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Noor H, Ikram A, Rathinavel T, Kumarasamy S, Nasir Iqbal M, Bashir Z. Immunomodulatory and anti-cytokine therapeutic potential of curcumin and its derivatives for treating COVID-19 - a computational modeling. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2021; 40:5769-5784. [PMID: 33491580 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2021.1873190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The unavailability of vaccine and medicines raised serious issues during COVID-19 pandemic and peoples from different parts of world relied on traditional medicine for their immediate recovery from COVID-19 and it found effective also. The current research aims to target COVID-19 immunological human host receptors i.e. angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)-2, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and protease-activated receptor (PAR)-1 using curcumin derivatives to prevent viral infection and control overproduction of early clinical responses of COVID-19. Targeting these host proteins will mitigate the infection and will filter out many complications caused by these proteins in COVID-19 patients. It is proven through computer-aided computational modeling approaches, total 30 compounds of curcumin and its derivatives were chosen. Drug-likeness parameters were calculated for curcumin and its derivatives and 20 curcumin analogs were selected for docking analysis. From docking analysis of 20 curcumin analogs against five chosen human host receptor targets reveals 11 curcumin analogs possess least binding affinity and best interaction at active sites subjected to absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion (ADME) analysis. Density functional theory (DFT) analysis of five final shortlisted curcumin derivatives was done to show least binding affinity toward chosen host target protein. Molecular dynamics simulation (MDS) was performed to observe behavior and interaction of potential drug hydrazinocurcumin against target proteins ACE-2 and PAR-1. It was performed at 100 nanoseconds and showed satisfactory results. Finally, our investigation reveals that hydrazinocurcumin possesses immunomodulatory and anti-cytokine therapeutic potential against COVID-19 and it can act as COVID-19 warrior drug molecule and promising choice of drug for COVID-19 treatment, however, it needs further in vivo clinical evaluation to commercialize as COVID-19 drug.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Hasnat Noor
- Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan
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Lombardi APG, Vicente CM, Porto CS. Estrogen Receptors Promote Migration, Invasion and Colony Formation of the Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer Cells PC-3 Through β-Catenin Pathway. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2020; 11:184. [PMID: 32328032 PMCID: PMC7160699 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2020.00184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Prostate cancer is initially dependent on the androgen, gradually evolves into an androgen-independent form of the disease, also known as castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). At this stage, current therapies scantily improve survival of the patient. Androgens and estrogens are involved in normal prostate and prostate cancer development. The mechanisms by which estrogens/estrogen receptors (ERs) induce prostate cancer and promote prostate cancer progression have not yet been fully identified. Our laboratory has shown that androgen-independent prostate cancer cells PC-3 express both ERα and ERβ. The activation of ERβ increases the expression of β-catenin and proliferation of PC-3 cells. We now report that the activation of ERβ promotes the increase of migration, invasion and anchorage-independent growth of PC-3 cells. Furthermore, the activation of ERα also plays a role in invasion and anchorage-independent growth of PC-3 cells. These effects are blocked by pretreatment with PKF 118-310, compound that disrupts the complex β-catenin/TCF/LEF, suggesting that ERs/β-catenin are involved in all cellular characteristics of tumor development in vitro. Furthermore, PKF 118-310 also inhibited the upregulation of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) induced by activation of ERs. VEGF also is involved on invasion of PC-3 cells. In conclusion, this study provides novel insights into the signatures and molecular mechanisms of ERβ in androgen-independent prostate cancer cells PC-3. ERα also plays a role on invasion and colony formation of PC-3 cells.
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Li T, Yan H, Geng Y, Shi H, Li H, Wang S, Wang Y, Xu J, Zhao G, Lu X. Target genes associated with lipid and glucose metabolism in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Lipids Health Dis 2019; 18:211. [PMID: 31805951 PMCID: PMC6894500 DOI: 10.1186/s12944-019-1154-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background Insulin resistance (IR) and lipid peroxidation are accepted as ‘two-hit’ hypothesis of Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, there are few published research on identifying genes which connect lipid and glucose metabolism by gene microarray. Objective To identify target genes related to lipid and glucose metabolism that might be responsible for the pathogenesis of NAFLD. Methods A rat model of NAFLD was established by feeding male rats with high-fat diet and gene expression profiles of liver tissues were determined using Agilent DNA microarray. We then investigated differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and intersection of them by using Gene Ontology (GO) and Pathway Analyses. Target genes were verified by Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Results Compared with control, 932 genes, including 783 up-regulated and 149 down-regulated, exhibited differences in expression. The up-regulated genes were involved in biosynthesis, cell development, cell differentiation and down-regulated genes contributed to biological metabolic process, adipokine metabolic pathway and insulin signaling pathway. We identified genes involved in insulin signaling pathway, Notch signaling pathway and lipid synthetic process to be closely related to liver fat accumulation and insulin resistance. Among them, IGFBP7, Notch1 and HMGCR were up-regulated (2.85-fold, 3.22-fold, and 2.06-fold, respectively, all P < 0.05) and ACACB was down-regulated (2.08-fold, P < 0.01). These four genes supposed to connect lipid and glucose metabolism after GO and Pathway analyses. Conclusions These findings provide innovative information on the whole genome expression profile due to high-fat diet feeding, and bring new insight into the regulating effects of genes on the lipid and glucose metabolism of NAFLD.
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- Ting Li
- Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, NO.76 Yanta West Road, Xi'an, 710061, China
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- Department of Geratology, Shaanxi Provincal People's Hospital, Third Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710068, China
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- Department of Paediatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710004, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, NO.157 West 5th Road, Xi'an, 710004, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, NO.157 West 5th Road, Xi'an, 710004, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, NO.157 West 5th Road, Xi'an, 710004, China
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- Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, NO.76 Yanta West Road, Xi'an, 710061, China
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- Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, NO.76 Yanta West Road, Xi'an, 710061, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, NO.157 West 5th Road, Xi'an, 710004, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, NO.157 West 5th Road, Xi'an, 710004, China. .,Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, 2800 Gongwei Road, Pudong, Shanghai, 201399, China.
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Gu S, Hou P, Liu K, Niu X, Wei B, Mao F, Xu Z. NOL8, the binding protein for beta-catenin, promoted the growth and migration of prostate cancer cells. Chem Biol Interact 2018; 294:40-47. [PMID: 30125550 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2018.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2018] [Revised: 06/10/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Overactivation of beta-catenin/TCF signaling in prostate cancer is very common. However, how the beta-catenin/TCF complex is regulated in the nucleus remains largely unknown. In this study, we have shown that NOL8, a binding protein of beta-catenin, enhanced the interaction between beta-catenin and TCF4, and activated beta-catenin/TCF signaling. NOL8 is up-regulated in the prostate cancer, and promoted the growth, migration and colony formation of cancer cells. Knocking down the expression of NOL8 inhibited the growth, migration and colony formation of prostate cancer cells. The molecular mechanism study demonstrated that NOL8 promoted the migration and colony formation of cancer cells by activating beta-catenin/TCF signaling. Taken together, this study demonstrated the oncogenic roles of NOL8 in prostate cancer and suggested that NOL8 might be an important therapeutic target for prostate cancer.
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- Shuo Gu
- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Huai'an No.1 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 6 Beijing Road West, Huai'an, 223300, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Huai'an No.1 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 6 Beijing Road West, Huai'an, 223300, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Huai'an No.1 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 6 Beijing Road West, Huai'an, 223300, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Huai'an No.1 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 6 Beijing Road West, Huai'an, 223300, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Huai'an No.1 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 6 Beijing Road West, Huai'an, 223300, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Huai'an No.1 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 6 Beijing Road West, Huai'an, 223300, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Huai'an No.1 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 6 Beijing Road West, Huai'an, 223300, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
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