Department of Biotechnology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (DU), Porur, Chennai, TamilNadu, 600116, India.
Department of Prosthodontics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai, TamilNadu, India.
Metab Brain Dis. 2024 Apr;39(4):545-558. doi: 10.1007/s11011-024-01341-8. Epub 2024 Jan 8.
Neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis (NCLs) are a group of severe neurodegenerative conditions, most likely present in infantile, late infantile, juvenile, and adult-onset forms. Their phenotypic characteristics comprise eyesight damage, reduced motor activity and cognitive function, and sometimes tend to die in the initial stage. In recent studies, NCLs have been categorized into at least 14 genetic collections (CLN1-14). CLN2 gene encodes Tripeptidyl peptidase 1 (TPP1), which affects late infantile-onset form. In this study, we retrieved a mutational dataset screening for TPP1 protein from various databases (ClinVar, UniProt, HGMD). Fifty-six missense mutants were enumerated with computational methods to perceive the significant mutants (G475R and G501C) and correlated with clinical and literature data. A structure-based screening method was initiated to understand protein-ligand interaction and dynamic simulation. The docking procedure was performed for the native (3EDY) and mutant (G473R and G501C) structures with Gemfibrozil (gem), which lowers the lipid level, decreases the triglycerides amount in the blood circulation, and controls hyperlipidemia. The Native had an interaction score of -5.57 kcal/mol, and the mutants had respective average binding scores of -6.24 (G473R) and - 5.17 (G501C) kcal/mol. Finally, molecular dynamics simulation showed that G473R and G501C mutants had better flexible and stable orientation in all trajectory analyses. Therefore, this work gives an extended understanding of both functional and structural levels of influence for the mutant form that leads to NCL disorder.
神经元蜡样脂褐质沉积症(NCLs)是一组严重的神经退行性疾病,很可能存在于婴儿型、晚婴儿型、青少年型和成人型。其表型特征包括视力损害、运动活动和认知功能下降,有时甚至在早期死亡。在最近的研究中,NCLs 已至少分为 14 种基因集合(CLN1-14)。CLN2 基因编码三肽肽酶 1(TPP1),影响晚婴儿型。在这项研究中,我们从各种数据库(ClinVar、UniProt、HGMD)检索了 TPP1 蛋白的突变数据集筛选。使用计算方法对 56 种错义突变体进行了计数,以感知显著突变体(G475R 和 G501C),并与临床和文献数据相关联。启动了一种基于结构的筛选方法,以了解蛋白质-配体相互作用和动态模拟。用吉非贝齐(gem)对天然(3EDY)和突变(G473R 和 G501C)结构进行对接程序,降低血脂水平,降低血液循环中的甘油三酯量,控制高血脂症。天然结构的相互作用得分为-5.57 kcal/mol,突变体的平均结合得分为-6.24(G473R)和-5.17(G501C)kcal/mol。最后,分子动力学模拟表明,G473R 和 G501C 突变体在所有轨迹分析中都具有更好的灵活性和稳定性。因此,这项工作提供了对导致 NCL 紊乱的突变体形式的功能和结构水平影响的扩展理解。