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ArticleCurrent issues in molecular biology2025

Correlation Between In Silico Docking/Simulation Results and In Vitro MAGL Inhibition Potency of Selected Triterpenes.

Willias Masocha, Mohammed A Khedr

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Willias MasochaDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, Kuwait University, Kuwait City 13110, Kuwait.ORCID 0000-0003-3132-5935
Mohammed A KhedrPharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Cairo 11795, Egypt.

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Abstract

Monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) degrades the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonyl glycerol. MAGL inhibitors, such as the triterpene pristimerin, alleviate neuropathic pain in animal models. In silico studies were carried out using SwissDock, PyRx-0.8 and CB-Dock2, to check if they correlated with the in vitro MAGL inhibition potency of various triterpenes. In terms of affinity, free energy of binding and docking scores to MAGL, pristimerin (52.75, -9.32, -10.83, and -11.5 kcal/mol) was better than euphol (44.86, -8.49, -9.56, and -10.7 kcal/mol), which in turn was better than β-amyrin (35.17, -7.37, -8.21, and -8.8 kcal/mol). Finally, β-amyrin was better than or equal to α-amyrin (35.10, -7.19, -7.95, and -8.6 kcal/mol). In molecular dynamic simulations (MDSs), pristimerin exhibited the highest stability and reached the steady state after 20 ns with the lowest root mean square fluctuation (RMSF) at the binding site, compared to the triterpenes. The reported half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC

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2-arichdonyl glycerolcorrelationendocannabinoidsin vitroMAGL inhibitionmolecular dockingmolecular dynamic simulationpristimerinscreeningtriterpenes

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