Computer aided screening of secreted frizzled-related protein 4 (SFRP4): a potential control to diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus is a life threatening disease and scientists are doing their best to find a cost effective and permanent treatment of this malady. The recent trend is to control the disease by target base inhibiting of enzymes or proteins. Secreted frizzled-related protein 4 (SFRP4) is found to ca...

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Main Authors: Bukhari, Shazia Anwer, Shamshari, Waseem Akhtar, Ur-Rahman, Mahmood, Zia-Ul-Haq, Muhammad, Jaafar, Hawa Z. E.
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author Bukhari, Shazia Anwer
Shamshari, Waseem Akhtar
Ur-Rahman, Mahmood
Zia-Ul-Haq, Muhammad
Jaafar, Hawa Z. E.
author_facet Bukhari, Shazia Anwer
Shamshari, Waseem Akhtar
Ur-Rahman, Mahmood
Zia-Ul-Haq, Muhammad
Jaafar, Hawa Z. E.
author_sort Bukhari, Shazia Anwer
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description Diabetes mellitus is a life threatening disease and scientists are doing their best to find a cost effective and permanent treatment of this malady. The recent trend is to control the disease by target base inhibiting of enzymes or proteins. Secreted frizzled-related protein 4 (SFRP4) is found to cause five times more risk of diabetes when expressed above average levels. This study was therefore designed to analyze the SFRP4 and to find its potential inhibitors. SFRP4 was analyzed by bio-informatics tools of sequence tool and structure tool. A total of three potential inhibitors of SFRP4 were found, namely cyclothiazide, clopamide and perindopril. These inhibitors showed significant interactions with SFRP4 as compared to other inhibitors as well as control (acetohexamide). The findings suggest the possible treatment of diabetes mellitus type 2 by inhibiting the SFRP4 using the inhibitors cyclothiazide, clopamide and perindopril.
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spelling upm-368722015-08-21T03:41:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36872/ Computer aided screening of secreted frizzled-related protein 4 (SFRP4): a potential control to diabetes mellitus Bukhari, Shazia Anwer Shamshari, Waseem Akhtar Ur-Rahman, Mahmood Zia-Ul-Haq, Muhammad Jaafar, Hawa Z. E. Diabetes mellitus is a life threatening disease and scientists are doing their best to find a cost effective and permanent treatment of this malady. The recent trend is to control the disease by target base inhibiting of enzymes or proteins. Secreted frizzled-related protein 4 (SFRP4) is found to cause five times more risk of diabetes when expressed above average levels. This study was therefore designed to analyze the SFRP4 and to find its potential inhibitors. SFRP4 was analyzed by bio-informatics tools of sequence tool and structure tool. A total of three potential inhibitors of SFRP4 were found, namely cyclothiazide, clopamide and perindopril. These inhibitors showed significant interactions with SFRP4 as compared to other inhibitors as well as control (acetohexamide). The findings suggest the possible treatment of diabetes mellitus type 2 by inhibiting the SFRP4 using the inhibitors cyclothiazide, clopamide and perindopril. MDPI AG 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36872/1/Computer%20aided%20screening%20of%20secreted%20frizzled.pdf Bukhari, Shazia Anwer and Shamshari, Waseem Akhtar and Ur-Rahman, Mahmood and Zia-Ul-Haq, Muhammad and Jaafar, Hawa Z. E. (2014) Computer aided screening of secreted frizzled-related protein 4 (SFRP4): a potential control to diabetes mellitus. Molecules, 19 (7). pp. 10129-10136. ISSN 1420-3049 http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/19/7/10129 10.3390/molecules190710129
spellingShingle Bukhari, Shazia Anwer
Shamshari, Waseem Akhtar
Ur-Rahman, Mahmood
Zia-Ul-Haq, Muhammad
Jaafar, Hawa Z. E.
Computer aided screening of secreted frizzled-related protein 4 (SFRP4): a potential control to diabetes mellitus
title Computer aided screening of secreted frizzled-related protein 4 (SFRP4): a potential control to diabetes mellitus
title_full Computer aided screening of secreted frizzled-related protein 4 (SFRP4): a potential control to diabetes mellitus
title_fullStr Computer aided screening of secreted frizzled-related protein 4 (SFRP4): a potential control to diabetes mellitus
title_full_unstemmed Computer aided screening of secreted frizzled-related protein 4 (SFRP4): a potential control to diabetes mellitus
title_short Computer aided screening of secreted frizzled-related protein 4 (SFRP4): a potential control to diabetes mellitus
title_sort computer aided screening of secreted frizzled-related protein 4 (sfrp4): a potential control to diabetes mellitus
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