Journal
COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY
Volume 60, Issue -, Pages 1-8Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2015.11.003
Keywords
Cadherin; AEDs; Docking; MD simulation; Homology Modelling; Teratogenicity
Funding
- DST-INSPIRE Fellowship, New Delhi
- DBT, New Delhi
- UGC, New Delhi
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) have high risk of teratogenic side effects, including neural tube defects while mother is on AEDs for her own prevention of convulsions during pregnancy. The present study investigated the interaction of major marketed AEDs and human placental (hp)-cadherin protein, in silica, to establish the role of hp-cadherin protein in teratogenicity and also to evaluate the importance of Ca2+ ion in functioning of the protein. A set of 21 major marketed AEDs were selected for the study and 3D-structure of hp-cadherin was constructed using homology modelling and energy minimized using MD simulations. Molecular docking studies were carried out using selected AEDs as ligand with hpcadherin (free and bound Ca2+ ion) to study the behavioural changes in hp-cadherin due to presence of Ca2+ ion. The study reflected that four AEDs (Gabapentin, Pregabalin, Remacimide and Vigabatrine) had very high affinity towards hp-cadherin and thus the later may have prominent role in the teratogenic effects of these AEDs. From docking simulation analysis it was observed that Ca2+ ion is required to make hp-cadherin energetically favourable and sterically functional. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available