Evaluation of N-palmitoylethanolamine (PEA) binding to nuclear receptors through docking and molecular dynamics studies
Laboratory studyOther animals
- Design
- Laboratory study
- Subjects
- 367 human nuclear receptor structures screened by computer
- Dose used in the study
- Not applicable
- Duration
- Not applicable
- What was measured
- Predicted binding of PEA to nuclear receptors, by molecular docking and dynamics simulation.
What the authors reported
The simulations ranked hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 (gamma and alpha) and retinoic acid receptor gamma as the strongest predicted binders. PPAR-alpha, the receptor most of the literature names as PEA's target, ranked 44th.
Limits of this study
A computer prediction with no laboratory or clinical test. It does not overturn the PPAR-alpha evidence from antagonist and knockout experiments, but it records that direct binding evidence is thinner than often stated, a point Rankin and Fowler 2020 also make. Authors declare no conflicts.
Source
PubMed 39561510 · doi:10.1016/j.compbiomed.2024.109421
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