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Conducting the RBD of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant with Phytoconstituents from Euphorbia dendroides to Repudiate the Binding of Spike Glycoprotein Using Computational Molecular Search and Simulation Approach

(1) Background: Natural constituents are still a preferred route for counteracting the outbreak of COVID-19. Essentially, flavonoids have been found to be among the most promising molecules identified as coronavirus inhibitors. Recently, a new SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 variant has spread in many countrie...

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Autores principales: Hassan, Heba Ali, Hassan, Ahmed R., Mohamed, Eslam A.R., Al-Khdhairawi, Ahmad, Karkashan, Alaa, Attar, Roba, Allemailem, Khaled S., Al Abdulmonem, Waleed, Shimizu, Kuniyoshi, Abdel-Rahman, Iman A. M., Allam, Ahmed E.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9099834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35566281
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules27092929
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author Hassan, Heba Ali
Hassan, Ahmed R.
Mohamed, Eslam A.R.
Al-Khdhairawi, Ahmad
Karkashan, Alaa
Attar, Roba
Allemailem, Khaled S.
Al Abdulmonem, Waleed
Shimizu, Kuniyoshi
Abdel-Rahman, Iman A. M.
Allam, Ahmed E.
author_facet Hassan, Heba Ali
Hassan, Ahmed R.
Mohamed, Eslam A.R.
Al-Khdhairawi, Ahmad
Karkashan, Alaa
Attar, Roba
Allemailem, Khaled S.
Al Abdulmonem, Waleed
Shimizu, Kuniyoshi
Abdel-Rahman, Iman A. M.
Allam, Ahmed E.
author_sort Hassan, Heba Ali
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description (1) Background: Natural constituents are still a preferred route for counteracting the outbreak of COVID-19. Essentially, flavonoids have been found to be among the most promising molecules identified as coronavirus inhibitors. Recently, a new SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 variant has spread in many countries, which has raised awareness of the role of natural constituents in attempts to contribute to therapeutic protocols. (2) Methods: Using various chromatographic techniques, triterpenes (1–7), phenolics (8–11), and flavonoids (12–17) were isolated from Euphorbia dendroides and computationally screened against the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. As a first step, molecular docking calculations were performed for all investigated compounds. Promising compounds were subjected to molecular dynamics simulations (MD) for 200 ns, in addition to molecular mechanics Poisson–Boltzmann surface area calculations (MM/PBSA) to determine binding energy. (3) Results: MM/PBSA binding energy calculations showed that compound 14 (quercetin-3-O-β-D-glucuronopyranoside) and compound 15 (quercetin-3-O-glucuronide 6″-O-methyl ester) exhibited strong inhibition of Omicron, with ΔG(binding) of −41.0 and −32.4 kcal/mol, respectively. Finally, drug likeness evaluations based on Lipinski’s rule of five also showed that the discovered compounds exhibited good oral bioavailability. (4) Conclusions: It is foreseeable that these results provide a novel intellectual contribution in light of the decreasing prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 and could be a good addition to the therapeutic protocol.
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spelling pubmed-90998342022-05-14 Conducting the RBD of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant with Phytoconstituents from Euphorbia dendroides to Repudiate the Binding of Spike Glycoprotein Using Computational Molecular Search and Simulation Approach Hassan, Heba Ali Hassan, Ahmed R. Mohamed, Eslam A.R. Al-Khdhairawi, Ahmad Karkashan, Alaa Attar, Roba Allemailem, Khaled S. Al Abdulmonem, Waleed Shimizu, Kuniyoshi Abdel-Rahman, Iman A. M. Allam, Ahmed E. Molecules Article (1) Background: Natural constituents are still a preferred route for counteracting the outbreak of COVID-19. Essentially, flavonoids have been found to be among the most promising molecules identified as coronavirus inhibitors. Recently, a new SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 variant has spread in many countries, which has raised awareness of the role of natural constituents in attempts to contribute to therapeutic protocols. (2) Methods: Using various chromatographic techniques, triterpenes (1–7), phenolics (8–11), and flavonoids (12–17) were isolated from Euphorbia dendroides and computationally screened against the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. As a first step, molecular docking calculations were performed for all investigated compounds. Promising compounds were subjected to molecular dynamics simulations (MD) for 200 ns, in addition to molecular mechanics Poisson–Boltzmann surface area calculations (MM/PBSA) to determine binding energy. (3) Results: MM/PBSA binding energy calculations showed that compound 14 (quercetin-3-O-β-D-glucuronopyranoside) and compound 15 (quercetin-3-O-glucuronide 6″-O-methyl ester) exhibited strong inhibition of Omicron, with ΔG(binding) of −41.0 and −32.4 kcal/mol, respectively. Finally, drug likeness evaluations based on Lipinski’s rule of five also showed that the discovered compounds exhibited good oral bioavailability. (4) Conclusions: It is foreseeable that these results provide a novel intellectual contribution in light of the decreasing prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 and could be a good addition to the therapeutic protocol. MDPI 2022-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9099834/ /pubmed/35566281 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules27092929 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Hassan, Heba Ali
Hassan, Ahmed R.
Mohamed, Eslam A.R.
Al-Khdhairawi, Ahmad
Karkashan, Alaa
Attar, Roba
Allemailem, Khaled S.
Al Abdulmonem, Waleed
Shimizu, Kuniyoshi
Abdel-Rahman, Iman A. M.
Allam, Ahmed E.
Conducting the RBD of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant with Phytoconstituents from Euphorbia dendroides to Repudiate the Binding of Spike Glycoprotein Using Computational Molecular Search and Simulation Approach
title Conducting the RBD of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant with Phytoconstituents from Euphorbia dendroides to Repudiate the Binding of Spike Glycoprotein Using Computational Molecular Search and Simulation Approach
title_full Conducting the RBD of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant with Phytoconstituents from Euphorbia dendroides to Repudiate the Binding of Spike Glycoprotein Using Computational Molecular Search and Simulation Approach
title_fullStr Conducting the RBD of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant with Phytoconstituents from Euphorbia dendroides to Repudiate the Binding of Spike Glycoprotein Using Computational Molecular Search and Simulation Approach
title_full_unstemmed Conducting the RBD of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant with Phytoconstituents from Euphorbia dendroides to Repudiate the Binding of Spike Glycoprotein Using Computational Molecular Search and Simulation Approach
title_short Conducting the RBD of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant with Phytoconstituents from Euphorbia dendroides to Repudiate the Binding of Spike Glycoprotein Using Computational Molecular Search and Simulation Approach
title_sort conducting the rbd of sars-cov-2 omicron variant with phytoconstituents from euphorbia dendroides to repudiate the binding of spike glycoprotein using computational molecular search and simulation approach
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9099834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35566281
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules27092929
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