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Crișan G, Stan Ș, Chiș V. Exploring Geometrical, Electronic and Spectroscopic Properties of 2-Nitroimidazole-Based Radiopharmaceuticals via Computational Chemistry Methods. Molecules 2024; 29:1505. [PMID: 38611785 PMCID: PMC11013577 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29071505] [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: 02/14/2024] [Revised: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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Tumor hypoxia plays an important role in the clinical management and treatment planning of various cancers. The use of 2-nitroimidazole-based radiopharmaceuticals has been the most successful for positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging probes, offering noninvasive means to assess tumor hypoxia. In this study we performed detailed computational investigations of the most used compounds for PET imaging, focusing on those derived from 2-nitroimidazole: fluoromisonidazole (FMISO), fluoroazomycin arabinoside (FAZA), fluoroetanidazole (FETA), fluoroerythronitroimidazole (FETNIM) and 2-(2-nitroimidazol-1-yl)-N-(2,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropyl)acetamide (EF5). Conformational analysis, structural parameters, vibrational IR and Raman properties (within both harmonic and anharmonic approximations), as well as the NMR shielding tensors and spin-spin coupling constants were obtained by density functional theory (DFT) calculations and then correlated with experimental findings, where available. Furthermore, time-dependent DFT computations reveal insight into the excited states of the compounds. Our results predict a significant change in the conformational landscape of most of the investigated compounds when transitioning from the gas phase to aqueous solution. According to computational data, the 2-nitroimidazole moiety determines to a large extent the spectroscopic properties of its derivatives. Due to the limited structural information available in the current literature for the investigated compounds, the findings presented herein deepen the current understanding of the electronic structures of these five radiopharmaceuticals.
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- George Crișan
- Faculty of Physics, Babeș-Bolyai University, Str. M. Kogălniceanu 1, RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; (G.C.); (Ș.S.)
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, County Clinical Hospital, Clinicilor 3-5, RO-400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Faculty of Physics, Babeș-Bolyai University, Str. M. Kogălniceanu 1, RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; (G.C.); (Ș.S.)
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- Faculty of Physics, Babeș-Bolyai University, Str. M. Kogălniceanu 1, RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; (G.C.); (Ș.S.)
- Institute for Research, Development and Innovation in Applied Natural Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University, Str. Fântânele 30, RO-400327 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Sanz-Novo M, Kolesniková L, Insausti A, Alonso JL, León I, Alonso ER. A journey across dopamine Metabolism: A rotational study of DOPAC. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 290:122303. [PMID: 36608514 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.122303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2022] [Revised: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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DOPAC, a relevant scaffold in dopamine metabolism, was probed in the gas phase and interrogated by high-resolution rotational spectroscopy. Herein, three distinct conformers were isolated in a supersonic jet and identified for the first time through an examination of the trend of the rotational constants and the dipole moment selection rules. Additionally, we examined the plausible relaxation pathways of the low-energy conformers of DOPAC, which helped us to claim the indirect detection of two additional conformers, providing conclusive experimental evidence of the flexible nature of this biomolecule. The current investigation sheds some light on the differences between jet-cooled rotational experiments and matrix-isolation infrared spectroscopy.
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- Miguel Sanz-Novo
- Grupo de Espectrocopía Molecular (GEM), Edificio Quifima, Laboratorios de Espectroscopía y Bioespectroscopía, Unidad Asociada CSIC, Parque Científico UVa, Universidad de Valladolid, 47011, Valladolid, Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/ EHU), 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Grupo de Espectrocopía Molecular (GEM), Edificio Quifima, Laboratorios de Espectroscopía y Bioespectroscopía, Unidad Asociada CSIC, Parque Científico UVa, Universidad de Valladolid, 47011, Valladolid, Spain
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- Grupo de Espectrocopía Molecular (GEM), Edificio Quifima, Laboratorios de Espectroscopía y Bioespectroscopía, Unidad Asociada CSIC, Parque Científico UVa, Universidad de Valladolid, 47011, Valladolid, Spain
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- Grupo de Espectrocopía Molecular (GEM), Edificio Quifima, Laboratorios de Espectroscopía y Bioespectroscopía, Unidad Asociada CSIC, Parque Científico UVa, Universidad de Valladolid, 47011, Valladolid, Spain.
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Crișan G, Macea AM, Andrieș G, Chiș V. Experimental and computational Raman spectroscopies applied to 2-methoxy-2-methylpropylisonitrile (MIBI) ligand of the 99mTc-sestamibi radiopharmaceutical. J Mol Struct 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.131159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Lončar A, Negrojević L, Dimitrić-Marković J, Dimić D. The reactivity of neurotransmitters and their metabolites towards various nitrogen-centered radicals: Experimental, theoretical, and biotoxicity evaluation. Comput Biol Chem 2021; 95:107573. [PMID: 34562727 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2021.107573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 08/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In the past few years, there has been a certain interest in nitrogen-centered radicals, biologically important radicals that play a vital role in various processes and constitute many important biological molecules. In this paper, there was an attempt to bridge a gap in the literature that concerns the antiradical potency of monoamine neurotransmitters (dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine) and their metabolites towards these radicals. The most probable radical quenching mechanism was determined for each radical out of three common mechanisms, namely Hydrogen Atom Transfer (HAT), Single Electron Transfer followed by the Proton Transfer (SET-PT), and Sequential Proton Loss Electron Transfer (SPLET). Marcus' theory was then used to determine the reaction rates for the electron transfer process. SPLET was the most probable mechanism for both reactions with the aminyl and hydrazyl radicals, while HAT and SPLET were plausible mechanisms for reactions with the imidazolyl radical. Special emphasis was put on the investigation of the substituent effect on the preferred mechanism. The necessity of both thermodynamic and kinetic parameters for the comparison of the antiradical potency of compounds was discussed. The same methodology was applied for the theoretical investigation of the reactivity towards DPPH⦁, a member of the hydrazyl radicals. An ecotoxicity analysis was performed to assess the impact the investigated radicals have on the ecosystem. Except for histidine, every other neutral form was either toxic or highly toxic to some of the analyzed marine organisms.
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- Aleksandar Lončar
- Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski Trg 12-16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski Trg 12-16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski Trg 12-16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
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Samsonowicz M, Regulska E, Świsłocka R, Butarewicz A. Molecular structure and microbiological activity of alkali metal 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetates. JOURNAL OF SAUDI CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jscs.2018.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Dimić D, Milenković D, Dimitrić Marković J, Marković Z. Antiradical activity of catecholamines and metabolites of dopamine: theoretical and experimental study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 19:12970-12980. [PMID: 28480927 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp01716b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The importance of molecules with antiradical potency that are produced in the human body has significantly increased. Among others, neurotransmitters and their metabolites act as the first line of defense against oxidative stress in the peripheral endocrine and the central nervous systems. Dopamine (DO), epinephrine (EP), norepinephrine (NE), l-DOPA, catechol, and three metabolites of dopamine (3-methoxytyramine (3-MT), homovanillic acid (HO), and 3,4-dihydrophenylacetic acid (DOPAC)) were investigated for their antiradical potency via computational methods and DPPH assay. Density functional theory calculations were used to determine the most probable reaction mechanism based on the thermodynamic parameters. These results suggested that hydrogen atom transfer (HAT)/proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) and sequential proton loss electron transfer (SPLET) mechanisms are preferable in polar solvents. Several techniques were employed to differentiate between HAT and PCET mechanisms via examination of the transition state structures. Kinetic studies of HAT/PCET and electron transfer (ET) reactions, the second step of SPLET, have proven that ET is much faster for an order of 105-106. Based on this, it was concluded that SPLET was the dominant mechanism for the antiradical activity towards DPPH radicals in polar solvents. The findings suggest that all the investigated molecules can be classified as excellent antiradical scavengers, except for 3-MT and homovanillic acid.
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- D Dimić
- Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, 12-16 Studentski trg, 11000 Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
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Dimić DS, Milenković DA, Marković JMD, Marković ZS. Thermodynamic and kinetic analysis of the reaction between biological catecholamines and chlorinated methylperoxy radicals. Mol Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2017.1414967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Dušan S. Dimić
- Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
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- Bioengineering Research and Development Center, Kragujevac, Republic of Serbia
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- Department of Chemical-Technological Sciences, State University of Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar, Republic of Serbia
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Luchian R, Vinţeler E, Chiş C, Vasilescu M, Leopold N, Prates Ramalho JP, Chiş V. Conformational Preference and Spectroscopical Characteristics of the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Levetiracetam. J Pharm Sci 2017; 106:3564-3573. [PMID: 28842298 DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2017.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Revised: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The analysis of the possible conformers and the conformational change between solid and liquid states of a particular drug molecule are mandatory not only for describing reliably its spectroscopical properties but also for understanding the interaction with the receptor and its mechanism of action. Therefore, here we investigated the free-energy conformational landscape of levetiracetam (LEV) in gas phase as well as in water and ethanol, aiming to describe the 3-dimensional structure and energetic stability of its conformers. Twenty-two unique conformers were identified, and their energetic stability was determined at density functional theory B3LYP/6-31+G(2d,2p) level of theory. The 6 most stable monomers in water, within a relative free-energy window of 0.71 kcal mol-1 and clearly separated in energy from the remaining subset of 16 conformers, as well as the 3 most stable dimers were then used to compute the Boltzmann populations-averaged UV-Vis and NMR spectra of LEV. The conformational landscape in solution is distinctly different from that corresponding to gas phase, particularly due to the relative orientations of the butanamide group. Aiming to clarify the stability of the possible dimers of LEV, we also investigated computationally the structure of a set of 11 nonhydrated and hydrated homochiral hydrogen-bonded LEV dimers.
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- Raluca Luchian
- Faculty of Physics, Babeş-Bolyai University, 1 Kogălniceanu, RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Faculty of Physics, Babeş-Bolyai University, 1 Kogălniceanu, RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Pediatric Neurology Department, Children Emergency Hospital, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Faculty of Physics, Babeş-Bolyai University, 1 Kogălniceanu, RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Faculty of Physics, Babeş-Bolyai University, 1 Kogălniceanu, RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Technology, University of Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho, 59, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal; CGE-Centro de Geofisica de Evora, University of Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho, 59, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal
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- Faculty of Physics, Babeş-Bolyai University, 1 Kogălniceanu, RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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Dimić D, Milenković D, Marković Z, Marković JD. Structural and spectral analysis of 3-metoxytyramine, an important metabolite of dopamine. J Mol Struct 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2016.12.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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