scholarly journals INSILICO STUDIES OF OXIME PRODRUG OF GLICLAZIDE AGAINST SULPHONYLUREA RECEPTORS (SUR 1)

Author(s):  
Surendran Vijayaraj ◽  
Kannekanti Chaithanya Veena

Objective: Objective of the study is to perform a molecular docking analysis of novel oxime prodrug of gliclazide against SUR1 receptor.Methods: Sulfonylurea receptors (SUR) are membrane proteins which are the molecular targets of the sulfonylurea class of anti-diabetic drugs whose mechanism of action is to promote insulin release from pancreatic beta cells. Oxime prodrug of gliclazide a better soluble derivative of gliclazide is used for enhancement of bioavailability of gliclazide. Autodock 4.2 software was used for docking studies. Ligand 2D structures were drawn using ChemDraw Ultra 7.0. Binding sites, docking poses and interactions of the ligand with SUR1 receptors were studied by pymol software.Results: The docking studies suggest that potential binding sites of oxime prodrug of gliclazide exhibiting all the major interactions such as hydrogen bonding, hydrophobic interaction and electrostatic interaction with GLU43, LEU11, LEU 40, ILE17 GLU 68, GLN72 residues of SUR1. The binding energy of complexes are also found to be minimal forming stable complexes.Conclusion: In silico study of oxime prodrug of gliclazide conforms, the binding of oxime prodrug of glicalzide with SUR1 receptors which effectively controls the release insulin to regulate plasma glucose concentrations. Hence, the oxime prodrug of gliclazide could be a potent anti-diabetic target molecule which may be worth for further in vitro and in vivostudies. 

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vikas Sharma ◽  
Prabodh Chander Sharma ◽  
Vipin Kumar

Docking studies are proved to be an essential tool that facilitates the structural diversity of natural products to be harnessed in an organized manner. In this study, pyridoacridines containing natural anticancer pigments were subjected to docking studies using Glide (Schrodinger). Investigations were carried out to find out the potential molecular targets for these selected pigments. The docking was carried out on different cancer macromolecules involved in different cell cycle pathways, that is, CDK-2, CDK-6, Bcl-2, VEGFR-2, IGF-1R kinase, and G-Quadruplexes. CDK-6 was found to be the most suitable anticancer target for the pyridoacridines. In addition, effectiveness of the study was further evaluated by performing docking of known inhibitors against their respective selected macromolecules. However, the results are preliminary and experimental evaluation will be carried out in near future.


Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (13) ◽  
pp. 2418
Author(s):  
Zuo-Peng Zhang ◽  
Ze-Fa Yin ◽  
Jia-Yue Li ◽  
Zhi-Peng Wang ◽  
Qian-Jie Wu ◽  
...  

To find novel human carbonic anhydrase (hCA) inhibitors, we synthesized thirteen compounds by combining thiazolidinone with benzenesulfonamide. The result of the X-ray single-crystal diffraction experiment confirmed the configuration of this class of compounds. The enzyme inhibition assays against hCA II and IX showed desirable potency profiles, as effective as the positive controls. The docking studies revealed that compounds (2) and (7) efficiently bound in the active site cavity of hCA IX by forming sufficient interactions with active site residues. The fragment of thiazolidinone played an important role in the binding of the molecules to the active site.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 10238-10247

Urea is one of the most extensively used fertilizers in agriculture but has a detrimental impact on the environment. One of the strategies to reduce this impact can be engineering modified plants containing urease enzyme with a considerably higher affinity for urea so that the urea applied in the fields can be significantly reduced. In this study, we have selected Oryza sativa Urease and generated stable mutants having a high affinity for urea. We modeled the 3D structure of the enzyme and identified the potential binding sites by analyzing the binding sites of similar proteins, i.e., 48 urea binding proteins. We found that mutation of Arg578 with Cys near the substrate-binding site of Oryza sativa Urease leads to a stable mutant protein that has a higher binding affinity for urea. This study will lead to a generation of environment-friendly, stable, genetically modified rice crop that consumes lesser urea, without compromising with crop productivity.


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 949-957
Author(s):  
R Asaithambi ◽  

It is known that α-glucosidase is linked with the antioxidant activity. Therefore, it is of interest to document the in- vitro and molecular docking analysis of chalconeimine derivatives with α-glucosidase (PDB ID: 2ZEO) for further consideration.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. e0126669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Zhou ◽  
Guodi Lu ◽  
Honglan Wang ◽  
Junfeng Zhang ◽  
Jinao Duan ◽  
...  

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (21) ◽  
pp. 4994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sajib Rudra ◽  
Afroza Tahamina ◽  
Nazim Uddin Emon ◽  
Md. Adnan ◽  
Mohammad Shakil ◽  
...  

Tetrastigma leucostaphylum (TL) is an important ethnic medicine of Bangladesh used to treat diarrhea and dysentery. Hence, current study has been designed to characterize the antidiarrheal (in vivo) and cytotoxic (in vitro) effects of T. leucostaphylum. A crude extract was prepared with methanol (MTL) and further partitioned into n-hexane (NTL), dichloromethane (DTL), and n-butanol (BTL) fractions. Antidiarrheal activity was investigated using castor oil induced diarrhea, enteropooling, and gastrointestinal transit models, while cytotoxicity was evaluated using the brine shrimp lethality bioassay. In antidiarrheal experiments, all doses (100, 200, and 400 mg/kg) of the DTL extract significantly reduced diarrheal stool frequency, volume and weight of intestinal contents, and gastrointestinal motility in mice. Similarly, in the cytotoxicity assay, all extracts exhibited activity, with the DTL extract the most potent (LC50 67.23 μg/mL). GC-MS analysis of the DTL extract identified 10 compounds, which showed good binding affinity toward M3 muscarinic acetylcholine, 5-HT3, Gut inhibitory phosphodiesterase, DNA polymerase III subunit alpha, and UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-1 carboxyvinyltransferase enzyme targets upon molecular docking analysis. Although ADME/T analyses predicted the drug-likeness and likely safety upon consumption of these bioactive compounds, significant toxicity concerns are evident due to the presence of the known phytotoxin, 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol. In summary, T. leucostaphylum showed promising activity, helping to rationalize the ethnomedicinal use and importance of this plant, its safety profile following both acute and chronic exposure warrants further investigation.


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