Bioinformatics and computational studies of chabamide F and chabamide G for breast cancer and their probable mechanisms of action

Scientific Reports
2024.0

Abstract

Globally, the prevalence of breast cancer (BC) is increasing at an alarming level, despite early detection and technological improvements. Alkaloids are diverse chemical groups, and many within this class have been reported as potential anticancer compounds. Chabamide F (F) and chabamide G (G) are two dimeric amide alkaloids found in a traditional medicinal plant, Piper chaba, and possess significant cytotoxic effects. However, their scientific rationalization in BC remains unknown. Here, we aimed to investigate their potential and molecular mechanisms for BC through in silico approaches. From network pharmacology, we identified 64 BC-related genes as targets. GO and KEGG studies showed that they were involved in various biological processes and mostly expressed in BC-related pathways such as RAS, PI3K-AKT, estrogen, MAPK, and FoxO pathways. However, PPI analysis revealed SRC and AKT1 as hub genes, which play key roles in BC tumorigenesis and metastasis. Molecular docking revealed the strong binding affinity of F (- 10.7 kcal/mol) and G (- 9.4 and - 11.7 kcal/mol) for SRC and AKT1, respectively, as well as the acquisition of vital residues to inhibit them. Their long-term stability was evaluated using 200 ns molecular dynamics simulation. The RMSD, RMSF, Rg, and SASA analyses showed that the G-SRC and G-AKT1 complexes were excellently stable compared to the control, dasatinib, and capivasertib, respectively. Additionally, the PCA and DCCM analyses revealed a significant reduction in the residual correlation and motions. By contrast, the stability of the F-SRC complex was greater than that of the control, whereas it was moderately stable in complex with AKT1. The MMPBSA analysis demonstrated higher binding energies for both compounds than the controls. In particular, the binding energy of G for SRC and AKT1 was - 120.671 +/- 16.997 and - 130.437 +/- 19.111 kJ/mol, respectively, which was approximately twice as high as the control molecules. Van der Waal and polar solvation energies significantly contributed to this energy. Furthermore, both of them exhibited significant interactions with the binding site residues of both proteins. In summary, this study indicates that these two molecules could be a potential ATP-competitive inhibitor of SRC and an allosteric inhibitor of AKT1.

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