Combination of system biology to probe the anti-viral activity of andrographolide and its derivative against COVID-19

Pukar Khanal, Yadu Nandan Dey, Rajesh Patil, Rupesh Chikhale, Manish M. Wanjari, Shailendra S. Gurav, B. M. Patil, Bhavana Srivastava, Sudesh N. Gaidhani

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    Abstract

    The present study aimed to investigate the binding affinity of andrographolide and its derivative i.e., 14-deoxy-11,12-didehydroandrographolide with targets related to COVID-19 and their probable role in regulating multiple pathways in COVID-19 infection. SMILES of both compounds were retrieved from the PubChem database and predicted for probably regulated proteins. The predicted proteins were queried in STRING to evaluate the protein-protein interaction, and modulated pathways were identified concerning the KEGG database. Drug-likeness and ADMET profile of each compound was evaluated using MolSoft and admetSAR 2.0, respectively. Molecular docking was carried using Autodock 4.0. Andrographolide and its derivative were predicted to have a high binding affinity with papain-like protease, coronavirus main proteinase, and spike protein. Molecular dynamics simulation studies were performed for each complex which suggested the strong binding affinities of both compounds with targets. Network pharmacology analysis revealed that both compounds modulated the immune system by regulating chemokine signaling, Rap1 signaling, cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, MAPK signaling, NF-kappa B signaling, RAS signaling, p53 signaling, HIF-1 signaling, and natural killer cell-mediated cytotoxicity. The study suggests strong interaction of andrographolide and 14-deoxy-11,12-didehydroandrographolide against COVID-19 associated target proteins and exhibited different immunoregulatory pathways. This journal is

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)5065-5079
    Number of pages15
    JournalRSC Advances
    Volume11
    Issue number9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 27 Jan 2021

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