Title
Curcumin Can Bind and Interact with CRP: An in silico Study
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
book part
Author(s)
Shakour N.
Cabezas R.
Santos J.G.
Jamialahmadi T.
Hadizadeh F.
Sahebkar A.
University of Limerick
Publisher(s)
Springer
Abstract
Curcuminis a polyphenol with anti-inflammatory and antioxidative properties, found primarily in turmeric, a flowering plant of the ginger family. Among its numerous medical uses, curcumin has been used in the management of metabolic syndrome, and inflammatory conditions such as artrhritis, anxiety and hyperlipidemia. In this paper, we used molecular docking tools to assess the affinity of four curcumin derivatives (Curcumin, Cyclocurcumin, Demethoxycurcumin, Bisdemethoxycurcumin) as well as the endogenous ligand phosphorylcholine to C-reactive protein (CRP), a sensitive marker of systemic inflammation. Our results showed that curcumin interacts through H bond with CRP at GLN 150 and ASP 140. Similar H bond interactions were found for each of the four curcumin derivatives with CRP. Moreover, a molecular dynamic simulation were performed to further establish the interaction between CRP and the ligands in atomic details using the Nanoscale Molecular Dynamics (NAMD) and CHARMM27 force field. Importantly, our results suggest the possible interaction between curcumin and curcurmin related molecules with CRP, thus showing an important regulatory function with plausible applications in inflammatory and oxidative processes in diseases.
Start page
91
End page
100
Volume
1308
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Reumatología Farmacología, Farmacia Bioquímica, Biología molecular Inmunología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85104410616
PubMed ID
Resource of which it is part
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
ISSN of the container
00652598
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