PMID- 37732363 OWN - NLM STAT- Publisher LR - 20231127 IS - 1538-0254 (Electronic) IS - 0739-1102 (Linking) DP - 2023 Sep 21 TI - Exploring the molecular interactions and binding affinity of resveratrol and calcitriol with RAGE and its intracellular proteins and kinases involved in colorectal cancer. PG - 1-24 LID - 10.1080/07391102.2023.2258993 [doi] AB - Colorectal cancer (CRC) burden is progressively increasing in young population due to dietary and lifestyle pattern. Advanced glycation end products (AGEs), one of the dietary compounds, form complex aggregates with proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids distorting their structure and function. AGE's pro-tumorigenic role is mediated through the receptor for AGEs (RAGE) triggering an array of signaling pathways. The current study aimed to target AGE-RAGE axis signaling proteins and kinases at multiple levels with calcitriol (CAL) and trans-resveratrol (RES) through in silico analysis using molecular docking (MD), molecular dynamic simulation(MDS), MM-PBSA analysis, and in vitro study. In silico analysis of CAL and RES showed significant binding affinity toward RAGE and its signaling proteins such as NF-kB, PI3K/AKT, ERK1/2, and PKC compared to its reference inhibitors through better hydrogen, hydrophobic, pi-pi stacking interactions. MD and MDS studies have revealed stable and compact protein-ligand complexes. Binding free energies of protein-ligand complex were estimated using MM/PBSA analysis thatprovided an assessment of overall interacting free energies of complexes and revealed the presence of low binding energy within the active site. Furthermore, in the in vitro study, methylglyoxal (MG), an AGE-precursor showed a proliferative effect on HCT116, however, CAL and RES showed an inhibitory effect against MG induced effect with an IC50 value of 51 nM and 110 microM respectively. Thus, the study suggests the possible target binding sites of AGE-RAGE signaling proteins and kinases with CAL and RES, thereby exploiting it for developing CAL with RES as adjuvant therapy along with chemo drug for CRC.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma. FAU - Muthyalaiah, Yadav Sangeeta AU - Muthyalaiah YS AD - Department of Biomedical Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India. FAU - Arockiasamy, Sumathy AU - Arockiasamy S AD - Department of Biomedical Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India. FAU - P A, Abhinand AU - P A A AD - Department of Bioinformatics, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230921 PL - England TA - J Biomol Struct Dyn JT - Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics JID - 8404176 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - AGE-RAGE axis OT - AGEs OT - RAGE OT - calcitriol OT - colorectal cancer OT - intracellular signaling OT - molecular docking OT - protein kinases OT - trans-resveratrol EDAT- 2023/09/21 06:42 MHDA- 2023/09/21 06:42 CRDT- 2023/09/21 04:18 PHST- 2023/09/21 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/09/21 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/09/21 04:18 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/07391102.2023.2258993 [doi] PST - aheadofprint SO - J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2023 Sep 21:1-24. doi: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2258993.