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Veyssiere M, Sadat Aghamiri S, Hernandez Cervantes A, Henry T, Soumelis V. A mathematical model of Familial Mediterranean Fever predicts mechanisms controlling inflammation. Clin Immunol 2023; 257:109839. [PMID: 37952562 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2023.109839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is a monogenic disease caused by gain-of-function mutations in the MEditerranean FeVer (MEFV) gene. The molecular dysregulations induced by these mutations and the associated causal mechanisms are complex and intricate. OBJECTIVE We sought to provide a computational model capturing the mechanistic details of biological pathways involved in FMF physiopathology and enabling the study of the patient's immune cell dynamics. METHODS We carried out a literature survey to identify experimental studies published from January 2000 to December 2020, and integrated its results into a molecular map and a mathematical model. Then, we studied the network of molecular interactions and the dynamic of monocytes to identify key players for inflammation phenotype in FMF patients. RESULTS We built a molecular map of FMF integrating in a structured manner the current knowledge regarding pathophysiological processes participating in the triggering and perpetuation of the disease flares. The mathematical model derived from the map reproduced patient's monocyte behavior, in particular its proinflammatory role via the Pyrin inflammasome activation. Network analysis and in silico experiments identified NF-κB and JAK1/TYK2 as critical to modulate IL-1β- and IL-18-mediated inflammation. CONCLUSION The in silico model of FMF monocyte proved its ability to reproduce in vitro observations. Considering the difficulties related to experimental settings and financial investments to test combinations of stimuli/perturbation in vitro, this model could be used to test complex hypotheses in silico, thus narrowing down the number of in vitro and ex vivo experiments to perform.
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- Université Paris Cité, INSERM U976, Paris, France; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, Univ Lyon, Lyon F-69007, France
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- Université Paris Cité, INSERM U976, Paris, France; Owkin, 14 boulevard Poissonniere, Paris 75009, France.
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Wenceslau PRS, de Paula RLG, Duarte VS, D'Oliveira GDC, Guimarães LMM, Pérez CN, Borges LL, Martins JLR, Fajemiroye JO, Franco CHJ, Perjesi P, Napolitano HB. Insights on a new sulfonamide chalcone with potential antineoplastic application. J Mol Model 2021; 27:211. [PMID: 34173883 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-021-04818-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Chalcones (E)-1,3-diphenyl-2-propene-1-ones, a class of biosynthetic precursor molecules of flavonoids, have a wide variety of biological applications. Besides the natural products, many synthetic derivatives and analogs became an object of continued interest in academia and industry. In this work, a synthesis and an extensive structural study were performed on a sulfonamide chalcone 1-Benzenesulfonyl-3-(4-bromobenzylidene)-2-(2-chlorophenyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-quinolin-4-one with potential antineoplastic application. In addition, in silico experiments have shown that the sulfonamide chalcone fits well in the ligand-binding site of EGFR with seven μ-alkyl binding energy interactions on the ligand-binding site. Finally, the kinetic stability and the pharmacophoric analysis for EGFR indicated the necessary spatial characteristics for potential activity of sulfonamide chalcone as an antagonist.
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- Patricia R S Wenceslau
- Campus de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Anápolis, GO, Brazil
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- Campus de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Anápolis, GO, Brazil
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- Campus de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Anápolis, GO, Brazil
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- Campus de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Anápolis, GO, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Campus de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Anápolis, GO, Brazil.,Escola de Ciências Médicas, Farmacêuticas e Biomédicas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Universidade Evangélica de Goiás, UniEvangélica, Anápolis, GO, Brazil
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- Universidade Evangélica de Goiás, UniEvangélica, Anápolis, GO, Brazil.,Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
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- Universidade Evangélica de Goiás, UniEvangélica, Anápolis, GO, Brazil.,Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Campus de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Anápolis, GO, Brazil. .,Universidade Evangélica de Goiás, UniEvangélica, Anápolis, GO, Brazil.
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