Pan Cunjia, Chen Qiaoyue, Liu Danfeng, Ding Mingming, Zhang Lili
Xinjiang Laboratory of Phase Transitions and Microstructures in Condensed Matter Physics, College of Physical Science and Technology, Yili Normal University Yining 835000 China
School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou 510006 China
RSC Adv. 2025 Jan 3;15(1):331-336. doi: 10.1039/d4ra07023b. eCollection 2025 Jan 2.
Molecular dynamics (MD) with the ReaxFF force field is used to study the structural damage to HIV capsid protein and gp120 protein mediated by reactive oxygen species (ROS). Our results show that with an increase in ROS concentration, the structures of the HIV capsid protein and gp120 protein are more severely damaged, including dehydrogenation, increase in oxygen-containing groups, helix shortening or destruction, and peptide bond breaking. In particular, we noticed that extraction of H atoms from N atoms by ROS was significantly higher than that from C atoms. There was no significant difference in the effect of ROS on dehydrogenation and shortening or breaking of the helices. In contrast, the impact of O on the increase in oxygen-containing groups and the fracture of peptide bonds in the gp120 protein is more significant than that of O, and the effect of O is greater than that of ˙OH. In addition, the degree of structural damage of the gp120 protein was greater than that of the capsid protein. These detailed findings deepen our understanding of the role of ROS in regulating the structure and function of the HIV capsid protein and gp120 protein and provide valuable insights for plasma therapy for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
采用基于ReaxFF力场的分子动力学(MD)方法,研究活性氧(ROS)介导的对HIV衣壳蛋白和gp120蛋白的结构损伤。我们的结果表明,随着ROS浓度的增加,HIV衣壳蛋白和gp120蛋白的结构受到更严重的损伤,包括脱氢、含氧基团增加、螺旋缩短或破坏以及肽键断裂。特别地,我们注意到ROS从N原子提取H原子的情况显著高于从C原子的提取。ROS对脱氢以及螺旋缩短或断裂的影响没有显著差异。相比之下,O对gp120蛋白中含氧基团增加和肽键断裂的影响比O更显著,且O的影响大于˙OH。此外,gp120蛋白的结构损伤程度大于衣壳蛋白。这些详细发现加深了我们对ROS在调节HIV衣壳蛋白和gp120蛋白结构与功能中作用的理解,并为获得性免疫缺陷综合征(AIDS)的血浆治疗提供了有价值的见解。