期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
卷 146, 期 -, 页码 1087-1099出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.09.235
关键词
Endocan; Simvastatin; Vascular inflammation
资金
- Department of Science and Technology, Inspire Faculty Program, Government of India [DST/INSPIRE/04-1/2016/000003]
- DST-SERB [EMR/2017/002841/BBM]
Endocan known as a cardiovascular inflammatory biomarker, found to be elevated in atherosclerosis. However, the 3D structure and the stimulatory effect of endocan on macrophages are unknown. Hence, we predicted the three-dimensional structure of human endocan and calculated the binding efficiency of statins towards endocan and determined their inhibition potential. Molecular docking studies of simvastatin (-9.64 kcal/mol) showed that binding is stabilized by the hydrogen bonds with Cys60, Cys54 residues, and several hydrophobic interactions. Moreover, MD simulations and pull-down assay results confirmed that simvastatin binding is stable with human endocan. In-silico results obtained in the present study were validated under in-vitro condition by analysing the effect of endocan under simvastatin treatment. Western blot results have shown that simvastatin could reduce endocan expression in LPS-treated endothelial cells. Further, endocan treatment in RAW 264.7 macrophages stimulates NO, ROS production and increases iNOS, CRP expression. However, endocan and simvastatin combination treatment could suppress NO, ROS production and iNOS, CRP activation. The present study results suggest that endocan could induce vascular inflammation in macrophages. In addition, the results showed that simvastatin could interact with endocan and thereby suppress the stimuli-induced effect. Thus, endocan may play a role in atherogenesis by activating macrophages. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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