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Pirojsirikul T, Lee VS, Nimmanpipug P. Unraveling Bacterial Single-Stranded Sequence Specificities: Insights from Molecular Dynamics and MMPBSA Analysis of Oligonucleotide Probes. Mol Biotechnol 2024; 66:582-591. [PMID: 38374320 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-024-01082-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024]
Abstract
We utilized molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and Molecular Mechanics Poisson-Boltzmann Surface Area (MMPBSA) free energy calculations to investigate the specificity of two oligonucleotide probes, namely probe B and probe D, in detecting single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) within three bacteria families: Enterobacteriaceae, Pasteurellaceae, and Vibrionaceae. Due to the limited understanding of molecular mechanisms in the previous research, we have extended the discussion to focus specifically on investigating the binding process of bacteria-probe DNA duplexes, with an emphasis on analyzing the binding free energy. The role of electrostatic contributions in the specificity between the oligonucleotide probes and the bacterial ssDNAs was investigated and found to be crucial. Our calculations yielded results that were highly consistent with the experimental data. Through our study, we have successfully exhibited the benefits of utilizing in-silico approaches as a powerful virtual-screening tool, particularly in research areas that demand a thorough comprehension of molecular interactions.
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- Teerapong Pirojsirikul
- Division of Physical Science, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand.
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- Department of Chemistry, Center of Theoretical and Computational Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand
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Sangpheak K, Waraho-Zhmayev D, Haonoo K, Torpaiboon S, Teacharsripaiboon T, Rungrotmongkol T, Poo-Arporn RP. Investigation of interactions between binding residues and solubility of grafted humanized anti-VEGF IgG antibodies expressed as full-length format in the cytoplasm of a novel engineered E. coli SHuffle strain. RSC Adv 2021; 11:6035-6048. [PMID: 35423148 PMCID: PMC8694825 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra08534k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are one of the fastest-growing areas of biopharmaceutical industry and have been widely used for a broad spectrum of diseases. Meanwhile, the immunogenicity of non-human derived antibodies can generate side effects by inducing the human immune response to produce human anti-mouse-immunoglobulin antibody (HAMA). In this work, we aim to reduce the immunogenicity of muMAb A.4.6.1 by substitute human sequences for murine sequences. Humanized antibodies are constructed by grafting, specificity determining residues (SDR), complementary determining regions (CDR), and chimeric region of muMAb A.4.6.1, onto variable domain of Trastuzumab (Herceptin). The interactions between grafted antibodies and their target, Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), were theoretically investigated by molecular dynamics simulation in order to evaluate the antibodies-antigen binding behavior. The obtained protein-protein interactions and calculated binding free energy suggested that the SDR-VEGF complex presented a significantly greater binding affinity, number of contact and total number of H-bonds compared to CDR and chimeric mAbs, significantly. Moreover, the Camsol program predicted that the solubility of SDR mAb exhibits the greatest solubility. This result was supported by performing a western blot analysis of the grafted mAbs with soluble and insoluble fractions in order to evaluate their solubility, in which SDR was found to have a much lower amount of insoluble proteins. Consequently, the enhanced binding affinity and solubility of the designed SDR was achieved by the single S106D mutation using computational methods. With the aim of low immunogenicity, high solubility, and high affinity, this SDR humanized antibody was expected to have greater efficacy than murine or chimeric antibodies for future use in humans.
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- Kanyani Sangpheak
- Biological Engineering Program, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi 10140 Bangkok Thailand
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- Biological Engineering Program, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi 10140 Bangkok Thailand
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi 10140 Bangkok Thailand
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi 10140 Bangkok Thailand
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi 10140 Bangkok Thailand
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- Biocatalyst and Environmental Biotechnology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University 10330 Bangkok Thailand.,Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University 10330 Bangkok Thailand
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- Biological Engineering Program, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi 10140 Bangkok Thailand
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Wang C, Greene D, Xiao L, Qi R, Luo R. Recent Developments and Applications of the MMPBSA Method. Front Mol Biosci 2018; 4:87. [PMID: 29367919 PMCID: PMC5768160 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2017.00087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 325] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The Molecular Mechanics Poisson-Boltzmann Surface Area (MMPBSA) approach has been widely applied as an efficient and reliable free energy simulation method to model molecular recognition, such as for protein-ligand binding interactions. In this review, we focus on recent developments and applications of the MMPBSA method. The methodology review covers solvation terms, the entropy term, extensions to membrane proteins and high-speed screening, and new automation toolkits. Recent applications in various important biomedical and chemical fields are also reviewed. We conclude with a few future directions aimed at making MMPBSA a more robust and efficient method.
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- Changhao Wang
- Chemical and Materials Physics Graduate Program, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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- Chemical and Materials Physics Graduate Program, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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