Range Management and Agroforestry
Open Access
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 40
  • Issue: 2

Behavior of some plant species used as alternatives for salt-affected soil reclamation and treated wastewater valorization

  • Author:
  • D. Souguir1,, M. Zouari1,2, G. Hörmann3, M. Hachicha1
  • Total Page Count: 12
  • Page Number: 215 to 226

1Institut National de Recherches en Génie Rural, Eaux et Forêts, Université de Carthage, Ariana-2080, Tunisie

2Faculte des Sciences de Tunis. Campus Universitaire, El Manar Tunis-2092, Tunisie

3Department of Hydrology and Water Resources Research, Kiel University, Germany

*Corresponding author e-mail: souguir.dalila@yahoo.com

Online published on 28 February, 2020.

Abstract

The present investigation was aimed at controlling metastasis and cell proliferation in cancer by molecular docking of the previously isolated molecules of Abutilon hirtum with the targets Urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) and its receptor urokinase (uPA)-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) protein. Among all the ligands docked with the two selected target protein molecules, 2, 4-dihydroxybenzoic acid had an efficient docking score of-4.94 with target protein uPA. Likewise it showed a docking score of-4.03 with three bonds with uPAR. 3, 4, 5-trihydroxybenzoic acid interacted with uPA with a G-Score of-5.05 whereas it had very less interaction with uPAR. The standard control drug Docetaxel formed two hydrogen bonds with uPAR; with very least G Score of-1.21. It showed no significant interaction with uPA. The ligand molecules selected for docking interacted with the selected protein target molecules at their active sites (involved in protein-protein, uPA-uPAR interaction) and nearby amino acid residues from the setup made from Grid Generation Panel. The results clearly indicated that the ligand molecules can be used as potential small molecule inhibitors of the drug targets uPA and uPAR that can possibly control the metastasis or other related factors responsible for the spreading of human prostate cancer

Keywords

Abutilon hirtum, prostate cancer, molecular docking