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Zheng LS, Wang SM, Jiang W, Wang LL, Yang LP. Ether Naphthotube Host-Guest Complexes and [2]Rotaxanes with Dications. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202401079. [PMID: 38563628 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202401079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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The interactions between ether naphthotube and a series of dication guests in organic solution were investigated. It was found that ether naphthotube formed stable host-guest complexes selectively with these guests in a 1 : 1 stoichiometric ratio with association constants ranging from 102 to 106 M-1, which were confirmed by 1H-NMR spectra and ITC experiments. The host-guest interactions are driven by enthalpy change as the entropic factors are unfavorable. Positive correlations between ΔH and ΔS have been observed in the host-guest complexes. Furthermore, the para-substitution of the guests can significantly affect the binding affinities through a combination of field/inductive and resonance effects by following a linear free energy relationship. Based on the host-guest complexes composed of ether naphthotube and organic cations, two interlocked [2]rotaxanes were prepared by cationization reaction and Huisgen cycloaddition between the cations and the stopper components. The ether naphthotube-based host-guest complexes are useful for creating sophisticated interlocked molecules.
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- Li-Shuo Zheng
- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Xueyuan Blvd 1088, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Xueyuan Blvd 1088, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Xueyuan Blvd 1088, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, 421001, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, 421001, China
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Alešković M, Šekutor M. Overcoming barriers with non-covalent interactions: supramolecular recognition of adamantyl cucurbit[ n]uril assemblies for medical applications. RSC Med Chem 2024; 15:433-471. [PMID: 38389878 PMCID: PMC10880950 DOI: 10.1039/d3md00596h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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Adamantane, a staple in medicinal chemistry, recently became a cornerstone of a supramolecular host-guest drug delivery system, ADA/CB[n]. Owing to a good fit between the adamantane cage and the host cavity of the cucurbit[n]uril macrocycle, formed strong inclusion complexes find applications in drug delivery and controlled drug release. Note that the cucurbit[n]uril host is not solely a delivery vehicle of the ADA/CB[n] system but rather influences the bioactivity and bioavailability of drug molecules and can tune drug properties. Namely, as host-guest interactions are capable of changing the intrinsic properties of the guest molecule, inclusion complexes can become more soluble, bioavailable and more resistant to metabolic conditions compared to individual non-complexed molecules. Such synergistic effects have implications for practical bioapplicability of this complex system and provide a new viewpoint to therapy, beyond the traditional single drug molecule approach. By achieving a balance between guest encapsulation and release, the ADA/CB[n] system has also found use beyond just drug delivery, in fields like bioanalytics, sensing assays, bioimaging, etc. Thus, chemosensing in physiological conditions, indicator displacement assays, in vivo diagnostics and hybrid nanostructures are just some recent examples of the ADA/CB[n] applicability, be it for displacements purposes or as cargo vehicles.
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- Marija Alešković
- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute Bijenička 54 10 000 Zagreb Croatia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute Bijenička 54 10 000 Zagreb Croatia
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Tian FX, Qu J. Studies on the Origin of the Stabilizing Effects of Fluorinated Alcohols and Weakly Coordinated Fluorine-Containing Anions on Cationic Reaction Intermediates. J Org Chem 2022; 87:1814-1829. [PMID: 35020378 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c02361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Many synthetic methods that use fluorinated alcohols as solvents have been reported, and the fluorinated alcohols have been found to be crucial to the success of these methods. In addition, there have been reports indicating that adding a weakly coordinated fluorine-containing anion, such as BF4-, PF6-, or SbF6-, to fluorinated alcohols can improve yields. The boosting effect of fluorinated alcohols is attributed mainly to hydrogen bond activation. A few studies have suggested that the very polar fluorinated alcohols can stabilize cationic reaction intermediates. However, how they do so and why weakly coordinated fluorine-containing anions improve yields have not been studied in depth. Here, we used quaternary ammonium cations, a quaternary phosphonium cation, and a triaryl-substituted carbocation as models for short-lived cationic intermediates and studied the possible interactions of these cations with fluorinated alcohols and BF4-, PF6-, or SbF6-. On the basis of the results, we propose that the C-F dipoles of fluorinated alcohols and the E-F dipoles (where E is B, P, or Sb) of weakly coordinated fluorine-containing anions stabilized these cations by intermolecular charge-dipole interactions. We deduced that in the same fashion the C-F and E-F dipoles can thermodynamically stabilize cationic reaction intermediates.
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- Feng-Xian Tian
- The State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- The State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Escobar L, Ballester P. Molecular Recognition in Water Using Macrocyclic Synthetic Receptors. Chem Rev 2021; 121:2445-2514. [PMID: 33472000 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Molecular recognition in water using macrocyclic synthetic receptors constitutes a vibrant and timely research area of supramolecular chemistry. Pioneering examples on the topic date back to the 1980s. The investigated model systems and the results derived from them are key for furthering our understanding of the remarkable properties exhibited by proteins: high binding affinity, superior binding selectivity, and extreme catalytic performance. Dissecting the different effects contributing to the proteins' properties is severely limited owing to its complex nature. Molecular recognition in water is also involved in other appreciated areas such as self-assembly, drug discovery, and supramolecular catalysis. The development of all these research areas entails a deep understanding of the molecular recognition events occurring in aqueous media. In this review, we cover the past three decades of molecular recognition studies of neutral and charged, polar and nonpolar organic substrates and ions using selected artificial receptors soluble in water. We briefly discuss the intermolecular forces involved in the reversible binding of the substrates, as well as the hydrophobic and Hofmeister effects operating in aqueous solution. We examine, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the design and development of effective water-soluble synthetic receptors based on cyclic, oligo-cyclic, and concave-shaped architectures. We also include selected examples of self-assembled water-soluble synthetic receptors. The catalytic performance of some of the presented receptors is also described. The latter process also deals with molecular recognition and energetic stabilization, but instead of binding ground-state species, the targets become elusive counterparts: transition states and other high-energy intermediates.
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- Luis Escobar
- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.,Departament de Química Analítica i Química Orgánica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, c/Marcel·lí Domingo 1, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.,ICREA, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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Yin H, Cheng Q, Rosas R, Viel S, Monnier V, Charles L, Siri D, Gigmes D, Ouari O, Wang R, Kermagoret A, Bardelang D. A Cucurbit[8]uril 2:2 Complex with a Negative pK a Shift. Chemistry 2019; 25:12552-12559. [PMID: 31286592 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201902057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Revised: 06/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A viologen derivative carrying a benzimidazole group (V-P-I 2+ ; viologen-phenylene-imidazole V-P-I) can be dimerized in water using cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]) in the form of a 2:2 complex resulting in a negative shift of the guest pKa , by more than 1 pH unit, contrasting with the positive pKa shift usually observed for CB-based complexes. Whereas 2:2 complex protonation is unclear by NMR, silver cations have been used for probing the accessibility of the imidazole groups of the 2:2 complexes. The protonation capacity of the buried imidazole groups is reduced, suggesting that CB[8] could trigger proton release upon 2:2 complex formation. The addition of CB[8] to a solution containing V-P- I3+ indeed released protons as monitored by pH-metry and visualized by a coloured indicator. This property was used to induce a host/guest swapping, accompanied by a proton transfer, between V-P-I 3+ ⋅CB[7] and a CB[8] complex of 1-methyl-4-(4-pyridyl)pyridinium. The origin of this negative pKa shift is proposed to stand in an ideal charge state, and in the position of the two pH-responsive fragments inside the two CB[8] which, alike residues engulfed in proteins, favour the deprotonated form of the guest molecules. Such proton release triggered by a recognition event is reminiscent of several biological processes and may open new avenues toward bioinspired enzyme mimics catalyzing proton transfer or chemical reactions.
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- Hang Yin
- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, P. R. China
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Spectropole, FR 1739, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, ICR, Marseille, France.,Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Spectropole, FR 1739, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, ICR, Marseille, France
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, P. R. China
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Tcyrulnikov NA, Varadharajan R, Tikhomirova AA, Pattabiraman M, Ramamurthy V, Wilson RM. Modulation of Reduction Potentials of Bis(pyridinium)alkane Dications through Encapsulation within Cucurbit[7]uril. J Org Chem 2019; 84:8759-8765. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b01049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Nikolai A. Tcyrulnikov
- Center for Photochemical Sciences and Chemistry Department, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33146, United States
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- Center for Photochemical Sciences and Chemistry Department, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Kearney, Nebraska 68849, United States
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- Center for Photochemical Sciences and Chemistry Department, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, United States
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Host-Guest Complexations of Amine Boranes and Isoelectronic/Isostructural Quaternary Alkylammonium Cations by Cucurbit[7]uril in Aqueous Solution. HETEROATOM CHEMISTRY 2019. [DOI: 10.1155/2019/8124696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The host-guest complexation of six amine boranes (R3NBH3) by the macrocyclic host molecule cucurbit[7]uril (CB[7]) in aqueous solution has been investigated using 1H and 11B NMR spectroscopy. The limiting complexation-induced 1H and 11B chemical shift changes indicate that the amine boranes are included in the hydrophobic cavity of the host molecule. The host-guest stability constants for neutral R3NBH3∙CB[7] complexes (in the range of 105-107M-1) have been determined by 1H NMR competition experiments and are compared with the corresponding values for the isoelectronic/isostructural R3NCH3∙CB[7] + complexes. Ammonia borane (H3NBH3) does not form a host-guest complex with CB[7]. The trends in the host-guest stability constant with the guest molar volume are examined, and the stability is ascribed to the hydrophobic effect (packing coefficient) and quadrupole-dipole interactions.
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Zhang B, Dong Y, Li J, Yu Y, Li C, Cao L. Pseudo[
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]rotaxanes of Cucurbit[7/8]uril and Viologen‐Naphthalene Derivative: A Precise Definition of Rotaxane. CHINESE J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201800562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Beilin Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University Xi'an Shaanxi 710069 China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University Xi'an Shaanxi 710069 China
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University Xi'an Shaanxi 710069 China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University Xi'an Shaanxi 710069 China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University Xi'an Shaanxi 710069 China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University Xi'an Shaanxi 710069 China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University Xi'an Shaanxi 710069 China
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Cheng Q, Yin H, Rosas R, Gigmes D, Ouari O, Wang R, Kermagoret A, Bardelang D. A pH-driven ring translocation switch against cancer cells. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 54:13825-13828. [PMID: 30462104 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc08681h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A molecular switch built with cucurbit[7]uril and a 3-station viologen-phenylene-imidazole compound exhibited pH actuated ring translocation with high fatigue resistance (up to 102 cycles). The switch movement was harnessed toward selectively masking the toxicity of the viologen fragment at neutral pH near non-cancerous cells, while exposing it at acid pH near cancer cells.
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- Qian Cheng
- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, China.
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Vedernikov AI, Lobova NA, Kuz’mina LG, Fomina MV, Strelenko YA, Howard JAK, Gromov SP. Self-assembly of cucurbiturils and cyclodextrins to supramolecular millstones with naphthalene derivatives capable of translocations in the host cavities. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj04685a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Naphthylpyridine derivatives and cavitands form inclusive complexes of different structure and stoichiometry; the guests are capable of translocations within cucurbit[7,8]uril cavities.
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- Artem I. Vedernikov
- Photochemistry Center of RAS
- FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics”
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Moscow 119421
- Russian Federation
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- Photochemistry Center of RAS
- FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics”
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Moscow 119421
- Russian Federation
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- N. S. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Moscow 119991
- Russian Federation
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- Photochemistry Center of RAS
- FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics”
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Moscow 119421
- Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinskiy Institute of Organic Chemistry
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Moscow 119991
- Russian Federation
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- Photochemistry Center of RAS
- FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics”
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Moscow 119421
- Russian Federation
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Romano VJ, Macartney DH. Cucurbit[7]uril host-guest complexations of aza-, diaza-, and oxa, azaspirocycloalkanes in aqueous solution. Supramol Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/10610278.2018.1562192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Vanessa J. Romano
- Department of Chemistry, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Venkataramanan NS, Suvitha A, Kawazoe Y. Unravelling the nature of binding of cubane and substituted cubanes within cucurbiturils: A DFT and NCI study. J Mol Liq 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2018.03.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Liu Y, Perez L, Mettry M, Gill AD, Byers SR, Easley CJ, Bardeen CJ, Zhong W, Hooley RJ. Site selective reading of epigenetic markers by a dual-mode synthetic receptor array. Chem Sci 2017; 8:3960-3970. [PMID: 28553538 PMCID: PMC5433514 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc00865a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Variably functionalized self-folding deep cavitands form an arrayed, fluorescent indicator displacement assay system for the detection of post-translationally modified (PTM) histone peptides. The hosts bind trimethyllysine (KMe3) groups, and use secondary upper rim interactions to provide more sensitive discrimination between targets with identical KMe3 binding handles. The sensor array uses multiple different recognition modes to distinguish between miniscule differences in target, such as identical lysine modifications at different sites of histone peptides. In addition, the sensor is affected by global changes in structure, so it is capable of discriminating between identical PTMs, at identical positions on amino acid fragments that vary only in peptide backbone length, and can be applied to detect non-methylation modifications such as acetylation and phosphorylations located multiple residues away from the targeted binding site. The synergistic application of multiple variables allows dual-mode deep cavitands to approach levels of recognition selectivity usually only seen with antibodies.
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- Yang Liu
- Environmental Toxicology Program , University of California - Riverside , Riverside , CA 92521 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California - Riverside , Riverside , CA 92521 , USA . ;
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California - Riverside , Riverside , CA 92521 , USA . ;
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , University of California - Riverside , Riverside , CA 92521 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California - Riverside , Riverside , CA 92521 , USA . ;
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California - Riverside , Riverside , CA 92521 , USA . ;
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California - Riverside , Riverside , CA 92521 , USA . ;
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California - Riverside , Riverside , CA 92521 , USA . ;
- Environmental Toxicology Program , University of California - Riverside , Riverside , CA 92521 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California - Riverside , Riverside , CA 92521 , USA . ;
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , University of California - Riverside , Riverside , CA 92521 , USA
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Cucurbit[7]uril forms host–guest complexes with “Good's” and related biological pH buffers of varying stability in aqueous solution.
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Liu Y, Perez L, Mettry M, Easley CJ, Hooley RJ, Zhong W. Self-Aggregating Deep Cavitand Acts as a Fluorescence Displacement Sensor for Lysine Methylation. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:10746-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b05897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Yang Liu
- Department of Chemistry and ‡Environmental Toxicology Program, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Environmental Toxicology Program, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Environmental Toxicology Program, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Environmental Toxicology Program, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Environmental Toxicology Program, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Environmental Toxicology Program, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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Aryal GH, Battle CH, Grusenmeyer TA, Zhu M, Jayawickramarajah J. A naphthalimide derived fluorescent sensor for solid-phase screening of cucurbit[7]uril-guest interactions. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:2307-10. [PMID: 26729420 PMCID: PMC4758230 DOI: 10.1039/c5cc08350h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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A naphthalimide based fluorescent sensor displaying a significant increase in emission upon binding CB[7] with notable pH stability was developed and utilized in a surface-bound displacement assay for the rapid detection of CB[7] encapsulation of therapeutically relevant drug classes. Previously unknown binders with moderate to strong affinities were discovered.
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- Gyan Hari Aryal
- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, 2015 Percival Stern Hall, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, 2015 Percival Stern Hall, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, 2015 Percival Stern Hall, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, 2015 Percival Stern Hall, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
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Kim C, Tonga GY, Yan B, Kim CS, Kim ST, Park MH, Zhu Z, Duncan B, Creran B, Rotello VM. Regulating exocytosis of nanoparticles via host-guest chemistry. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 13:2474-2479. [PMID: 25569869 PMCID: PMC4323993 DOI: 10.1039/c4ob02433h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Prolonged retention of internalized nanoparticulate systems inside cells improves their efficacy in imaging, drug delivery, and theranostic applications. Especially, regulating exocytosis of the nanoparticles is a key factor in the fabrication of effective nanocarriers for chemotherapeutic treatments but orthogonal control of exocytosis in the cellular environment is a major challenge. Herein, we present the first example of regulating exocytosis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), a model drug carrier, by using a simple host-guest supramolecular system. AuNPs featuring quaternary amine head groups were internalized into the cells through endocytosis. Subsequent in situ treatment of a complementary cucurbit[7]uril (CB[7]) to the amine head groups resulted in the AuNP-CB[7] complexation inside cells, rendering particle assembly. This complexation induced larger particle assemblies that remained sequestered in the endosomes, inhibiting exocytosis of the particles without any observed cytotoxicity.
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- Chaekyu Kim
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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Papke RL, Chojnacka K, Horenstein NA. The minimal pharmacophore for silent agonism of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2014; 350:665-80. [PMID: 24990939 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.114.215236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The minimum pharmacophore for activation of the human α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) is the tetramethylammonium cation. Previous work demonstrated that larger quaternary ammonium compounds, such as diethyldimethylammonium or 1-methyl quinuclidine, were α7-selective partial agonists, but additional increase in the size of the ammonium cation or the quinuclidine N-alkyl group by a single carbon to an N-ethyl group led to a loss of efficacy for ion channel activation. We report that although such compounds are ineffective at inducing the normal channel open state, they nonetheless regulate the induction of specific conformational states normally considered downstream of channel activation. We synthesized several panels of quaternary ammonium nAChR ligands that systematically varied the size of the substituents bonded to the central positively charged nitrogen atom. In these molecular series, we found a correlation between the molecular volume of the ligand and/or charge density, and the receptor's preferred distribution among conformational states including the closed state, the active state, a nonconducting state that could be converted to an activated state by a positive allosteric modulator (PAM), and a PAM-insensitive nonconducting state. We hypothesize that the changes of molecular volume of an agonist's cationic core subtly impact interactions at the subunit interface constituting the orthosteric binding site in such a way as to regulate the probability of conversions among the conformational states. We define a new minimal pharmacophore for the class of compounds we have termed "silent agonists," which are able to induce allosteric modulator-dependent activation but not the normal activated state.
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- Roger L Papke
- Departments of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (R.L.P.) and Chemistry (K.C., N.A.H.), University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (R.L.P.) and Chemistry (K.C., N.A.H.), University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (R.L.P.) and Chemistry (K.C., N.A.H.), University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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Gamal-Eldin MA, Macartney DH. Cucurbit[7]uril host−guest complexations of steroidal neuromuscular blocking agents in aqueous solution. CAN J CHEM 2014. [DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2013-0490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The complexations of three steroidal neuromuscular blocking agents, rocuronium, vecuronium, and pancuronium, by the cucurbit[7]uril host molecule have been investigated in aqueous solution using 1H NMR spectroscopy and ESI mass spectrometry. The CB[7] binds to each of the two terminal cationic N-heterocyclic groups by means of ion-dipole interactions and hydrophobic effects, with stability constants in the order of vecuronium > pancuronium > rocuronium. This trend is different from those observed for the anionic substituted γ-cyclodextrin (Sugammadex), currently employed as a neuromuscular blockade reversal agent, and an acylic glycoluril tetramer (Calabadion), recently reported to reverse both steroidal and benzylisoquinolium neuromuscular blocking agents in rats.
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- Mona A. Gamal-Eldin
- Department of Chemistry, Queen’s University, 90 Bader Lane, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen’s University, 90 Bader Lane, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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Shaurya A, Dubicki KI, Hof F. Chemical agents for binding post-translationally methylated lysines and arginines. Supramol Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/10610278.2013.872786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Alok Shaurya
- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W3V6
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W3V6
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W3V6
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Cucurbit[n]uril type hosts for the reversal of steroidal neuromuscular blocking agents. Future Med Chem 2013; 5:2075-89. [DOI: 10.4155/fmc.13.164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The ideal neuromuscular blocking agent (NMBA) is regarded as being a non-depolarizing equivalent of succinylcholine, having a rapid onset and short duration of action, with minimal side effects. In the absence of a single drug, the administration of an aminosteroid NMBA, such as rocuronium, followed by reversal using an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, such as neostigmine, is commonly employed. A different and safer approach to rapidly reversing the action of the NMBA, by encapsulating it with a macrocyclic or acyclic host molecule, such as the cyclodextrin sugammadex or more recently, cucurbituril-type hosts such as cyclic cucurbit[7]uril and the acyclic glycoluril tetramer calabadion 1, is described.
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Kwok JC, Macartney DH. Cucurbit[7]uril complexations of bis(isoquinolinium)alkane dications in aqueous solution. Supramol Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/10610278.2013.842645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Julian C. Kwok
- Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, 90 Bader Lane, Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 4K8
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, 90 Bader Lane, Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 4K8
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Pessêgo M, Da Silva JP, Moreira JA, García-Río L. Differences in Cucurbit[7]uril: Surfactant Complexation Promoted by the Cationic Head Group. Chempluschem 2013; 78:1058-1064. [DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201300164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Pessêgo M, Moreira JA, da Costa AMR, Corrochano P, Poblete FJ, Garcia-Rio L. Electrostatic Repulsion between Cucurbit[7]urils Can Be Overcome in [3]Pseudorotaxane without Adding Salts. J Org Chem 2013; 78:3886-94. [DOI: 10.1021/jo400295k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- M. Pessêgo
- Departamento de Química
Física, Centro de Investigación en Química Biológica
y Materiales Moleculares (CIQUS), Universidad de Santiago, 15782 Santiago, Spain
- CIQA, Departamento de Química
e Farmácia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139
Faro, Portugal
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- CIQA, Departamento de Química
e Farmácia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139
Faro, Portugal
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- CIQA, Departamento de Química
e Farmácia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139
Faro, Portugal
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- Departamento
de Química
Física, Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnologías Químicas, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Avda. Camilo José
Cela s/n, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química
Física, Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnologías Químicas, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Avda. Camilo José
Cela s/n, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Departamento de Química
Física, Centro de Investigación en Química Biológica
y Materiales Moleculares (CIQUS), Universidad de Santiago, 15782 Santiago, Spain
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Danylyuk O, Fedin VP, Sashuk V. Host–guest complexes of cucurbit[6]uril with isoprenaline: the effect of the metal ion on the crystallization pathway and supramolecular architecture. CrystEngComm 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ce41236a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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