Double layer structure-based virtual screening reveals 3’-Hydroxy-A-Naphthoflavone as novel inhibitor candidate of human acetylcholinesterase

One of the most effective target for Alzheimer's disease's (AD) treatment is the inhibition of human acetylcholinesterase (hAChE) eventhough it has many side effects. So that, this study was aimed to discover a new candidate of hAChE’s inhibitor that has more negative binding affinity than existing drugs. hAChE’s 3D model used in this study has a good quality according to its number of residues in most favoured regions (92%), three bad contacts, >50 ERRAT’s score (85,870) and successfully passed the VERIFY 3D threshold (>80%). Based on the first layer of SBVS againts more than 12.180.630 ligands, we discovered 11.806 hits and then we found 359 hits from the second layer of SBVS. Based on our previous steps, we found that 3’-Hydroxy-a-Naphthoflavone was the only one candidate, that directly interacted with Trp286 via hydrogen bond and hydrophobic interactions and also has the most negative binding affinity (-10,6 kcal/mol) and also has more negative than existing hAChE’s inhibitors, such as tacrine, donepezil, etc. 3’-Hydroxy-a-Naphthoflavone is the best candidate of hAChE’s inhibitor based on its binding affinity (-10,6 kcal/mol) that is more negative than existing hAChE’s inhibitors, such as tacrine, donepezil, etc.