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Mol Divers ; 20(2): 421-38, 2016 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26553204

ABSTRACT

A novel heuristic using an iterative select-and-purge strategy is proposed. It combines statistical techniques for sampling and classification by rigid molecular docking through an inverse virtual screening scheme. This approach aims to the de novo discovery of short peptides that may act as docking receptors for small target molecules when there are no data available about known association complexes between them. The algorithm performs an unbiased stochastic exploration of the sample space, acting as a binary classifier when analyzing the entire peptides population. It uses a novel and effective criterion for weighting the likelihood of a given peptide to form an association complex with a particular ligand molecule based on amino acid sequences. The exploratory analysis relies on chemical information of peptides composition, sequence patterns, and association free energies (docking scores) in order to converge to those peptides forming the association complexes with higher affinities. Statistical estimations support these results providing an association probability by improving predictions accuracy even in cases where only a fraction of all possible combinations are sampled. False positives/false negatives ratio was also improved with this method. A simple rigid-body docking approach together with the proper information about amino acid sequences was used. The methodology was applied in a retrospective docking study to all 8000 possible tripeptide combinations using the 20 natural amino acids, screened against a training set of 77 different ligands with diverse functional groups. Afterward, all tripeptides were screened against a test set of 82 ligands, also containing different functional groups. Results show that our integrated methodology is capable of finding a representative group of the top-scoring tripeptides. The associated probability of identifying the best receptor or a group of the top-ranked receptors is more than double and about 10 times higher, respectively, when compared to classical random sampling methods.


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Computational Biology/methods , Drug Evaluation, Preclinical/methods , Peptides/metabolism , Receptors, Artificial/metabolism , Small Molecule Libraries/metabolism , Small Molecule Libraries/pharmacology , Algorithms , Ligands , Molecular Docking Simulation , ROC Curve , Stochastic Processes , Thermodynamics , User-Computer Interface
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Rev. mex. anestesiol ; 21(1): 17-20, ene.-mar. 1998. ilus, graf
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-248360

ABSTRACT

La bursitis del hombro forma parte del síndrome de la periartritis escapulohumeral, nosotros para su alivio y tratamiento hemos utilizado el bloqueo del nervio supraescapular utilizando una técnica modificada. Material y método: En nuestro protocolo de trabajo se incluyeron 100 pacientes de los cuales 66 pertenecían al sexo femenino y 34 al sexo masculino. La edad de los mismos osciló entre los 25 y 68 años. A los mismos se les realizó la técnica 3 veces por semana (días alternos) con Bupivacaina 0.5 por ciento 5 ml sin adrenérgico y se inyectó 1 cc de acetato de triancinolona (40 mg) por vía intramuscular cada 15 días según la duración del tratamiento. Resultados y discusión: Del total de pacientes 60 requieren entre 1 y 4 bloqueos y 40 pacientes entre 5 y 8 bloqueos. En este segundo grupo estuvieron incluidos todos los que presentaban calcificaciónes articulares importantes. Con respecto al alivio del dolor hubo remisión total del mismo, en 90 pacientes, 8 tuvieron dolores ocasionales y 2 no presentaron alivio. Quedó limitación función articular en 3 pacientes; se presento vahídos en 5 pacientes después del bloqueo. Está técnica además de proveer alivio del dolor y relajación de la musculatura periarticular produce un bloqueo simpático con aumento de la circulación de las estructuras articulares evitando la retracción capsular, aumentando la nutrición local y disminuyendo o desapareciendo las deposiciones cálcaicas. Conclusiones: Proponemos está técnica como una alternativa terapéutica ante la bursitis del hombro con mínimas complicaciones y magníficos resultados


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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Pain/etiology , Pain/therapy , Bursitis/therapy , Nerve Block , Nerve Block/instrumentation , Shoulder Joint , Shoulder Joint/physiopathology , Scapula , Scapula/innervation , Autonomic Nerve Block/methods , Homeopathic Therapeutic Approaches
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