Targeting Human Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1 with Natural Medicines and Its Potential Applications in Ovarian Cancer Therapeutics.

Targeting poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) has been established as an efficient therapeutics for advanced ovarian cancer. In this study, we describe an integrated procedure that combines virtual computer screening and an experimental enzyme assay to discover novel potent PARP-1 inhibitors from more than 130000 commercially available natural products. The protocol employed a stepwise strategy to fast exclude typical PARP-1 non-binders and then performing rigorous prediction to identify promising candidates with high potency against PARP-1.