The crystal structure of the 2:1 intermolecular complex containing 1-melhyl-5-flourouracil and 9-ethyl-2,6-diaminopurine

In vivo anti-cancer efficacy of magnetite nanocrystal--based system using locoregional hyperthermia combined with 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy

We present an approach for synchronizing hyperthermia and thermal-responsive local drug release. The targeting probe has a magnetite nanocrystal (Fe₃O₄@PSMA) core and a polynucleotide shell that carries 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (anti-HER2) antibody for cancer cell-specific targeting. The targeting nanocrystals play as an important role to relay the externally delivered radiofrequency energy for tumor hyperthermia. Locoregional heat then triggers a drug release from the oligonucleotide carrier as it directly damages tumor cells. Cell viability assays and pathological examinations show that this synchronization is significantly more efficacious in both in vitro and in vivo models than hyperthermia or chemotherapy alone. Prominent tumor remission in vivo was achieved through radiofrequency synchronization of hyperthermia and chemotherapy after the nanoparticle had been intravenously injected.

Pyrazolylborate-zinc-nucleobase-complexes, 2:(1) preparations and structures of Tp(Cum,Me)Zn and Tp(Ph,Me)Zn complexes

The interactions of the nine most significant nucleobases (thymine, uracil, dihydrouracil, cytosine, adenine, guanine, diaminopurine, xanthine, hypoxanthine, in their deprotonated forms) with zinc and with themselves in pyrazolylborate zinc complexes Tp(Cum,Me)Zn-base and Tp(Ph,Me)Zn-base are described. Except for guanine, the complexes Tp*Zn-base could be isolated in all cases. Structure determinations could be performed for seven of the eight product types. Except for dihydrouracil and xanthine, the zinc ion is attached to that nitrogen of the base which in nucleosides bears the sugar moiety. In the solid state, all zinc-bound nucleobases are involved in hydrogen bonding interactions. Except for xanthine, this includes homo base pairing across a crystallographic inversion center.