PMID- 30067362 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191009 LR - 20191010 IS - 1520-5207 (Electronic) IS - 1520-5207 (Linking) VI - 122 IP - 33 DP - 2018 Aug 23 TI - Fragment Molecular Orbital Study of the Interaction between Sarco/Endoplasmic Reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase and its Inhibitor Thapsigargin toward Anti-Malarial Development. PG - 7970-7977 LID - 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b04509 [doi] AB - Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of malignant malaria, is insensitive to thapsigargin (TG), a well-known inhibitor of the human sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase (SERCA). To understand the key factor causing the difference of the sensitivity, the molecular interaction of TG and each SERCA was analyzed by the fragment molecular orbital (FMO) method. While the major component of the interaction energy was the nonpolar interaction, the major difference in the molecular interaction arose from the polar interaction, namely, the hydrogen bonding interaction with a hydroxyl group of TG. Additionally, we successfully confirmed these FMO calculation results by measuring the inhibitory activity of a synthesized TG derivative. Our calculations and experiments indicated that, by replacing the hydroxyl group of TG with another functional group, the sensitivities of TG to human and P. falciparum SERCAs can be reversed. This study provides important information to develop antimalarial compounds targeting P. falciparum SERCA. FAU - Ishikawa, Takeshi AU - Ishikawa T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3187-1381 AD - Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences , Nagasaki University , 1-12-4 Sakamoto , Nagasaki 852-8523 , Japan. AD - Leading Program, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences , Nagasaki University , 1-12-4 Sakamoto , Nagasaki 852-8523 , Japan. FAU - Mizuta, Satoshi AU - Mizuta S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9023-7671 AD - Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences , Nagasaki University , 1-12-4 Sakamoto , Nagasaki 852-8523 , Japan. FAU - Kaneko, Osamu AU - Kaneko O AD - Leading Program, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences , Nagasaki University , 1-12-4 Sakamoto , Nagasaki 852-8523 , Japan. AD - Department of Protozoology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN) , Nagasaki University , 1-12-4 Sakamoto , Nagasaki 852-8523 , Japan. FAU - Yahata, Kazuhide AU - Yahata K AD - Department of Protozoology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN) , Nagasaki University , 1-12-4 Sakamoto , Nagasaki 852-8523 , Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180814 PL - United States TA - J Phys Chem B JT - The journal of physical chemistry. B JID - 101157530 RN - 0 (Antimalarials) RN - 0 (Protozoan Proteins) RN - 67526-95-8 (Thapsigargin) RN - EC 3.6.3.8 (Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Antimalarials/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Hydrogen Bonding MH - Models, Molecular MH - Plasmodium falciparum/enzymology MH - Protein Binding MH - Protozoan Proteins/chemistry/metabolism MH - Quantum Theory MH - Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Sequence Alignment MH - Thapsigargin/analogs & derivatives/chemical synthesis/*metabolism EDAT- 2018/08/02 06:00 MHDA- 2019/10/11 06:00 CRDT- 2018/08/02 06:00 PHST- 2018/08/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/10/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/08/02 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b04509 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Phys Chem B. 2018 Aug 23;122(33):7970-7977. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b04509. Epub 2018 Aug 14.