Title:Anticancer Compounds from Cyanobacteria and their Implications in
Apoptosis
Volume: 24
Issue: 10
Author(s): Amit Gupta, Prashant R. Singh, Ashish P. Singh, Neha Kumari, Jyoti Jaiswal, Niharika Sahu, Sonal Mishra, Jainendra Pathak and Rajeshwar P. Sinha*
Affiliation:
- Laboratory of Photobiology and Molecular Microbiology, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India
- University Center for Research & Development (UCRD), Chandigarh
University, Punjab, India
Keywords:
Anticancer, apoptosis, bcl-2 protein, cyanobacteria, cytotoxicity, protein kinase-C family, ADMET.
Abstract: Cyanobacteria have been recognized as a rich source of bioactive metabolites with potential
biotechnological applications in the pharmacological industry. The chemically diverse natural compounds
or their analogues cause cytotoxicity. They may kill various cancer cells by inducing apoptosis
or changing the activation of cell signaling, particularly involving the protein kinase-C family of enzymes,
mitochondrial dysfunctions, and oxidative damage. B cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) is an essential
component of apoptosis and is an antiapoptotic molecule. The key apoptotic regulators associated with
cancer are members of the Bcl-2 protein family, the key member of which is Bcl-2. The Bcl-2 protein
is a promising target for the emergence of new anti-tumor therapies because of its critical role in controlling
apoptosis. This review explores the significance of Bcl-2 in the onset of cancer; it may be used
as a target for developing high-quality drug therapies to treat various tumors. In addition, a number of
computational techniques were used to identify novel hit compounds that may act as inhibitors of the
apoptotic protein Bcl-2, including virtual screening, toxicity prediction, and drug-likeness analysis.
Twenty-three compounds were assessed as potential hits against Bcl-2, and these compounds were
subjected to ADMET property prediction. Dendroamide A and Welwitindolinone A appear to be the
most stable and effective drugs against Bcl-2 out of all those evaluated. This article gives an overview
of the bioactive compounds produced by cyanobacteria that have anticancer properties and may be
exploited to create novel anticancer medications in the future.