Abstract
The PI3K pathway is a signal transduction process including oncogenes and receptor tyrosine kinase regulating cellular functions i.e., survival, protein synthesis, and metabolism. In the present work, we have investigated the role of water molecules on inhibitor’s binding orientation in crystal structures of PI3K pathway targets using molecular docking approach. AutoDock v4.2 docking software was employed to dock PI3Kγ and its known inhibitors viz., wortmannin, quercetin, myricetin and pyridyl-triazine. Besides, serpentine was also docked on the same binding pocket, subsequently its anticancer activity was evaluated through in vitro experiment. Docking studies have been performed in the presence as well as in absence of water molecules at the binding pocket, and results were compared with crystallographic structural data. The comparison was done on the basis of binding energy, RMSD, inhibition constant (Ki), conserved and bridging water molecules, and found that, while considering water molecules during docking experiments, it increases the binding affinity of PI3K inhibitors.
Keywords: PI3K, phosphoinositide-3-kinase, docking, water, AutoDock, wortmannin, quercetin, myricetin.
Current Computer-Aided Drug Design
Title:Water Molecules Increases Binding Affinity of Natural PI3Kγ Inhibitors Against Cancer
Volume: 11 Issue: 4
Author(s): Pooja Sharma, Aparna Shukla, Komal Kalani, Vijaya Dubey, Santosh Kumar Srivastava, Suaib Luqman and Feroz Khan
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Keywords: PI3K, phosphoinositide-3-kinase, docking, water, AutoDock, wortmannin, quercetin, myricetin.
Abstract: The PI3K pathway is a signal transduction process including oncogenes and receptor tyrosine kinase regulating cellular functions i.e., survival, protein synthesis, and metabolism. In the present work, we have investigated the role of water molecules on inhibitor’s binding orientation in crystal structures of PI3K pathway targets using molecular docking approach. AutoDock v4.2 docking software was employed to dock PI3Kγ and its known inhibitors viz., wortmannin, quercetin, myricetin and pyridyl-triazine. Besides, serpentine was also docked on the same binding pocket, subsequently its anticancer activity was evaluated through in vitro experiment. Docking studies have been performed in the presence as well as in absence of water molecules at the binding pocket, and results were compared with crystallographic structural data. The comparison was done on the basis of binding energy, RMSD, inhibition constant (Ki), conserved and bridging water molecules, and found that, while considering water molecules during docking experiments, it increases the binding affinity of PI3K inhibitors.
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Sharma Pooja, Shukla Aparna, Kalani Komal, Dubey Vijaya, Srivastava Kumar Santosh, Luqman Suaib and Khan Feroz, Water Molecules Increases Binding Affinity of Natural PI3Kγ Inhibitors Against Cancer, Current Computer-Aided Drug Design 2015; 11 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573409912666151124233847
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