期刊
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
卷 1244, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.130946
关键词
ACE-2; aminoquinolines; cardiac effect; molecular docking; molecular dynamics
资金
- FAPERJ (Fundacao de Amparo aPesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) [E26/202.742/2019]
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior -Brasil (CAPES) [001]
- CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico)
Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have been found to inhibit the terminal glycosylation of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2) in vitro, potentially leading to a decrease in cardioprotective function. The main driving force of the interaction between these drugs and ACE-2 was identified to be ionic interactions, with stability only present in specific conformers. This molecular understanding may help to explain the cardiotoxic effects associated with drugs that modulate human ACE-2.
Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine impair in vitro the terminal glycosylation of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2), which is known to be cardioprotective. As these aminoquinoline antimalarials are associated with cardiovascular effects, details of their molecular basis on human ACE-2 inhibition still need moving forward with scientific information. Here, molecular docking and dynamics were applied to promote molecular understanding of the antimalarial isomers interactions with human ACE-2. We identified by docking that ionic interactions are the main driving forces. In molecular dynamics, it was observed that the stability of these interactions were present only in R-conformers. These findings may be helpful to better understand the cardiotoxic effects attributed to drugs with the potential to modulate human ACE-2. (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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