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Molecular docking studies of selected natural compounds as caspase-3 enzyme inhibitors
Wan Dalila Wan Chik1, Zafirah Liyana Abdullah2.
Caspase-3 plays a role in necrosis, apoptosis, and inflammation activities.
Many studies have shown that caspase-3 expression and cancer are closely
related. The regulatory mechanism performs their catalytic activities to
promote their aggregation into dimers or macromolecular complexes. Thus,
the mechanism's loss of function and insufficient caspase activation may
result in tumour formation due to apoptosis malfunction. Therefore, it is
essential to recognise small molecules that modulate caspase to facilitate
treatment for apoptosis-related and inflammatory diseases. This work aimed
to study the molecular interaction of selected natural compounds with
inhibitory activities towards caspase-3 by molecular docking approaches.
The docking was performed onto caspase-3 with the potential compounds
using Autodock Vina. Our results demonstrated that the 1-methyl-5-(2-
phenoxymethyl-pyrrolidine-1-sulfonyl) - 1H-indole-2, 3-dione (PDB ID:
1GFW), and B92 (PDB ID: 3KJF) were found to be the best potent inhibitors
of caspase-3 with the binding energy of -8.4 Kcal/mol and -8.3 Kcal/mol,
respectively. Hydrogen bond formations in the caspase-3 complex were
found through T62, H121, G122, S205, R207, N208, and W214 residues. The
potential inhibitory activities of these compounds may be further validated
through in vitro and in vivo studies in future works.
Affiliation:
- Malaysian Nuclear Agency, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor, Kampus Puncak Alam, Malaysia
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