Computational Chemistry Laboratory, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Minia, 61519, Egypt; School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban, 4000, South Africa.
Computational Chemistry Laboratory, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Minia, 61519, Egypt.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2024 Nov 26;735:150856. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.150856. Epub 2024 Oct 19.
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), namely a DNA neoplasm virus, is liable for over 1 % of malignant neoplasms involving Hodgkin's and Burkitt's lymphoma as well as ventral cancer. Despite the crucial role of EBV in carcinoma evolution, no treatment has been discovered yet against EBV. Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA1), the EBV-encoded latent protein, is produced in all EBV-linked neoplasms and is the only latent protein in these cancer types. EBNA1 protein has multiple roles in the upkeep, reproduction, and EBV genome separation and can thus act as an attractive therapeutic target for treating EBV-related malignancies. In the past few decades, attempts have been made to develop specialized EBNA1 inhibitors to reduce EBNA1 expression or obstruct EBNA1-relied processes, but none has been approved yet. Marine natural products (MNPs) have garnered significant interest as potential sources of antiviral drug candidates. In seeking potent drug candidates to inhibit EBV reproduction, an MNP database containing >14,000 compounds was mined to hunt putative EBNA1 inhibitors using docking computations and molecular dynamics simulations (MDS). On the basis of binding energy (ΔG) estimations over 200 ns MDS, UMHMNP351444649 and UMHMNP134128179 revealed a greater binding affinity towards EBNA1 compared to KWG, with ΔG values of -35.6, -33.3, and -32.4 kcal/mol, respectively. Structural and energetical investigations of UMHMNP351444649 and UMHMNP134128179 complexed with EBNA1 were inspected, unveiling the great constancy of these inhibitors within the EBNA1 binding site. Moreover, the identified MNPs demonstrated favorable physicochemical and medicinal chemistry characteristics. Finally, density functional theory calculations were executed, and the results assured the outcomes obtained from docking computations and MDS. These findings proposed UMHMNP351444649 and UMHMNP134128179 as potential anti-EBV drug candidates that warrant further in-vitro and in-vivo assays.
EB 病毒(EBV),即一种 DNA 肿瘤病毒,导致 1%以上的恶性肿瘤,包括霍奇金淋巴瘤和伯基特淋巴瘤以及腹癌。尽管 EBV 在癌症演变中起着至关重要的作用,但目前还没有发现针对 EBV 的治疗方法。EBV 编码的潜伏蛋白 EBV 核抗原 1(EBNA1)存在于所有 EBV 相关肿瘤中,是这些癌症类型中唯一的潜伏蛋白。EBNA1 蛋白在 EBV 的维持、繁殖和 EBV 基因组分离中具有多种作用,因此可以作为治疗 EBV 相关恶性肿瘤的有吸引力的治疗靶点。在过去的几十年中,人们试图开发专门的 EBNA1 抑制剂来降低 EBNA1 的表达或阻止依赖 EBNA1 的过程,但尚未获得批准。海洋天然产物(MNPs)作为抗病毒药物候选物的潜在来源引起了广泛关注。为了寻找抑制 EBV 繁殖的有效药物候选物,使用对接计算和分子动力学模拟(MDS)从包含超过 14000 种化合物的 MNP 数据库中挖掘出潜在的 EBNA1 抑制剂。根据超过 200ns MDS 的结合能(ΔG)估算,UMHMNP351444649 和 UMHMNP134128179 与 KWG 相比对 EBNA1 具有更高的结合亲和力,ΔG 值分别为-35.6、-33.3 和-32.4 kcal/mol。检查了 UMHMNP351444649 和 UMHMNP134128179 与 EBNA1 形成复合物的结构和能量学研究,揭示了这些抑制剂在 EBNA1 结合位点内的极大稳定性。此外,鉴定的 MNPs 表现出良好的物理化学和药物化学特性。最后,进行了密度泛函理论计算,结果证实了对接计算和 MDS 的结果。这些发现提出了 UMHMNP351444649 和 UMHMNP134128179 作为有前途的抗 EBV 药物候选物,值得进一步进行体外和体内试验。