Title
Dammarane triterpenes targeting α-synuclein: biological activity and evaluation of binding sites by molecular docking
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Cornejo A.
Caballero J.
Simirgiotis M.
Torres V.
Sánchez L.
Díaz N.
Guimaraes M.
Hernández M.
Alfaro S.
Caballero L.
Melo F.
Universidad de Chile
Publisher(s)
Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Abstract
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects adult people whose treatment is palliative. Thus, we decided to test three dammarane triterpenes 1, 1a, 1b, and we determined that 1 and 1a inhibit β-aggregation through thioflavine T rather than 1b. Since compound 1 was most active, we determined the interaction between α-synuclein and 1 at 50 µM (Kd) through microscale thermophoresis. Also, we observed differences in height and diameter of aggregates, and α-synuclein remains unfolded in the presence of 1. Also, aggregates treated with 1 do not provoke neurites' retraction in N2a cells previously induced by retinoic acid. Finally, we studied the potential sites of interaction between 1 with α-synuclein fibrils using molecular modelling. Docking experiments suggest that 1 preferably interact with the site 2 of α-synuclein through hydrogen bonds with residues Y39 and T44.
Start page
154
End page
162
Volume
36
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Neurociencias
Bioquímica, Biología molecular
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85097559874
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry
ISSN of the container
14756366
Sponsor(s)
Alberto Cornejo and Carlos Areche acknowledge Instituto Antártico Chileno (INACH) RT_18-19. Julio Caballero acknowledges funds of FONDECYT Regular # 1170718, Mario Simirgiotis FONDECYT Regular # 1180059, and Francisco Melo FONDECYT Regular # 1201013, and Fondequip EQM130149 and USA2055-042031MH_POSTDOC projects are also acknowledged. Vanessa Torres acknowledges APP-1 2019. The authors also thank Daniel Maturana and Carolina Carriel (NanoTemper, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil) for help with the thermophoresis assays.
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