Thangaraju P, Narasimhan G, Ramamurthy VA, Gurunthalingam MP, Yella SST, Venkatesan S, Thangaraju E. Molecular Docking Analysis of
Adhatoda vasica with Thromboxane A
2 Receptor (TXA
2R) (6IIU) and Antiviral Molecules for Possible Dengue Complications.
Infect Disord Drug Targets 2023;
23:e180722206836. [PMID:
35850647 DOI:
10.2174/1871526522666220718101544]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
The present study is an in silico model of platelet amplification potential of Adhatoda vasica, which can be used to treat thrombocytopenia in dengue complications.
METHODS
Docking studies have proved to be an essential tool that facilitates the structural diversity of natural products to be harnessed in an organized manner. In the present study, vasicine containing natural anti-dengue potential was subjected to docking studies using Schrodinger glides software (ver.11.1). The docking study was carried out to find out the potential molecular targets for selected protein. The docking was carried out on different ligands, like vasicine, ramatroban, chloroquine, celgosivir, and standard eltrombopag downloaded from PubChem and retrieved to glide software and ligands prepared using lig prep wizard. Docking was performed using the ligand docking wizard of Glide-maestro 2018.
RESULTS
The docking score of vasicine (-5.27) is nearly identical to the standard eltrombopag (-6.08), and both ligands bind with one hydrogen bond. The validation score of ramatroban is -12.39, binding with five hydrogen bonds, Celgosivir exhibited a docking score of -7.3 with three hydrogen bonds, and chloroquine displayed no hydrogen bond but had a docking score of -4.6.
CONCLUSION
Vasicine was found to be the most suitable target of platelet amplification potential from Adhatoda vasica. However, the molecular docking results are preliminary, and it has been indicated that vasicine could be one of the potential ligands to treat the thrombocytopenia of dengue; experimental evaluation will be carried out in the near future.
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