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Virtual Screening Approach to Identify High-Affinity Inhibitors of Serum and Glucocorticoid-Regulated Kinase 1 among Bioactive Natural Products: Combined Molecular Docking and Simulation Studies
Serum and glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1 (SGK1) is a serine/threonine kinase that works under acute transcriptional control by several stimuli, including serum and glucocorticoids. It plays a significant role in the cancer progression and metastasis, as it regulates inflammation, apoptosis, hormo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7070812/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32070031 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules25040823 |
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author | Mohammad, Taj Siddiqui, Shiza Shamsi, Anas Alajmi, Mohamed F. Hussain, Afzal Islam, Asimul Ahmad, Faizan Hassan, Md. Imtaiyaz |
author_facet | Mohammad, Taj Siddiqui, Shiza Shamsi, Anas Alajmi, Mohamed F. Hussain, Afzal Islam, Asimul Ahmad, Faizan Hassan, Md. Imtaiyaz |
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description | Serum and glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1 (SGK1) is a serine/threonine kinase that works under acute transcriptional control by several stimuli, including serum and glucocorticoids. It plays a significant role in the cancer progression and metastasis, as it regulates inflammation, apoptosis, hormone release, neuro-excitability, and cell proliferation. SGK1 has recently been considered as a potential drug target for cancer, diabetes, and neurodegenerative diseases. In the present study, we have performed structure-based virtual high-throughput screening of natural compounds from the ZINC database to find potential inhibitors of SGK1. Initially, hits were selected based on their physicochemical, absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity (ADMET), and other drug-like properties. Afterwards, PAINS filter, binding affinities estimation, and interaction analysis were performed to find safe and effective hits. We found four compounds bearing appreciable binding affinity and specificity towards the binding pocket of SGK1. The docking results were complemented by all-atom molecular dynamics simulation for 100 ns, followed by MM/PBSA, and principal component analysis to investigate the conformational changes, stability, and interaction mechanism of SGK1 in-complex with the selected compound ZINC00319000. Molecular dynamics simulation results suggested that the binding of ZINC00319000 stabilizes the SGK1 structure, and it leads to fewer conformational changes. In conclusion, the identified compound ZINC00319000 might be further exploited as a scaffold to develop promising inhibitors of SGK1 for the therapeutic management of associated diseases, including cancer. |
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spelling | pubmed-70708122020-03-19 Virtual Screening Approach to Identify High-Affinity Inhibitors of Serum and Glucocorticoid-Regulated Kinase 1 among Bioactive Natural Products: Combined Molecular Docking and Simulation Studies Mohammad, Taj Siddiqui, Shiza Shamsi, Anas Alajmi, Mohamed F. Hussain, Afzal Islam, Asimul Ahmad, Faizan Hassan, Md. Imtaiyaz Molecules Article Serum and glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1 (SGK1) is a serine/threonine kinase that works under acute transcriptional control by several stimuli, including serum and glucocorticoids. It plays a significant role in the cancer progression and metastasis, as it regulates inflammation, apoptosis, hormone release, neuro-excitability, and cell proliferation. SGK1 has recently been considered as a potential drug target for cancer, diabetes, and neurodegenerative diseases. In the present study, we have performed structure-based virtual high-throughput screening of natural compounds from the ZINC database to find potential inhibitors of SGK1. Initially, hits were selected based on their physicochemical, absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity (ADMET), and other drug-like properties. Afterwards, PAINS filter, binding affinities estimation, and interaction analysis were performed to find safe and effective hits. We found four compounds bearing appreciable binding affinity and specificity towards the binding pocket of SGK1. The docking results were complemented by all-atom molecular dynamics simulation for 100 ns, followed by MM/PBSA, and principal component analysis to investigate the conformational changes, stability, and interaction mechanism of SGK1 in-complex with the selected compound ZINC00319000. Molecular dynamics simulation results suggested that the binding of ZINC00319000 stabilizes the SGK1 structure, and it leads to fewer conformational changes. In conclusion, the identified compound ZINC00319000 might be further exploited as a scaffold to develop promising inhibitors of SGK1 for the therapeutic management of associated diseases, including cancer. MDPI 2020-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC7070812/ /pubmed/32070031 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules25040823 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Mohammad, Taj Siddiqui, Shiza Shamsi, Anas Alajmi, Mohamed F. Hussain, Afzal Islam, Asimul Ahmad, Faizan Hassan, Md. Imtaiyaz Virtual Screening Approach to Identify High-Affinity Inhibitors of Serum and Glucocorticoid-Regulated Kinase 1 among Bioactive Natural Products: Combined Molecular Docking and Simulation Studies |
title | Virtual Screening Approach to Identify High-Affinity Inhibitors of Serum and Glucocorticoid-Regulated Kinase 1 among Bioactive Natural Products: Combined Molecular Docking and Simulation Studies |
title_full | Virtual Screening Approach to Identify High-Affinity Inhibitors of Serum and Glucocorticoid-Regulated Kinase 1 among Bioactive Natural Products: Combined Molecular Docking and Simulation Studies |
title_fullStr | Virtual Screening Approach to Identify High-Affinity Inhibitors of Serum and Glucocorticoid-Regulated Kinase 1 among Bioactive Natural Products: Combined Molecular Docking and Simulation Studies |
title_full_unstemmed | Virtual Screening Approach to Identify High-Affinity Inhibitors of Serum and Glucocorticoid-Regulated Kinase 1 among Bioactive Natural Products: Combined Molecular Docking and Simulation Studies |
title_short | Virtual Screening Approach to Identify High-Affinity Inhibitors of Serum and Glucocorticoid-Regulated Kinase 1 among Bioactive Natural Products: Combined Molecular Docking and Simulation Studies |
title_sort | virtual screening approach to identify high-affinity inhibitors of serum and glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1 among bioactive natural products: combined molecular docking and simulation studies |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7070812/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32070031 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules25040823 |
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