Short Fragmented Peptides from Pardachirus Marmoratus Exhibit Stronger Anticancer Activities in In Silico Residue Replacement and Analyses

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BACKGROUND: Cancer is a worldwide issue. It has been observed that conventional therapies face many problems, such as side effects and drug resistance. Recent research reportedly used marine-derived products to treat various diseases and explored their potential in treating cancers.

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to discover short-length anticancer peptides derived from pardaxin 6 through an in silico approach.

METHODS: Fragmented peptides ranging from 5 to 15 amino acids were derived from the pardaxin 6 parental peptide. These peptides were further replaced with one residue and, along with the original fragmented peptides, were predicted for their SVM scores and physicochemical properties. The top 5 derivative peptides were further examined for their toxicity, hemolytic probability, peptide structures, docking models, and energy scores using various web servers. The trend of in silico analysis outputs across 5 to 15 amino acid fragments was further analyzed.

RESULTS: Results showed that when the amino acids were increased, SVM scores of the original fragmented peptides were also increased. Designed peptides had increased SVM scores, which was aligned with previous studies where the single residue replacement transformed the non-anticancer peptide into an anticancer agent. Moreover, in vitro studies validated that the designed peptides retained or enhanced anticancer effects against different cancer cell lines. Interestingly, a decreasing trend was observed in those fragmented derivative peptides.

CONCLUSION: Single residue replacement in fragmented pardaxin 6 was found to produce stronger anticancer agents through in silico predictions. Through bioinformatics tools, fragmented peptides improved the efficiency of marine-derived drugs with higher efficacy and lower hemolytic effects in treating cancers.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Current drug discovery technologies - (2024) vom: 22. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wong, Yong Hui [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Sau Har [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anticancer peptide
In silico
Journal Article
Marine-derived peptide
Pardachirus marmoratus
Pardaxin
Peptide design
Peptide length

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Date Revised 27.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.2174/0115701638290855240207114727

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368996689