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Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2016

A new series of C4-N,N-dialkylaniline-substituted 4-aryl-4H-chromenes were synthesized, and their... more A new series of C4-N,N-dialkylaniline-substituted 4-aryl-4H-chromenes were synthesized, and their antiproliferative properties were evaluated against human cancer cell lines, namely, laryngeal carcinoma (Hep2), lung adenocarcinoma (A549), and cervical cancer (HeLa). The best among them, the 4-aryl-4H-chromene with C4-1-phenylpiperidine substitution was selected for further structure activity relationship (SAR) studies. Among the derivatives, N,6-dimethyl-3-nitro-4-(4-(piperidine-1-yl)phenyl)-4H-chromene-2-amine 3k showed most potent cytotoxic activity against all three cancer cell lines. Toxicity studies revealed that the 4-aryl-4H-chromenes specifically target the cancer cell lines. Molecular docking studies of this compound revealed its efficient interaction with the active site of ab-tubulin protein. Keywords 4-Aryl-4H-chromenes Á Anti-proliferative activity Á SAR studies Á MTT assay Á In silico analysis Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (

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Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications, 1999

ABSTRACT

Journal of Molecular Biology, 2007

Mycobacterium smegmatis RecA and its nucleotide complexes crystallize in three different, but clo... more Mycobacterium smegmatis RecA and its nucleotide complexes crystallize in three different, but closely related, forms characterized by specific ranges of unit cell dimensions. The six crystals reported here and five reported earlier, all grown under the same or very similar conditions, belong to these three forms, all in space group P6 1. They include one obtained by reducing relative humidity around the crystal. In all crystals, RecA monomers form filaments around a 6 1 screw axis. Thus, the c-dimension of the crystal corresponds to the pitch of the RecA filament. As reported for Escherichia coli RecA, the variation in the pitch among the three forms correlates well with the motion of the C-terminal domain of the RecA monomers with respect to the main domain. The domain motion is compatible with formation of inactive as well as active RecA filaments involving monomers with a fully ordered C domain. It does not appear to influence the movement upon nucleotide-binding of the switch residue, which is believed to provide the trigger for transmitting the effect of nucleotide binding to the DNA-binding region. Interestingly, partial dehydration of the crystal results in the movement of the residue similar to that caused by nucleotide binding. The ordering of the DNA-binding loops, which present ensembles of conformations, is also unaffected by domain motion. The conformation of loop L2 appears to depend upon nucleotide binding, presumably on account of the movement of the switch residue that forms part of the loop. The conformations of loops L1 and L2 are correlated and have implications for intermolecular communications within the RecA filament. The structures resulting from different orientations of the C domain and different conformations of the DNA-binding loops appear to represent snapshots of the RecA at different phases of activity, and provide insights into the mechanism of action of RecA.

Journal of Bacteriology, 2003

The crystal structures of Mycobacterium smegmatis RecA (RecAMs) and its complexes with ADP, ATPγS... more The crystal structures of Mycobacterium smegmatis RecA (RecAMs) and its complexes with ADP, ATPγS, and dATP show that RecAMs has an expanded binding site like that in Mycobacterium tuberculosis RecA, although there are small differences between the proteins in their modes of nucleotide binding. Nucleotide binding is invariably accompanied by the movement of Gln 196, which appears to provide the trigger for transmitting the effect of nucleotide binding to the DNA-binding loops. These observations provide a framework for exploring the known properties of the RecA proteins.

Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death, 2016

Marine bacterium, strain MB30 isolated from the deep sea sediment of Bay of Bengal, India, exhibi... more Marine bacterium, strain MB30 isolated from the deep sea sediment of Bay of Bengal, India, exhibited antimicrobial activity against human pathogenic bacteria. Based on the 16S rRNA sequence homology and subsequent phylogenetic tree analysis, the strain MB30 was identified as Staphylococcus sp. The bioactive metabolite produced by the strain MB30 was purified through silica gel column chromatography and preparative HPLC. Purified metabolite was further characterized by FT-IR, LC-MS and NMR analyses. On the basis of spectroscopic data, the metabolite was identified as pyrrole (1, 2, a) pyrazine 1, 4, dione, hexahydro 3-(2-methyl propyl) (PPDHMP). The PPDHMP exhibited in vitro anticancer potential against lung (A549) and cervical (HeLa) cancer cells in a dose-dependent manner with the IC50 concentration of 19.94 ± 1.23 and 16.73 ± 1.78 μg ml(-1) respectively. The acridine orange (AO)/ethidium bromide (EB) and 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole dihydrochloride (DAPI) staining of the IC50 conc...

Akt, a serine/threonine protein kinase, is often hyper activated in breast and prostate cancers, ... more Akt, a serine/threonine protein kinase, is often hyper activated in breast and prostate cancers, but with poor prognosis. Allosteric inhibitors regulate aberrant kinase activity by stabilizing the protein in inactive conformation. Several natural compounds have been reported as inhibitors for kinases. In this study, to identify potential natural allosteric inhibitor for Akt1, we generated a seven-point pharmacophore model and screened it through natural compound library. Quercetin-7-O-d-glucopyranoside or Q7G was found to be the best among selected molecules based on its hydrogen bond occupancy with key allosteric residues, persistent polar contacts and salt bridges that stabilize Akt1 in inactive conformation and minimum binding free energy during molecular dynamics simulation. Q7G induced dose-dependent inhibition of breast cancer cells (MDA MB-231) and arrested them in G1 and sub-G phase. This was associated with down-regulation of anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2, up-regulation of cleaved caspase-3 and PARP. Expression of p-Akt (Ser473) was also down-regulated which might be due to Akt1 inhibition in inactive conformation. We further confirmed the Akt1 and Q7G interaction which was observed to have a dissociation constant (K d) of 0.246 M. With these computational, biological and thermodynamic studies, we suggest Q7G as a lead molecule and propose for its further optimization.

Microbial Pathogenesis, 2022

Non-human homologous proteins present in F. nucleatum. Table S5. Metabolic pathways of non-human ... more Non-human homologous proteins present in F. nucleatum. Table S5. Metabolic pathways of non-human homologous proteins according to KEGG. Table S6. Pathogen-specific metabolic pathways of screened proteins in F. nucleatum. Table S7. Subcellular localization of druggable proteins. (XLSX 45Â kb)

List of essential genes in F. nucleatum from DEG. Table S2. virulence factors list from VFDB sear... more List of essential genes in F. nucleatum from DEG. Table S2. virulence factors list from VFDB search and literature. Table S3. List of resistance causing proteins from ARG-ANNOT tool. (XLSX 66Â kb)

Synuclein gamma compromise spindle assembly checkpoint and renders resistance to antimicrotubule ... more Synuclein gamma compromise spindle assembly checkpoint and renders resistance to antimicrotubule drug

Related Article: R.Krishna, P.G.Aravindan, M.Yogavel, D.Velmurugan, S.S.S.Raj, H.-K.Fun, P.C.Srin... more Related Article: R.Krishna, P.G.Aravindan, M.Yogavel, D.Velmurugan, S.S.S.Raj, H.-K.Fun, P.C.Srinivasan|2003|Acta Crystallogr.,Sect.E:Struct.Rep.Online|59|o875|doi:10.1107/S1600536803010596

Defects in the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) have been proposed to contribute to the chromoso... more Defects in the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) have been proposed to contribute to the chromosomal instability in human cancers. One of the major mechanisms underlying antimicrotubule drug (AMD) resistance involves acquired inactivation of SAC. Synuclein gamma (SNCG), previously identified as a breast cancer specific gene, is highly expressed in malignant cancer cells but not in normal epithelium. Here, we show that SNCG is sufficient to induce resistance to AMD-caused apoptosis in breast cancer cells and cancer xenografts. SNCG binds to spindle checkpoint kinase BubR1 and inhibits its kinase activity. Specifically, the C-terminal (Gln106-Asp127) of SNCG binds to the N-terminal TPR motif of BubR1. SNCG-BubR1 interaction induces a structure change of BubR1, attenuates its interaction with other key checkpoint protein of Cdc20, and thus compromise SAC function. SNCG expression in breast cancers from patients with a neoadjuvant clinical trial showed that SNCG-positive tumors are resi...

Defects in the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) have been proposed to contribute to the chromoso... more Defects in the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) have been proposed to contribute to the chromosomal instability inhuman cancers.Oneof themajormechanismsunderlying antimicrotubule drug (AMD) resistance involves acquired inactivation of SAC. Synuclein g (SNCG), previously identified as a breast cancer–specific gene, is highly expressed in malignant cancer cells but not in normal epithelium. Here, we show that SNCG is sufficient to induce resistance to AMD-caused apoptosis in breast cancer cells and cancer xenografts. SNCG binds to spindle checkpoint kinase BubR1 and inhibits its kinase activity. Specifically, the C-terminal (Gln106Asp127) of SNCG binds to the N-terminal TPR (tetratricopeptidelike folds) motif of BubR1. SNCG–BubR1 interaction induces a structure changeof BubR1, attenuates its interactionwith other key checkpoint proteins of Cdc20, and thus compromises SAC function. SNCG expression in breast cancers from patients with a neoadjuvant clinical trial showed that SNCG-posit...

Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 2021

Staphylococcus epidermidis is one of the major causes of nosocomial infections... more Staphylococcus epidermidis is one of the major causes of nosocomial infections around the globe that leads to a high rate of mortality and morbidity in both immunocompromised patients and preterm infants. Despite the alarming increase in multi-drug resistance, no promising vaccines are readily available against this pathogen. Thus, the present study is focused on designing a multi-epitope subunit vaccine using five antigenic proteins of S. epidermidis through an immunoinformatics approach. The final vaccine comprised B-cell, HTL, and CTL binding epitopes followed by Lipoprotein LprA adjuvant added at N-terminal to augment the immunogenicity. Physicochemical assessment of the vaccine reveals the antigenic and non-allergic nature. The vaccine structure was designed, refined, validated, and disulfide engineered to obtain the best model. Molecular docking and dynamics simulation of the proposed vaccine with toll-like receptors (TLR-2 and TLR-4) showed strong and stable interactions. MM-PBSA analysis was implemented as an efficient tool to determine the intermolecular binding free energies of the system. The vaccine was subjected to immune simulation to predict its immunogenic profile. In silico cloning suggested that the proposed vaccine can be expressed efficiently in E.coli. Furthermore, in vivo animal experiment is needed to determine the effectiveness of the in silico designed vaccine. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma

International Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2017

The proteins produced by the saliva and salivary glands of blood sucking arthropods play a vital ... more The proteins produced by the saliva and salivary glands of blood sucking arthropods play a vital role in transmission of the infected parasite to host and interfere the parasitic life cycle. The structure prediction of D7r1 and its active site leads to inhibition of hemostasis and inflammation in the host. D7r1 is a member of D7-related (D7r) salivary gland proteins that interferes various aspects of host physiology. Considering the significance of a protein, three dimensional structure of D7r1 model was generated by homology modeling and validated by PROCHECK, ERRAT, Verify-3D, RAMPAGE and Q mean server. The predicted structure has 96.9% of residues in the most favored region of the Ramachandran plot. The sequence and structural alignment between D7r1 and template 2PQL reveals that similar active site residues such as Ile42, Arg43, Tyr45, His56, Met57, Val60, Phe131, and Met156 involved in binding pocket formation. Further, a molecular dynamics simulation study was performed to reveal the prolonged stability of D7r1 protein. The essential dynamics which include PCA and FEL analysis were used to evaluate the conformational stability of D7r1. This combined molecular dynamics simulation and essential dynamics were used to provide comprehensive information of D7r1 and its active site prediction gain insights into the development of novel lead molecules for disrupting host-seeking behavior of mosquitoes.

Clinical Biomechanics, 2019

Background. Constitutive models of the mechanical response of soft tissues have been established ... more Background. Constitutive models of the mechanical response of soft tissues have been established and are widely accepted, but models of soft tissues remodeling are more controversial. Specifically for growth, one important question arises pertaining to residual stresses: existing growth models inevitably introduce residual stresses, but it is not entirely clear if this is physiological or merely an artifact of the modeling framework. As a consequence, in simulating growth, some authors have chosen to keep growth-induced residual stresses, and others have chosen to remove them. Methods. In this paper, we introduce a novel "relaxed growth" framework allowing for a fine control of the amount of residual stresses generated during tissue growth. It is a direct extension of the classical framework of the multiplicative decomposition of the transformation gradient, to which an additional sub-transformation is introduced in order to let the original unloaded configuration evolve, hence relieving some residual stresses. We provide multiple illustrations of the framework mechanical response, on time-driven constrained growth as well as the strain-driven growth problem of the artery under internal pressure, including the opening angle experiment. Findings. The novel relaxed growth modeling framework introduced in this paper allows for a better control of growth-induced residual stresses compared to standard growth models based on the multiplicative decomposition of the transformation gradient.

Journal of Luminescence, 2017

Abstract Phloroglucinol and its derivatives possess wide array of biopotentials such as antimicro... more Abstract Phloroglucinol and its derivatives possess wide array of biopotentials such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer and anti-metastatic properties. In the present investigation, for the first time, we report the anticancer potential and pharmacokinetic properties of 2,4,6-triacetylphloroglucinol (TAPG) through anti-proliferative assay and its molecular interaction with human serum albumin (HSA). HSA – TAPG interaction was explored through steady-state fluorescence, time-resolved fluorescence (TRF), circular dichroism (CD), isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and computational approaches. TAPG showed significant cytotoxicity towards lung, breast, colon and cervical cancer cell lines with minimal effect on normal cells. In steady-state fluorescence, the binding of TAPG strongly quenched the intrinsic fluorescence of HSA through static quenching mechanism. This explains the ground-state complex formation which was also evidenced in lifetime measurements. At different molar concentrations of TAPG, the helical content of HSA decreased and thereby influenced the secondary structural content of protein. Calculation of binding constant through fluorescence and ITC studies revealed the reversible and moderate affinity of TAPG towards HSA which allows the compound to diffuse easily from circulatory system to target tissue. Thermodynamic parameters from ITC exhibited a negative enthalpy, positive entropy and negative free energy change for HSA – TAPG interaction. This elucidates the exothermic and spontaneous reaction of binding with involvement of electrostatic interactions. Molecular docking studies showed that TAPG formed interactions with polar residues of inner and outer cluster region of site I with more affinity than site II. It was also noticeable that TAPG interactions were more stable in site I than site II during 50 ns molecular dynamic simulation. Altogether, these results explain the favorable binding of TAPG with HSA which affects the drug distribution making it more bioavailable.

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2017

A novel guaiane sesquiterpene derivative, guai-2-en-10α-ol, from Ulva fasciata Delile exhibits an... more A novel guaiane sesquiterpene derivative, guai-2-en-10α-ol, from Ulva fasciata Delile exhibits antimicrobial property. U. fasciata extract was reported to exhibit cytotoxicity against cancer. In the present study, we have studied the anticancer potential of the compound, guai-2-en-10α-ol, from U. fasciata. The compound showed selective cytotoxicity toward triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cell line (MDA MB-231) in a dose-dependent manner. In treated cells, the apoptotic hallmarks such as formation of apoptotic bodies, cell shrinkage, and nuclear condensation were observed. Many small molecules affect the function of cellular signaling pathways. As EGFR/PI3K/Akt pathway proteins are frequently altered in TNBC, we have studied the gene expression of key proteins of this pathway. The semiquantitative PCR results demonstrated the down-regulated expression of PDPK1 (positive regulator) and Akt (key activator) as well as up-regulated expression of PTEN (negative regulator), which suggested the interaction of guai-2-en-10α-ol with upstream protein. Further investigation showed the down-regulation of both PI3K and EGFR. As EGFR is the most upstream protein of the pathway, its protein level expression was investigated. Western blotting analysis confirmed the down-regulation of p-EGFR expression and activation of apoptosis upon compound treatment. Cell cycle analysis also evidenced the G1 phase arrest, which can be due to the inhibition of cell survival pathway. Computational studies showed the interaction of guai-2-en-10α-ol with Asp855 residue of EGFR kinase domain in active conformation. All these results demonstrate the anticancer potential of guai-2-en-10α-ol through EGFR/PI3K/Akt pathway.

Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 2017

Ptf1-p48 (Pancreas specific transcription factor 1a) is transcription regulatory protein known fo... more Ptf1-p48 (Pancreas specific transcription factor 1a) is transcription regulatory protein known for the activation of exocrine specific genes. Downregulation of its expression formulates early stages of pancreatic adenocarcinoma as deduced by its association with oncogenic bHLH (Basic Helix-Loop-Helix) protein ID3 (Inhibitor of DNA binding 3) protein whose overexpression induces cytoplasmic mislocalization of Ptf1-p48. The precise mechanism and/or functional role of Ptf1-p48in promoting pancreatic cancer is vague. The structural features of the Ptf1-p48 and its dimerization with E47 (Transcription factor E2-alpha) and ID3 mediated by their HLH (Helix-Loop-Helix) domain were perceived through MD (Molecular Dynamics) simulations of 50 ns. The interactions formed by the HLH domain in both Ptf1-E47 and Ptf1-ID3 complexes are favored by the synergistic movement of their domain helices. Accordingly, in the Ptf1-E47 complex α7 of Ptf1-p48 and α1 helix of E47 along with the loop residues of their HLH domain exhibit transitions marked by inward movement toward each other and forms polar and charged interactions. In the Ptf1-ID3 complex, α8 of Ptf1-p48 moves toward the α3 helix of ID3 and forms hydrogen bonds. The interface analysis also reveals better interface in the Ptf1-p48 complex than the Ptf1-ID3 evident by energetics and number of hydrogen bonds. The interactions in each of these complexes, supported by angular displacement and mode vector analyzes, comprehensibly describe the considerable structural changes induced upon dimer formation. It thereby gives an insight into the interfaces that could help in designing of potential inhibitors for ID3 to curb the cancer cell growth.

Molecular bioSystems, Jan 30, 2017

Fusobacterium nucleatum plays a key role in several diseases such as periodontitis, gingivitis, a... more Fusobacterium nucleatum plays a key role in several diseases such as periodontitis, gingivitis, appendicitis, and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The development of antibiotic resistance by this bacterium demands novel therapeutic intervention. Our recent study has reported UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase (MurA) as one of the potential target proteins in F. nucleatum. In this study, we proposed two novel MurA inhibitors through in silico screening and evaluated their mode of inhibition by in vitro experiments. It was found that MurA structural arrangement (inside-out α/β barrel) was stabilized by L/FXXXG(A) motif-based interactions. The protein was maintained in an open or substrate-free conformation due to repulsive forces between two parallelly arranged positively charged residues of domain I and II. In this conformation, we identified six best compounds that held key interactions with the substrate-binding pocket via a structure-based virtual screening of natu...

Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2016

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Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications, 1999

ABSTRACT

Journal of Molecular Biology, 2007

Journal of Bacteriology, 2003

Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death, 2016

Microbial Pathogenesis, 2022

Defects in the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) have been proposed to contribute to the chromoso... more Defects in the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) have been proposed to contribute to the chromosomal instability inhuman cancers.Oneof themajormechanismsunderlying antimicrotubule drug (AMD) resistance involves acquired inactivation of SAC. Synuclein g (SNCG), previously identified as a breast cancer–specific gene, is highly expressed in malignant cancer cells but not in normal epithelium. Here, we show that SNCG is sufficient to induce resistance to AMD-caused apoptosis in breast cancer cells and cancer xenografts. SNCG binds to spindle checkpoint kinase BubR1 and inhibits its kinase activity. Specifically, the C-terminal (Gln106Asp127) of SNCG binds to the N-terminal TPR (tetratricopeptidelike folds) motif of BubR1. SNCG–BubR1 interaction induces a structure changeof BubR1, attenuates its interactionwith other key checkpoint proteins of Cdc20, and thus compromises SAC function. SNCG expression in breast cancers from patients with a neoadjuvant clinical trial showed that SNCG-posit...

Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 2021

International Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2017

Clinical Biomechanics, 2019

Journal of Luminescence, 2017

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2017

Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 2017

Molecular bioSystems, Jan 30, 2017