Multidrug resistance reversal activity of extract and a rare dimeric naphthoquinone from Diospyros lotus

Pak J Pharm Sci. 2018 May;31(3):821-825.

Abstract

A dimeric naphthoquinone namely dihydrodyspyrole R (1) was purified once more from Diospyros lotus. Dihydrodyspyrole R and chloroform fractions were evaluated for their effects on the reversion of multidrug resistance (MDR). The compounds (1) and extract exhibited promising MDR reversing effect in a dose-dependent manner against mouse T-lymphoma cell line. Molecular docking of compound 1 revealed the correlation between in-silico with in-vitro results. The molecular docking results showed that compound 1 is bind closely where co-crystal ligand of P-gp is present. But usually, computational investigation predicts that, if a compound gives lesser score then compound will exhibit good activity. Hence, the docking scores of compound 1 are the near to the Rhodamine. It is conclude that there are certain important structural features of compound 1which are responsible for the inhibiting potency of P-gp from mice. The computational Petra/Osiris/Molinspiration (POM) analysis confirms the possibility of use of compound 1 without side effect or less toxicity risks.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Crystallography, X-Ray / methods
  • Diospyros*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple / drug effects*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple / physiology
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm / drug effects*
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm / physiology
  • Lotus*
  • Mice
  • Molecular Docking Simulation / methods
  • Naphthoquinones / chemistry*
  • Naphthoquinones / isolation & purification
  • Naphthoquinones / pharmacology
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry*
  • Plant Extracts / isolation & purification
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology
  • Plant Roots

Substances

  • Naphthoquinones
  • Plant Extracts