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JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE & DYNAMICS
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TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2022.2155346
Keywords
PTM; BRD4; bromodomain inhibitor; HTVS; natural product; acetyllysine
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- IISER Kolkata
- SERB [SRG/2019/000765, EEQ/2020/000149]
- DBT Ramalingaswami Fellowship [BT/RLF/Re-entry/56/2018]
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Bromodomains are structural motifs that recognize acetylated lysine residues on histone tails and play a crucial role in gene expression regulation. This study aims to identify natural compounds as inhibitors of the BRD4-BD1 bromodomain through virtual screening. Three promising natural product inhibitors were identified.
Bromodomains are evolutionarily conserved structural motifs that recognize acetylated lysine residues on histone tails. They play a crucial role in shaping chromatin architecture and regulating gene expression in various biological processes. Mutations in bromodomains containing proteins lead to multiple human diseases, which makes them attractive target for therapeutic intervention. Extensive studies have been done on BRD4 as a target for several cancers, such as Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and Burkitt Lymphoma. Several potential inhibitors have been identified against the BRD4 bromodomain. However, most of these inhibitors have drawbacks such as non-specificity and toxicity, decreasing their appeal and necessitating the search for novel non-toxic inhibitors. This study aims to address this need by virtually screening natural compounds from the NPASS database against the Kac binding site of BRD4-BD1 using high throughput molecular docking followed by similarity clustering, pharmacokinetic screening, MD simulation and MM-PBSA binding free energy calculations. Using this approach, we identified five natural product inhibitors having a similar or better binding affinity to the BRD4 bromodomain compared to JQ1 (previously reported inhibitor of BRD4). Further systematic analysis of these inhibitors resulted in the top three hits: NPC268484 (Palodesangren-B), NPC295021 (Candidine) and NPC313112 (Buxifoliadine-D). Collectively, our in silico results identified some promising natural products that have the potential to act as potent BRD4-BD1 inhibitors and can be considered for further validation through future in vitro and in vivo studies.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma
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