Flavonoids as dual inhibitors of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX): molecular docking and in vitro studies

Muhd Hanis Md Idris1,2, Siti Norhidayu Mohd Amin1, Siti Norhidayah Mohd Amin1, Nyotia Nyokat3, Heng Yen Khong3, Manikandan Selvaraj4, Zainul Amiruddin Zakaria5, Zurina Shaameri2,6, Ahmad Sazali Hamzah2,6, Lay Kek Teh1,7, Mohd Zaki Salleh1
1Integrative Pharmacogenomics Institute (iPROMISE), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Selangor, Bandar Puncak Alam, Malaysia
2Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, Malaysia
3Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Malaysia
4School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia
5Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
6Organic Synthesis Laboratory, Institute ‬of ‬Science (IOS), Universiti ‬Teknologi ‬MARA ‬(UiTM) Selangor, ‬, Bandar Puncak Alam, Malaysia
7Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Selangor, Bandar Puncak Alam, Malaysia

Tóm tắt

Inflammation is known to involve in many pathological processes of different diseases, but the current therapy causes adverse effects. Thus, there is a great interest for the discovery of flavonoids as a valuable alternative to classical analgesic and anti-inflammatory agent with dual-inhibitory action, especially on both COX-2 and 5-LOX which can minimize or overcome this problem. In the present work, drug-likeness properties of the synthesized flavonoids via Lipinski’s Rule of Five were predicted using QikProp prior to evaluation of their COX and LOX inhibitory activities using enzyme assays. Subsequently, molecular docking was performed using GLIDE to analyse their binding behaviour. The results showed that all compounds obeyed the Lipinski’s Rule of Five. NPC6 and NPC7 had displayed better selectivity towards COX-2 as compared to Indomethacin with less than 50% inhibition against COX-1. In addition, these compounds also inhibited activity of 5-LOX. Their selectivity to COX-2 was due to the binding to hydrophobic region and extends to lobby region near the entrance of COX binding site forming hydrogen bond with Ser530. Interestingly, these compounds showed a similar binding mode as Zileuton in the active site of 5-LOX and formed hydrogen bond interaction with Ala424. NPC6 and NPC7 had potential as dual inhibitor of COX-2 and 5-LOX. The scaffolds of these chemical entities are useful to be as lead compounds for the dual inhibition of COX-2 and 5-LOX.

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