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pour PM, Mahnam K, Taherzadeh M, Ahangarzadeh S, Alibakhshi A, Mohammadi E. The effect of mutation on neurotoxicity reduction of new chimeric reteplase, a computational study. Res Pharm Sci 2023; 18:404-412. [PMID: 37614611 PMCID: PMC10443662 DOI: 10.4103/1735-5362.378087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 08/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Background and purpose Excitotoxicity in nerve cells is a type of neurotoxicity in which excessive stimulation of receptors (such as N-methyl-d-aspartate glutamate receptors (NMDAR)) leads to the influx of high-level calcium ions into cells and finally cell damage or death. This complication can occur after taking some of the plasminogen activators like tissue plasminogen activator and reteplase. The interaction of the kringle2 domain in such plasminogen activator with the amino-terminal domain (ATD) of the NR1 subunit of NMDAR finally leads to excitotoxicity. In this study, we assessed the interaction of two new chimeric reteplase, mutated in the kringle2 domain, with ATD and compared the interaction of wild-type reteplase with ATD, computationally. Experimental approach Homology modeling, protein docking, molecular dynamic simulation, and molecular dynamics trajectory analysis were used for the assessment of this interaction. Findings/Results The results of the free energy analysis between reteplase and ATD (wild reteplase: -2127.516 ± 0.0, M1-chr: -1761.510 ± 0.0, M2-chr: -521.908 ± 0.0) showed lower interaction of this chimeric reteplase with ATD compared to the wild type. Conclusion and implications The decreased interaction between two chimeric reteplase and ATD of NR1 subunit in NMDAR which leads to lower neurotoxicity related to these drugs, can be the start of a way to conduct more tests and if the results confirm this feature, they can be considered potential drugs in acute ischemic stroke treatment.
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- Pardis Mohammadi pour
- Phytochemistry Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, H3A 0C7, QC, Canada
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- Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Molecular Medicine Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
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- Core Research Facilities, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
- Applied Physiology Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Physiology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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Fadaka AO, Sibuyi NRS, Martin DR, Goboza M, Klein A, Madiehe AM, Meyer M. Immunoinformatics design of a novel epitope-based vaccine candidate against dengue virus. Sci Rep 2021; 11:19707. [PMID: 34611250 PMCID: PMC8492693 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-99227-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Dengue poses a global health threat, which will persist without therapeutic intervention. Immunity induced by exposure to one serotype does not confer long-term protection against secondary infection with other serotypes and is potentially capable of enhancing this infection. Although vaccination is believed to induce durable and protective responses against all the dengue virus (DENV) serotypes in order to reduce the burden posed by this virus, the development of a safe and efficacious vaccine remains a challenge. Immunoinformatics and computational vaccinology have been utilized in studies of infectious diseases to provide insight into the host-pathogen interactions thus justifying their use in vaccine development. Since vaccination is the best bet to reduce the burden posed by DENV, this study is aimed at developing a multi-epitope based vaccines for dengue control. Combined approaches of reverse vaccinology and immunoinformatics were utilized to design multi-epitope based vaccine from the sequence of DENV. Specifically, BCPreds and IEDB servers were used to predict the B-cell and T-cell epitopes, respectively. Molecular docking was carried out using Schrödinger, PATCHDOCK and FIREDOCK. Codon optimization and in silico cloning were done using JCAT and SnapGene respectively. Finally, the efficiency and stability of the designed vaccines were assessed by an in silico immune simulation and molecular dynamic simulation, respectively. The predicted epitopes were prioritized using in-house criteria. Four candidate vaccines (DV-1-4) were designed using suitable adjuvant and linkers in addition to the shortlisted epitopes. The binding interactions of these vaccines against the receptors TLR-2, TLR-4, MHC-1 and MHC-2 show that these candidate vaccines perfectly fit into the binding domains of the receptors. In addition, DV-1 has a better binding energies of - 60.07, - 63.40, - 69.89 kcal/mol against MHC-1, TLR-2, and TLR-4, with respect to the other vaccines. All the designed vaccines were highly antigenic, soluble, non-allergenic, non-toxic, flexible, and topologically assessable. The immune simulation analysis showed that DV-1 may elicit specific immune response against dengue virus. Moreover, codon optimization and in silico cloning validated the expressions of all the designed vaccines in E. coli. Finally, the molecular dynamic study shows that DV-1 is stable with minimum RMSF against TLR4. Immunoinformatics tools are now applied to screen genomes of interest for possible vaccine target. The designed vaccine candidates may be further experimentally investigated as potential vaccines capable of providing definitive preventive measure against dengue virus infection.
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- Adewale Oluwaseun Fadaka
- Department of Science and Innovation/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Biolabels Node, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
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- Department of Science and Innovation/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Biolabels Node, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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- Department of Science and Innovation/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Biolabels Node, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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- Department of Science and Innovation/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Biolabels Node, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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- Plant Omics Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, 7535, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Science and Innovation/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Biolabels Node, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
- Nanobiotechnology Research Group, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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- Department of Science and Innovation/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Biolabels Node, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
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Balaei F, Ansari M, Farhadian N, Moradi S, Shahlaei M. Interactions and effects of food additive dye Allura red on pepsin structure and protease activity; experimental and computational supports. Res Pharm Sci 2020; 16:58-70. [PMID: 33953775 PMCID: PMC8074803 DOI: 10.4103/1735-5362.305189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Revised: 06/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Background and purpose: Today, color additives such as Allura red (AR) are widely used in different kinds of food products. Pepsin is a globular protein that is secreted as a digestive protease from the main cells in the stomach. Because of the important role of pepsin in protein digestion and because of its importance in digestive diseases the study of the interactions of pepsin with chemical food additives is important. Experimental approach: In this study, the interactions between AR and pepsin were investigated by different computational and experimental approaches such as ultraviolet and fluorescence spectroscopy along with computational molecular modeling. Findings/Results: The experimental results of fluorescence indicated that AR can strongly quench the fluorescence of pepsin through a static quenching. Thermodynamic analysis of the binding phenomena suggests that van der Waals forces and hydrogen bonding played a major role in the complex formation. The results of synchronous fluorescence spectra and furrier transformed infra-red (FTIR) experiments showed that there are no significant structural changes in the protein conformation. Also, examined pepsin protease activity revealed that the activity of pepsin was increased upon ligand binding. In agreement with the experimental results, the computational results showed that hydrogen bonding and van der Waals interactions occurred between AR and binding sites. Conclusion and implications: From the pharmaceutical point of view, this interaction can help us to get a deeper understanding of the effect of this synthetic dye on food digestion.
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- Fatemeh Balaei
- Medical Biology Research Center, Health Technology Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, I.R. Iran
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- Nano Drug Delivery Research Center, Health Technology Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, I.R. Iran
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- Substance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Health Institute Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, I.R. Iran
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- Nano Drug Delivery Research Center, Health Technology Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, I.R. Iran
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, I.R. Iran
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Yoshino R, Yasuo N, Sekijima M. Identification of key interactions between SARS-CoV-2 main protease and inhibitor drug candidates. Sci Rep 2020; 10:12493. [PMID: 32719454 PMCID: PMC7385649 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69337-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
The number of cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (COVID-19) has reached over 114,000. SARS-CoV-2 caused a pandemic in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and is rapidly spreading globally. It has been reported that peptide-like anti-HIV-1 drugs are effective against SARS-CoV Main protease (Mpro). Due to the close phylogenetic relationship between SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2, their main proteases share many structural and functional features. Thus, these drugs are also regarded as potential drug candidates targeting SARS-CoV-2 Mpro. However, the mechanism of action of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro at the atomic-level is unknown. In the present study, we revealed key interactions between SARS-CoV-2 Mpro and three drug candidates by performing pharmacophore modeling and 1 μs molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. His41, Gly143, and Glu166 formed interactions with the functional groups that were common among peptide-like inhibitors in all MD simulations. These interactions are important targets for potential drugs against SARS-CoV-2 Mpro.
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- Ryunosuke Yoshino
- Transborder Medical Research Center, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan
- Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan
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- Tokyo Tech Academy for Convergence of Materials and Informatics (TAC-MI), Tokyo Institute of Technology, J3-23-4259 Nagatsutacho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan
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- Tokyo Tech Academy for Convergence of Materials and Informatics (TAC-MI), Tokyo Institute of Technology, J3-23-4259 Nagatsutacho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan.
- School of Computing, Tokyo Institute of Technology, J3-23-4259 Nagatsutacho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan.
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Mohammadian H, Mahnam K, Sadeghi HM, Ganjalikhany MR, Akbari V. Rational design of a new mutant of tobacco etch virus protease in order to increase the in vitro solubility. Res Pharm Sci 2020; 15:164-173. [PMID: 32582356 PMCID: PMC7306250 DOI: 10.4103/1735-5362.283816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Revised: 12/30/2019] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Background and purpose: Tobacco etch virus (TEV) protease is a protease with high sequence specificity which is useful for the cleavage of fusion proteins. A major limitation of this enzyme is its relatively poor solubility. This study aimed to investigate the effects of some suggested mutations by online tools and molecular dynamics simulation to improve the solubility of TEV protease in vitro. Experimental approach: We designed a rational multi-stage process to determine the solubilizing mutations of TEV protease. At the first stage, all the possible mutations were predicted using online tools such as PoPMuSiC and Eris servers, in which five mutations include N23F, N23L, Q74L, Q74V, and Q74I were suggested for further studies. In the next step, the three dimensional structure of the wild type (WT) and the best mutations were subjected to molecular dynamic simulations to evaluate the dynamic behaviour of the obtained structures. The selected mutation was introduced into the structure using site-directed mutagenesis and expressed in Escherichia coli BL21DE3. After purification, solubility and activity of the purified mutant and WT-TEV proteases were assayed. Findings /Results: By considering the analysis of various factors such as structural and solubility properties, one mutant, N23F, was selected for in vitro studies which led to a 1.5 times increase in the solubility compared to the WT while its activity was decreased somewhat. Conclusion and implications: We propose N23F mutation, according to computational and experimental analyses for TEV proteases which resulted in a 150% increase in solubility compared to the WT.
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- Hossein Mohammadian
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, I.R. Iran.,Isfahan Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, I.R. Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Shahrekord, Shahrekord, I.R. Iran.,Nanotechnology Research Centre, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, I.R. Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, I.R. Iran.,Isfahan Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, I.R. Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, I.R. Iran.,Isfahan Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, I.R. Iran
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Mohammadi E, Mahnam K, Jahanian-Najafabadi A, Sadeghi HMM. Design and production of new chimeric reteplase with enhanced fibrin affinity: a theoretical and experimental study. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2020; 39:1321-1333. [PMID: 32098615 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2020.1729865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Plasminogen activators (PAs) are widely used for treatment of disorders caused by clot formation. Fibrin specific PAs are safe drugs from this group because of reducing the incidence of hemorrhage. The newer generation of PAs like tenecteplase, reteplase and desmoteplase were designed with the aim of achieving desirable properties such as improving specificity and affinity to fibrin and increasing half-life. Protein engineering and using of theoretical methods can help to rational and reliable design of new PAs with a set of favorable properties. In the present study, two new chimeric reteplase named M1-chr and M2-chr were designed with the aim of enhancing fibrin affinity also some potential properties include of increasing resistance to plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and decreasing neurotoxicity. So, finger domain of desmoteplase was added to reteplase as a high fibrin specific domain. Some other point mutations were considering to achieve other mentioned properties. Three dimensional structure of wild-type reteplase and mutants were created by homology modeling and were evaluated by molecular dynamic simulation. Then, mutants docked to fibrin by HADDOCK web tools. Result of theoretical section verified the stability of mutants' structures. Also showed better interaction between M1-chr with fibrin than M2-chr. Wild-type and mutants were produced in bacterial expression system. Experimental assessment showed both mutants have appropriate enzymatic activity also 1.9-fold fibrin binding ability compared to wild-type. Therefore, this study offers new thrombolytic drugs with desirable properties specially enhanced fibrin affinity so they can represent a promising future in cost-effective production of favorable thrombolytic drugs.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Elmira Mohammadi
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, The Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, The Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, The Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, The Islamic Republic of Iran
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Yoshino R, Yasuo N, Sekijima M. Molecular Dynamics Simulation reveals the mechanism by which the Influenza Cap-dependent Endonuclease acquires resistance against Baloxavir marboxil. Sci Rep 2019; 9:17464. [PMID: 31767949 PMCID: PMC6877583 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53945-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Baloxavir marboxil (BXM), an antiviral drug for influenza virus, inhibits RNA replication by binding to RNA replication cap-dependent endonuclease (CEN) of influenza A and B viruses. Although this drug was only approved by the FDA in October 2018, drug resistant viruses have already been detected from clinical trials owing to an I38 mutation of CEN. To investigate the reduction of drug sensitivity by the I38 mutant variants, we performed a molecular dynamics (MD) simulation on the CEN-BXM complex structure to analyze variations in the mode of interaction. Our simulation results suggest that the side chain methyl group of I38 in CEN engages in a CH-pi interaction with the aromatic ring of BXM. This interaction is abolished in various I38 mutant variants. Moreover, MD simulation on various mutation models and binding free energy prediction by MM/GBSA method suggest that the I38 mutation precludes any interaction with the aromatic ring of BXA and thereby reduces BXA sensitivity.
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- Ryunosuke Yoshino
- Transborder Medical Research Center, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan
- Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan
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- Advanced Computational Drug Discovery Unit, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-J3-23 Nagatsutacho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 226-8501, Japan
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- Advanced Computational Drug Discovery Unit, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-J3-23 Nagatsutacho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 226-8501, Japan.
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