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Mailisa W, Annisa WD, Permatasari FA, Amalia R, Ivansyah AL, Iskandar F, Rachmawati H. In Vitro and Silico Studies on the N-Doped Carbon Dots Potential in ACE2 Expression Modulation. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:10077-10085. [PMID: 36969408 PMCID: PMC10035003 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c07398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
The alteration of ACE2 expression level, which has been studied in many diseases, makes the topic of ACE2 inducer potential crucial to be explored. The ACE2 inducer could further be designed to control the ACE2 expression level, which is appropriate to a specific case. An in vitro study of well-characterized carbon dots (CDs), made from citric acid and urea, was performed to determine their ability to modulate the ACE2 receptor. Gene expression of ACE2 was quantified using concentrations adjusted for IC50 results from CDs viability assays in HEK 293 and A549 cell lines. RT-qPCR was used to assess the expression of the ACE2 gene and its induction effect in normal cell lines (HEK-293A). According to the results of the tests, ACE2 is expressed in HEK-293A cell lines, and diminazene aceturate can increase ACE2 expression. The effect of CDs on ACE2 gene expression was further examined on the cell lines that had previously been induced with diminazene aceturate, which resulted in upregulation of the ACE2 expression level. An in silico study has been done by using a molecular docking approach. The molecular docking results show that CDs can make strong interactions with ACE2 amino acid residues through hydrophobic interaction, π-π interaction, π-cation interaction, and ionic interaction.
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Affiliation(s)
- Wiska Mailisa
- Research
Group of Pharmaceutics - School of Pharmacy, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Ganesa 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
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- Research
Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Ganesa 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
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- Department
of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
- Research
Center for Chemistry, National Research
and Innovation Agency, BRIN, Kawasan
Puspiptek 15314, Banten, Indonesia
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- Department
of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Padjadjaran
University, Jl. Raya Bandung - Sumedang KM 21, Jatinangor 45363, Indonesia
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- Analytical
Chemistry Research Group, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics
and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi
Bandung, Jalan Ganesha
No.10, Bandung 40132, West Java, Indonesia
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- Research
Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Ganesa 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
- Department
of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
- Collaboration
Research Center for Advanced Energy Materials, National Research and Innovation Agency - Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung 40132, West Java, Indonesia
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- Research
Group of Pharmaceutics - School of Pharmacy, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Ganesa 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
- Research
Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Ganesa 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
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Santika AS, Permatasari FA, Umami R, Muyassiroh DAM, Irham MA, Fitriani P, Iskandar F. Revealing the synergetic interaction between amino and carbonyl functional groups and their effect on the electronic and optical properties of carbon dots. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:27163-27172. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp03401h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Nitrogen and oxygen-based functionalized carbon dots (CDs) surfaces have attracted significant attention due to their ability to tailor the optical and electronic properties of CDs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Arum Sinda Santika
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung, West Java, 40132, Indonesia
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung, West Java, 40132, Indonesia
- Collaboration Research Center for Advanced Energy Materials, National Research and Innovation Agency -Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung, West Java 40132, Indonesia
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung, West Java, 40132, Indonesia
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung, West Java, 40132, Indonesia
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung, West Java, 40132, Indonesia
- Collaboration Research Center for Advanced Energy Materials, National Research and Innovation Agency -Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung, West Java 40132, Indonesia
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung, West Java, 40132, Indonesia
- Collaboration Research Center for Advanced Energy Materials, National Research and Innovation Agency -Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung, West Java 40132, Indonesia
- Research Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung, West Java, 40132, Indonesia
- Collaboration Research Center for Advanced Energy Materials, National Research and Innovation Agency -Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung, West Java 40132, Indonesia
- Research Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia
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