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  1. Article ; Online: In search of novel inhibitors of anti-cancer drug target fibroblast growth factor receptors

    A M U B Mahfuz / Md. Arif Khan / Suvro Biswas / Shamima Afrose / Shafi Mahmud / Newaz Mohammed Bahadur / Firoz Ahmed

    Arabian Journal of Chemistry, Vol 15, Iss 7, Pp 103882- (2022)

    Insights from virtual screening, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics

    2022  

    Abstract: Fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFR) are an essential player in oncogenesis and tumor progression. LY2874455 was identified as a pan-FGFR inhibitor and has gone through phase I clinical trial. In the current study, virtual screening was conducted ... ...

    Abstract Fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFR) are an essential player in oncogenesis and tumor progression. LY2874455 was identified as a pan-FGFR inhibitor and has gone through phase I clinical trial. In the current study, virtual screening was conducted against the PubChem database using a pharmacophore model generated from the crystal structure of FGFR4 inhibited by LY2874455. PubChem 137300327 was identified as the most suitable compound from this screening. Later, molecular docking and molecular dynamics studies conducted with FGFRs corroborated the initial finding. Analysis of ADMET properties disclosed that LY2874455 and PubChem 137300327 share alike properties. Our study suggests that PubChem 137300327 is a potential pan-FGFR inhibitor and can be exploited to treat different cancers following validation in proper wet-lab experiments and study in animal cancer models. This compound also follows Lipinski’s rules and can be used as a lead compound to synthesize more effective anticancer compounds.
    Keywords Fibroblast growth factor receptor ; FGFR ; Anti-cancer drug ; Chemotherapy ; Chemistry ; QD1-999
    Subject code 540
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  2. Article ; Online: Identification of deleterious single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)s in the human TBX5 gene & prediction of their structural & functional consequences

    A.M.U.B. Mahfuz / Md. Arif Khan / Promita Deb / Sharmin Jahan Ansary / Rownak Jahan

    Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, Vol 28, Iss , Pp 101179- (2021)

    An in silico approach

    2021  

    Abstract: T-box transcription factor 5 gene (TBX5) encodes the transcription factor TBX5, which plays a crucial role in the development of heart and upper limbs. Damaging single nucleotide variants in this gene alter the protein structure, disturb the functions of ...

    Abstract T-box transcription factor 5 gene (TBX5) encodes the transcription factor TBX5, which plays a crucial role in the development of heart and upper limbs. Damaging single nucleotide variants in this gene alter the protein structure, disturb the functions of TBX5, and ultimately cause Holt-Oram Syndrome (HOS). By analyzing the available single nucleotide polymorphism information in the dbSNP database, this study was designed to identify the most deleterious TBX5 SNPs through in silico approaches and predict their structural and functional consequences.Fifty-eight missense substitutions were found damaging by sequence homology-based tools: SIFT and PROVEAN, and structure homology-based tool PolyPhen-2. Various disease association meta-predictors further scrutinized these SNPs. Additionally, conservation profile of the amino acid residues, their surface accessibility, stability, and structural integrity of the native protein upon mutations were assessed. From these analyses, finally 5 SNPs were detected as the most damaging ones: [rs1565941579 (P85S), rs1269970792 (W121R), rs772248871 (V153D), rs769113870 (E208D), and rs1318021626 (I222N)]. Analyses of stop-lost, nonsense, UTR, and splice site SNPs were also conducted.Through integrative bioinformatics analyses, this study has identified the SNPs that are deleterious to the TBX5 protein structure and have the potential to cause HOS. Further wet-lab experiments can validate these findings.
    Keywords TBX5 ; SNP ; Mutation ; Holt-oram syndrome ; Congenital heart disease ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5 ; Biochemistry ; QD415-436
    Subject code 500 ; 572
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  3. Article ; Online: Highly potent natural fungicides identified in silico against the cereal killer fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

    Md. Arif Khan / Md. Abdullah Al Mamun Khan / A. M. U. B. Mahfuz / Jannatul Maowa Sanjana / Asif Ahsan / Dipali Rani Gupta / M. Nazmul Hoque / Tofazzal Islam

    Scientific Reports, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2022  Volume 16

    Abstract: Abstract Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most notorious fungal pathogens that causes blast disease in cereals, and results in enormous loss of grain production. Many chemical fungicides are being used to control the pathogen but none of them are fully ... ...

    Abstract Abstract Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most notorious fungal pathogens that causes blast disease in cereals, and results in enormous loss of grain production. Many chemical fungicides are being used to control the pathogen but none of them are fully effective in controlling blast disease. Therefore, there is a demand for the discovery of a new natural biofungicide to manage the blast disease efficiently. A large number of new natural products showed inhibitory activities against M. oryzae in vitro. To find out effective biofungicides, we performed in silico molecular docking analysis of some of the potent natural compounds targeting four enzymes namely, scytalone dehydratase, SDH1 (PDB ID:1STD), trihydroxynaphthalene reductase, 3HNR (PDB ID:1YBV), trehalose-6-phosphate synthase, Tps1 (PDB ID:6JBI) and isocitrate lyase, ICL1 (PDB ID:5E9G) of M. oryzae fungus that regulate melanin biosynthesis and/or appresorium formation. Thirty-nine natural compounds that were previously reported to inhibit the growth of M. oryzae were subjected to rigid and flexible molecular docking against aforementioned enzymes followed by molecular dynamic simulation. The results of virtual screening showed that out of 39, eight compounds showed good binding energy with any one of the target enzymes as compared to reference commercial fungicides, azoxystrobin and strobilurin. Among the compounds, camptothecin, GKK1032A2 and chaetoviridin-A bind with more than one target enzymes of M. oryzae. All of the compounds except tricyclazole showed good bioactivity score. Taken together, our results suggest that all of the eight compounds have the potential to develop new fungicides, and remarkably, camptothecin, GKK1032A2 and chaetoviridin-A could act as multi-site mode of action fungicides against the blast fungus M. oryzae.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 540
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Portfolio
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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