
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside long used to treat congestive heart failure and found recently to show antitumor potential. The hydroxy groups connected at the C-12, C-14, and C-3′a positions; the C-17 unsaturated lactone unit; the conformation of the steroid core; and the C-3 saccharide moiety have been demonstrated as being important for digoxin’s cytotoxicity and interactions with Na+/K+-ATPase. The docking profiles for digoxin and several derivatives and Na+/K+-ATPase were investigated; an additional small Asn130 side pocket was revealed, which could be useful in the design of novel digoxin-like antitumor agents. In addition, the docking scores for digoxin and its derivatives were found to correlate with their cytotoxicity, indicating a potential use of these values in the prediction of the cancer cell cytotoxicity of other cardiac glycosides. Moreover, in these docking studies, digoxin was found to bind to FIH-1 and NF-κB but not HDAC, IAP, and PI3K, suggesting that this cardiac glycoside directly targets FIH-1, Na+/K+-ATPase, and NF-κB to mediate its antitumor potential. Differentially, digoxigenin, the aglycon of digoxin, binds to HDAC and PI3K, but not FIH-1, IAP, Na+/K+-ATPase, and NF-κB, indicating that this compound may target tumor autophagy and metabolism to mediate its antitumor propensity.
Digoxin, molecular targets, Na<sup>+</sup>/K<sup>+</sup>-ATPase, Molecular Conformation, Organic chemistry, Antineoplastic Agents, digoxin, Article, Cardiac Glycosides, Molecular Docking Simulation, QD241-441, Neoplasms, cytotoxicity, Animals, Humans, Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase, docking profiles, Cell Proliferation
Digoxin, molecular targets, Na<sup>+</sup>/K<sup>+</sup>-ATPase, Molecular Conformation, Organic chemistry, Antineoplastic Agents, digoxin, Article, Cardiac Glycosides, Molecular Docking Simulation, QD241-441, Neoplasms, cytotoxicity, Animals, Humans, Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase, docking profiles, Cell Proliferation
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