In-silico Molecular Docking of Indigofera Tinctoria Phytocompounds to Target EGFR/ERK and FGFR/FGF Pathway Proteins Involved in Prostate Cancer

Year : 2023 | Volume :01 | Issue : 01 | Page : 28-40
By

    Nidhi Premanand Honavar

  1. Student, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Academy Degree College Autonomous, Hennur, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Abstract

Objective: Prostate cancer being the second major cause of cancer related deaths in males, affects the small walnut shaped gland below the bladder called Prostate gland. The epidermal growth factor protein (EGFR), cascade protein (ERK) and the Fibroblast Growth Factor Proteins (FGFR and FGF) are involved in the different signalling pathways which leads to the formation of different products, that are responsible for the progression of the cancer and thus can be considered as the therapeutic targets. Indigofera tinctoria, a medicinal plant with proven anti-cancerous properties, was chosen for this study to investigate its different compound’s therapeutic effect against the target proteins, which are responsible for the Prostate cancer. Methods: In this study, 20 different compounds were selected from the Indigofera tinctoria plant as ligands to check for their binding affinity against the Target proteins (EGFR, ERK, FGFR and FGF). The docking of the ligands with the target proteins were done by using PyRx Virtual tool. The computational investigation of all the ligands and the target proteins, such as its molecular structure, phytochemistry, their therapeutic actions and other data was carried out. The protein structure validation and the pharmacological evaluation of the ligands were done using the BIOVIA Discovery studio, PDB sum generate and ADMET lab 2.0 respectively. Result: The results of this study showed that the compounds, Pseudosemiglabrin, [(12S,15R,16R)-14,14-dimethyl-6-oxo-4-phenyl-3,11,13-trioxatetracyclo [8.6.0.02,7.012,16] hexadeca-1(10),2(7),4,8-tetraen-15-yl] acetate, Deguelin, Sumatrol and Rotenone showed good binding affinity with the target proteins and can be considered as a potential drug for the prostate cancer. Conclusion: The compounds selected were found to be active against the target proteins for the prostate cancer and thus can be utilised for the cancer suppression. The further invitro studies need to be done to support this study.

Keywords: Prostate cancer, Molecular docking, Indigofera tinctoria, Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors, extracellular-regulated kinase, ADMET lab 2.0,

[This article belongs to International Journal of Molecular Biotechnological Research(ijmbr)]

How to cite this article: Nidhi Premanand Honavar , In-silico Molecular Docking of Indigofera Tinctoria Phytocompounds to Target EGFR/ERK and FGFR/FGF Pathway Proteins Involved in Prostate Cancer ijmbr 2023; 01:28-40
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Received March 2, 2023
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Published April 24, 2023
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