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Du P, Viswanathan UM, Xu Z, Ebrahimnejad H, Hanf B, Burkholz T, Schneider M, Bernhardt I, Kirsch G, Jacob C. Synthesis of amphiphilic seleninic acid derivatives with considerable activity against cellular membranes and certain pathogenic microbes. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2014; 269:74-82. [PMID: 24491370 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2013] [Revised: 12/13/2013] [Accepted: 01/09/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
Selenium compounds play a major role in Biology, where they are often associated with pronounced antioxidant activity or toxicity. Whilst most selenium compounds are not necessarily hazardous, their often selective cytotoxicity is interesting from a biochemical and pharmaceutical perspective. We have synthesized a series of amphiphilic molecules which combine a hydrophilic seleninic acid head group - which at the same time serves as thiol-specific warhead - with a hydrophobic tail. These molecules possess a surface activity similar to the one of SDS, yet their biological activity seems to exceed by far the one of a simple surfactant (e.g. SDS) or seleninic acid (e.g. phenyl seleninic acid). Such compounds effectively haemolyse Red Blood Cells and exhibit pronounced activity against Saccharomyces cerevisiae. From a chemical perspective, the seleninic warheads are likely to attack crucial cysteine proteins of the cellular thiolstat.
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- Peng Du
- Division of Bioorganic Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Saarland University, D-66123 Saarbruecken, Germany
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- Division of Bioorganic Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Saarland University, D-66123 Saarbruecken, Germany
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie Moléculaire et Biochimie Pharmacologique, SRSMC UMR 7565, Université de Lorraine, 1 Boulevard Arago, 57070 Metz, France
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- Division of Bioorganic Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Saarland University, D-66123 Saarbruecken, Germany; Department of Food Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran
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- Division of Biophysics, Department of Biology, Saarland University, D-66123 Saarbruecken, Germany
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- Division of Bioorganic Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Saarland University, D-66123 Saarbruecken, Germany
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmacy, Philipps University, D-35037 Marburg, Germany
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- Division of Biophysics, Department of Biology, Saarland University, D-66123 Saarbruecken, Germany
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie Moléculaire et Biochimie Pharmacologique, SRSMC UMR 7565, Université de Lorraine, 1 Boulevard Arago, 57070 Metz, France
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- Division of Bioorganic Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Saarland University, D-66123 Saarbruecken, Germany.
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Redox proteins and enzymes are attractive targets for nanobiotechnology. The theoretical framework of biological electron transfer is increasingly well-understood, and several properties make redox centres good systems for exploitation: many can be detected both electrochemically and optically; they can perform specific reactions; they are capable of self-assembly; and their dimensions are in the nanoscale. Great progress has been made with the two main approaches of protein engineering: rational design and combinatorial synthesis. Rational design has put our understanding of the structure-function relationship to the test, whereas combinatorial synthesis has generated new molecules of interest. This article provides selected examples of novel approaches where redox proteins are "wired up" in efficient electron-transfer chains, are "assembled" in artificial multidomain structures (molecular Lego), are "linked" to surfaces in nanodevices for biosensing and nanobiotechnological applications.
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- G Gilardi
- Dept of Biological Sciences, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK SW7 2AY.
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Hepel M. Ion channeling phenomena and Tl-upd induced film dynamics in model biomembranes studied with EQCN and QCI techniques. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-0728(01)00518-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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