Química do cérebro: modelagem molecular de processos relacionados a doenças neurodegenerativas

Abstract

The present thesis proposes a study of specific targets recurrent to Alzheimer's disease chemotherapy. Studies show that platinum (II) complexes can be used as anti-agglomeration compounds of -amyloid peptides that are compacted between the synaptic clefts, preventing the activation of the action potential stimulus, and thus, inactivation of the brain region. These species are carriers of sites with potential probability of metallic coordination, where the order of reactivity of each amino acid was investigated. For this, experiments were developed to validate the results of activation free energy barrier using Density Functional Theory (DFT) for the hydrolysis of the pt01 complex, Pt(ofen)Cl2 ( ΔG# 1,EXP=26,94; ΔG# 1,TEO=25,54 kcal mol-1) and also for second order nucleophilic substitution of histidines (HYS) (ΔG# 1,EXP=20,73; ΔG# 1,THEO=20,74 kcal mol-1). After methodological adjustment, the protocol was used to compare the reactivity for all aminoacids (AA) which constitute the -amyloid species given by MET > LYS > HIS > GLU > ASP, and is thermodynamically pronounced with the comparison LYS > HIS > GLU > ASP > MET. To verify the structural profile for peptide aggregates and, consequently, assign an energetic value in each recurrent event among the ligands derived from phenanthroline, batofenanthroline, curcumin and pt01, the Molecular Docking methodology and Molecular Dynamics (DM) calculations followed by MM-PBSA approximation with indicative of the destructuring of the initial aggregation. After structural analysis given by DM results, it was possible to observe the high flexibility of the residues in the central region of the peptide when the ligand curcumin is inserted, in the enolate form (CUR-1). The most detachable simulation model was 9PEP @ pt01, where the complete collapse of the aggregate is observed, obtaining a more negative value of GGBTOT = -39±7 kcal mol-1. This value carries 19 kcal mol-1 plus negative compared to other ligands, and therefore, evidencing the role of platinum as a potential factor used in initial agglomeration stages, even without metallic coordination with the MET, LYS and HYS sites.