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Macrophage-Targeted Punicalagin Nanoengineering to Alleviate Methotrexate-Induced Neutropenia: A Molecular Docking, DFT, and MD Simulation Analysis

Punicalagin is the most bioactive pomegranate polyphenol with high antioxidant and free-radical scavenging activity and can potentially cure different ailments related to the cardiovascular system. The current research work was envisioned to predict the targeting efficiency of punicalagin (PG) nanop...

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Autores principales: Karwasra, Ritu, Ahmad, Shaban, Bano, Nagmi, Qazi, Sahar, Raza, Khalid, Singh, Surender, Varma, Saurabh
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9505199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36144770
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules27186034
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author Karwasra, Ritu
Ahmad, Shaban
Bano, Nagmi
Qazi, Sahar
Raza, Khalid
Singh, Surender
Varma, Saurabh
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Ahmad, Shaban
Bano, Nagmi
Qazi, Sahar
Raza, Khalid
Singh, Surender
Varma, Saurabh
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description Punicalagin is the most bioactive pomegranate polyphenol with high antioxidant and free-radical scavenging activity and can potentially cure different ailments related to the cardiovascular system. The current research work was envisioned to predict the targeting efficiency of punicalagin (PG) nanoparticles to the macrophages, more specifically to bone marrow macrophages. For this, we selected mannose-decorated PLGA-punicalagin nanoparticles (Mn-PLGA-PG), and before formulating this nanocarrier in laboratory settings, we predicted the targeting efficiency of this nanocarrier by in silico analysis. The analysis proceeded with macrophage mannose receptors to be acquainted with the binding affinity and punicalagin-based nanocarrier interactions with this receptor. In silico docking studies of macrophage mannose receptors and punicalagin showed binding interactions on its surface. PG interacted with hydrogen bonds to the charged residue ASP668 and GLY666 and polar residue GLN760 of the Mn receptor. Mannose with a docking score of −5.811 Kcal/mol interacted with four hydrogen bonds and the mannose receptor of macrophage, and in PLGA, it showed a −4.334 Kcal/mol docking score. Further, the analysis proceeded with density functional theory analysis (DFT) and HOMO–LUMO analysis, followed by an extensive 100 ns molecular dynamics simulation to analyse the trajectories showing the slightest deviation and fluctuation. While analysing the ligand and protein interaction, a wonderful interaction was found among the atoms of the ligand and protein residues. This computational study confirms that this nanocarrier could be a promising lead molecule to regulate the incidence of drug-induced neutropenia. Furthermore, experimental validation is required before this can be stated with complete confidence or before human use.
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spelling pubmed-95051992022-09-24 Macrophage-Targeted Punicalagin Nanoengineering to Alleviate Methotrexate-Induced Neutropenia: A Molecular Docking, DFT, and MD Simulation Analysis Karwasra, Ritu Ahmad, Shaban Bano, Nagmi Qazi, Sahar Raza, Khalid Singh, Surender Varma, Saurabh Molecules Article Punicalagin is the most bioactive pomegranate polyphenol with high antioxidant and free-radical scavenging activity and can potentially cure different ailments related to the cardiovascular system. The current research work was envisioned to predict the targeting efficiency of punicalagin (PG) nanoparticles to the macrophages, more specifically to bone marrow macrophages. For this, we selected mannose-decorated PLGA-punicalagin nanoparticles (Mn-PLGA-PG), and before formulating this nanocarrier in laboratory settings, we predicted the targeting efficiency of this nanocarrier by in silico analysis. The analysis proceeded with macrophage mannose receptors to be acquainted with the binding affinity and punicalagin-based nanocarrier interactions with this receptor. In silico docking studies of macrophage mannose receptors and punicalagin showed binding interactions on its surface. PG interacted with hydrogen bonds to the charged residue ASP668 and GLY666 and polar residue GLN760 of the Mn receptor. Mannose with a docking score of −5.811 Kcal/mol interacted with four hydrogen bonds and the mannose receptor of macrophage, and in PLGA, it showed a −4.334 Kcal/mol docking score. Further, the analysis proceeded with density functional theory analysis (DFT) and HOMO–LUMO analysis, followed by an extensive 100 ns molecular dynamics simulation to analyse the trajectories showing the slightest deviation and fluctuation. While analysing the ligand and protein interaction, a wonderful interaction was found among the atoms of the ligand and protein residues. This computational study confirms that this nanocarrier could be a promising lead molecule to regulate the incidence of drug-induced neutropenia. Furthermore, experimental validation is required before this can be stated with complete confidence or before human use. MDPI 2022-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9505199/ /pubmed/36144770 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules27186034 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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Karwasra, Ritu
Ahmad, Shaban
Bano, Nagmi
Qazi, Sahar
Raza, Khalid
Singh, Surender
Varma, Saurabh
Macrophage-Targeted Punicalagin Nanoengineering to Alleviate Methotrexate-Induced Neutropenia: A Molecular Docking, DFT, and MD Simulation Analysis
title Macrophage-Targeted Punicalagin Nanoengineering to Alleviate Methotrexate-Induced Neutropenia: A Molecular Docking, DFT, and MD Simulation Analysis
title_full Macrophage-Targeted Punicalagin Nanoengineering to Alleviate Methotrexate-Induced Neutropenia: A Molecular Docking, DFT, and MD Simulation Analysis
title_fullStr Macrophage-Targeted Punicalagin Nanoengineering to Alleviate Methotrexate-Induced Neutropenia: A Molecular Docking, DFT, and MD Simulation Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Macrophage-Targeted Punicalagin Nanoengineering to Alleviate Methotrexate-Induced Neutropenia: A Molecular Docking, DFT, and MD Simulation Analysis
title_short Macrophage-Targeted Punicalagin Nanoengineering to Alleviate Methotrexate-Induced Neutropenia: A Molecular Docking, DFT, and MD Simulation Analysis
title_sort macrophage-targeted punicalagin nanoengineering to alleviate methotrexate-induced neutropenia: a molecular docking, dft, and md simulation analysis
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9505199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36144770
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules27186034
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