Potential new H1N1 neuraminidase inhibitors from ferulic acid and vanillin: Molecular modelling, synthesis and in vitro assay

Maywan Hariono, Nurshariza Abdullah, K. V. Damodaran, Ezatul E. Kamarulzaman, Nornisah Mohamed, Sharifah Syed Hassan, Shaharum Shamsuddin, Habibah A. Wahab

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Abstract

We report the computational and experimental efforts in the design and synthesis of novel neuraminidase (NA) inhibitors from ferulic acid and vanillin. Two proposed ferulic acid analogues, MY7 and MY8 were predicted to inhibit H1N1 NA using molecular docking. From these two analogues, we designed, synthesised and evaluated the biological activities of a series of ferulic acid and vanillin derivatives. The enzymatic H1N1 NA inhibition assay showed MY21 (a vanillin derivative) has the lowest IC50 of 50 μM. In contrast, the virus inhibition assay showed MY15, a ferulic acid derivative has the best activity with the EC50 of ∼0.95 μM. Modelling studies further suggest that these predicted activities might be due to the interactions with conserved and essential residues of NA with ΔGbind values comparable to those of oseltamivir and zanamivir, the two commercial NA inhibitors.

Original languageEnglish
Article number38692
Number of pages10
JournalScientific Reports
Volume6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Dec 2016

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