Molecular docking and dynamics simulation of Orthosiphon stamineus against SGLT1 and SGLT2

Abstract

Orthosiphon stamineus Benth a traditional medicine used in the treatment of diabetes and kidney diseases. Sodium–glucose co-transporter (SGLT1 and SGLT2) inhibitors are the novel group of drugs used to treat patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. In this study 20 phytochemical compounds from Orthosiphon stamineus Benth were obtained from 3 databases viz Dr.Duke’s phytochemical, Ethno botanical database and IMPPAT. They were subjected to physiochemical, drug likeliness, and ADMET and toxicity predictions. Homology modeling and molecular docking against SGLT1 and SGLT2 were performed and the stability of the selected drug molecule was validated by molecular dynamic (MD) simulation for 200 ns. Among the 20 compounds, 14-Dexo-14-O-acetylorthosiphol Y alone showed higher binding affinity with SGLT1 and SGLT2 protein with the binding energy of −9.6 and −11.4 Kcal/mol respectively and had highest affinity towards SGLT2 inhibitor. This compound also satisfied Lipinski rule of 5 and had a good ADMET profile. The compound is non-toxic to marine organisms and to normal cell lines and non-mutagenic. The RMSD value attained equilibrium at 150 ns with the stability around 4.8 Å and no significant deviation was reported from 160 to 200 ns for SGLT2. Our study suggests that 14-Dexo-14-O-acetylorthosiphol Y showed promising results against the SGLT2 and could be considered as a potent anti-diabetic drug.

Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma

Keywords:

• Orthosiphon stamineus Benth
• Sodium–glucose co-transporter
• Docking
• MD Simulation
• RMSD
• Diabetes Mellitus

Acknowledgements

We wish to thank the DST-FIST (Ref. No.SR/FST/College-23/2017), Government of India, New Delhi, India, for providing the funded research equipment facilities to Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Pallikaranai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. We also thank Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India for supporting the study.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This research work received funding from Sree Balaji Dental college and Hospital, BIHER-RDF (Ref No/202/BIHER/REG/2019).