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Nazarizadeh P, Akbarzadeh AR, Pazouki M. Wastewater purification from Rhodamine B and Gemifeloxacine by graphene oxide/pectin/ferrite nanocomposite: A novel molecular dynamics simulation for experimental contaminants removing. WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH : A RESEARCH PUBLICATION OF THE WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION 2023; 95:e10921. [PMID: 37669774 DOI: 10.1002/wer.10921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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In this study, the synthesized nanocomposite was evaluated novel graphene oxide/pectin/ferrite (GOPF) adsorbent to the adsorption of Rhodamine B (RhB) and Gemifloxacin (GEM) from wastewater. Theoretical studies were carried out using quantum simulation via the Forcite module in Material Studio 2017. The simulation results demonstrated RhB and GEM adsorption over other dyes and drugs. The synthesized nanocomposite was identified by BET, TGA, FT-IR, FE-SEM, XRD, VSM, and EDS. The nanocomposite's ability to effectively take RhB and GEM from an aqueous solution was checked by performing a series of experiments based on the effect of adsorbent dose, initial condensation, contact time, pH, and temperature. The nanocomposite kinetics follow a PSO. The Freundlich isotherm model was applied for maximum adsorption capacity of GEM (124.37 mg/g) and RhB (86.60 mg/g) on GOPF nanocomposite. According to the antibacterial activity test, the synthesized nanocomposite can kill bacteria 5 mm in diameter. Also, the anti-cancer test of nanocomposite was done with 75% viability in high concentrations of nanocomposite. Thus, GOPF application results are not only suitable for dyes but only satisfying for drugs. PRACTITIONER POINTS: GOPF nanocomposite was fabricated for adsorption dye and drug and characterized. The effect of different process parameters, pH, catalyst dosage, contact time, and temperature effect was surveyed. The MD simulation were investigated to adsorb various dyes and drugs. The equilibrium isotherm and adsorption kinetic follow from Freundlich and pseudo-second-order kinetics; GOPF nanocomposite was used for about six cycles. The antibacterial activity and anticancer test of GOPF nanocomposite were investigated by satisfying results.
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- Pegah Nazarizadeh
- Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
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Negru PA, Miculas DC, Behl T, Bungau AF, Marin RC, Bungau SG. Virtual screening of substances used in the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection and analysis of compounds with known action on structurally similar proteins from other viruses. Biomed Pharmacother 2022; 153:113432. [PMID: 36076487 PMCID: PMC9289048 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2022.113432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Revised: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is considered the etiological agent of the disease that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, and for which there is currently no effective treatment. This pandemic has shown that the rapid identification of therapeutic compounds is critical (when a new virus with high transmissibility occurs) to prevent or reduce as much as possible the loss of human lives. To meet the urgent need for drugs, many strategies were applied for the discovery, respectively the identification of potential therapies / drugs for SARS-CoV-2. Molecular docking and virtual screening are two of the in silico tools/techniques that provided the identification of few SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors, removing ineffective or less effective drugs and thus preventing the loss of resources such as time and additional costs. The main target of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview of how in-silico tools have been used in the crisis management of anti-SARS-CoV-2 drugs, especially in virtual screening of substances used in the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection and analysis of compounds with known action on structurally similar proteins from other viruses; also, completions were added to the way in which these methods came to meet the requirements of biomedical research in the field. Moreover, the importance and impact of the topic approached for researchers was highlighted by conducting an extensive bibliometric analysis.
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Audat SA, Al-Balas QA, Al-Oudat BA, Athamneh MJ, Bryant-Friedrich A. Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of 1,4-Benzenesulfonamide Derivatives as Glyoxalase I Inhibitors. Drug Des Devel Ther 2022; 16:873-885. [PMID: 35378924 PMCID: PMC8976160 DOI: 10.2147/dddt.s356621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Glyoxalase system is one of the defense cellular mechanisms that protect cells against endogenous harmful metabolites, mainly methylglyoxal (MG), through conversion of cytotoxic methylglyoxal into the non-toxic lactic acid. Glyoxalase system comprises of two enzymes glyoxalase I, glyoxalase II, and a catalytic amount of reduced glutathione. Cancerous cells overexpress glyoxalase I, making it a target for cancer therapy. Many studies have been conducted to identify potent Glx-I inhibitors. Methods Aiming to discover and develop novel Glx-I inhibitors, a series of 1,4-benzenesulfonamide derivatives were designed, synthesized, and biologically evaluated in vitro against human Glx-I enzyme. Seventeen compounds were designed based on the hit compound that was obtained from searching the National Cancer Institute (NCI) database. The synthesis of the target compounds (13-29) was accomplished utilizing an azo coupling reaction of aniline derivatives and activated substituted aromatic compounds. To understand the binding mode of the active compounds at the active site of Glx-I, docking studies were performed. Results Structure activity relationship (SAR) studies were accomplished which led to the identification of several compounds that showed potent inhibitory activity with IC50 values below 10 μM. Among the compounds tested, compounds (E)-2-hydroxy-5-((4-sulfamoylphenyl)diazenyl)benzoic acid (26) and (E)-4-((8-hydroxyquinolin-5-yl)diazenyl) benzenesulfonamide (28) displayed potent Glx-I inhibitory activity with IC50 values of 0.39 μM and 1.36 µM, respectively. Docking studies of compounds 26 and 28 were carried out to illustrate the binding mode of the molecules into the Glx-I active site. Conclusion Our results show that compounds 26 and 28 displayed potent Glx-I inhibitory activity and can bind the Glx-I well. These findings should lead us to discover new classes of compounds with better Glx-I inhibition.
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- Suaad Abdallah Audat
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Arts, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Arts, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
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Wu D, Zheng X, Liu R, Li Z, Jiang Z, Zhou Q, Huang Y, Wu XN, Zhang C, Huang YY, Luo HB. Free energy perturbation (FEP)-guided scaffold hopping. Acta Pharm Sin B 2022; 12:1351-1362. [PMID: 35530128 PMCID: PMC9072250 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2021.09.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Scaffold hopping refers to computer-aided screening for active compounds with different structures against the same receptor to enrich privileged scaffolds, which is a topic of high interest in organic and medicinal chemistry. However, most approaches cannot efficiently predict the potency level of candidates after scaffold hopping. Herein, we identified potent PDE5 inhibitors with a novel scaffold via a free energy perturbation (FEP)-guided scaffold-hopping strategy, and FEP shows great advantages to precisely predict the theoretical binding potencies ΔG FEP between ligands and their target, which were more consistent with the experimental binding potencies ΔG EXP (the mean absolute deviations| Δ G FEP - Δ G EXP | < 2 kcal/mol) than those ΔG MM-PBSA or ΔG MM-GBSA predicted by the MM-PBSA or MM-GBSA method. Lead L12 had an IC50 of 8.7 nmol/L and exhibited a different binding pattern in its crystal structure with PDE5 from the famous starting drug tadalafil. Our work provides the first report via the FEP-guided scaffold hopping strategy for potent inhibitor discovery with a novel scaffold, implying that it will have a variety of future applications in rational molecular design and drug discovery.
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Key Words
- ABFE, absolute binding free energy
- BAR, Bennet acceptance ratio
- Binding potencies
- DCM, dichloromethane
- DMF, N,N-dimethylformamide
- DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide
- Drug discovery
- FEP, free energy perturbation
- Free energy perturbation
- GAFF, general AMBER force field
- HPLC, high performance liquid chromatography
- HRMS, High resolution mass spectra
- IC50, half-inhibitory concentration
- IPTG, isopropyl b-d-thiogalactopyranoside
- LV, left ventricle
- MAD, mean absolute deviations
- MD, molecular dynamics
- MM-GBSA, molecular mechanics/generalized born surface area
- Molecular design
- PAH, pulmonary arterial hypertension
- PDB, protein data bank
- PDE, phosphodiesterase
- PDE5 inhibitors
- PDE5, phosphodiesterase-5
- PME, particle mesh Ewald
- Privileged scaffolds
- Pulmonary arterial hypertension
- RBFE, relative binding free energy
- RED, restraint energy distribution
- RESP, restrained electrostatic potential
- RV, right ventricle
- RVHI, right ventricle hypertrophy index
- SARs, structure–activity relationships
- Scaffold hopping
- THF, tetrahydrofuran
- TLC, thin-layer chromatography
- WT, wall thickness
- ip, intraperitoneal injection
- iv, intravenous administration
- mPAP, pulmonary artery pressure
- po, oral administration (per os)
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- Deyan Wu
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Zhong ZJ, Hu XT, Cheng LP, Zhang XY, Zhang Q, Zhang J. Discovery of novel thiophene derivatives as potent neuraminidase inhibitors. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 225:113762. [PMID: 34411893 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Neuraminidase (NA) is an important target for the treatment of influenza. In this study, a new lead NA inhibitor, 4 (ZINC01121127), was discovered by pharmacophore-based virtual screening and molecular dynamic (MD) simulation. Some novel NA inhibitors containing thiophene ring were synthesized by optimizing the skeleton of the lead compound 4. Compound 4b had the most potent inhibitory activity against NA (IC50 = 0.03 μM), which was better than the positive control oseltamivir carboxylate (IC50 = 0.06 μM). 4b (EC50 = 1.59 μM) also exhibits excellent antiviral activity against A/chicken/Hubei/327/2004 (H5N1-DW), which is superior to the reference drug OSC (EC50 = 5.97 μM). Molecular docking study shows that the thiophene moiety plays an essential role in compound 4b, which can bind well to the active site of NA. The good activity of 4b may be also ascribed to the extending of quinoline ring into the 150-cavity. The results of this study may provide an insightful help for the development of new NA inhibitors.
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- Zhi Jian Zhong
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 201418, China
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- Unit of Animal Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 201418, China.
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 201418, China
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- College of Biomedicine and Health, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Wuhan Yangene Biological Technology Co, LTD, Yuechuang Center of Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China
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Elucidating the Effects of Curcumin against Influenza Using In Silico and In Vitro Approaches. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2021; 14:ph14090880. [PMID: 34577580 PMCID: PMC8465221 DOI: 10.3390/ph14090880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Revised: 08/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The influenza virus is a constantly evolving pathogen that challenges medical and public health systems. Traditionally, curcumin has been used to treat airway inflammatory diseases, such as bronchitis and pneumonia. To elucidate common targets of curcumin and influenza infection and underlying mechanisms, we employed network pharmacology and molecular docking approaches and confirmed results using in vitro experiments. Biological targets of curcumin and influenza were collected, and potential targets were identified by constructing compound–disease target (C-D) and protein–protein interaction (PPI) networks. The ligand–target interaction was determined using the molecular docking method, and in vitro antiviral experiments and target confirmation were conducted to evaluate curcumin’s effects on influenza. Our network and pathway analyses implicated the four targets of AKT1, RELA, MAPK1, and TP53 that could be involved in the inhibitory effects of curcumin on influenza. The binding energy calculations of each ligand–target interaction in the molecular docking showed that curcumin bound to AKT1 with the highest affinity among the four targets. In vitro experiments, in which influenza virus-infected MDCK cells were pre-, co-, or post-treated with curcumin, confirmed curcumin’s prophylactic and therapeutic effects. Influenza virus induction increased the level of mRNA expression of AKT in MDCK cells, and the level was attenuated by curcumin treatment. Collectively, our findings identified potential targets of curcumin against influenza and suggest curcumin as a potential therapy for influenza infection.
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Qureshi S, Khandelwal R, Madhavi M, Khurana N, Gupta N, Choudhary SK, Suresh RA, Hazarika L, Srija CD, Sharma K, Hindala MR, Hussain T, Nayarisseri A, Singh SK. A Multi-target Drug Designing for BTK, MMP9, Proteasome and TAK1 for the Clinical Treatment of Mantle Cell Lymphoma. Curr Top Med Chem 2021; 21:790-818. [PMID: 33463471 DOI: 10.2174/1568026621666210119112336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma characterized by the mutation and overexpression of the cyclin D1 protein by the reciprocal chromosomal translocation t(11;14)(q13:q32). AIM The present study aims to identify potential inhibition of MMP9, Proteasome, BTK, and TAK1 and determine the most suitable and effective protein target for the MCL. METHODOLOGY Nine known inhibitors for MMP9, 24 for proteasome, 15 for BTK and 14 for TAK1 were screened. SB-3CT (PubChem ID: 9883002), oprozomib (PubChem ID: 25067547), zanubrutinib (PubChem ID: 135565884) and TAK1 inhibitor (PubChem ID: 66760355) were recognized as drugs with high binding capacity with their respective protein receptors. 41, 72, 102 and 3 virtual screened compounds were obtained after the similarity search with compound (PubChem ID:102173753), PubChem compound SCHEMBL15569297 (PubChem ID:72374403), PubChem compound SCHEMBL17075298 (PubChem ID:136970120) and compound CID: 71814473 with best virtual screened compounds. RESULT MMP9 inhibitors show commendable affinity and good interaction profile of compound holding PubChem ID:102173753 over the most effective established inhibitor SB-3CT. The pharmacophore study of the best virtual screened compound reveals its high efficacy based on various interactions. The virtual screened compound's better affinity with the target MMP9 protein was deduced using toxicity and integration profile studies. CONCLUSION Based on the ADMET profile, the compound (PubChem ID: 102173753) could be a potent drug for MCL treatment. Similar to the established SB-3CT, the compound was non-toxic with LD50 values for both the compounds lying in the same range.
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- Shahrukh Qureshi
- In silico Research Laboratory, Eminent Biosciences, Mahalakshmi Nagar, Indore - 452010, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- In silico Research Laboratory, Eminent Biosciences, Mahalakshmi Nagar, Indore - 452010, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department of Zoology, Nizam College, Osmania University, Hyderabad - 500001, Telangana State, India
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- In silico Research Laboratory, Eminent Biosciences, Mahalakshmi Nagar, Indore - 452010, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- In silico Research Laboratory, Eminent Biosciences, Mahalakshmi Nagar, Indore - 452010, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- In silico Research Laboratory, Eminent Biosciences, Mahalakshmi Nagar, Indore - 452010, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- In silico Research Laboratory, Eminent Biosciences, Mahalakshmi Nagar, Indore - 452010, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- In silico Research Laboratory, Eminent Biosciences, Mahalakshmi Nagar, Indore - 452010, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- In silico Research Laboratory, Eminent Biosciences, Mahalakshmi Nagar, Indore - 452010, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- In silico Research Laboratory, Eminent Biosciences, Mahalakshmi Nagar, Indore - 452010, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- In silico Research Laboratory, Eminent Biosciences, Mahalakshmi Nagar, Indore - 452010, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Center of Excellence in Biotechnology Research, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- In silico Research Laboratory, Eminent Biosciences, Mahalakshmi Nagar, Indore - 452010, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Computer Aided Drug Designing and Molecular Modeling Lab, Department of Bioinformatics, Alagappa University, Karaikudi-630 003, Tamil Nadu, India
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Zhong ZJ, Cheng LP, Pang W, Zheng XS, Fu SK. Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of dihydrofurocoumarin derivatives as potent neuraminidase inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2021; 37:127839. [PMID: 33556571 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2021.127839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Neuraminidase (NA) is a promising target for development of anti-influenza drugs. In this study a dihydrofurocoumarin derivative ZINC05577497 was discovered as a lead NA inhibitor based on docking-based virtual screening technique. The optimization of lead ZINC05577497 led to the discovery of a series of novel NA inhibitors 5a-5j. Compound 5b has the most potent activity against NA with IC50 = 0.02 µM, which is lower than those of the reference oseltamivir carboxylate (OSC) (IC50 = 0.04 µM) and ZINC05577497 (IC50 = 0.11 µM). Other target compounds also show potential inhibition of NA activity. Molecular docking results indicate that the good potency of 5b may be attributed to the elongation of the dihydrofurocoumarin ring to the 150-cavity. The results of this paper will be useful to discover more potent NA inhibitors.
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- Zhi Jian Zhong
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China.
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China.
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China
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He Y, Zhou C, Huang M, Tang C, Liu X, Yue Y, Diao Q, Zheng Z, Liu D. Glyoxalase system: A systematic review of its biological activity, related-diseases, screening methods and small molecule regulators. Biomed Pharmacother 2020; 131:110663. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2020.110663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Al-Oudat BA, Jaradat HM, Al-Balas QA, Al-Shar'i NA, Bryant-Friedrich A, Bedi MF. Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel glyoxalase I inhibitors possessing diazenylbenzenesulfonamide moiety as potential anticancer agents. Bioorg Med Chem 2020; 28:115608. [PMID: 32690268 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2020.115608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Revised: 06/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The enzyme glyoxalase-I (Glo-I) is an essential therapeutic target in cancer treatment. Significant efforts have been made to discover competitive inhibitors of Glo-I as potential anticancer agents. Herein, we report the synthesis of a series of diazenylbenzenesulfonamide derivatives, their in vitro evaluation against Glo-I and the resulting structure-activity relationships. Among the compounds tested, compounds 9h and 9j exhibited the highest activity with IC50 1.28 µM and 1.13 µM, respectively. Docking studies to explore the binding mode of the compounds identified key moieties that may contribute to the observed activities. The active compounds will serve as suitable leads for further chemical optimization.
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- Buthina A Al-Oudat
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan
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- Department of Medicinal and Biological Chemistry, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- Department of Medicinal and Biological Chemistry, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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Chemoproteomic Profiling of a Pharmacophore-Focused Chemical Library. Cell Chem Biol 2020; 27:708-718.e10. [PMID: 32402240 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2020.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2019] [Revised: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Pharmacophore-focused chemical libraries are continuously being created in drug discovery programs, yet screening assays to maximize the usage of such libraries are not fully explored. Here, we report a chemical proteomics approach to reutilizing a focused chemical library of 1,800 indole-containing molecules for discovering uncharacterized ligand-protein pairs. Gel-based protein profiling of the library using a photo-affinity indole probe 1 enabled us to find new ligands for glyoxalase 1 (Glo1), an enzyme involved in the detoxification of methylglyoxal. Structure optimization of the ligands yielded an inhibitor for Glo1 (9). Molecule 9 increased the cellular methylglyoxal levels in human cells and suppressed the osteoclast formation of mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages. X-ray structure analyses revealed that the molecule lies at a site abutting the substrate binding site, which is consistent with the enzyme kinetic profile of 9. Overall, this study exemplifies how chemical proteomics can be used to exploit existing focused chemical libraries.
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Discovery of a nanomolar glyoxalase-I inhibitor using integrated ligand-based pharmacophore modeling and molecular docking. Med Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s00044-019-02486-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Al-Shar’i NA, Al-Balas QA, Al-Waqfi RA, Hassan MA, Alkhalifa AE, Ayoub NM. Discovery of a nanomolar inhibitor of the human glyoxalase-I enzyme using structure-based poly-pharmacophore modelling and molecular docking. J Comput Aided Mol Des 2019; 33:799-815. [DOI: 10.1007/s10822-019-00226-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Perez C, Barkley-Levenson AM, Dick BL, Glatt PF, Martinez Y, Siegel D, Momper JD, Palmer AA, Cohen SM. Metal-Binding Pharmacophore Library Yields the Discovery of a Glyoxalase 1 Inhibitor. J Med Chem 2019; 62:1609-1625. [PMID: 30628789 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b01868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Anxiety and depression are common, highly comorbid psychiatric diseases that account for a large proportion of worldwide medical disability. Glyoxalase 1 (GLO1) has been identified as a possible target for the treatment of anxiety and depression. GLO1 is a Zn2+-dependent enzyme that isomerizes a hemithioacetal, formed from glutathione and methylglyoxal, to a lactic acid thioester. To develop active inhibitors of GLO1, fragment-based drug discovery was used to identify fragments that could serve as core scaffolds for lead development. After screening a focused library of metal-binding pharmacophores, 8-(methylsulfonylamino)quinoline (8-MSQ) was identified as a hit. Through computational modeling and synthetic elaboration, a potent GLO1 inhibitor was developed with a novel sulfonamide core pharmacophore. A lead compound was demonstrated to penetrate the blood-brain barrier, elevate levels of methylglyoxal in the brain, and reduce depression-like behavior in mice. These findings provide the basis for GLO1 inhibitors to treat depression and related psychiatric illnesses.
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Wu J, Feng Y, Han C, Huang W, Shen Z, Yang M, Chen W, Ye L. Germacrone derivatives: synthesis, biological activity, molecular docking studies and molecular dynamics simulations. Oncotarget 2017; 8:15149-15158. [PMID: 28148897 PMCID: PMC5362474 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.14832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Germacrone is one of the major bioactive components in the Curcuma zedoaria oil product, which is extracted from Curcuma zedoaria Roscoe, known as zedoary. The present study designed some novel germacrone derivatives based on combination principles, synthesized these compounds, and investigated their inhibitions on Bel-7402, HepG2, A549 and HeLa cells. Meanwhile, the study evaluated inhibitions of these derivatives on c-Met kinase, which has been detected in a number of cancers. The results suggested that the majority of the compounds showed stronger inhibitory effect on cancers and c-Met kinase than germacrone. Furthermore, our docking experiments analyzed the results and explained the molecular mechanism. Molecular dynamics simulations were then applied to perform further evaluation of the binding stabilities between compounds and their receptors.
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- Jie Wu
- School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Inspection and Quarantine Technology Center of Zhanjiang Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Zhanjiang 524001, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Basic Courses, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Basic Courses, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Chen Y, Fang L, Zhang J, Li G, Ma M, Li C, Lyu J, Meng QH. Blockage of Glyoxalase I Inhibits Colorectal Tumorigenesis and Tumor Growth via Upregulation of STAT1, p53, and Bax and Downregulation of c-Myc and Bcl-2. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18030570. [PMID: 28282916 PMCID: PMC5372586 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18030570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Revised: 02/26/2017] [Accepted: 03/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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GlyoxalaseI (GLOI) is an enzyme that catalyzes methylglyoxal metabolism. Overexpression of GLOI has been documented in numerous tumor tissues, including colorectal cancer (CRC). The antitumor effects of GLOI depletion have been demonstrated in some types of cancer, but its role in CRC and the mechanisms underlying this activity remain largely unknown. Our purpose was to investigate the antitumor effects of depleted GLOI on CRC in vitro and in vivo. RNA interference was used to deplete GLOI activity in four CRC cell lines. The cells' proliferation, apoptosis, migration, and invasion were assessed by using the Cell Counting Kit-8, plate colony formation assay, flow cytometry, and transwell assays. Protein and mRNA levels were analyzed by western blot and quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR), respectively. The antitumor effect of GLOI depletion in vivo was investigated in a SW620 xenograft tumor model in BALB/c nude mice. Our results show that GLOI is over-expressed in the CRC cell lines. GLOI depletion inhibited the proliferation, colony formation, migration, and invasion and induced apoptosis of all CRC cells compared with the controls. The levels of signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT1), p53, and Bcl-2 assaciated X protein (Bax) were upregulated by GLOI depletion, while cellular homologue of avian myelocytomatosis virus oncogene (c-Myc) and B cell lymphoma/lewkmia-2 (Bcl-2) were downregulated. Moreover, the growth of SW620-induced CRC tumors in BALB/c nude mice was significantly attenuated by GLOI depletion. The expression levels of STAT1, p53, and Bax were increased and those of c-Myc and Bcl-2 were decreased in the GLOI-depleted tumors. Our findings demonstrate that GLOI depletion has an antitumor effect through the STAT1 or p53 signaling pathways in CRC, suggesting that GLOI is a potential therapeutic target.
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- Yuan Chen
- Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education of China, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education of China, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education of China, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education of China, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education of China, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education of China, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education of China, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education of China, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Zhang C, Feng LJ, Huang Y, Wu D, Li Z, Zhou Q, Wu Y, Luo HB. Discovery of Novel Phosphodiesterase-2A Inhibitors by Structure-Based Virtual Screening, Structural Optimization, and Bioassay. J Chem Inf Model 2017; 57:355-364. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.6b00551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Chen Zhang
- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
- Collaborative
Innovation Center of High Performance Computing, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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Ye L, Wu J, Chen W, Feng Y, Shen Z. Novel anti-cancer agents based on germacrone: design, synthesis, biological activity, docking studies and MD simulations. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra26944c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Germacrone is a major activity component found in Curcuma zedoaria oil product, which is extracted from Curcuma zedoaria.
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- Lianbao Ye
- Medicinal Chemistry of Department
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
- Guangzhou 510006
- China
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- Medicinal Chemistry of Department
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
- Guangzhou 510006
- China
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- School of Basic Courses
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
- Guangzhou 510006
- China
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- Medicinal Chemistry of Department
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
- Guangzhou 510006
- China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
- Guangzhou
- China
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Sargolzaei M, Afshar M, Jorabchi MN. Binding of 1-substituted carbazolyl-3,4-dihydro-β-carbolines with DNA: Molecular dynamics simulation and MM-GBSA analysis. Mol Biol 2016. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026893316020205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Jahangoshaei P, Hassani L, Mohammadi F, Hamidi A, Mohammadi K. Investigating the effect of gallium curcumin and gallium diacetylcurcumin complexes on the structure, function and oxidative stability of the peroxidase enzyme and their anticancer and antibacterial activities. J Biol Inorg Chem 2015; 20:1135-46. [PMID: 26369539 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-015-1295-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2015] [Accepted: 08/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Curcumin has a wide spectrum of biological and pharmacological activities including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiproliferative, antimicrobial and anticancer activities. Complexation of curcumin with metals has gained attention in recent years for improvement of its stability. In this study, the effect of gallium curcumin and gallium diacetylcurcumin on the structure, function and oxidative stability of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) enzyme were evaluated by spectroscopic techniques. In addition to the enzymatic investigation, the cytotoxic effect of the complexes was assessed on bladder, MCF-7 breast cancer and LNCaP prostate carcinoma cell lines by MTT assay. Furthermore, antibacterial activity of the complexes against S. aureus and E. coli was explored by dilution test method. The results showed that the complexes improve activity of HRP and also increase its tolerance against the oxidative condition. After addition of the complexes, affinity of HRP for hydrogen peroxide substrate decreases, while the affinity increases for phenol substrate. Circular dichroism, intrinsic and synchronous fluorescence spectra showed that the enzyme structure around the catalytic heme group becomes less compact and also the distance between the heme group and tryptophan residues increases due to binding of the complexes to HRP. On the whole, it can be concluded that the change in the enzyme structure upon binding to the gallium curcumin and gallium diacetylcurcumin complexes results in an increase in the antioxidant efficiency and activity of the peroxidise enzyme. The result of anticancer and antibacterial activities suggested that the complexes exhibit the potential for cancer treatment, but they have no significant antibacterial activity.
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- Parisa Jahangoshaei
- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), 45195-1159, Zanjan, Iran
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), 45195-1159, Zanjan, Iran.
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), 45195-1159, Zanjan, Iran
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), 45195-1159, Zanjan, Iran
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences, Persian Gulf University, 75169, Bushehr, Iran
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Structural basis for 18-β-glycyrrhetinic acid as a novel non-GSH analog glyoxalase I inhibitor. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2015; 36:1145-50. [PMID: 26279158 DOI: 10.1038/aps.2015.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2015] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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AIM Glyoxalase I (GLOI), a glutathione (GSH)-dependent enzyme, is overexpressed in tumor cells and related to multi-drug resistance in chemotherapy, making GLOI inhibitors as potential anti-tumor agents. But the most studied GSH analogs exhibit poor pharmacokinetic properties. The aim of this study was to discover novel non-GSH analog GLOI inhibitors and analyze their binding mechanisms. METHODS Mouse GLOI (mGLOI) was expressed in BL21 (DE3) pLysS after induction with isopropyl-β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside and purified using AKTA FPLC system. An in vitro mGLOI enzyme assay was used to screen a small pool of compounds containing carboxyl groups. Crystal structure of the mGLOI-inhibitor complex was determined at 2.3 Å resolution. Molecular docking study was performed using Discovery Studio 2.5 software package. RESULTS A natural compound 18-β-glycyrrhetinic acid (GA) and its derivative carbenoxolone were identified as potent competitive non-GSH analog mGLOI inhibitors with Ki values of 0.29 μmol/L and 0.93 μmol/L, respectively. Four pentacyclic triterpenes (ursolic acid, oleanolic acid, betulic acid and tripterine) showed weak activities (mGLOI inhibition ratio <25% at 10 μmol/L) and other three (maslinic acid, corosolic acid and madecassic acid) were inactive. The crystal structure of the mGLOI-GA complex showed that the carboxyl group of GA mimicked the γ-glutamyl residue of GSH by hydrogen bonding to the glutamyl sites (residues Arg38B, Asn104B and Arg123A) in the GSH binding site of mGLOI. The extensive van der Waals interactions between GA and the surrounding residues also contributed greatly to the binding of GA and mGLOI. CONCLUSION This work demonstrates a carboxyl group to be an important functional feature of non-GSH analog GLOI inhibitors.
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Yadav A, Kumar R, Sunkaria A, Singhal N, Kumar M, Sandhir R. Evaluation of potential flavonoid inhibitors of glyoxalase-I based on virtual screening and in vitro studies. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2015; 34:993-1007. [PMID: 26108947 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2015.1064830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Glyoxalase-I (GLO-I) is a component of the ubiquitous detoxification system involved in the conversion of methylglyoxal (MG) to d-lactate in the glycolytic pathway. MG toxicity arises from its ability to form advanced glycation end products. GLO-I has been reported to be frequently overexpressed in various types of cancer cells. In this study, we performed structure-based virtual screening of focused flavonoids commercial library to identify potential and specific inhibitors of GLO-I. The compounds were ranked based on Glide extra precision docking score and five hits (curcumin, quercetin, morin, naringin and silibinin) were selected on the basis of their interaction with active site amino acid residues of GLO-I. Mixed mode QM/MM calculation was performed on the top-scoring hit to ascertain the role of zinc ion in ligand binding. In addition, the identified hits were subjected to MM/GBSA binding energy prediction, ADME prediction and similarity studies. The hits were tested in vitro for cell viability, and GLO-I inhibition. Naringin (ST072162) was found to be most potent inhibitor of GLO-I among the identified hits with highest glide XP dock score of -14.906. These findings suggest that naringin could be a new scaffold for designing inhibitors against GLO-I with potential application as anticancer agents.
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- Aarti Yadav
- a Department of Biochemistry , Panjab University , Chandigarh , India
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- b University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Panjab University , Chandigarh , India
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- a Department of Biochemistry , Panjab University , Chandigarh , India
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- c Department of Food Science and Technology , National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute , Mohali , India
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- b University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Panjab University , Chandigarh , India
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- a Department of Biochemistry , Panjab University , Chandigarh , India
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Fang J, Wu P, Yang R, Gao L, Li C, Wang D, Wu S, Liu AL, Du GH. Inhibition of acetylcholinesterase by two genistein derivatives: kinetic analysis, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation. Acta Pharm Sin B 2014; 4:430-7. [PMID: 26579414 PMCID: PMC4629110 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2014.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2014] [Revised: 08/27/2014] [Accepted: 09/24/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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In this study two genistein derivatives (G1 and G2) are reported as inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE), and differences in the inhibition of AChE are described. Although they differ in structure by a single methyl group, the inhibitory effect of G1 (IC50=264 nmol/L) on AChE was 80 times stronger than that of G2 (IC50=21,210 nmol/L). Enzyme-kinetic analysis, molecular docking and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were conducted to better understand the molecular basis for this difference. The results obtained by kinetic analysis demonstrated that G1 can interact with both the catalytic active site and peripheral anionic site of AChE. The predicted binding free energies of two complexes calculated by the molecular mechanics/generalized born surface area (MM/GBSA) method were consistent with the experimental data. The analysis of the individual energy terms suggested that a difference between the net electrostatic contributions (ΔEele+ΔGGB) was responsible for the binding affinities of these two inhibitors. Additionally, analysis of the molecular mechanics and MM/GBSA free energy decomposition revealed that the difference between G1 and G2 originated from interactions with Tyr124, Glu292, Val294 and Phe338 of AChE. In conclusion, the results reveal significant differences at the molecular level in the mechanism of inhibition of AChE by these structurally related compounds.
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Key Words
- ACh, acetylcholine
- AChE, acetylcholinesterase
- AChEIs, acetylcholinesterase inhibitors
- AD, Alzheimer׳s disease
- Acetylcholinesterase (AChE)
- BuChE, butyrylcholinesterase
- BuSCh, S-butyrylthiocholine chloride
- CAS, catalytic active site
- DTNB, 5,5′-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid)
- G1, 3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-7-(2-(piperidin-1-yl)ethoxy)-4H-chromen-4-one
- G2, (S)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-7-(2-(2-methylpiperidin-1-yl)ethoxy)-4H-chromen-4-one
- GAFF, generalized AMBER force field
- Genistein derivatives
- Kinetics analysis
- MD, molecular dynamics
- MM/GBSA
- MM/GBSA, molecular mechanics/generalized born surface area
- Molecular docking
- Molecular dynamics simulation
- PAS, peripheral anionic site
- PDB, protein data bank
- PME, particle mesh Ewald
- RMSD, root-mean-square deviation
- S-ACh, acetylthiocholine iodide
- SASA, solvent accessible surface area
- iso-OMPA, tetraisopropyl pyrophosphoramide
- ΔEMM, gas-phase interaction energy between receptor and ligand
- ΔEele, electrostatic energy contribution
- ΔEvdw, van der Waals energy contribution
- ΔGGB, polar desolvation energy term
- ΔGSA, nonpolar desolvation energy term
- ΔGexp, experimental binding free energy
- ΔGpred, total binding free energy
- ΔS, conformational entropy contribution
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Li Z, Lu X, Feng LJ, Gu Y, Li X, Wu Y, Luo HB. Molecular dynamics-based discovery of novel phosphodiesterase-9A inhibitors with non-pyrazolopyrimidinone scaffolds. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2014; 11:115-25. [PMID: 25328054 DOI: 10.1039/c4mb00389f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Phosphodiesterase-9A (PDE9A) is a promising therapeutic target for the treatment of diabetes and Alzheimer's disease (AD). The Pfizer PDE9A inhibitor PF-04447943 has completed Phase II clinical trials in subjects with mild to moderate AD in 2013. However, most of the reported PDE9A inhibitors share the same scaffold as pyrazolopyrimidinone, which lacks structural diversity and is unfavorable for the development of novel PDE9A inhibitors. In the present study, a combinatorial method including pharmacophores, molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulations, binding free energy calculations, and bioassay was used to discover novel PDE9A inhibitors with new scaffolds rather than pyrazolopyrimidinones from the SPECS database containing about 200,000 compounds. As a result, 15 hits out of 29 molecules (a hit rate of 52%) with five novel scaffolds were identified to be PDE9A inhibitors with inhibitory affinities no more than 50 μM to enrich the structural diversity, different from the pyrazolopyrimidinone-derived family. The high hit ratio of 52% for this virtual screening method indicated that the combinatorial method is a good compromise between computational cost and accuracy. Binding pattern analyses indicate that those hits with non-pyrazolopyrimidinone scaffolds can bind the same active site pocket of PDE9A as classical PDE9A inhibitors. In addition, structural modification of compound AG-690/40135604 (IC50=8.0 μM) led to a new one, 16, with an improved inhibitory affinity of 2.1 μM as expected. The five novel scaffolds discovered in the present study can be used for the rational design of PDE9A inhibitors with higher affinities.
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- Zhe Li
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, SunYat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.
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Mendes Arent A, de Souza LF, Walz R, Dafre AL. Perspectives on molecular biomarkers of oxidative stress and antioxidant strategies in traumatic brain injury. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:723060. [PMID: 24689052 PMCID: PMC3943200 DOI: 10.1155/2014/723060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2013] [Revised: 12/04/2013] [Accepted: 12/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is frequently associated with abnormal blood-brain barrier function, resulting in the release of factors that can be used as molecular biomarkers of TBI, among them GFAP, UCH-L1, S100B, and NSE. Although many experimental studies have been conducted, clinical consolidation of these biomarkers is still needed to increase the predictive power and reduce the poor outcome of TBI. Interestingly, several of these TBI biomarkers are oxidatively modified to carbonyl groups, indicating that markers of oxidative stress could be of predictive value for the selection of therapeutic strategies. Some drugs such as corticosteroids and progesterone have already been investigated in TBI neuroprotection but failed to demonstrate clinical applicability in advanced phases of the studies. Dietary antioxidants, such as curcumin, resveratrol, and sulforaphane, have been shown to attenuate TBI-induced damage in preclinical studies. These dietary antioxidants can increase antioxidant defenses via transcriptional activation of NRF2 and are also known as carbonyl scavengers, two potential mechanisms for neuroprotection. This paper reviews the relevance of redox biology in TBI, highlighting perspectives for future studies.
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- André Mendes Arent
- Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Biological Sciences Centre, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
- Faculty of Medicine, University of South Santa Catarina (Unisul), 88137-270 Palhoça, SC, Brazil
- Neurosurgery Service, São José Regional Hospital (HRSJ-HMG), 88103-901 São José, SC, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Biological Sciences Centre, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Applied Neurosciences Centre (CeNAp) and Department of Medical Clinics, University Hospital, Federal University of Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Biological Sciences Centre, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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Zhou Y, Guo T, Li X, Dong Y, Galatsis P, Johnson DS, Pan Z. Discovery of selective 2,4-diaminopyrimidine-based photoaffinity probes for glyoxalase I. MEDCHEMCOMM 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3md00286a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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L1-Bpyne was discovered as a potent inhibitor and cell permeable probe of glyoxalase I.
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- Yiqing Zhou
- Key laboratory of Chemical Genomics
- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Peking University
- Xili University Town
- Shenzhen
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- Key laboratory of Chemical Genomics
- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Peking University
- Xili University Town
- Shenzhen
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- Key laboratory of Chemical Genomics
- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Peking University
- Xili University Town
- Shenzhen
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- Key laboratory of Chemical Genomics
- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Peking University
- Xili University Town
- Shenzhen
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- Neuroscience Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology
- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development
- Cambridge
- USA
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- Neuroscience Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology
- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development
- Cambridge
- USA
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- Key laboratory of Chemical Genomics
- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Peking University
- Xili University Town
- Shenzhen
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Geng X, Ma J, Zhang F, Xu C. Glyoxalase I in Tumor Cell Proliferation and Survival and as a Potential Target for Anticancer Therapy. Oncol Res Treat 2014; 37:570-4. [DOI: 10.1159/000367800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2014] [Accepted: 08/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Curcumin (diferuloylmethane) is the biphenolic active compound of turmeric. Curcumin has been used for hundreds of years to treat various ailments. Curcumin has been reported to exert numerous pharmacological effects by modulating multiple molecular targets including those involved in the pathogenesis of cancer. Cancer has been characterized as the dysregulation of cell signaling pathways through gradual alteration of regulatory proteins and through gene mutation. Curcumin is a highly pleiotropic molecule that modulates several intracellular signaling pathways in cancer. The pleiotropic activities of curcumin have been attributed to its novel molecular structure. Based on its β-diketone moiety, curcumin exists in keto-enol tautomers, and this tautomerism favors interaction and binding with a wide range of enzymes. Several studies have shown modulation of numerous signaling enzymes by curcumin including, LOX, COX-2, XO, proteasomes, Ca(2+)-ATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum, MMPs, HAT, HDAC, DNMT1, DNA polymerase λ, ribonucleases, GloI, protein kinases (PKA, PKB, PKC, v-Src, GSK-3β, ErbB2), protein reductases (TrxR1, AR), GSH, ICDHs, peroxidases (Prx1, Prx2, Prx6) by treatment with curcumin. Various biophysical analyses have been reported, which shows the underlying molecular interaction of curcumin with multiple targets in terms of binding affinities. The current chapter describes how curcumin binds and modulates multiple enzymes involved cancer. Published clinical trial studies with curcumin in cancer management will also be discussed.
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- Adeeb Shehzad
- School of Life Sciences, BK21 Plus KNU Creative BioResearch Group, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- School of Applied Biosciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- School of Life Sciences, BK21 Plus KNU Creative BioResearch Group, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
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Heger M, van Golen RF, Broekgaarden M, Michel MC. The molecular basis for the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of curcumin and its metabolites in relation to cancer. Pharmacol Rev 2013; 66:222-307. [PMID: 24368738 DOI: 10.1124/pr.110.004044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 340] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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This review addresses the oncopharmacological properties of curcumin at the molecular level. First, the interactions between curcumin and its molecular targets are addressed on the basis of curcumin's distinct chemical properties, which include H-bond donating and accepting capacity of the β-dicarbonyl moiety and the phenylic hydroxyl groups, H-bond accepting capacity of the methoxy ethers, multivalent metal and nonmetal cation binding properties, high partition coefficient, rotamerization around multiple C-C bonds, and the ability to act as a Michael acceptor. Next, the in vitro chemical stability of curcumin is elaborated in the context of its susceptibility to photochemical and chemical modification and degradation (e.g., alkaline hydrolysis). Specific modification and degradatory pathways are provided, which mainly entail radical-based intermediates, and the in vitro catabolites are identified. The implications of curcumin's (photo)chemical instability are addressed in light of pharmaceutical curcumin preparations, the use of curcumin analogues, and implementation of nanoparticulate drug delivery systems. Furthermore, the pharmacokinetics of curcumin and its most important degradation products are detailed in light of curcumin's poor bioavailability. Particular emphasis is placed on xenobiotic phase I and II metabolism as well as excretion of curcumin in the intestines (first pass), the liver (second pass), and other organs in addition to the pharmacokinetics of curcumin metabolites and their systemic clearance. Lastly, a summary is provided of the clinical pharmacodynamics of curcumin followed by a detailed account of curcumin's direct molecular targets, whereby the phenotypical/biological changes induced in cancer cells upon completion of the curcumin-triggered signaling cascade(s) are addressed in the framework of the hallmarks of cancer. The direct molecular targets include the ErbB family of receptors, protein kinase C, enzymes involved in prostaglandin synthesis, vitamin D receptor, and DNA.
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- Michal Heger
- Department of Experimental Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Huang YY, Li Z, Cai YH, Feng LJ, Wu Y, Li X, Luo HB. The Molecular Basis for the Selectivity of Tadalafil toward Phosphodiesterase 5 and 6: A Modeling Study. J Chem Inf Model 2013; 53:3044-53. [DOI: 10.1021/ci400458z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Yi-You Huang
- School of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Wallace SJ, Kee TW, Huang DM. Molecular Basis of Binding and Stability of Curcumin in Diamide-Linked γ-Cyclodextrin Dimers. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:12375-82. [DOI: 10.1021/jp406125x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Samuel J. Wallace
- School of Chemistry and Physics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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Luo HB, Knapik AA, Petkowski JJ, Demas M, Shumilin IA, Zheng H, Chruszcz M, Minor W. Biophysical analysis of the putative acetyltransferase SACOL2570 from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS 2013; 14:97-108. [PMID: 23963951 PMCID: PMC3923901 DOI: 10.1007/s10969-013-9158-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2013] [Accepted: 07/16/2013] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major cause of a myriad of insidious and intractable infections in humans, especially in patients with compromised immune systems and children. Here, we report the apo- and CoA-bound crystal structures of a member of the galactoside acetyltransferase superfamily from methicillin-resistant S. aureus SACOL2570 which was recently shown to be down regulated in S. aureus grown in the presence of fusidic acid, an antibiotic used to treat MRSA infections. SACOL2570 forms a homotrimer in solution, as confirmed by small-angle X-ray scattering and dynamic light scattering. The protein subunit consists of an N-terminal alpha-helical domain connected to a C-terminal LβH domain. CoA binds in the active site formed by the residues from adjacent LβH domains. After determination of CoA-bound structure, molecular dynamics simulations were performed to model the binding of AcCoA. Binding of both AcCoA and CoA to SACOL2570 was verified by isothermal titration calorimetry. SACOL2570 most likely acts as an acetyltransferase, using AcCoA as an acetyl group donor and an as-yet-undetermined chemical moiety as an acceptor. SACOL2570 was recently used as a scaffold for mutations that lead the generation of cage-like assemblies, and has the potential to be used for the generation of more complex nanostructures.
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- Hai-Bin Luo
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, East Campus, 510006 Guangzhou, China; Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA; Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA; Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA; Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA; Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology1 and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA; Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Zhao P, Chen SK, Cai YH, Lu X, Li Z, Cheng YK, Zhang C, Hu X, He X, Luo HB. The molecular basis for the inhibition of phosphodiesterase-4D by three natural resveratrol analogs. Isolation, molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulations, binding free energy, and bioassay. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2013; 1834:2089-96. [PMID: 23871879 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2013.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2013] [Revised: 06/22/2013] [Accepted: 07/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4) enzyme is a promising therapeutic target for several diseases. Our previous studies found resveratrol and moracin M to be natural PDE4 inhibitors. In the present study, three natural resveratrol analogs [pterostilbene, (E)-2',3,5',5-tetrahydroxystilbene (THSB), and oxyresveratrol] are structurally related to resveratrol and moracin M, but their inhibition and mechanism against PDE4 are still unclear. A combined method consisting of molecular docking, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, binding free energy, and bioassay was performed to better understand their inhibitory mechanism. The binding pattern of pterostilbene demonstrates that it involves hydrophobic/aromatic interactions with Phe340 and Phe372, and forms hydrogen bond(s) with His160 and Gln369 in the active site pocket. The present work also reveals that oxyresveratrol and THSB can bind to PDE4D and exhibits less negative predicted binding free energies than pterostilbene, which was qualitatively validated by bioassay (IC50=96.6, 36.1, and 27.0μM, respectively). Additionally, a linear correlation (R(2)=0.953) is achieved for five PDE4D/ligand complexes between the predicted binding free energies and the experimental counterparts approximately estimated from their IC50 values (≈RT ln IC50). Our results imply that hydrophobic/aromatic forces are the primary factors in explaining the mechanism of inhibition by the three products. Results of the study help to understand the inhibitory mechanism of the three natural products, and thus help the discovery of novel PDE4 inhibitors from resveratrol, moracin M, and other natural products.
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- Peng Zhao
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Zhai J, Zhang H, Zhang L, Zhao Y, Chen S, Chen Y, Peng X, Li Q, Yuan M, Hu X. Zopolrestat as a Human Glyoxalase I Inhibitor and Its Structural Basis. ChemMedChem 2013; 8:1462-4. [DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201300243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- Jing Zhai
- Centre for Cellular & Structural Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat‐sen University, 132 East Circle, University City, Guangzhou 510006 (P.R. China)
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- Centre for Cellular & Structural Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat‐sen University, 132 East Circle, University City, Guangzhou 510006 (P.R. China)
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- Centre for Cellular & Structural Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat‐sen University, 132 East Circle, University City, Guangzhou 510006 (P.R. China)
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- Centre for Cellular & Structural Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat‐sen University, 132 East Circle, University City, Guangzhou 510006 (P.R. China)
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- Centre for Cellular & Structural Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat‐sen University, 132 East Circle, University City, Guangzhou 510006 (P.R. China)
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- Centre for Cellular & Structural Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat‐sen University, 132 East Circle, University City, Guangzhou 510006 (P.R. China)
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- Institute of Animal Health, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 28 Jinying Rd, Tianhe, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640 (P.R. China)
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- Centre for Cellular & Structural Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat‐sen University, 132 East Circle, University City, Guangzhou 510006 (P.R. China)
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- Institute of Animal Health, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 28 Jinying Rd, Tianhe, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640 (P.R. China)
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- Centre for Cellular & Structural Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat‐sen University, 132 East Circle, University City, Guangzhou 510006 (P.R. China)
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Li Z, Cai YH, Cheng YK, Lu X, Shao YX, Li X, Liu M, Liu P, Luo HB. Identification of Novel Phosphodiesterase-4D Inhibitors Prescreened by Molecular Dynamics-Augmented Modeling and Validated by Bioassay. J Chem Inf Model 2013; 53:972-81. [DOI: 10.1021/ci400063s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Zhe Li
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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Shehzad A, Lee YS. Molecular mechanisms of curcumin action: signal transduction. Biofactors 2013; 39:27-36. [PMID: 23303697 DOI: 10.1002/biof.1065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2012] [Accepted: 10/10/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Chemoprevention represents one of the most highly effective anti-cancer strategies and is accompanied by minimal secondary effects as compared to conventional chemotherapies. Many new anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer drug candidates have been derived from chemical scaffolds engineered from natural products discovered just a few decades ago. This approach is widely utilized in drug discovery in order to produce novel molecular entities with enhanced drug activities mediated through various signal transduction pathways for the treatment of different diseases. Curcumin, a polyphenolic derivative of turmeric, is a naturally occurring compound isolated from Curcuma longa that suppresses and inverts carcinogenesis via multifaceted molecular targets. Several reports have demonstrated that curcumin inhibits animal and human cancers, suggesting that it may serve as a chemopreventive agent. Numerous in vitro and in vivo experimental models have also revealed that curcumin regulates several molecules in cell signal transduction pathway including NF-κB, Akt, MAPK, p53, Nrf2, Notch-1, JAK/STAT, β-catenin, and AMPK. Modulation of cell signaling pathways through the pleiotropic effects of curcumin likely activate cell death signals and induce apoptosis in cancer cells, thereby inhibiting the progression of disease. This article provides insights into the natural chemopreventive role of curcumin via cellular transduction pathways and provides an in depth assessment of its physiological activities in the management of diseases.
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- Adeeb Shehzad
- School of Life Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea
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Al-Balas Q, Hassan M, Al-Oudat B, Alzoubi H, Mhaidat N, Almaaytah A. Generation of the first structure-based pharmacophore model containing a selective "zinc binding group" feature to identify potential glyoxalase-1 inhibitors. Molecules 2012; 17:13740-58. [PMID: 23174893 PMCID: PMC6268171 DOI: 10.3390/molecules171213740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2012] [Revised: 11/15/2012] [Accepted: 11/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Within this study, a unique 3D structure-based pharmacophore model of the enzyme glyoxalase-1 (Glo-1) has been revealed. Glo-1 is considered a zinc metalloenzyme in which the inhibitor binding with zinc atom at the active site is crucial. To our knowledge, this is the first pharmacophore model that has a selective feature for a “zinc binding group” which has been customized within the structure-based pharmacophore model of Glo-1 to extract ligands that possess functional groups able to bind zinc atom solely from database screening. In addition, an extensive 2D similarity search using three diverse similarity techniques (Tanimoto, Dice, Cosine) has been performed over the commercially available “Zinc Clean Drug-Like Database” that contains around 10 million compounds to help find suitable inhibitors for this enzyme based on known inhibitors from the literature. The resultant hits were mapped over the structure based pharmacophore and the successful hits were further docked using three docking programs with different pose fitting and scoring techniques (GOLD, LibDock, CDOCKER). Nine candidates were suggested to be novel Glo-1 inhibitors containing the “zinc binding group” with the highest consensus scoring from docking.
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- Qosay Al-Balas
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan; E-Mails: (M.H.); (B.A.-O.); (H.A.)
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +96-2-776337216; Fax: +962-2-7201075
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan; E-Mails: (M.H.); (B.A.-O.); (H.A.)
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan; E-Mails: (M.H.); (B.A.-O.); (H.A.)
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan; E-Mails: (M.H.); (B.A.-O.); (H.A.)
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan; E-Mail:
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- Department of Pharmaceu tical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan; E-Mail:
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Moracin M from Morus alba L. is a natural phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2012; 22:3261-4. [PMID: 22483586 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2011] [Revised: 02/23/2012] [Accepted: 03/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4) has been identified to be a promising target for treatment of asthma. Moracin M extracted from Chinese herbal drug 'Sang-Bai-Pi' (Morus alba L.) was studied for the inhibitory affinity towards PDE4. It inhibited PDE4D2, PDE4B2, PDE5A1, and PDE9A2 with the IC(50) values of 2.9, 4.5, >40, and >100 μM, respectively. Our molecular docking and 8ns molecular dynamics (MD) simulations demonstrated that moracin M forms three hydrogen bonds with Gln369, Asn321, and Asp318 in the active site and stacks against Phe372. In addition, comparative kinetics analysis of its analog moracin C was carried out to qualitatively validate their inhibitory potency as predicted by the binding free energy calculations after MD simulations.
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Zheng XH, Shao YX, Li Z, Liu M, Bu X, Luo HB, Hu X. Quantitative structure-retention relationship of curcumin and its analogues. J Sep Sci 2012; 35:505-12. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201100903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The molecular basis for the inhibition of human cytochrome P450 1A2 by oroxylin and wogonin. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2012; 41:297-306. [DOI: 10.1007/s00249-011-0785-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2011] [Revised: 11/24/2011] [Accepted: 12/06/2011] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Exploration of the binding of curcumin analogues to human P450 2C9 based on docking and molecular dynamics simulation. J Mol Model 2011; 18:2599-611. [DOI: 10.1007/s00894-011-1275-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2011] [Accepted: 10/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Gupta SC, Prasad S, Kim JH, Patchva S, Webb LJ, Priyadarsini IK, Aggarwal BB. Multitargeting by curcumin as revealed by molecular interaction studies. Nat Prod Rep 2011; 28:1937-55. [PMID: 21979811 DOI: 10.1039/c1np00051a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 410] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Curcumin (diferuloylmethane), the active ingredient in turmeric (Curcuma longa), is a highly pleiotropic molecule with anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, chemopreventive, chemosensitization, and radiosensitization activities. The pleiotropic activities attributed to curcumin come from its complex molecular structure and chemistry, as well as its ability to influence multiple signaling molecules. Curcumin has been shown to bind by multiple forces directly to numerous signaling molecules, such as inflammatory molecules, cell survival proteins, protein kinases, protein reductases, histone acetyltransferase, histone deacetylase, glyoxalase I, xanthine oxidase, proteasome, HIV1 integrase, HIV1 protease, sarco (endo) plasmic reticulum Ca(2+) ATPase, DNA methyltransferases 1, FtsZ protofilaments, carrier proteins, and metal ions. Curcumin can also bind directly to DNA and RNA. Owing to its β-diketone moiety, curcumin undergoes keto-enol tautomerism that has been reported as a favorable state for direct binding. The functional groups on curcumin found suitable for interaction with other macromolecules include the α, β-unsaturated β-diketone moiety, carbonyl and enolic groups of the β-diketone moiety, methoxy and phenolic hydroxyl groups, and the phenyl rings. Various biophysical tools have been used to monitor direct interaction of curcumin with other proteins, including absorption, fluorescence, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, surface plasmon resonance, competitive ligand binding, Forster type fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), radiolabeling, site-directed mutagenesis, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), immunoprecipitation, phage display biopanning, electron microscopy, 1-anilino-8-naphthalene-sulfonate (ANS) displacement, and co-localization. Molecular docking, the most commonly employed computational tool for calculating binding affinities and predicting binding sites, has also been used to further characterize curcumin's binding sites. Furthermore, the ability of curcumin to bind directly to carrier proteins improves its solubility and bioavailability. In this review, we focus on how curcumin directly targets signaling molecules, as well as the different forces that bind the curcumin-protein complex and how this interaction affects the biological properties of proteins. We will also discuss various analogues of curcumin designed to bind selective targets with increased affinity.
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- Subash C Gupta
- Cytokine Research Laboratory, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 77030, USA
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Structural investigation into the inhibitory mechanisms of indomethacin and its analogues towards human glyoxalase I. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2011; 21:4243-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.05.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2011] [Revised: 05/14/2011] [Accepted: 05/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pérez-Castillo Y, Froeyen M, Cabrera-Pérez MÁ, Nowé A. Molecular dynamics and docking simulations as a proof of high flexibility in E. coli FabH and its relevance for accurate inhibitor modeling. J Comput Aided Mol Des 2011; 25:371-93. [DOI: 10.1007/s10822-011-9427-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2011] [Accepted: 04/09/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Yuan M, Luo M, Song Y, Xu Q, Wang X, Cao Y, Bu X, Ren Y, Hu X. Identification of curcumin derivatives as human glyoxalase I inhibitors: A combination of biological evaluation, molecular docking, 3D-QSAR and molecular dynamics simulation studies. Bioorg Med Chem 2010; 19:1189-96. [PMID: 21237663 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2010.12.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2010] [Revised: 12/15/2010] [Accepted: 12/16/2010] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
Abstract
Several recent developments suggest that the human glyoxalase I (GLO I) is a potential target for anti-tumor drug development. In present study, a series of curcumin derivatives with high inhibitory activity against human GLO I were discovered. Inhibition constant (K(i)) values of compounds 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13 to GLO I are 4.600μM, 2.600μM, 3.200μM, 3.600μM and 3.600μM, respectively. To elucidate the structural features of potent inhibitors, docking-based three-dimensional structure-activity relationship (3D-QSAR) analyses were performed. Satisfactory agreement between experiment and theory suggests that comparative molecular similarity index analysis (CoMSIA) modeling exhibit much better correlation and predictive power. The cross-validated q(2) value is 0.638 while no-validation r(2) value is 0.930. Integrated with docking-based 3D-QSAR CoMSIA modeling, molecular surface property (electrostatic and steric) mapping and molecular dynamics simulation, a set of receptor-ligand binding models and bio-affinity predictive models for rational design of more potent inhibitors of GLO I are established.
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Affiliation(s)
- Minggui Yuan
- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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He L, He F, Bi H, Li J, Zeng S, Luo HB, Huang M. Isoform-selective inhibition of chrysin towards human cytochrome P450 1A2. Kinetics analysis, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics simulations. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2010; 20:6008-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.08.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2010] [Revised: 07/24/2010] [Accepted: 08/16/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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