Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 23, Issue 22, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms232213701
Keywords
Carbonic Anhydrase IX mimic; acetazolamide; non-covalent interactions; binding pocket; METD; DFT; SAPT; CPMD; PIMD
Funding
- Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education for the Faculty of Chemistry of Wroclaw University of Science and Technology [8211104160/K14W03D10]
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This study investigates the non-covalent interactions of Carbonic Anhydrase IX using quantum-chemical approaches, highlighting its significance in cancer treatment and exploring potential anticancer inhibitors. The findings suggest that chalcogen bonding plays a crucial role in conformational stability and free energy mapping of the system.
It is postulated that the overexpression of Carbonic Anhydrase isozyme IX in some cancers contributes to the acidification of the extracellular matrix. It was proved that this promotes the growth and metastasis of the tumor. These observations have made Carbonic Anhydrase IX an attractive drug target. In the light of the findings and importance of the glycoprotein in the cancer treatment, we have employed quantum-chemical approaches to study non-covalent interactions in the binding pocket. As a ligand, the acetazolamide (AZM) molecule was chosen, being known as a potential inhibitor exhibiting anticancer properties. First-Principles Molecular Dynamics was performed to study the chalcogen and other non-covalent interactions in the AZM ligand and its complexes with amino acids forming the binding site. Based on Density Functional Theory (DFT) and post-Hartree-Fock methods, the metric and electronic structure parameters were described. The Non-Covalent Interaction (NCI) index and Atoms in Molecules (AIM) methods were applied for qualitative/quantitative analyses of the non-covalent interactions. Finally, the AZM-binding pocket interaction energy decomposition was carried out. Chalcogen bonding in the AZM molecule is an important factor stabilizing the preferred conformation. Free energy mapping via metadynamics and Path Integral molecular dynamics confirmed the significance of the chalcogen bond in structuring the conformational flexibility of the systems. The developed models are useful in the design of new inhibitors with desired pharmacological properties.
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