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Gururao Hariprasad Divya Kota Sundararajan Baskar Singh Alagiri Srinivasan Souparno Adhikary 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2014,29(4):430-441
Clonorchis sinensis or the Chinese liver fluke is one of the most prevalent parasites affecting a major population in the oriental countries. The parasite lacks lipid generating mechanisms but is exposed to fatty acid rich bile in the liver. A secretory phospholipase A2, an enzyme that breaks down complex lipids, is important for the growth of the parasite. The enzyme is also implicated in the pathogenesis leading up to the hepatic fibrosis and its complications including cancer. The five isoforms of this particular enzyme from the parasite therefore qualify as potential drug targets. In this study, a detailed structural and ligand binding analysis of the isoforms has been done by modeling. The overall three dimensional structures of the isoforms are well conserved with three helices and a β-wing stabilized by four disulfide bonds. There are characteristic differences at the calcium binding loop, hydrophobic channel and the C-terminal domain that can potentially be exploited for drug binding. But the most significant feature pertains to the catalytic site where the isoforms exhibit three variations of either a histidine-aspartate-tyrosine or histidine-glutamate-tyrosine or histidine-aspartate-phenylalanine. Molecular docking studies show that isoform specific residues and their conformations in the substrate binding hydrophobic channel make unique interactions with certain inhibitor molecules resulting in a perfect tight fit. The proposed ligand molecules have a predicted affinity in micro-molar to nano-molar range. Interestingly, few of the ligand binding interaction patterns is in accordance to the phylogenetic studies to thereby establish the usefulness of evolutionary mechanisms in aiding ligand design. The molecular diversity of the parasitic PLA2 described in this study provides a platform for personalized medicine in the therapeutics of clonorchiasis.
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The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s12291-013-0377-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献2.
Hariprasad G Srinivasan A Vedakumari Y 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2011,26(1):82-83
Clinical proteomics encompasses the study of the proteins in the human body at different settings to understand the various
physiological and pathological pathways. The processing of the samples for electrophoresis based proteomics is a challenge
to any researcher. Salt in particular can have an array of effects during the electrophoretic separation of proteins. There
is a definite need to determine the concentration of salts in the samples and the effectiveness of salt removing protocols
on small volume samples. A simple-cost effective technique to know the salt concentration in the clinical proteomics samples
has been highlighted in the report. The application will be of value in a developing country such as India. 相似文献
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In this concluding article, three emerging aspects related to PDT are presented: (i) new approaches to PDT of cancer, (ii) PDT diagnostics, and (iii) new clinical applications. 相似文献
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Nalini Ganesan Hariprasad Chegu A. N. Chandrasekaran 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2003,18(2):216-222
Adjuvant induced arthritis (AIA) is a model widely used to study Rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In the present study, lipid peroxides
level in spleen and thymus of AIA rats was observed to be significantly high compared to normal rats. A significant decrease
in ascorbic acid (ASA), reduced glutathione (GSH), superoxide dismutase activity (SOD) was also observed in spleen and thymus
of AIA rats compared to normal rats. There was also a steady increase in the circulating immune complex level (CIC) throughout
the experimental period in serum of AIA rats. In the present investigation, it was decided to study the effect of pre and
post treatment with TYPE II collagen on the antioxidant status and the circulating immune complex level in AIA rats. The results
from the present work indicates that the pretreatment with TYPE II collagen was effective in bringing significant changes
on all the parameters studied in AIA rats. The post treatment with TYPE II collagen was effective in bringing significant
changes on the CIC immune complex level and GSH content in the thymus tissue of AIA rats. The present work suggests that the
pre treatment with TYPE II collagen was more effective in suppressing the disease than the post treatment. 相似文献
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