Du Chunying, Yin Hua, Xie Aowei, Yu Junhong, Wang Yifan, Yao Fengli, Zhang Siyu, Zhang Yidan, Liu Lu, Wang Peng, Dong Jianjun, Xu Ximing
State Key Laboratory of Biological Fermentation Engineering of Beer, Tsingtao Brewery Co., Ltd, Qingdao, China.
College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.
J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2024 Mar 29:1-14. doi: 10.1080/07391102.2024.2331101.
Hyperuricemia is mainly caused by insufficient renal urate excretion. Urate transporter 1 (URAT1), an organic anion transporter, is the main protein responsible for urate reabsorption. In this study, we utilized artificial intelligence-based AlphaFold2 program to construct URAT1 structural model. After molecular docking and conformational evaluation, four e-pharmacophoric models were constructed based on the complex structures of probenecid-URAT1, benzbromarone-URAT1, lesinurad-URAT1, and verinurad-URAT1. Combining pharmacophore modeling, molecular docking, MM/GBSA calculation and ADME prediction, 25 flavonoids were selected from the natural products database containing 10,968 molecules. Then, a model of HEK-293T cells overexpressing URAT1 was constructed, and the inhibitory activity to URAT1 of 25 flavonoids was evaluated by measuring their effect on cellular uptake of 6-carboxyfluorescein (6-CFL). Fisetin, baicalein, and acacetin showed the best activity with IC values of 12.77, 26.71, and 57.30 µM, respectively. Finally, the structure-activity relationship of these three flavonoids was analyzed by molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations. The results showed that the carbonyl group on C-4 and hydroxyl group on C-7, C-4', and C-5' in flavonoids were conducive for URAT1 inhibitory effects. This study facilitates the application of flavonoids in the development of URAT1 inhibitors.
高尿酸血症主要由肾脏尿酸排泄不足引起。尿酸转运蛋白1(URAT1)是一种有机阴离子转运蛋白,是负责尿酸重吸收的主要蛋白质。在本研究中,我们利用基于人工智能的AlphaFold2程序构建URAT1结构模型。经过分子对接和构象评估,基于丙磺舒-URAT1、苯溴马隆-URAT1、雷西纳德-URAT1和维西纳德-URAT1的复合物结构构建了四个电子药效团模型。结合药效团建模、分子对接、MM/GBSA计算和ADME预测,从包含10968个分子的天然产物数据库中筛选出25种黄酮类化合物。然后,构建了过表达URAT1的HEK-293T细胞模型,并通过测量它们对6-羧基荧光素(6-CFL)细胞摄取的影响来评估25种黄酮类化合物对URAT1的抑制活性。非瑟酮、黄芩素和刺槐素表现出最佳活性,IC值分别为12.77、26.71和57.30µM。最后,通过分子对接和分子动力学模拟分析了这三种黄酮类化合物的构效关系。结果表明,黄酮类化合物中C-4位的羰基以及C-7、C-4'和C-5'位的羟基有利于对URAT1的抑制作用。本研究有助于黄酮类化合物在URAT1抑制剂开发中的应用。
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