Sains Malaysiana 53(8)(2024): 1969-1980

http://doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2024-5308-19

 

Insight into the in silico Study and Biological Evaluation of Curcumin Analogue Compounds as New Potential Inhibitors for Dengue DEN2 NS2B/NS3 Serine Protease

(Kajian in silico dan Penilaian Biologi Sebatian Analog Kurkumin sebagai Perencat Baharu yang Berpotensi untuk Serin Protease Denggi DEN2 NS2B/NS3)

 

NENI FRIMAYANTI1,*, NOVAL HERFINDO1,  SITI AISYAH2  & ENI NUR RAHMAWATY2

 

1Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Farmasi Riau, Pekanbaru, Indonesia

2Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematic and Natural Products, Universitas Riau, Kampus Bina Widya KM. 12,5, Simpang Baru, Kec. Tampan, Kota Pekanbaru, Riau 28293

 

Received: 10 January 2024/Accepted: 12 June 2024

 

Abstract

Dengue is an infectious disease caused by a virus and it is a rapidly emerging pandemic disease in many parts of the world. However, to date, one licensed tetravalent Dengvaxia vaccine based on a yellow fever virus vaccine variant has been reported. In silico and biological assay were performed to twenty two curcumin analogue compounds with DEN2 NS2B/NS3 serine protease as target. The main purpose of this study were to predict and estimate the binding interaction and also the ability of curcumin analogue compounds to be potential inhibitors for DEN2 NS2B/NS3. Computational pipeline such as molecular docking and molecular dynamic were constructed to get insight into potential inhibitor for DEN2 NS2B/NS3. Biological assay was performed to validate in silico results. Docking results reported that compounds 3, 10, and 13 have the lowest binding free energy value of -15.2 kcal/mol, -13.66 kcal/mol and -13.68 kcal/mol, respectively. All these three compounds were also able to interacts with Lys74 (i.e., allosteric site of serine protease) through hydrogen bonding, these binding is keep maintain during the molecular dynamic simulation. Among all of the compounds tested on their percent inhibition against DEN2 NS2B/NS3, compounds 3, 10, and 13 exhibited the best of percent inhibition. Thus, three of these compounds can be used as potential candidate for the next stage in the drug discovery process.

 

Keywords: ADME; curcumin; dengue DEN2 NS2B/NS3; docking; molecular dynamic

 

Abstrak

Denggi ialah penyakit berjangkit yang disebabkan oleh virus dan ia merupakan penyakit pandemik yang cepat muncul di seluruh bahagian dunia. Namun setakat ini, hanya satu vaksin tetravalen yang berlesen, Dengvaxia, yang berdasarkan varian vaksin virus demam kuning yang telah dilaporkan. In silico dan ujian biologi telah dilakukan kepada dua puluh dua sebatian analog kurkumin dengan DEN2 NS2B/NS3 serine protease sebagai sasaran. Tujuan utama kajian ini adalah untuk meramal dan menganggar interaksi pengikatan dan juga keupayaan sebatian analog kurkumin menjadi perencat yang berpotensi untuk DEN2 NS2B/NS3. Saluran paip pengiraan seperti dok molekul dan dinamik molekul telah dibina untuk mendapatkan pandangan tentang potensi perencat untuk DEN2 NS2B/NS3. Ujian biologi dilakukan untuk mengesahkan keputusan in silico. Keputusan dok melaporkan bahawa sebatian 3, 10 dan 13 mempunyai nilai tenaga bebas pengikatan terendah masing-masing -15.2 kcal/mol, -13.66 kcal/mol dan -13.68 kcal/mol. Ketiga-tiga sebatian ini juga dapat berinteraksi dengan Lys74 (iaitu tapak alosterik protease serin) melalui ikatan hidrogen, pengikatan ini dikekalkan semasa simulasi dinamik molekul. Antara semua sebatian yang diuji pada perencatan peratus mereka terhadap DEN2 NS2B/NS3, sebatian 3, 10 dan 13 menunjukkan perencatan peratus terbaik. Oleh itu, tiga daripada sebatian ini boleh digunakan sebagai calon berpotensi untuk peringkat seterusnya dalam proses penemuan dadah.

 

Kata kunci: ADME; denggi DEN2 NS2B/NS3; dinamik molekul; dok; kurkumin

 

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*Corresponding author; email: nenifrimayanti@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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