Combined Autodock and comparative molecular field analysis study on predicting 5-lipoxygenase inhibitory activity of flavonoids isolated from Spatholobus suberectus Dunn

Z Naturforsch C J Biosci. 2015;70(3-4):103-13. doi: 10.1515/znc-2014-4110.

Abstract

5-Lipoxygenase (5-LOX) plays a key role in the pathway of leukotriene biosynthesis. To predict the inhibitory activity of flavonoid inhibitors against 5-LOX from Spatholobus suberectus Dunn, Autodock 4.2 and comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA) were employed. For the positive inhibitors (n=7), the value of the coefficient of determination (R2) between the binding free energy, calculated using Autodock 4.2, and the experimental pIC50 is 0.838. In the training set (n=21) of inhibitors against 5-LOX, the R2 of non-cross-validated partial least squares analysis between the actual and predicted pIC50 values, using the no-validation with the optimum number of components set to 6, is 0.997 (p=0.000). For the model generated by CoMFA, the contribution of electrostatic and steric factors are 0.522 and 0.478, respectively. Among the flavonoids of S. suberectus, liquiritigenin, catechin, butin, 3',4',7-trihydroxyflavone, plathymenin, and gallocatechin are the more potent inhibitors of 5-LOX based on the calculated binding free energy and the predicted pIC50 value.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Fabaceae / chemistry*
  • Flavonoids / chemistry*
  • Flavonoids / classification
  • Flavonoids / isolation & purification
  • Lipoxygenase Inhibitors / chemistry*
  • Lipoxygenase Inhibitors / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Flavonoids
  • Lipoxygenase Inhibitors