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ArticlePharmaceutics2022

Target Prediction of 5,10,15,20-Tetrakis(4'-Sulfonatophenyl)-Porphyrin Using Molecular Docking.

Ana-Maria Udrea, Andra Dinache, Angela Staicu, Speranta Avram

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ana-Maria UdreaLaser Department, National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Atomistilor 409, 077125 Magurele, Romania.
Andra DinacheLaser Department, National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Atomistilor 409, 077125 Magurele, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-6107-7675
Angela StaicuLaser Department, National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Atomistilor 409, 077125 Magurele, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-0630-0314
Speranta AvramDepartment of Anatomy, Animal Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Splaiul Independentei, 050095 Bucharest, Romania.
National Institute for Laser Plasma and Radiation Physics · ROUniversity of Bucharest · RO

Funding

Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2019-4771, PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2021-2866, PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2019-5283, PN-III-P1-1.1-PD-2021-0225, PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2020-0620, Nucleu Programme, ctr. No. 16N/08.02.2019.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photodynamic therapy has the potential to be a new and effective cancer treatment. Even if in vitro and in vivo research show promise, the molecular mechanism remains unclear. In this study, molecular docking simulations predict the binding affinity of the 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4'-sulfonatophenyl)-porphyrin tetraammonium photosensitizer on several potential targets in photodynamic treatment. Our results indicate that this photosensitizer binds to several receptor targets, including B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL-2) and other related proteins BCL-xL, MCL-1, or A1. The binding affinity of the porphyrin derivative with human serum albumin was determined using UV-vis absorption spectroscopy and predicted using molecular docking. We conclude that the studied porphyrin photosensitizer binds to human serum albumin and may inhibit the cancer cell line through its interactions with HIS and MET AA residues from BCL-2, MCL-1, and β-catenin receptors or through its low estimated free energy of binding when interacting with A1 and BCL-B receptors.

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BCL-2 family proteinbinding affinitycancer protein targetcancer therapyHSAin silicomolecular dockingPDTUV–vis absorption spectroscopy

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PMID36365208
PMCPMC9692331
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