Virtual screening of DrugBank database for hERG blockers using topological Laplacian-assisted AI models

H Feng, GW Wei - Computers in biology and medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
The human ether-a-go-go (hERG) potassium channel (K v 11. 1) plays a critical role in
mediating cardiac action potential. The blockade of this ion channel can potentially lead fatal …

MultiCBlo: Enhancing predictions of compound-induced inhibition of cardiac ion channels with advanced multimodal learning

T Wang, Z Du, L Zhuo, X Fu, Q Zou, X Yao - International journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Predicting compound-induced inhibition of cardiac ion channels is crucial and challenging,
significantly impacting cardiac drug efficacy and safety assessments. Despite the …

Structural modeling of hERG channel–drug interactions using Rosetta

AM Emigh Cortez, KR DeMarco, K Furutani… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) not only encodes a potassium-selective
voltage-gated ion channel essential for normal electrical activity in the heart but is also a …

Machine-learning technique, QSAR and molecular dynamics for hERG–drug interactions

NR Das, T Sharma, AA Toropov… - Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
One of the most well-known anti-targets defining medication cardiotoxicity is the voltage-
dependent hERG K+ channel, which is well-known for its crucial involvement in cardiac …

Inhibition of the hERG potassium channel by a methanesulphonate-free E-4031 analogue

MV Helliwell, Y Zhang, A El Harchi, CE Dempsey… - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
hERG (human Ether-à-go-go Related Gene)-encoded potassium channels underlie the
cardiac rapid delayed rectifier (IKr) potassium current, which is a major target for …

Population-specific variations in KCNH2 predispose patients to delayed ventricular repolarization upon dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine therapy

MD Camara, Y Zhou, A Dara, MM Tékété… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine is efficacious for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria
and its use is increasing globally. Despite the positive results in fighting malaria, inhibition of …

Evaluating sequential and allosteric activation models in IKs channels with mutated voltage sensors

D Fedida, D Sastre, Y Dou, M Westhoff… - Journal of General …, 2024 - rupress.org
The ion-conducting I Ks channel complex, important in cardiac repolarization and
arrhythmias, comprises tetramers of KCNQ1 α-subunits along with 1–4 KCNE1 accessory …

Toward high-resolution modeling of small molecule–ion channel interactions

BJ Harris, PT Nguyen, G Zhou, H Wulff… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Ion channels are critical drug targets for a range of pathologies, such as epilepsy, pain, itch,
autoimmunity, and cardiac arrhythmias. To develop effective and safe therapeutics, it is …

Chelerythrine triggers the prolongation of QT interval and induces cardiotoxicity by promoting the degradation of hERG channels

F Wang, B Wang, X Gu, X Li, X Liu, B Li - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2025 - jbc.org
Cardiotoxicity is a serious adverse reaction during drug treatment. The cardiac human ether-
a-go-go-related gene (hERG) channels play a crucial role in driving cardiac action potential …

The impact of uncertainty in hERG binding mechanism on in silico predictions of drug‐induced proarrhythmic risk

CL Lei, DG Whittaker, GR Mirams - British Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Purpose Drug‐induced reduction of the rapid delayed rectifier
potassium current carried by the human Ether‐à‐go‐go‐Related Gene (hERG) channel is …