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O'Ferrall LM, Fantasia A, Chan K, Teixeira LM, Kavanagh K, O'Connor C, Santos MA, Chaves S, Nurchi VM, Crisponi G, Zoroddu MA, Griffith DM, Cappai R. Solution studies, synthesis and antibacterial activity of Ga(III) complexes with bis-kojate derivatives. J Inorg Biochem 2024; 259:112663. [PMID: 39024775 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2024.112663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2024] [Revised: 07/03/2024] [Accepted: 07/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
Abstract
Given the recognized major problem of microbial drug resistance for human health, new metal-based drugs have been currently explored for their antimicrobial properties, including gallium-based compounds as potential metallophores that could perturb Fe's interactions with proteins. Herein we have designed and synthesized two bis-kojate ligands (named L4 and L6) and studied their Ga(III) complexes for their physico-chemical and biological properties. In particular a detailed study of their complexation properties in aqueous solution, showed equilibrium models with formation of quite stable dinuclear 2:3 metal:ligand complexes, though with different stability. Solid state complexes were also prepared and characterized and complementary DFT studies indicated that [Ga2(L4)3] complex, with higher stability, seems to adopt a three-ligand bridging conformation, while that for L6 adopt a one ligand bridging conformation. Preliminary investigation of the antibacterial activity of these gallium complexes showed antipseudomonal activity, which appeared higher for the complex with L4, a feature of potential interest for the scientific community.
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- L More O'Ferrall
- Department of Chemistry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2, Ireland; School of Food Science & Environmental Health, Technological University of Dublin, Dublin 7, Ireland
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- Department of Chemical, Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Sassari, via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy; Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042 Monserrato-Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Chemistry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Biology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland; SSPC, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Pharmaceuticals, Ireland
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- School of Food Science & Environmental Health, Technological University of Dublin, Dublin 7, Ireland
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Departamento de Engenharia Química, Insituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Departamento de Engenharia Química, Insituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042 Monserrato-Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042 Monserrato-Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Sassari, via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2, Ireland; SSPC, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Pharmaceuticals, Ireland.
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- Department of Chemical, Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Sassari, via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
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Ding J, Liu L, Chiang YL, Zhao M, Liu H, Yang F, Shen L, Lin Y, Deng H, Gao J, Sage DR, West L, Llamas LA, Hao X, Kawatkar S, Li E, Jain RK, Tallarico JA, Canham SM, Wang H. Discovery and Structure-Based Design of Inhibitors of the WD Repeat-Containing Protein 5 (WDR5)-MYC Interaction. J Med Chem 2023. [PMID: 37307526 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c00787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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WDR5 is a critical chromatin cofactor of MYC. WDR5 interacts with MYC through the WBM pocket and is hypothesized to anchor MYC to chromatin through its WIN site. Blocking the interaction of WDR5 and MYC impairs the recruitment of MYC to its target genes and disrupts the oncogenic function of MYC in cancer development, thus providing a promising strategy for the treatment of MYC-dysregulated cancers. Here, we describe the discovery of novel WDR5 WBM pocket antagonists containing a 1-phenyl dihydropyridazinone 3-carboxamide core that was identified from high-throughput screening and subsequent structure-based design. The leading compounds showed sub-micromolar inhibition in the biochemical assay. Among them, compound 12 can disrupt WDR5-MYC interaction in cells and reduce MYC target gene expression. Our work provides useful probes to study WDR5-MYC interaction and its function in cancers, which can also be used as the starting point for further optimization toward drug-like small molecules.
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- Jian Ding
- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Shanghai 201203, China
- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Shanghai 201203, China
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Emami S, Ahmadi R, Ahadi H, Ashooriha M. Diverse therapeutic potential of 3-hydroxy-4-pyranones and related compounds as kojic acid analogs. Med Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s00044-022-02954-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Lachowicz JI, Mateddu A, Coni P, Caltagirone C, Murgia S, Gibson D, Dalla Torre G, Lopez X, Meloni F, Pichiri G. Study of the DNA binding mechanism and in vitro activity against cancer cells of iron(III) and aluminium(III) kojic acid derivative complexes. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:6254-6263. [PMID: 35373808 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt00111j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Metal ions have unique electrochemical and spectroscopical properties that cannot be attained by purely organic compounds. Most of the metal ions are toxic to humans, but paradoxically, metallodrugs are used in medicine as therapeutics and theranostics. Metallodrugs are eliminated in urine and faeces, and therefore release toxic metals and ligands into aquatic ecosystems, thereby raising concerns regarding environmental risks. The use of metallodrugs based on essential metal ions (i.e., iron, copper and zinc), instead of toxic ions, is a new alternative with minor hazards. Kojic acid is an Asperigillus oryzae metabolite of low toxicity used in the food and cosmetics industries. Its derivatives form stable complexes with iron(III) ions, which bind effectively to DNA and inhibit DNA polymerization. The iron(III)/S2 ligand complexes reduce in vitro colon carcinoma (Caco2) cell viability and significantly decrease the cell number. The kojic acid derivative complexes with iron(III) presented here are an alternative to the currently used platinum complexes in cancer therapy.
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- Joanna I Lachowicz
- University of Cagliari, Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042 Monserrato-Cagliari, Italy.
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- University of Cagliari, Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042 Monserrato-Cagliari, Italy.
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- University of Cagliari, Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042 Monserrato-Cagliari, Italy.
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- University of Cagliari, Department of Chemical and Geological Science, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042 Monserrato-Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, via Ospedale 72, Cagliari I-09124, Italy.,CSGI, Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase, Via della Lastruccia 3, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Institute for Drug Research, School of Pharmacy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Donostia International Physics Centre (DIPC), PK 1072, 20080 Donostia, Euskadi, Spain
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- Donostia International Physics Centre (DIPC), PK 1072, 20080 Donostia, Euskadi, Spain
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- University of Cagliari, Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042 Monserrato-Cagliari, Italy.
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- University of Cagliari, Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042 Monserrato-Cagliari, Italy.
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Aluminum Poisoning with Emphasis on Its Mechanism and Treatment of Intoxication. Emerg Med Int 2022; 2022:1480553. [PMID: 35070453 PMCID: PMC8767391 DOI: 10.1155/2022/1480553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2021] [Revised: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Aluminum poisoning has been reported in some parts of the world. It is one of the global health problems that affect many organs. Aluminum is widely used daily by humans and industries. Residues of aluminum compounds can be found in drinking water, food, air, medicine, deodorants, cosmetics, packaging, many appliances and equipment, buildings, transportation industries, and aerospace engineering. Exposure to high levels of aluminum compounds leads to aluminum poisoning. Aluminum poisoning has complex and multidimensional effects, such as disruption or inhibition of enzymes activities, changing protein synthesis, nucleic acid function, and cell membrane permeability, preventing DNA repair, altering the stability of DNA organization, inhibition of the protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) activity, increasing reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, inducing oxidative stress, decreasing activity of antioxidant enzymes, altering cellular iron homeostasis, and changing NF-kB, p53, and JNK pathway leading to apoptosis. Aluminum poisoning can affect blood content, musculoskeletal system, kidney, liver, and respiratory and nervous system, and the extent of poisoning can be diagnosed by assaying aluminum compounds in blood, urine, hair, nails, and sweat. Chelator agents such as deferoxamine (DFO) are used in the case of aluminum poisoning. Besides, combination therapies are recommended.
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Cappai R, Crisponi G, Sanna D, Ugone V, Melchior A, Garribba E, Peana M, Zoroddu MA, Nurchi VM. Thermodynamic Study of Oxidovanadium(IV) with Kojic Acid Derivatives: A Multi-Technique Approach. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2021; 14:1037. [PMID: 34681261 PMCID: PMC8541509 DOI: 10.3390/ph14101037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The good chelating properties of hydroxypyrone (HPO) derivatives towards oxidovanadium(IV) cation, VIVO2+, constitute the precondition for the development of new insulin-mimetic and anticancer compounds. In the present work, we examined the VIVO2+ complex formation equilibria of two kojic acid (KA) derivatives, L4 and L9, structurally constituted by two kojic acid units linked in position 6 through methylene diamine and diethyl-ethylenediamine, respectively. These chemical systems have been characterized in solution by the combined use of various complementary techniques, as UV-vis spectrophotometry, potentiometry, NMR and EPR spectroscopy, ESI-MS spectrometry, and DFT calculations. The thermodynamic approach allowed proposing a chemical coordination model and the calculation of the complex formation constants. Both ligands L4 and L9 form 1:1 binuclear complexes at acidic and physiological pHs, with various protonation degrees in which two KA units coordinate each VIVO2+ ion. The joined use of different techniques allowed reaching a coherent vision of the complexation models of the two ligands toward oxidovanadium(IV) ion in aqueous solution. The high stability of the formed species and the binuclear structure may favor their biological action, and represent a good starting point toward the design of new pharmacologically active vanadium species.
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- Rosita Cappai
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università di Cagliari, 09042 Cagliari, Italy;
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università di Cagliari, 09042 Cagliari, Italy;
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Trav. La Crucca 3, 07100 Sassari, Italy; (D.S.); (V.U.)
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Trav. La Crucca 3, 07100 Sassari, Italy; (D.S.); (V.U.)
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- DPIA, Laboratorio di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Udine, Via del Cotonificio 108, 33100 Udine, Italy;
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia, Università di Sassari, via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy; (E.G.); (M.P.); (M.A.Z.)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia, Università di Sassari, via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy; (E.G.); (M.P.); (M.A.Z.)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia, Università di Sassari, via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy; (E.G.); (M.P.); (M.A.Z.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università di Cagliari, 09042 Cagliari, Italy;
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Abdelrahman S, Alghrably M, Campagna M, Hauser CAE, Jaremko M, Lachowicz JI. Metal Complex Formation and Anticancer Activity of Cu(I) and Cu(II) Complexes with Metformin. Molecules 2021; 26:4730. [PMID: 34443319 PMCID: PMC8401132 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26164730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Metformin has been used for decades in millions of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. In this time, correlations between metformin use and the occurrence of other disorders have been noted, as well as unpredictable metformin side effects. Diabetes is a significant cancer risk factor, but unexpectedly, metformin-treated diabetic patients have lower cancer incidence. Here, we show that metformin forms stable complexes with copper (II) ions. Both copper(I)/metformin and copper(II)/metformin complexes form adducts with glutathione, the main intracellular antioxidative peptide, found at high levels in cancer cells. Metformin reduces cell number and viability in SW1222 and K562 cells, as well as in K562-200 multidrug-resistant cells. Notably, the antiproliferative effect of metformin is enhanced in the presence of copper ions.
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- Sherin Abdelrahman
- Laboratory for Nanomedicine, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia;
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- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Policlinico Universitario, 09124 Cagliari, Italy;
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- Laboratory for Nanomedicine, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia;
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- Laboratory for Nanomedicine, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Policlinico Universitario, 09124 Cagliari, Italy;
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Bąchor R, Randaccio E, Lachowicz JI, Stefanowicz P, Nurchi VM, Szewczuk Z. Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Mimosine-Containing Peptides. Int J Pept Res Ther 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10989-020-10092-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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AbstractNon-proteinogenic amino acids are widely explored group of compounds due to their chemical properties and great potential of application in the combinatorial chemistry, medicinal investigation etc. Therefore the synthetic methods of their incorporation to the peptide chain are required. l-Mimosine, (S)-α-amino-β-(3-hydoxy-4-oxo-1,4-dihydropyridin-1-yl)-propanoic acid), is a plant amino acid, known to induce apoptosis in human pancreatic cancer xenografts. Here we present our investigations on the synthesis of mimosine-containing peptide and their ESI-MS/MS analysis. We successfully applied Fmoc-protected mimosine a with a free hydroxy ketone group for efficient peptide synthesis in the presence of HATU as a coupling reagent without the formation of side products. Additionally the tandem mass spectrometry analysis revealed the characteristic loss of the heterocyclic ring from mimosine residue side chain. The described method allows insertion of mimosine residue at any endo-position within a peptide sequence. The obtained results may be useful in the synthesis and mass spectrometry analysis of various mimosine-containing peptides.
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Nurchi VM, de Guadalupe Jaraquemada-Pelaez M, Crisponi G, Lachowicz JI, Cappai R, Gano L, Santos MA, Melchior A, Tolazzi M, Peana M, Medici S, Zoroddu MA. A new tripodal kojic acid derivative for iron sequestration: Synthesis, protonation, complex formation studies with Fe3+, Al3+, Cu2+ and Zn2+, and in vivo bioassays. J Inorg Biochem 2019; 193:152-165. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2019.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Revised: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Lachowicz JI, Crespo-Alonso M, Caltagirone C, Alberti G, Biesuz R, Orton JO, Nurchi VM. Salicylamide derivatives for iron and aluminium sequestration. From synthesis to complexation studies. J Trace Elem Med Biol 2018; 50:580-588. [PMID: 29685783 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2018.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2018] [Revised: 03/14/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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This paper presents an easy, fast and economic synthesis of chelating agents for medical, environmental and analytical applications, and the evaluation of the stability of their complexes with Fe3+ and Al3+. Complex formation equilibria with Cu2+ and Zn2+ metal ions were also studied to evaluate if the chelating agents can perturb the homeostatic equilibria of these essential metal ions. Effective chelating agents for metal ions, in addition to their well-known medical uses, find an increasing number of applications in environmental remediation, agricultural applications (supplying essential elements in an easily available form), and in analytical chemistry as colorimetric reagents. Besides the stability of the complexes, the lack of toxicity and the low cost are the basic requisites of metal chelating agents. With these aims in mind, we utilized ethyl salicylate, a cheap molecule without toxic effects, and adopted a simple synthetic strategy to join two salicylate units through linear diamines of variable length. Actually, the mutual position of the metal binding oxygen groups, as well as the linker length, affected protonation and complex formation equilibria. A thorough study of the ligands is presented. In particular, the complex formation equilibria of the three ligands toward Fe3+, Al3+, Zn2+ and Cu2+ ions were investigated by combined potentiometric and spectrophotometric techniques. The results are encouraging: all the three ligands form stable complexes with all the investigated metal ions, involving the oxygen donor atoms from the 2-hydroxybenzamido unit, and nitrogen atoms in copper and zinc coordination.
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- Joanna I Lachowicz
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, I-09042 Monserrato-Cagliari, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, I-09042 Monserrato-Cagliari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, I-09042 Monserrato-Cagliari, Italy
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- Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, I-09042 Monserrato-Cagliari, Italy
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Nurchi VM, Crisponi G, Lachowicz JI, Jaraquemada-Pelaez MDG, Bretti C, Peana M, Medici S, Zoroddu MA. Equilibrium studies of new bis-hydroxypyrone derivatives with Fe3+, Al3+, Cu2+ and Zn2+. J Inorg Biochem 2018; 189:103-114. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2018.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Revised: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 09/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Endrizzi F, Di Bernardo P, Zanonato PL, Tisato F, Porchia M, Ahmed Isse A, Melchior A, Tolazzi M. Cu(i) and Ag(i) complex formation with the hydrophilic phosphine 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphadamantane in different ionic media. How to estimate the effect of a complexing medium. Dalton Trans 2018; 46:1455-1466. [PMID: 28074209 DOI: 10.1039/c6dt04221j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The complexes of Cu(i) and Ag(i) with 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphadamantane (PTA) are currently studied for their potential clinical use as anticancer agents, given the cytotoxicity they exhibited in vitro towards a panel of several human tumor cell lines. These metallodrugs are prepared in the form of [M(PTA)4]+ (M = Cu+, Ag+) compounds and dissolved in physiological solution for their administration. However, the nature of the species involved in the cytotoxic activity of the compounds is often unknown. In the present work, the thermodynamics of formation of the complexes of Cu(i) and Ag(i) with PTA in aqueous solution is investigated by means of potentiometric, spectrophotometric and microcalorimetric methods. The results show that both metal(i) ions form up to four successive complexes with PTA. The formation of Ag(i) complexes is studied at 298.15 K in 0.1 M NaNO3 whereas the formation of the Cu(i) one is studied in 1 M NaCl, where Cu(i) is stabilized by the formation of three successive chloro-complexes. Therefore, for this latter system, conditional stability constants and thermodynamic data are obtained. To estimate the affinity of Cu(i) for PTA in the absence of chloride, Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations have been done to obtain the stoichiometry and the relative stability of the possible Cu/PTA/Cl species. Results indicate that one chloride ion is involved in the formation of the first two complexes of Cu(i) ([CuCl(PTA)] and [CuCl(PTA)2]) whereas it is absent in the successive ones ([Cu(PTA)3]+ and [Cu(PTA)4]+). The combination of DFT results and thermodynamic experimental data has been used to estimate the stability constants of the four [Cu(PTA)n]+ (n = 1-4) complexes in an ideal non-complexing medium. The calculated stability constants are higher than the corresponding conditional values and show that PTA prefers Cu(i) to the Ag(i) ion. The approach used here to estimate the hidden role of chloride on the conditional stability constants of Cu(i) complexes may be applied to any Cu(i)/ligand system, provided that the stoichiometry of the species in NaCl solution is known. The speciation for the two systems shows that the [M(PTA)4]+ (M = Cu+, Ag+) complexes present in the metallodrugs are dissociated into lower stoichiometry species when diluted to the micromolar concentration range, typical of the in vitro biological testing. Accordingly, [Cu(PTA)2]+, [Cu(PTA)3]+ and [Ag(PTA)2]+ are predicted to be the species actually involved in the cytotoxic activity of these compounds.
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- Francesco Endrizzi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy. and Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy.
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- Dipartimento Politecnico di Ingegneria e Architettura, Università di Udine, Laboratori di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, via Cotonificio 108, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- Dipartimento Politecnico di Ingegneria e Architettura, Università di Udine, Laboratori di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, via Cotonificio 108, 33100 Udine, Italy
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Nurchi VM, Jaraquemada-Pelaez MDG, Lachowicz JI, Zoroddu MA, Peana M, Domínguez-Martín A, Choquesillo-Lazarte D, Remelli M, Szewczuk Z, Crisponi G. Looking at new ligands for chelation therapy. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj03947f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Four kojic acid derivatives were synthesized, and their chelation properties toward Fe3+, Al3+, Cu2+, and Zn2+ metal ions were evaluated and discussed.
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- Valeria Marina Nurchi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche
- Università di Cagliari
- Cittadella Universitaria
- I-09042 Monserrato-Cagliari
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche
- Università di Cagliari
- Cittadella Universitaria
- I-09042 Monserrato-Cagliari
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia
- Università di Sassari
- I-07100 Sassari
- Italy
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Campus Cartuja
- University of Granada
- Granada
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche
- Università di Ferrara
- I-44121 Ferrara
- Italy
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- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Wroclaw
- F. Joliot-Curie 14
- Wroclaw
- Poland
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche
- Università di Cagliari
- Cittadella Universitaria
- I-09042 Monserrato-Cagliari
- Italy
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Peana M, Medici S, Nurchi VM, Lachowicz JI, Crisponi G, Garribba E, Sanna D, Zoroddu MA. Interaction of a chelating agent, 5-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)pyridin-4(1 H )-one, with Al(III), Cu(II) and Zn(II) ions. J Inorg Biochem 2017; 171:18-28. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2017.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2016] [Revised: 03/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Lachowicz JI, Nurchi VM, Crisponi G, Jaraquemada-Pelaez MDG, Caltagirone C, Peana M, Zoroddu MA, Szewczuk Z, Cooper GJ. Complex formation equilibria of Cu2+ and Zn2+ with Irbesartan and Losartan. Eur J Pharm Sci 2017; 97:158-169. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2016.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2016] [Revised: 10/28/2016] [Accepted: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Nurchi VM, Crisponi G, Lachowicz JI, Medici S, Peana M, Zoroddu MA. Chemical features of in use and in progress chelators for iron overload. J Trace Elem Med Biol 2016; 38:10-18. [PMID: 27365273 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2016.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Revised: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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An excessive amount of iron may become extremely toxic both for its ability to generate reactive oxygen species, and for the lack of regulatory mechanisms for iron excretion in humans. Chelation therapy has been introduced in clinical practice in the 1970's to defend thalassemia patients from the effects of iron overload and it has dramatically changed both life expectancy and quality of life. The disadvantages of the drugs in clinical use make the research for new, more suitable iron chelating agents, urgent. This review defines the requirements of an iron chelator, then points out the principal chemical features of the iron chelators in use. Finally, a survey on the last ten years of the literature relative to iron chelators is done, and the most interesting ligands are presented, with particular emphasis to those that reached clinical trials.
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Affiliation(s)
- Valeria Marina Nurchi
- Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042 Monserrato-Cagliari, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042 Monserrato-Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042 Monserrato-Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, Via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, Via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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3-Hydroxypyridinone derivatives as metal-sequestering agents for therapeutic use. Future Med Chem 2015; 7:383-410. [PMID: 25826364 DOI: 10.4155/fmc.14.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Although iron is one of the most important metal ions for living organisms, it becomes toxic when in excess or misplaced. This review presents a glance at representative examples of hydroxypyridinone-based chelators, which have been recently developed as potential clinically useful drugs for metal overload diseases, mostly associated with excess of iron but also other hard metal-ions. It also includes a detailed discussion on the factors assisting chelator design strategy toward fulfillment of the most relevant biochemical properties of hydroxypyridinone chelators, highlighting structure-activity relationships and a variety of potential clinical applications, beyond chelatotherapy. This study appears as a response to the growing interest on metal chelation therapy and opens new perspectives of possible applications in future medicine.
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Lachowicz JI, Nurchi VM, Crisponi G, Jaraquemada-Pelaez MDG, Ostrowska M, Jezierska J, Gumienna-Kontecka E, Peana M, Zoroddu MA, Choquesillo-Lazarte D, Niclós-Gutiérrez J, González-Pérez JM. Zinc(II) and copper(II) complexes with hydroxypyrone iron chelators. J Inorg Biochem 2015; 151:94-106. [PMID: 26281974 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2015.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2015] [Revised: 08/05/2015] [Accepted: 08/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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High stability of the complexes formed at physiological pH is one of the basic requisites that a good iron chelator must possess. At the same time the chelating agent must be selective toward iron, i.e., the stability of iron complexes must be significantly higher than that of the complexes formed with essential metal ions, in order that these last ones do not perturb iron chelation. In the frame of our research on iron chelators we have designed and synthesized a series of tetradentate derivatives of kojic acid, and examined their binding properties toward Fe(3+) and Al(3+). In this paper, for a characterization of the behavior of the proposed iron chelating agents in biological fluids, their complex formation equilibria with copper(II) and zinc(II) ions have been fully characterized together with a speciation study, showing the degree at which the iron chelators interfere with the homeostatic equilibria of these two essential metal ions.
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- Joanna Izabela Lachowicz
- Department of Chemistry and Geology, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042 Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry and Geology, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042 Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Geology, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042 Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, Joliot-Curie Street 14, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, Joliot-Curie Street 14, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, Via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Laboratorio de Estudios Cristalográficos, IACT, CSIC-Universidad de Granada, Av. de las Palmeras 4, E-18100 Armilla, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Campus Cartuja, University of Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Campus Cartuja, University of Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain
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Lachowicz JI, Nurchi VM, Crisponi G, Pelaez MDGJ, Rescigno A, Stefanowicz P, Cal M, Szewczuk Z. Metal coordination and tyrosinase inhibition studies with Kojic-βAla-Kojic. J Inorg Biochem 2015; 151:36-43. [PMID: 26239546 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2015.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2015] [Revised: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 07/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Kojic acid is a natural antifungal and antibacterial agent that has been extensively studied for its tyrosinase inhibitory and metal coordination properties. Tyrosinase is a metalloenzyme with two copper ions in the active site. It is widely accepted that the tyrosinase inhibitory activity of kojic acid is related to its ability to coordinate metals. Over the past five years, we have used kojic acid to synthesize new and efficient bis-kojic acid chelators of iron and aluminium. In parallel, we investigated whether the de novo designed ligands could interfere with proper tyrosinase functioning. The present study combines our experience with inhibition and coordination studies of the new ligand: Kojic-βAla-Kojic. Research aimed at the assembly of a new potent tyrosinase inhibitor was based on the well-known crystal structure of the enzyme. Two questions were whether two kojic acids could act better than one and to what extent the length and kind of linker could ameliorate metal coordination, and inhibitory activity. Our results show that Kojic-βAla-Kojic has high affinity for Fe(III), Al(III), Zn(II), and Cu(II) and strong tyrosinase inhibitory effect and it can be proposed for use in industrial and pharmaceutical applications.
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- Joanna Izabela Lachowicz
- Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, Monserrato, Cagliari 09042, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, Monserrato, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, Monserrato, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, Monserrato, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14, Wroclaw 50-383, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14, Wroclaw 50-383, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14, Wroclaw 50-383, Poland
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An NMR study on the 6,6′-(2-(diethylamino)ethylazanediyl)bis(methylene)bis(5-hydroxy-2-hydroxymethyl-4H-pyran-4-one) interaction with AlIII and ZnII ions. J Inorg Biochem 2015; 148:69-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2015.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2014] [Revised: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 01/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Nurchi VM, Crisponi G, Arca M, Crespo-Alonso M, Lachowicz JI, Mansoori D, Toso L, Pichiri G, Amelia Santos M, Marques SM, Niclós-Gutiérrez J, González-Pérez JM, Domínguez-Martín A, Choquesillo-Lazarte D, Szewczuk Z, Antonietta Zoroddu M, Peana M. A new bis-3-hydroxy-4-pyrone as a potential therapeutic iron chelating agent. Effect of connecting and side chains on the complex structures and metal ion selectivity. J Inorg Biochem 2014; 141:132-143. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2014.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2014] [Revised: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Crisponi G, Nurchi VM, Zoroddu MA. Iron Chelating Agents for Iron Overload Diseases. THALASSEMIA REPORTS 2014. [DOI: 10.4081/thal.2014.2046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Although iron is an essential element for life, an excessive amount may become extremely toxic both for its ability to generate reactive oxygen species, and for the lack in humans of regulatory mechanisms for iron excretion. Chelation therapy has been introduced in clinical practice in the seventies of last century to defend thalassemic patients from the effects of iron overload and, in spite of all its limitations, it has dramatically changed both life expectancy and quality of life of patients. It has to be considered that the drugs in clinical use present some disadvantages too, this makes urgent new more suitable chelating agents. The requirements of an iron chelator have been better and better defined over the years and in this paper they will be discussed in detail. As a final point the most interesting ligands studied in the last years will be presented.
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Toso L, Crisponi G, Nurchi VM, Crespo-Alonso M, Lachowicz JI, Mansoori D, Arca M, Santos MA, Marques SM, Gano L, Niclós-Gutíerrez J, González-Pérez JM, Domínguez-Martín A, Choquesillo-Lazarte D, Szewczuk Z. Searching for new aluminium chelating agents: a family of hydroxypyrone ligands. J Inorg Biochem 2013; 130:112-21. [PMID: 24200878 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2013.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2013] [Revised: 09/12/2013] [Accepted: 09/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Attention is devoted to the role of chelating agents in the treatment of aluminium related diseases. In fact, in spite of the efforts that have drastically reduced the occurrence of aluminium dialysis diseases, they so far constitute a cause of great medical concern. The use of chelating agents for iron and aluminium in different clinical applications has found increasing attention in the last thirty years. With the aim of designing new chelators, we synthesized a series of kojic acid derivatives containing two kojic units joined by different linkers. A huge advantage of these molecules is that they are cheap and easy to produce. Previous works on complex formation equilibria of a first group of these ligands with iron and aluminium highlighted extremely good pMe values and gave evidence of the ability to scavenge iron from inside cells. On these bases a second set of bis-kojic ligands, whose linkers between the kojic chelating moieties are differentiated both in terms of type and size, has been designed, synthesized and characterized. The aluminium(III) complex formation equilibria studied by potentiometry, electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy (ESI-MS), quantum-mechanical calculations and (1)H NMR spectroscopy are here described and discussed, and the structural characterization of one of these new ligands is presented. The in vivo studies show that these new bis-kojic derivatives induce faster clearance from main organs as compared with the monomeric analog.
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- Leonardo Toso
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042 Monserrato-Cagliari, Italy
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