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In Silico Insights into the Mechanism of Action of Epoxy-α-Lapachone and Epoxymethyl-Lawsone in Leishmania spp.
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PEIXOTO, Juliana Figueiredo et al. In Silico Insights into the Mechanism of Action of Epoxy-α-Lapachone and Epoxymethyl-Lawsone in Leishmania spp.. Molecules, v. 26, n. 3537, 13 p, June 2021.
1420-3049
10.3390/molecules26123537
Autor
Peixoto, Juliana Figueiredo
Oliveira, Adriane da Silva
Monteiro, Patrícia Queiroz
Oliveira, Luiz Filipe Gonçalves
Andrade Neto, Valter Viana
Ferreira, Vitor Francisco
Silva, Franklin Souza
Alves, Carlos Roberto
Resumen
Abstract: Epoxy-α-lapachone (Lap) and Epoxymethyl-lawsone (Law) are oxiranes derived from
Lapachol and have been shown to be promising drugs for Leishmaniases treatment. Although, it
is known the action spectrum of both compounds affect the Leishmania spp. multiplication, there
are gaps in the molecular binding details of target enzymes related to the parasite’s physiology.
Molecular docking assays simulations were performed using DockThor server to predict the preferred
orientation of both compounds to form stable complexes with key enzymes of metabolic pathway,
electron transport chain, and lipids metabolism of Leishmania spp. This study showed the hit rates of
both compounds interacting with lanosterol C-14 demethylase (−8.4 kcal/mol to −7.4 kcal/mol),
cytochrome c (−10.2 kcal/mol to −8.8 kcal/mol), and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
(−8.5 kcal/mol to −7.5 kcal/mol) according to Leishmania spp. and assessed compounds. The set of
molecular evidence reinforces the potential of both compounds as multi-target drugs for interrupt
the network interactions between parasite enzymes, which can lead to a better efficacy of drugs for
the treatment of leishmaniases.