期刊
CURRENT COMPUTER-AIDED DRUG DESIGN
卷 16, 期 5, 页码 605-617出版社
BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.2174/1573409915666191025114009
关键词
Cancer targeting; peptidyl-prolyl isomerase; triterpenoids; molecular modeling; natural products; virtual screening
资金
- Brazilian funding agency CAPES (Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior)
Background: Peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase NIMA-interacting 1 (Pin1) is an enzyme that isomerizes phosphorylated serine or threonine motifs adjacent to proline residues. Pin1 has important roles in several cellular signaling pathways, consequently impacting the development of multiple types of cancers. Methods: Based on the previously reported inhibitory activity of pentacyclic triterpenoids isolated from the gum resin of Boswellia genus against Pin1, we designed a computational experiment using molecular docking, pharmacophore filtering, and structural clustering allied to molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and binding free energy calculations to explore the inhibitory activity of new triterpenoids against Pin1 structure. Results: Here, we report different computational evidence that triterpenoids from neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss), such as 6-deacetylnimbinene, 6-Oacetylnimhandiol, and nimbolide, replicate the binding mode of the Pin1 substrate peptide, interacting with high affinity with the binding site and thus destabilizing the Pin1 structure. Conclusions: Our results are supported by experimental data, and provide interesting structural insights into their molecular mechanism of action, indicating that their structural scaffolds could be used as a start point to develop new inhibitors against Pin1.
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