Issue 4, 2020

Studies on the bioactivities and molecular mechanism of antioxidant peptides by 3D-QSAR, in vitro evaluation and molecular dynamic simulations

Abstract

Two novel effective antioxidative tripeptides GWY and QWY were designed based on 3D-QSAR models. Their activities were confirmed by an improved TEAC assay. The experimental results showed that GWY and QWY possessed good antioxidant activity, equaling 3.32 mM TE and 2.97 mM TE respectively. This indicated that 3D-QSAR models possessed significant predictive capacity for drug design. In addition, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation were applied to reveal the potential molecular mechanism of antioxidant peptides. The result showed that GWY and QWY could enhance the stability of Keap1 by interacting with the key residues Arg415, Arg483, Arg380 and Ser555 in the active sites. Interestingly, the key residues were exactly the binding site of Nrf2 in the active pocket of Keap1. Thus, GWY and QWY could compete with Nrf2 for binding to Keap1. This demonstrated that the new tripeptides might have the ability to activate the signaling pathway Keap1–Nrf2–ARE and improve the antioxidant defense system of the body as well.

Graphical abstract: Studies on the bioactivities and molecular mechanism of antioxidant peptides by 3D-QSAR, in vitro evaluation and molecular dynamic simulations

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Dec 2019
Accepted
06 Mar 2020
First published
09 Mar 2020

Food Funct., 2020,11, 3043-3052

Studies on the bioactivities and molecular mechanism of antioxidant peptides by 3D-QSAR, in vitro evaluation and molecular dynamic simulations

W. Yan, G. Lin, R. Zhang, Z. Liang and W. Wu, Food Funct., 2020, 11, 3043 DOI: 10.1039/C9FO03018B

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