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Queuine as a potential multi-target drug for alzheimer's disease: insights from protein dynamics.
Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics 2023 December 15
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with a complex pathogenesis. One promising approach to treating AD is simultaneously targeting multiple aspects of the disease using a multi-target drug (MTD). In this study, multi-target drug (MTD) potential of the nutraceutical molecule Queuine was explored using molecular docking and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with five different protein targets engaged in AD: AChE, beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme-1 (BACE-1), N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR), monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A), and Synapsin III. Queuine revealed significant binding affinities, the docking scores being -10.1, -5.97, -5.63, -8.40, and -10.56 kcal/mol for AChE, BACE-1, NMDAR, MAO-A, and Synapsin III, respectively. MD simulations showed that Queuine formed stable complexes and preserved its stability throughout the simulation, the backbone fluctuations remaining within 2.5 Å specifically in the case of the BACE-1. Elastic network model simulations and principal component analysis were carried out to illustrate the dynamics of the protein systems. Significant hinge-bending and twisting-type motions that may be relevant to function were observed around the dimerization interfaces or binding sites. Structural clustering based on PCA analysis and cross-correlation maps demonstrated that Queuine binding altered the protein dynamics more drastically in the case of highly mobile proteins NMDAR and MAO-A. We propose that the neuroprotective effect of Queuine may stem from its prominent inhibitory action on enzymes BACE-1 and AChE. Our results suggest that Queuine may serve as a promising MTD candidate for the treatment of AD.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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