355062154; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4429-2573Gastric cancer is considered the fifth most common type of tumor in the world, and due to its heterogeneity, it is necessary to use individualized therapies that present less toxicity and greater efficacy during treatment. In a previous study, our group reported an increased copy number of the MELK gene in approximately 55.9% of tumors in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma and such tumor cell lines. This gene encodes maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (MELK) protein, a member of the serine/threonine kinase family, which participates in multiple cellular processes including cell cycle progression, cell proliferation, apoptosis, cell migration, and others. The increased expression has been observed in different cancers, including gastric cancer. Thus, the present study evaluated by in silico analysis the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of OTSSP167, its antineoplastic activity in gastric cancer cell lines ACP03 and AGP01, analyzing cell viability, the interference of this inhibitor in the protein expression of MELK in lineages, the ability of cell invasion and migration. In silico analyses, OTSSP167 showed a high probability of intestinal absorption, grade III toxicity and higher activity score for kinase inhibition. In vitro experiments, OTSSP167 showed cytotoxic activity in gastric strains, with higher cytotoxic activity against ACP03 (IC50 = 8.5nM). Also, this inhibitor was able to reduce MELK expression in ACP03 and AGP01 strains gradually according to the concentration of the compound. Regarding migration capacity, OTSSP167 was able to significantly inhibit the migration of ACP03 cells treated for 12 hours with three different concentrations of compound (4.25nM, 8.5nM, and 17nM), but in the 24-hour analyzes, there was only significance. OTSSP167 8.5nM and 17nM concentrations. However, the evaluation of cell invasion capacity after treatment with OTSSP167 for 48 hours did not yield significant statistical results. Thus, the results suggest that OTSSP167 has antineoplastic activity in lines with MELK gene amplification and inhibits cell migration capacity. Therefore, OTSSP167 has potential applicability in future therapies, requiring additional tests to delimit the mechanism of action of the compound.Dissertação Acesso aberto (Open Access) Planejamento e síntese de novos derivados relacionados ao piroxicam(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2019-12-09) OTA, Sirlene Sayuri Barros; BORGES, Rosivaldo dos Santos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4783661132100859; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4072-7573Piroxicam is a drug belonging to the group of oxicams, derived from phenolic acids, in the class of NSAIDs. Although not the drug of choice in some treatments, the drug is indicated for the treatment of acute musculoskeletal disorders, post-traumatic and postoperative pain, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, primary dysmenorrhea, endometriosis and hemorrhagic cyst. Like non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, piroxicam is able to inhibit prostaglandin synthesis from arachidonic acid by competitively reversible inhibition of COX activity, with some predominance to inhibit COX-2 activity. Photosensitivity is one of the adverse effects caused by the drug, being observed in about 1% of patients. In addition, various techniques have been used to improve the stability of piroxicam without diminishing its potential. Thus, the objective of this paper is to plan, synthesize and evaluate more stable derivatives related to the phototoxicity of the study drug. Calculations of electronic properties such as high energy occupied molecular orbital (HOMO), low energy occupied molecular orbital (LUMO) and ionization potential (IP), as well as reactivity index calculations (Mulliken, CHELPG and Fukui) were calculated. performed using the Gaussview and Gaussian 2009 packages. The proposed derivatives have been synthesized through classical reactions such as esterification and nucleophilic substitution and are in the process of purification. The results of the HOMO and LUMO values showed that the D4 molecule has a better electronic distribution, with the second lowest HOMO value and the highest LUMO value, and can be considered the most stable. The D6 molecule proved to be the most reactive derivative and this can be explained by the presence of two hydroxyls in the naphthalene ring of the derivative, influencing the reactivity of the molecule. Based on the GAP values, the nitrated derivative (D2) presented lower value (3.36 eV), indicating high reactivity. The D4 molecule presented the highest GAP value, confirming its stability. In the analysis of Mulliken, CHELPG and Fukui loads of piroxicam, differences in substitution orientation were observed, probably due to the difference in calculations performed for each index. In the theoretical results of the chemical reactivity study using UV-Vis, piroxicam and its naphthalenic derivative showed completely different profiles, referring to its three main peaks, being the most expressive in the C = C system, indicating that in the benzothiazine system it functions as a reactive alkene after energy absorption.Thus, the molecular modification by the naphthalene system presented a compound with higher chemical stability and lower reactivity.Dissertação Acesso aberto (Open Access) Desenvolvimento de candidatos a fármacos para tratamento da Leucemia Mielóide Crônica a partir do Imatinibe(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2020-02-28) SANCHES, Vitor Hugo da SIlva; SANTOS, Cleydson Breno Rodrigues dos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4851715640991871; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0271-335XChronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) is a chronic clonal myeloproliferative disease, characterized by leukocytosis with left shift, splenomegaly and the presence of the Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome, which results from the reciprocal and balanced translocation between the advanced states of chromosomes 9q34 and 22q11, generating a hybrid protein BCR-ABL, with increased activity of tyrosine kinase. Thus, it carried out a virtual screening study based on the ligand Imatinib, with a defined crystallographic pose, deposited under the code PDB ID 1IEP. Six databases of merchants were used to select molecules, using the software ROCS (shape similarity) and EON (electrostatic similarity), followed by pharmacokinetic and toxicological predictions in silicon, resulting in 9 methods with satisfactory values, compared with Imatinib , which were submitted to a study of biological activity prediction via PASS Prediction online server, resulting in two structures with Probability of being "active" (Pa) values for protein kinase inhibition activity, such as LMQC01 molecules (Pa = 0.457) and LMQC04 (Pa = 0.658), selected for the study of molecular docking. Use a Pyrx 0.8 graphical interface, to evaluate as likely interactions with amino acid residues and binding affinity as structures with the BCR-ABL active site, resulting in -8.6Kcal / mol-1 for structure LMQC01 and -12.2Kcal / mol -1 for LMQC04, with the LMQC04 structure reaching a value higher than the experimental binding affinity of imatinib (-11.18Kcal / mol-1), being the one selected as a drug promoter for further studies.Dissertação Acesso aberto (Open Access) Modelo experimental para indução de hemiparkinsonismo por 6-hidroxidopamina em primatas sapajus apella e avaliação das alterações motoras(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2019-06-09) LEAL, Leon Claudio Pinheiro; KREJČOVÁ, Lane Viana; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2604693973864638; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8016-5283; BAHIA, Carlomagno Pacheco; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0910507988777644; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3794-4710Parkinson's disease is currently the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the world, with a high incidence in North and South America and Europe, for more than 50 years we have not seen any revolutionary treatment for the disease and many aspects of its neuropathology that still remain without a concrete enlightenment, in this feeling the experimental model in primates approaches the human reality are invaluable value for the development of new therapies and elucidation on mechanisms related to the disease. The 6-hydroxydopamine model in primates is a model that mimics some motor symptoms characteristic of PD. The present study aimed to develop a protocol for the induction of HemiParkinsonism in Sapajus apella primates. Three Sapajus Apella monkeys, all adult males, were submitted to daily conditioning sessions using the positive reinforcement clicker technique for primate chair positioning. Concurrently, the staircase and Brinkman tray motor tests were performed to determine laterality by the manual preference and dominance attributes. After this period, two 6-OHDA induction protocols were performed, the first protocol was injected into 10 sites in the nucleus striatum and the second protocol was injected into 10 sites in the nigrostriatal pathways, one week after the injections were performed twelve weeks of clinical analysis . All animals learned the input and positioning behaviors in the chair in a minimum of 30 sessions using pure positive reinforcement. The results of the staircase test demonstrated that the animals presented laterality consistent with the assignments of manual preference and dominance. The Brinkman test, specifically, presented lower sensitivity for determination of the same attributes, despite being the most commonly used test. Clinical analysis revealed that the second induction protocol had more motor symptoms characteristic of PD. Induction by 6-OHDA in the nigrostriatal pathways has been shown to be a good induction method for treatment studies and for a better understanding of the disease.Dissertação Acesso aberto (Open Access) Curso temporal da degradação e restauração de redes perineuronais após a ação da enzima chabc entregue via implante de biomembrana no córtex cerebral de ratos(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2020-03-18) REIS, Rafaela Martins; BAHIA, Carlomagno Pacheco; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0910507988777644; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3794-4710The chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) founded on the extracellular matrix (ECM) of nervous tissue are the main components related to the restriction of neuroplasticity. When condenserd, they form the perineuronal nets (PNNs) and their appearance coincides with the end of the critical period of plasticity and reduction of the reorganization potencial of the central nervous system (CNS). The degradation of PNNs by the enzyme chondroitinase ABC has been used as a tool for reopening periods of neuroplasticity in adult nervous system.. In this work, we analyzed the temporal dynamics of PNNs degradation and restoration in the primary somesthetic cortex (S1) after degradation by the enzyme ChABC in an in vivo experimental model using a biomembrane vehicle for focal delivery and without damaging nervous tissue. In this way, we used adult Wistar rats that were submitted to the implantation of the biomembrane made with ethylene-vinyl-acetate saturated with the enzyme ChABC, with 1, 3 and 7 days of survival time after implantation, using the non implanted side cerebral hemisphere as a control. Our results demonstrated that degradation via implantation of the biomembrane saturated with ChABC was efficient from day 1, with a drastic reduction in the implanted hemisphere (LH) of mature PNNs. There was also a significant increase in the number of immature PNNs in the HD even 7 days after implantation. Neither the biomembrane or the enzyme triggered signs of a neuroinflammatory process or glial activation, but the removal of ECM components interfered with the immunostaining of nerve cells 7 days after the implantation of the biomembrane with ChABC. Therefore, we concluded that the ethylene-vinyl-acetate polymer biomembrane was efficient for focal delivery of the ChABC enzyme and promoted degradation of PNNs in the S1 area of adult rats, did not cause mechanical damage to the nervous tissue, nor activated glial reactivity and the area of enzymatic degradation decreases over time (from 1 to 7 days).Dissertação Acesso aberto (Open Access) Planejamento de inibidores da enzima 3-deoxy-D manooctulosonato 8-fosfato Sintase (KDO8PS): um novo alvo para tratamento de infecção bacteriana(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2019-07-23) ARAÚJO, Jessica de Oliveira; SILVA, Jerônimo Lameira; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7711489635465954; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7270-1517; LIMA, Anderson Henrique Lima e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2589872959709848; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8451-9912Bacteria can be distinguished in two groups through the Gram technique, where Gram positive and Gram-negative bacteria can be differentiated, the main differences between these organisms being the structure of the cell wall, its components and its functions. More evidence has emerged of bacteria resistant to antibiotics, the case of Gram-negative bacteria is more worrisome due to the emergence of strains resistant to various antibiotics. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a component of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria responsible for toxic manifestations such as inflammation. 3-Deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate (KDO) is a site component of the inner core of LPS essential for its formation. The reaction for KDO production requires two substrates, phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) and D-arabinose 5-phosphate (A5P), catalyzed by 8-phosphate synthase 3-Deoxy-D-mannoocobluconate (KDO8PS). This reaction is important because it plays a crucial role in the assembly of LPS. This enzyme is in two distinct forms as the dependence of the presence or absence of divalent metal ion in the active site. There are several inhibitors of KDO8P synthase, two were selected based on their inhibition constants (Ki), with BPH1, the most active among them with a value of 0.37 μM in KDO8P metal synthase independent in E. coli and BPH2 with value of 7.9 ± 1.6 μM for metal-independent KDO8P synthase in N. meningitidis, these K i values are approximately 2 to 3 times higher than the Km values for PEP that were also used in this work, in addition to a third hypothetical inhibitor that combines the main characteristics of the inhibitors already described in the literature. Molecular Dynamics, Molecular Dynamics and Free Energy of bonding with the methods MMGBA, MMPBSA, SIE and Energy decomposition by residue to analyze the coupling mode of these ligands and the PEP substrate were used. With the results obtained, we analyzed the main interactions of these ligands and the molecular behavior of both the ligands and the protein. Therefore, more favorable binding-free energy values were obtained for the complexes formed with the BPH1 linker with the three methods -96.07 Kcal / mol with MMGBSA, -107.09 Kcal / mol with MMPBSA and -13.53 with SIE and observed these complexes perform a greater number of effective interactions. Thus, it is suggested that the BPH1 linker has an excellent potential for inhibiting the catalytic activity of the enzyme KDO8P synthase responsible for the production of KDO, essential component of LPS for the formation of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria.Dissertação Acesso aberto (Open Access) Estabelecimento e caracterização citogenética de linhagem celular de carcinoma adenoide cístico(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2019-12-16) SILVA, Fernanda Jardim da; CALCAGNO, Danielle Queiroz; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1326603355062154; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4429-2573Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a rare neoplasm that mainly affects the head and neck regions, especially salivary glands. Growth is slow, but with but with a propensity to perineural invasion, local postoperative recurrence and metastasis. The most used treatment for this type of tumor is surgery followed by postoperative radiotherapy. The molecular characteristics of ACC are unclear, and unfortunately, the rarity of this type tumor limits to obtain in vitro and in vivo models that contribute in the investigation of pathogenesis and more efficient treatments. In the present study, a cell line was established and characterized for the evaluation of anticancer molecules. For this, it was obtained tissue samples of ACC off the tubular histological subtype from the retromolar trigone and a blood sample from a 59-year-old female patient. Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization (aCGH) performed molecular cytogenetic characterization in tumor tissue and cell line, while blood was genotyped for ancestry. Cell culture established from the collected tumor tissue showed rapid growth of tumor colonies from passage 18, stabilizing at passage 30. Blood genotyping revealed an ancestral contribution of 19% Amerindians, 31.5% Europeans and 49.5% of blacks. In cytogenetic analysis, gains were observed in loci harboring important genes such as EGFR (7p22.1-p11.2), BRAF (7q32.3-q34), HER2 (17q12-q21.2) and SMARCA1 (xq25-q27.1). Also in the lineage, loss (6q23.3-q25.1, PLAGL1 gene locus) and deletion (9p21.3-p21.1, CDKN2A/B gene locus) were observed; In tissue, only gains were observed (9q34.3, NOTCH1 locus and 5q32, PDGFRβ locus). The loss in 19p13.3-p12, locus of the CDKN2D gene, stands out as a common event in both samples. These findings corroborate other studies in the literature and make the established lineage a good in vitro model that can assist in the investigation of the pathogenesis of CAC and the basic research for new therapeutic modalities.Dissertação Acesso aberto (Open Access) Estudo teórico da reação de metilação da proteína lisina metiltransferase (pkmt)(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2019-10-09) GOMES, Guelber Cardoso; LIMA, Anderson Henrique Lima e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2589872959709848; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8451-9912; SILVA, Jerônimo Lameira; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7711489635465954; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7270-1517Cancer is one of the main targets in academic research and its understanding is related to gene regulation through histone methylation. G9a protein is responsible for the methylation of histone 3 Lysine 9 (H3K9), which can perform one or two methylations on this specific residue. Thus, computational techniques were used to describe this reaction through QM/MM simulation using the techniques of SEP, PMF in the Dynamo program and the mechanism in the AMBER program with the methods AM1, AM1D, PM3, PM6 and RM1 determining the best method. the parameters to describe the reaction. The results show that the reaction for deprotonation of Lysine 9 showed better values in the Amber18 program, being close to expected through a direct transfer of Lysine 9 to Tyrosine 1154 with the RM1 method and energy barrier of 27.15 kJ/mol. The transfer of the methyl group from the SAM molecule to Lysine 9 showed that the PM6 method using the Dynamo PMF technique had an energy barrier of 72.80 kJ/mol which is close to that obtained by the experimental data.Dissertação Acesso aberto (Open Access) Planejamento e desenvolvimento de derivados do muscimol com propriedades antioxidantes(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2019-12-09) SOUSA, Alanna Crystine Lima Farias de; BORGES, Rosivaldo dos Santos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4783661132100859; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4072-7573Muscimole is a psychoactive izoxazole compound extracted from mushrooms of the genus Amanita muscaria has been studied as a GABA inhibitor due to behavioral genes, since its structural structure is based on mammalian neurotransmitters GABA and glutamic acid. Due to its high selectivity and its own potential for neural activity, it is able to act as a drug, since it has a higher affinity for the GABAA receptor than GABA. Since the 1980s studies suggesting that GABA and muscimol are related to serotonin concentration, where increased GABA concentration or muscimol injection increases serotonin concentration and decreases inactive product after serotonin. oxidation, 5-HIAA. For this reason, this work aimed to plan and develop muscimol derivatives as an alternative for increase the serotonin using antioxidant activity. For this reason, this work aimed to plan and develop muscimole derivatives as an alternative for the treatment of anxiety and depression. For this, was used the drug planning method known as bioisosterism, which is characterized by being compounds or subunits of bioactive substances with similar structural characteristics, as well as similar physical and chemical properties with the ability to present analogous biological properties, can be agonists or antagonists. Firstly, a study was made of the groups that are responsible for the biological activity through the muscimole pharmacophores, where the groups that interact with the GABAA receptor are the -NH2 groupings, the isoxazole ring, as well as the oxygen present in the carbonyl. Then molecular modeling was performed, which was performed using the DFT B3LYP 6-311G (2d, 2p) method to verify the values of HOMO, LUMO, GAP, ionization potential (IP), bond energy dissociation, hydrogen atom transfer and single electron transfer, where it was found that the derivative S1 presented values equal -7.61 eV, -1.36 eV, -6.25 eV, 205.87.85 kcal/mol, 80.81 kcal/mol, -15.45 kcal/mol e -6.99 kcal/mol, respectively. The derivative S2 presented values of -6.80 eV, -1.08 eV, 5.72 eV, 198.41 kcal/mol, 77.73 kcal/mol, -18.53 kcal/mol e -0.47 kcal/mol, respectively. When compared with GABA, it was found that they are reactive, among which derivative S2 is more reactive, presenting lower GAP value compared to S1, and with PI values, it was found that derivative S1 has a lower electron donor capacity than derivative S2, highlighting that the best route is through the hydrogen donation mechanism. Then, the regioisomers derivatives were synthesized with a yield for S1 and S2 of 74,08% and 60,42%, respectively, as well as characterization through the melting point, where the derivative S1 had equal melting point. at 114,5 ° C - 115 ° C and S2, 182,5 ° C, showing that the synthesized molecules are pure, since they were compared with the data in the literature. With these data it is possible to say that muscimol derivatives have high antioxidant activity.Dissertação Acesso aberto (Open Access) Planejamento, Síntese, Avaliação das Propriedades Teóricas de orto-Regioisômeros Substituídos do Paracetamol(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2018-12-28) MORAIS, Roberto Barbosa de; BORGES, Rosivaldo dos Santos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4783661132100859; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4072-7573Paracetamol is a clinically proven analgesic and antipyretic, which promotes analgesia by elevating the pain threshold and antipyretic through action in the hypothalamic center that regulates the temperature. Currently paracetamol is one of the medicines that is available in all the countries of the world in places related to health and can be acquired without prescription. Considered one of the most widely used drugs in the world as it is cheap and easy to access, it can also be used from birth to the elderly. Like non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) paracetamol is able to inhibit the synthesis of prostaglandins from arachidonic acid under specific conditions by inhibiting cyclooxygenase (COX). Although it is considered safe at therapeutic doses, Paracetamol has a toxicity attributed to one of its metabolic intermediates called N-acetyl-p-imine-benzoquinone (NAPQI), produced through enzymes present in cytochrome P450 (CYPE21). Thus, the objective of this present work is to plan, synthesize and evaluate possible antinociceptive and antipyretic activities of paracetamol analogues, ortacetamol and its derivatives in order to obtain a less toxic derivative. The calculations of electronic properties such as higher energy occupied molecular orbital (HOMO), lower energy unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO), ionization potential (PI), phenolic bond dissociation energy (BDEOH) and spin densities were performed using the Gaussview and Gaussian 2009 packages. The values of the average values of BDENH, among others, are those that are observed with the quality of a heating cycle for the high speed with the possibility of a chelation defined by a hydrogen bond of the amide with the phenoxyl radical. Given the results it is possible that BDENH energy compounds may be less potent than hindering the action of CYP on oxidation to form toxic intermediates. A proposed chlorinated derivative was proposed and synthesized. It is in biological evaluation phase. Orthacetamol was more potent antioxidant than paracetamol. Experimental results are in aggrement with theoretical values. We conclude that ortcetamol may be a potentially safer bioactive candidate than paracetamol.Dissertação Acesso aberto (Open Access) Modelagem molecular de inibidores da enzima tirosinase(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2018-12-21) MARTINS, Lucas de Sousa; SILVA, José Rogério de Araújo; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0925631339396542; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2310-5107The enzyme Tyrosinase (TYR), responsible for the catalysis of the early stages of melanogenesis in various organisms, is described in some groups. Among those that stand out: hyperpigmentation, melasma and skin cancer, in not melanoma forms and malignant melanoma. In general, dysfunctions are treated with depigmenting agents, TYR enzyme alerts. However, among them is the kojic acid (KA), marked side effects. Such phenomena make a TYR a model of biological development of drug prototypes. In the meantime, I investigated some TYR enzyme inhibitory genes, in particular AK and analogous plants, as well as a Tropolone and some benzaldehyde derivatives, structurally related to the natural substrates of TYR (L-Tyrosine and L-Dopa), as the Molecular Docking, Molecular Dynamics (MD), and the Linear Interaction Energy (LIE) method, used to calculate the free binding energy of the systems. Specifically application of Molecular Docking defined the mode of binding of the inhibitors in the TYR site, being possible to quantify how interactions occur in the systems. As the MD simulations, they exhibited the effect of the enzyme with different inhibitors and how they act when complexed with a TYR enzyme, using a copper dummy atom model. Thus, the results obtained by LIE were concordant with the experimental results, obtaining an R2 of 0.91 in a linear regression of LIE vs Experimental, and this allowed to analyze how Tropolona, KA, MOL2 and MOL3 interactions with the important to the active site of TYR. Thus, the results achieved at work contributed significantly to the achievement of inhibition of the TYR enzyme, helping to combat the evils caused by a cycle of melanin production in organisms.Dissertação Acesso aberto (Open Access) Planejamento e desenvolvimento de análogos da nitazoxanida(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2018-09-25) FERREIRA, Lanalice Rodrigues; BORGES, Rosivaldo dos Santos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4783661132100859; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4072-7573Nitazoxanide is a molecule applied in the antihelminthic therapy and has a broad spectrum as antiparasitic agent. In biological studies by using this molecule, new therapeutic targets and good results were found. Nevertheless, it still has some chemical and pharmaceuticals problems which need improvements. The objective of the study is the design and development of stable nitazoxanide derivatives using molecular modeling and organic synthesis approaches. All calculations of electronic properties such as frontier orbital (HOMO and LUMO), ionization potential (IP) and electronic affinity (AE), electrostatic potential map (MPE) were performed using the Gaussview e Gaussian. The theoretical study of nine amino-nitro-azolic derivatives, an essential moiety of nitazoxanide pharmacophore, was performed using the DFT/B3LYP/6-31G (d,p) method and showed that thiophene ring modifications can reduce the redox potential changing the reactivity and toxicity. All derivatives have better electrophilic properties and depends on the presence of nitro group. These results are confirmed by maps of electrostatic potentials and can indicated the most reactive regions that probable act on electrophilic attacks. Physicochemical parameters of nitazoxanide analogues were also evaluated using the DFT/B3LYP/6-31+G (d,p) method. A significant increase in the electron donating capacity for these new molecules from the HOMO, LUMO and GAP values was observed. An additional nitro group on ring structure beget compounds that have great stability and electron-accepting capacity. This electronic property is essential for biological activity on nitro compounds. The electrostatic potentials for nitazoxanide and its related analogues show the significant negative charge density on the nitro region. In addition, a conformational analysis of nitazoxanide, tizoxanide and a nitazoxamide derivatives was performed. The lower conformer of nitazoxanide agrees with the crystallographic structure. The more stable structures of the derivatives are related to their conformational similarity. The nitazoxanide molecule and three other derivatives have been synthesized and are available for biological evaluation on future works.Dissertação Acesso aberto (Open Access) Usando a dinâmica molecular para avaliar o impacto que as mutações na protease do HIV-1 produzem na interação da proteína com o antirretroviral darunavir(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2019-03-29) CUNHA, Karoline Leite; BARROS, Carlos Augusto Lima; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8902921733540173The emergence of drug-resistant strains used in antiretroviral therapy grows alarmingly on a global scale. Antiretrovirals used in the treatment of first and second line HIV are the ones that most have case reports of resistant strains. Protease inhibitors are a class of antiretroviral drugs that play a key role in AIDS treatment regimens. In addition to the emergence of resistance to IPs used in the usual treatment regimens, Darunavir, a protease inhibitor used in therapeutic rescue treatment, is already reported in patients who already have failed initial treatment and proven resistance. The aim of this work is to evaluate, identify and quantify HIV-1 3UCB protease mutations, as well as to evaluate, through molecular dynamics simulations, the impact that mutations produce on the interaction of 3UCB and its darunavir ligand when compared to the native HIV-1 protease 4LL3 complexed to the same linker.The results obtained in this study showed that the 3UCB multi-resistant HIV-1 protease had a slightly more stable binding profile than the native HIV-1 protease complex 4LL3, with binding free energy results -68.77 and -64.62 kcal / mol, respectively.Dissertação Acesso aberto (Open Access) Planejamento e síntese de novos derivados da associação molecular benzonidazol e metronidazol(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2018-09-25) COSTA, Fernanda Menezes; BORGES, Rosivaldo dos Santos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4783661132100859; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4072-7573Chagas disease is caused by protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, still has high contagion rates in present days, especially in the Amazon region. After contamination, the infective cycle of Chagas disease has two phases: acute and chronic. The acute phase is, in majority of cases, asymptomatic and efficiently treated, however the chronic phase is symptomatic and has proved not efficient treatment. There is only one available medicine, the generic benznidazole or Rochagan®, distributed free of charge, and it must be administered for 60 days, approximately. However, benznidazole has low efficiency, being effective only on acute phase (asymptomatic). Besides that, the medicine use to cause severe side effects in clinical patients, producing in many times the treatment rejection. The molecular modeling has become an important tool on new drugs design, using the DFT method to evaluate of the new potent molecules. Thereby, the main goal of this work was to design new derivatives by using molecular modifications of benznidazole and metronidazole aiming to reduce their redox capacity. With this purpose, a theoretical study was performed of two benznidazole derivatives through molecular association and chain increase. From the theoretical study, this molecular association between benznidazole and metronidazole molecules can develop a less toxic new derivative of than benznidazole. Both designed derivatives were synthesized on laboratory using the classics methodologies of electrophilic and nucleophilic substitution, esterification, alkylation and nitration. According to their HOMO, LUMO, ionization potential, and electron affinity values, it was possible observe that the nibendazole 1 and nibendazole 2 compounds have a lower redox capacity when compared to benznidazole. The GAP values showed that the derivatives are less reactive than benznidazole. The HOMO and LUMO graphics, showed that the nitroimidazoles rings have high electron-withdrawing capacity as well as benzyl group has high electron-donating capacity. These properties change in accordance to methyl moiety or nitrogen positions on azolic ring of derivatives compounds.Dissertação Acesso aberto (Open Access) Investigação computacional de bromo-ariloxi-2-acetamida etil-benzimidazólicos como inibidores não-peptídicos da proteinase cruzaína de trypanosoma cruzi(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2017-11-17) FERREIRA, Fábio Jorge de Nazaré; ALENCAR, Nelson Alberto Nascimento de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3035968396241810; https://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-5763-7024; CARNEIRO, Agnaldo da Silva; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8915348778787525Chagas’ disease is an infection caused by the Trypanosoma Cruzi flagellated protozoan transmitted by insects (gnat) known in Brazil as “barbeiro” (barber). In the Amazon region, studies have shown that oral contamination has been frequent. The only available drugs for the treatment of Chagas’ disease - Benzonidazole (Rochagan R , Roche) and Nifurtimox (Lampit R , Bayer) - have shown limited efficiency and severe side effects. Cruzain is an enzyme present at all stages of the life cycle of T. cruzi and is the most abundant of the family of papain cysteine proteases found in the parasite, being a promising enzymatic target for the design and development of inhibitors against the disease. Non-peptidic non covalently bound to the enzyme were synthesized and evaluated biologically in vitro and in vivo by Ferreira et al. (2014) analogs of the 8D (or B95) leader compound (crystallographic), yielding a series of active compounds, of which the most powerful are: 8K, 8L and 8R. This work investigated the potential interactions and energies of the cruzain (PDB code: 3KKU) complexed with these four ligands by means of computational tools in order to help elucidate their potential inhibition activity in this enzyme. The computational protocol (parameters, topologies, coordinates, minimizations, thermalizations and productions) was the same for each system. In the final stage of molecular dynamics (MD) production, each system was simulated for a period of 100 ns, to which the mean square deviation (RMSD) stability values of the enzyme and the marked change in 8L ligand conformation were analyzed. The quality of the simulation was also evaluated through potential, kinetic and total energy, volume and temperature graphs. Interactions of hydrogen bonds of the ligands with some amino acid residues belonging to the catalytic site were analyzed. The interaction between the ASP161 and the 8R ligand is emphasized, being ratified by the energy decomposition by residue showing that ASP161 has the best contribution. In terms of binding free energy, the ∆Gtotal follows the experimental trend, pointing the 8R ligand as the most favorable to the reaction having a theoretical value of -30.04kcal.mol−1. This spontaneity is ratified by means of the values obtained with the SIE method, whose theoretical value was -7.54 kcal.mol−1. The results of this work should favor the optimization of compound 8R or development of a series of analogs of this molecule in order to be used as a possible drug for the treatment of Chagas’ disease.Dissertação Acesso aberto (Open Access) Planejamento, síntese e avaliação dos derivados da edaravona quanto à atividade antioxidante(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2018-03-28) AIRES, Wanessa Castilho; OLIVEIRA, Karen Renata Matos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3032008039259369; BORGES, Rosivaldo dos Santos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4783661132100859; https://orcid.org/ 0000-0003-4072-7573Edaravone is a commercial drug released on the Japanese Market, indicated in the treatment and prevention of ischemic stroke. Its action is due to its scavenger properties of free radical released in the ischemia. However, its use may lead to a kidney toxic effect. Therefore, in this work, a new bioisostere derivative from Edaravone was proposed, by the change of a pyrazolone ring for an indolone. Antioxidant properties was determined through computational methods. Calculations were undertaken in the software Gaussian, through the B3LYP method, with the set of bases 6-31G (d, p). Antioxidant activity was predicted from HOMO, LUMO, Gap, Ionization potential (IP) and Bond dissociation energy (BDE). Results indicate analogous compounds showed higher ClogP values compared to Edaravone, which means higher facility to pass through biological barriers, with higher liposoluble properties. Edaravone derivative, called Imidazone, also showed higher antioxidant potential than Edaravone. Methyl group in second position of heterocyclic ring was essential to more stable resonance structures formation to semiquinone form. All new derivatives proposed were extremely promising with antioxidant capacity superior to Edaravone.Dissertação Acesso aberto (Open Access) Atividade citoprotetora e cicatrizante da espécie Conocarpus erectus l em lesões gástricas induzidas em ratos Wistar adultos(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2017-09-06) VIEIRA, Vaneza Rodrigues; MELLO, Vanessa Joia de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9437589201689717The pharmacological research has been aimed at the knowledge of regional folk medicine, in order to establish the scientific bases of their respective pharmaceutical products’ effectiveness. Among the many natural sources used in our region are the species Conocarpus erectus L, popularly known as the "mangrove bud", belonging to the Combretaceae family. Different parts of the plant such as leaves, stems, fruits and flowers have their biological activity studied, among them the anticancer and antimicrobial effects. Ethnopharmacological reports obtained in the region of Salinópolis - PA also described a potential use in digestive disorders. Although a great advance in the drug therapy used in the cases of gastric ulcerationhas been made, it is important to carry out studies that prove its validity. This work aims to verify the cytoprotective activity and cicatrizing activity of the lyophilisatebark teaobtained by decoction of the species Conocarpus erectus L (LCE) in acute and chronic gastric lesions. The methodologies for evaluating the cytoprotective effect were acute lesions inducted by indomethacin and ethanol, while the cicatrization effect was evaluated by chronic acetic acid-induced lesions in adult Wistar rats. The intragastric pH variation was measured by the pylorus ligament assay. The lyophilizate’santioxidant activity was evaluated by the DPPH assay, as well as the lipid perioxide levels’ that were evaluated by the TBA-RS method in chronic lesions induced by acetic acid 5 and 10%. The results showed cytoprotective activity of LCE by the indomethacin induction model reduced the ulceration index (IU) in the treated group by 51,49%, omeprazole group by 51,33% and sucralfate group by 71,28%, all of them when compared to the controlled group. On the model of ethanol LCE’s induction, the area affected was reduced by 90.94%, and in the sucralfate’s induction group, by 75.88% when compared with the controlled group. The LCE’s healing effect reduced gastric lesions to 5% in 80.11%, while the on omeprazole group to 52.75% and the sucralfate group reduced to 66.33%, whereas in the 10% gastric lesionsthe LCE group reduced 72.11%, the omeprazole 57.47%, and the sucralfate group 43.77% (p>0,05Anova, post testDunnett'sand Turkey). The LCE treatment showed an increase of 39% onintragastric pH when compared to control (p>0,05Anova, post testDunnett's e Turkey’s) and did not statistically showed any different from the omeprazole group by the model of pylorus ligation. The LCElyophilizate’santioxidant effect was confirmed by the DPPH assay, as it was diluted in 10x, 50x and 100x with a percentage of 67.65% ± 0.52, 73.22% ± 0.17 and 72.70% ± 1.39, respectively, when compared to the ascorbic acid antioxidant of 33,74% (AA) like this (p <0.05, Anovapost testDunnett). A lipid peroxidation evaluated in the lesions obtained by the 5%-acetic-acid-induction model showed that the average MDA levels in the nave group, controlled group and treated group LCE were 0.492 ± 0.0849, 1.579 ± 0.219, and 0.399 ± 0.092, respectively, showing that the LCE-treated group was able to reduce lipid peroxidation by 74.73% in comparison to the controlled group (p<0,05 Anovapost testDunnet) and it did not statisticallydiffer from the nave group. On the 10%-acetic-acid-model the average level of malonaldehyde in the nave group, controlled group and the LCE-treated group was 0.628 ± 0.042, 1.567 ± 0.234 and 0.441 ± 0.12, respectively. The LCE treated group managed to reduce by 71.85% the lipid peroxidation caused by acetic acid induced lesions when compared to the control group (p <0.05 Anovapost testDunnet).These results confirm the cytoprotective and cicatrizing effects of LCEand suggest possible action mechanisms associated with its antioxidant potential, as well as possible acid secretion inhibition.Dissertação Acesso aberto (Open Access) Planejamento, síntese e aplicações de derivados naftosalicílicos como antioxidantes(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2017-08-30) BARROS, Valéria Araújo; BORGES, Rosivaldo dos Santos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4783661132100859; https://orcid.org/ 0000-0003-4072-7573Salicylate derivatives are successfully applied as analgesics, antipyretics, anti-inflammatories and in cancer prevention, especially rectal colon. They reduce the risks of many diseases associated with elderly. However, adverse effects related to gastrointestinal events are always associated to its main constituent acetylsalicylic acid. These aspects are linked to their chemical stability and affinity for some biological receptors. The aims of this work are the design, synthesis and applications of naphthalene-salicylic derivatives as antioxidants. Thus, a theoretical study of the studied compounds was carried out. Calculations of electronic properties such as frontier orbitals HOMO-LUMO, ionization potential (IP), bond dissociation energy of phenolic moiety (BDEOH), and spin density contributions were performed by using density functional theory (DFT) at the B3LYP/6-31G (d, p) level of theory on Gaussview and Gaussian computational packages. Some of these compounds were synthesized by using classical methods. The theoretical results showed that both additional hydroxyl or substitution on benzene ring for naphthalene increase the antioxidant capacity in the same values with small dissimilarities among acid, ester, and amide derivatives. A synergistic effect was observed when both are used together, producing the most potent molecules. In addition, spin density calculations indicated a regioselective pathway can be gotten from monohydroxylic derivatives, with high possibility of in vivo generating of dihydroxy derivatives mainly at the para position relative to the phenolic group, through enzymatic or non-enzymatic reactions. Finally, the replacement of the naphthalene ring instead of the benzene ring increases both reactivity and chemical stability for the quinone-type intermediates, explaining how these compounds will play a role in the preventive mechanisms and way treatment of cancer. Anti cancer and anti-inflammatory activities are being performed for some of the synthesized compounds.Dissertação Acesso aberto (Open Access) Investigação teórica da síntese de mdma a partir do safrol e estudo da atividade de anfetaminas via qsar(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2018-03-28) COSTA, Miony Carolina Cardoso; MACEDO, Luiz Guilherme Machado de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3809730482457606; https://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-8257-5662Amphetamine are drugs that stimulate the central nervous system. They cause increase of physical and psychic capacities, and they are sympathomimetic substances that have the basic chemical structure of beta phenethylamine. It is also a drug that can be produced from easily accessible reagents. Its synthesis is most often done in low cost clandestine laboratories and its consumption is a public health problem. In the present work the MDMA synthesis reaction from Safrol was investigated. This that occurs in two steps: first a halogenhydride addition, followed by a nucleophilic substitution. The thermodynamic properties of the Safrol reaction were investigated, and the NMR, UV-visible, IR spectra of the reagent, intermediate and product are shown. An high yield alternative route of synthesis is also suggested. For the electronic structure calculations, the DFT method was used with different functionals and basis sets in order to obtain results with chemical accuracy (CBS-QB3) and minimal deviation with respect to the experimental values. Finally, a study of the QSAR of 30 amphetamine derivatives and the MDMA molecule was carried out, since according to the literature it has biological activity, and a R2 (correlation coefficient square) of 0.886 and Q2 (of the cross-validation correlation coefficient) near 0.74, these two values confirm the high variability and predictability of the model.Dissertação Acesso aberto (Open Access) Intercalação de ácido caféico em hidróxido duplo lamelar pelo método de troca iônica: novas formulações leshimanicida(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2018-03-28) VALENTE, Jeovan do Espirito Santo; MENESES , Carla Carolina Ferreira; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3165259533988836; ALVES, Claudio Nahum; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8315600067791313; https://orcid.org/ 0000-0001-6576-4229The drug delivery systems shows several advantages when compared with traditional release systems, such as allowing the employment of lower concentrations of drug, having greater efficiency, and minimizing side effects. The improvement of drug delivery depends strictly on the choice of and adequate support allowing to effectively controlling the drug release. Thus, the use of inorganic hybrid materials, such as layered doubles hydroxides (LDH) is of great interest because of their properties. Caffeic acid (CA), coming from several natural sources, exhibits different biological activities with featured for the leishmanicidal activity. In this work, the ion exchange methodology was used for the intercalation of Caffeic acid (CA) molecules between the LDH/MgAl layers. This, in order to obtain more stable AC formulations compared to free drug. Physico-chemical characterizations were used for analysis of the structure and morphology of the hybrid compounds obtained, such as XRD, FT-IR and SEM.