Bello Martiniano, Rodríguez-Fonseca Rolando Alberto, Correa-Basurto José
Laboratorio de Modelado Molecular, Diseño de fármacos y Bioinformática, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis y Díaz Mirón, Ciudad de México, 11340, Mexico.
Laboratorio de Modelado Molecular, Diseño de fármacos y Bioinformática, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis y Díaz Mirón, Ciudad de México, 11340, Mexico.
J Mol Graph Model. 2020 May;96:107514. doi: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2019.107514. Epub 2019 Dec 20.
Peptide epitopes from HIV-1 gp120 have been used to block the gp120-CD4 complex, whereas their poor absorbable or immunogenic properties prevent them from coupling to generation four polyamidoamine (PAMAM-G4) dendrimers. PAMAM-G4 are synthetic nanoparticles that are relatively nontoxic and nonimmunogenic have been employed as nanocarriers. In a previous study, two peptide epitopes (ABC and PGV04) from gp120 located at the protein-protein interface of the gp120-CD4 complex were identified through protein-protein dissociation. Then, their complexation with G4-PAMAM was evaluated through experimental and theoretical approaches, revealing a stoichiometry of 1:8/9 for G4-PAMAM and ABC or PGV04, respectively, providing important information that can be used to gain insight into the structural and energetic basis of the molecular binding of these G4-PAMAM-peptide systems. In this contribution, we performed ligand diffusion molecular dynamic simulations (LDMDSs) using 1.5 μs combined with the molecular mechanics generalized Born surface area (MMGBSA) approach, a strategy that successfully reproduced experimentally encapsulation on PAMAM-G4-ligand complexes, to explore the mechanism through which ABC and PGV04 are encapsulated by PAMAM-G4 under neutral and acid conditions. Our results reproduce the reported PAMAM-G4-peptide complex stoichiometry, revealing a slower peptide delivery at neutral conditions and a spontaneous release under acidic conditions. LDMDSs show that several peptides can reach stable G4-PAMAM complexes at neutral pH, and only a few are able to encapsulate on dendrimers without impacting dendrimer sphericity. Energetic analysis exploring different generalized Born models revealed that the ABC peptide has better binding properties than PGV04.
来自HIV-1 gp120的肽表位已被用于阻断gp120-CD4复合物,然而其较差的吸收性或免疫原性使其无法与第四代聚酰胺-胺(PAMAM-G4)树枝状大分子偶联。PAMAM-G4是相对无毒且无免疫原性的合成纳米颗粒,已被用作纳米载体。在先前的一项研究中,通过蛋白质-蛋白质解离鉴定出位于gp120-CD4复合物蛋白质-蛋白质界面处的来自gp120的两个肽表位(ABC和PGV04)。然后,通过实验和理论方法评估了它们与G4-PAMAM的络合情况,结果表明G4-PAMAM与ABC或PGV04的化学计量比分别为1:8/9,这提供了重要信息,可用于深入了解这些G4-PAMAM-肽系统分子结合的结构和能量基础。在本论文中,我们使用1.5微秒的配体扩散分子动力学模拟(LDMDSs)结合分子力学广义玻恩表面积(MMGBSA)方法,该策略成功地再现了PAMAM-G4-配体复合物的实验包封情况,以探索在中性和酸性条件下ABC和PGV04被PAMAM-G4包封的机制。我们的结果再现了报道的PAMAM-G4-肽复合物化学计量比,揭示了在中性条件下肽递送较慢,而在酸性条件下会自发释放。LDMDSs表明,几种肽在中性pH下可形成稳定的G4-PAMAM复合物,只有少数能够在不影响树枝状大分子球形度的情况下包封在树枝状大分子上。对不同广义玻恩模型的能量分析表明,ABC肽比PGV04具有更好的结合特性。