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Kowalczyk A, Pieczonka AM, Kassassir H, Rachwalski M, Stączek P. A Study on the Biological Activity of Optically Pure Aziridine Phosphines and Phosphine Oxides. Molecules 2024; 29:1430. [PMID: 38611710 PMCID: PMC11012799 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29071430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Revised: 03/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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A series of optically pure aziridine phosphines and their corresponding phosphine oxides were synthesized through established chemical methodologies. The compounds were systematically investigated for their biological properties. Notably, all synthesized compounds demonstrated moderate antibacterial activity only against the reference strain of Staphylococcus aureus. However, compounds 5 and 7 exhibited noteworthy cell viability inhibition of human cervical epithelioid carcinoma HeLa cells and endometrial adenocarcinoma Ishikawa cells. Further studies of these compounds revealed additional biological effects, including disruption of the cell membrane in high concentrations, cell cycle arrest in the S phase, and the induction of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Comparative analysis of the two classes of chiral organophosphorus derivatives of aziridines indicated that chiral phosphine oxides displayed significantly higher biological activity. Consequently, these findings suggest that chiral phosphine oxides may be potential candidates for the development of anticancer drugs. In light of the significant interest in preparations whose structure is based on a three-membered aziridine ring in terms of potential anticancer therapy, this research fits into the current research trend and should constitute a valuable addition to the current state of knowledge and the existing library of aziridine derivatives with anticancer properties.
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- Aleksandra Kowalczyk
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Lodz, Poland;
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- Department of Organic and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, Tamka 12, 91-403 Lodz, Poland;
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- Cellular Signalling Laboratory, Institute for Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodowa 106, 93-232 Lodz, Poland;
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- Department of Organic and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, Tamka 12, 91-403 Lodz, Poland;
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Lodz, Poland;
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Das TK, Karmakar S, Maiti S, Kundu S, Saha A. Room temperature synthesis of NIR emitting Ag 2S nanoparticles through aqueous route and its influence on structural modulation of DNA. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 227:117536. [PMID: 31703989 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Revised: 08/23/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Near infra-red (NIR) light emitting nanomaterials had shown great promise in clinical imaging in view of negligible absorption by skin or tissue of mammalian. Thus, it demands for synthesizing stable NIR emitting nanomaterials in water environment. The present work presents synthesis of biologically acceptable luminescent near-IR emitting silver sulfide nanoparticles through an aqueous route using 2-mercaptoethanol. The prepared as-synthesized Ag2S nanoparticles exhibited bright photoluminescence with quantum yield of ca. 4%. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis indicated that the products were monoclinic α-Ag2S. Fourier transform infrared spectral analysis revealed that the stretching vibration at 2560 cm-1 responsible for S-H bond of thiol group disappeared suggesting the conjugation of 2-mercaptoethanol with Ag2S nanoparticles. In view of investigating any possible effect on genetic materials, interactions of the synthesized particles with calf thymus DNA was investigated employing Ethidium bromide (EB) as structural probe. To understand the binding mechanism, the UV-vis absorption, fluorescence and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopic, as well as DNA melting studies measurements were carried out. The observed results confirm that nanoparticles interact with DNA through groove binding.
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- Tushar Kanti Das
- UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata Centre, III/LB-8 Bidhannagar, Kolkata, 700106, India
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- UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata Centre, III/LB-8 Bidhannagar, Kolkata, 700106, India
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- UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata Centre, III/LB-8 Bidhannagar, Kolkata, 700106, India
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- UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata Centre, III/LB-8 Bidhannagar, Kolkata, 700106, India
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- UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata Centre, III/LB-8 Bidhannagar, Kolkata, 700106, India.
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Mukherjee A, Ghosh S, Sarkar R, Samanta S, Ghosh S, Pal M, Majee A, Sen SK, Singh B. Synthesis, characterization and unravelling the molecular interaction of new bioactive 4-hydroxycoumarin derivative with biopolymer: Insights from spectroscopic and theoretical aspect. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2018; 189:124-137. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2018.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Revised: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Kundu P, Chattopadhyay N. Interaction of a bioactive pyrazole derivative with calf thymus DNA: Deciphering the mode of binding by multi-spectroscopic and molecular docking investigations. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2017; 173:485-492. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2017.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Revised: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Spectroscopic, electrochemical and molecular docking study of the binding interaction of a small molecule 5H-naptho[2,1-f][1,2] oxathieaphine 2,2-dioxide with calf thymus DNA. Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 101:527-535. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.03.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2017] [Revised: 03/09/2017] [Accepted: 03/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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DNA-conjugated gold nanoparticles based colorimetric assay to assess helicase activity: a novel route to screen potential helicase inhibitors. Sci Rep 2017; 7:44358. [PMID: 28287182 PMCID: PMC5347027 DOI: 10.1038/srep44358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 02/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Helicase are essential enzymes which are widespread in all life-forms. Due to their central role in nucleic acid metabolism, they are emerging as important targets for anti-viral, antibacterial and anti-cancer drugs. The development of easy, cheap, fast and robust biochemical assays to measure helicase activity, overcoming the limitations of the current methods, is a pre-requisite for the discovery of helicase inhibitors through high-throughput screenings. We have developed a method which exploits the optical properties of DNA-conjugated gold nanoparticles (AuNP) and meets the required criteria. The method was tested with the catalytic domain of the human RecQ4 helicase and compared with a conventional FRET-based assay. The AuNP-based assay produced similar results but is simpler, more robust and cheaper than FRET. Therefore, our nanotechnology-based platform shows the potential to provide a useful alternative to the existing conventional methods for following helicase activity and to screen small-molecule libraries as potential helicase inhibitors.
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Afzal M, Ghosh S, Das S, Chattopadhyay N. Endogenous Activation-Induced Delivery of a Bioactive Photosensitizer from a Micellar Carrier to Natural DNA. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:11492-11501. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b08283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Mohd Afzal
- Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India
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Kundu P, Ghosh S, Das S, Chattopadhyay N. Cyclodextrin induced controlled delivery of a biological photosensitizer from a nanocarrier to DNA. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:3685-93. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp06174a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Addition of β-cyclodextrin to the micelle bound phenosafranin in the presence of ctDNA leads to quantitative transfer of the fluorophore from the micelle to the DNA.
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- Pronab Kundu
- Department of Chemistry
- Jadavpur University
- Kolkata-700032
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Jadavpur University
- Kolkata-700032
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Jadavpur University
- Kolkata-700032
- India
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Ghosh S, Kundu P, Chattopadhyay N. DNA induced sequestration of a bioactive cationic fluorophore from the lipid environment: A spectroscopic investigation. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2016; 154:118-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2015.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2015] [Revised: 10/29/2015] [Accepted: 11/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Dacarbazine as a minor groove binder of DNA: Spectroscopic, biophysical and molecular docking studies. Int J Biol Macromol 2015; 79:193-200. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2015.04.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2015] [Revised: 04/23/2015] [Accepted: 04/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ghosh S, Kundu P, Paul BK, Chattopadhyay N. Binding of an anionic fluorescent probe with calf thymus DNA and effect of salt on the probe–DNA binding: a spectroscopic and molecular docking investigation. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra14298e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Binding mode of biologically relevant anionic probe, ANS, with ctDNA is divulged from spectroscopic and molecular docking studies.
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- Saptarshi Ghosh
- Department of Chemistry
- Jadavpur University
- Kolkata – 700032, India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Jadavpur University
- Kolkata – 700032, India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal
- Bhopal 462066, India
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Mati SS, Roy SS, Chall S, Bhattacharya S, Bhattacharya SC. Unveiling the groove binding mechanism of a biocompatible naphthalimide-based organoselenocyanate with calf thymus DNA: an "ex vivo" fluorescence imaging application appended by biophysical experiments and molecular docking simulations. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:14655-65. [PMID: 24205834 DOI: 10.1021/jp4090553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The present study embodies a detailed investigation of the binding modes of a potential anticancer and neuroprotective fluorescent drug, 2-(5-selenocyanato-pentyl)-6-chloro benzo[de]isoquinoline-1,3-dione (NPOS) with calf thymus DNA (ctDNA). Experimental results based on spectroscopy, isothermal calorimetry, electrochemistry aided with DNA-melting, and circular dichroism studies unambiguously established the formation of a groove binding network between the NPOS and ctDNA. Molecular docking analysis ascertained a hydrogen bonding mediated 'A-T rich region of B-DNA' as the preferential docking site for NPOS. The cellular uptake and binding of NPOS with DNA from "Ehrlich Ascites Carcinoma" cells confirmed its biocompatibility within tumor cells. Experimental and ex vivo cell imaging studies vividly signify the importance of NPOS as a potential prerequisite for its use in therapeutic purposes.
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