Investigating Potential GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in Cyclopeptides from Pseudostellaria heterophylla, Linum usitatissimum, and Drymaria diandra, and Peptides Derived from Heterophyllin B for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes: An In Silico Study
Investigating Potential GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in Cyclopeptides from Pseudostellaria heterophylla, Linum usitatissimum, and Drymaria diandra, and Peptides Derived from Heterophyllin B for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes: An In Silico Study
GLP-1 receptor agonists stimulate GLP-1R to promote insulin secretion, whereas DPP4 inhibitors slow GLP-1 degradation. Both approaches are incretin-based therapies for T2D. In addition to GLP-1 analogs, small nonpeptide GLP-1RAs such as LY3502970, TT-OAD2, and PF-06882961 have been considered as possible therapeutic alternatives. Pseudostellaria heterophylla, Linum usitatissimum, and Drymaria diandra are plants rich in cyclopeptides with hypoglycemic effects. Our previous study demonstrated the potential of their cyclopeptides for DPP4 inhibition. Reports of cyclic setmelanotide as an MC4R (GPCR) agonist and cyclic α-conotoxin chimeras as GLP-1RAs led to docking studies of these cyclopeptides with GLP-1R. Heterophyllin B, Pseudostellarin B, Cyclolinopeptide B, Cyclolinopeptide C, Drymarin A, and Diandrine C are abundant in these plants, with binding affinities of −9.5, −10.4, −10.3, −10.6, −11.2, and −11.9 kcal/mol, respectively. The configuration they demonstrated established multiple hydrogen bonds with the transmembrane region of GLP-1R. DdC:(cyclo)-GGPYWP showed the most promising docking score. The results suggest that, in addition to DPP4, GLP-1R may be a hypoglycemic target of these cyclopeptides. This may bring about more discussion of plant cyclopeptides as GLP-1RAs. Moreover, peptides derived from the HB precursor (IFGGLPPP), including IFGGWPPP, IFPGWPPP, IFGGYWPPP, and IFGYGWPPPP, exhibited diverse interactions with GLP-1R and displayed backbones available for further research.
diabetes, <i>Pseudostellaria heterophylla</i>, cyclic peptides, Microbiology, QR1-502, Article, <i>Pseudostellaria heterophylla</i>; <i>Linum usitatissimum</i>; <i>Drymaria diandra</i>; cyclic peptides; diabetes; GLP-1; DPP4; Heterophyllin B; Cyclolinopeptide; Diandrine C, <i>Drymaria diandra</i>, <i>Linum usitatissimum</i>, GLP-1
diabetes, <i>Pseudostellaria heterophylla</i>, cyclic peptides, Microbiology, QR1-502, Article, <i>Pseudostellaria heterophylla</i>; <i>Linum usitatissimum</i>; <i>Drymaria diandra</i>; cyclic peptides; diabetes; GLP-1; DPP4; Heterophyllin B; Cyclolinopeptide; Diandrine C, <i>Drymaria diandra</i>, <i>Linum usitatissimum</i>, GLP-1
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