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Naringenin-4'-glucuronide as a new drug candidate against the COVID-19 Omicron variant: a study based on molecular docking, molecular dynamics, MM/PBSA and MM/GBSA.
Cobre, Alexandre de Fátima; Maia Neto, Moisés; de Melo, Eduardo Borges; Fachi, Mariana Millan; Ferreira, Luana Mota; Tonin, Fernanda Stumpf; Pontarolo, Roberto.
Afiliação
  • Cobre AF; Pharmaceutical Sciences Postgraduate Programme, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
  • Maia Neto M; Department of Pharmacy, Fametro University Centre (UNIFAMETRO), Fortaleza-Ceará, Brazil.
  • de Melo EB; Department of Pharmacy, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE), Cascavel-PR, Brazil.
  • Fachi MM; Pharmaceutical Sciences Postgraduate Programme, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
  • Ferreira LM; Department of Pharmacy, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
  • Tonin FS; H&TRC - Health & Technology Research Centre, ESTeSL, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Pontarolo R; Department of Pharmacy, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
J Biomol Struct Dyn ; : 1-14, 2023 Jul 02.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37394802
This study aimed to identify natural bioactive compounds (NBCs) as potential inhibitors of the spike (S1) receptor binding domain (RBD) of the COVID-19 Omicron variant using computer simulations (in silico). NBCs with previously proven biological in vitro activity were obtained from the ZINC database and analyzed through virtual screening, molecular docking, molecular dynamics (MD), molecular mechanics/Poisson-Boltzmann surface area (MM/PBSA), and molecular mechanics/generalized Born surface area (MM/GBSA). Remdesivir was used as a reference drug in docking and MD calculations. A total of 170,906 compounds were analyzed. Molecular docking screening revealed the top four NBCs with a high affinity with the spike (affinity energy <-7 kcal/mol) to be ZINC000045789238, ZINC000004098448, ZINC000008662732, and ZINC000003995616. In the MD analysis, the four ligands formed a complex with the highest dynamic equilibrium S1 (mean RMSD <0.3 nm), lowest fluctuation of the complex amino acid residues (RMSF <1.3), and solvent accessibility stability. However, the ZINC000045789238-spike complex (naringenin-4'-O glucuronide) was the only one that simultaneously had minus signal (-) MM/PBSA and MM/GBSA binding free energy values (-3.74 kcal/mol and -15.65 kcal/mol, respectively), indicating favorable binding. This ligand (naringenin-4'-O glucuronide) was also the one that produced the highest number of hydrogen bonds in the entire dynamic period (average = 4601 bonds per nanosecond). Six mutant amino acid residues formed these hydrogen bonds from the RBD region of S1 in the Omicron variant: Asn417, Ser494, Ser496, Arg403, Arg408, and His505. Naringenin-4'-O-glucuronide showed promising results as a potential drug candidate against COVID-19. In vitro and preclinical studies are needed to confirm these findings.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: J Biomol Struct Dyn Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Reino Unido

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: J Biomol Struct Dyn Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Reino Unido