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Beč A, Racané L, Žonja L, Persoons L, Daelemans D, Starčević K, Vianello R, Hranjec M. Biological evaluation of novel amidino substituted coumarin-benzazole hybrids as promising therapeutic agents. RSC Med Chem 2023; 14:957-968. [PMID: 37252100 PMCID: PMC10214388 DOI: 10.1039/d3md00055a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/06/2024] Open
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Herein we present the design and the synthesis of novel substituted coumarin-benzimidazole/benzothiazole hybrids bearing a cyclic amidino group on the benzazole core as biologically active agents. All prepared compounds were evaluated for their in vitro antiviral and antioxidative activity as well as for their in vitro antiproliferative activity against a panel of several human cancer cell lines. Coumarin-benzimidazole hybrid 10 (EC50 9.0-43.8 μM) displayed the most promising broad spectrum antiviral activity, while two other coumarin-benzimidazole hybrids 13 and 14 showed the highest antioxidative capacity in the ABTS assay, superior to the reference standard BHT (IC50 0.17 and 0.11 mM, respectively). Computational analysis supported these results and demonstrated that these hybrids benefit from the high C-H hydrogen atom releasing tendency of the cationic amidine unit, and the pronounced ease with which they can liberate an electron, promoted by the electron-donating diethylamine group on the coumarin core. The coumarin ring substitution at position 7 with a N,N-diethylamino group also caused a significant enhancement of the antiproliferative activity, with the most active compounds being derivatives with a 2-imidazolinyl amidine group 13 (IC50 0.3-1.9 μM) and benzothiazole derivative with a hexacyclic amidine group 18 (IC50 1.3-2.0 μM).
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- Anja Beč
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb Marulićev trg 19 HR-10000 Zagreb Croatia
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Textile Technology, University of Zagreb Prilaz baruna Filipovića 28a 10000 Zagreb Croatia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb Marulićev trg 19 HR-10000 Zagreb Croatia
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- KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Rega Institute Leuven Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Rega Institute Leuven Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb Heinzelova 55 HR-10000 Zagreb Croatia
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- Laboratory for the Computational Design and Synthesis of Functional Materials, Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute Zagreb Croatia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb Marulićev trg 19 HR-10000 Zagreb Croatia
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Ray S, Laha S, Das M, Das UK, Bag A, Choudhuri I, Bhattacharya N, Samanta BC, Maity T. Solvent-regulated fluorescence off-on signaling of Ni(II) and Zn(II) with the formation of two mononuclear complexes with an ATP detection ability by Zn(II) assembly. Analyst 2023; 148:594-608. [PMID: 36594590 DOI: 10.1039/d2an01938h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The current study shows that Schiff base HL, (Z)-2,4-dibromo-6-(((piperidin-2-ylmethyl)imino)methyl)phenol, can be used successfully as a selective chemosensor for Zn(II) and Ni(II) among several competing cations in purely aqueous and semi-aqueous media. Under UV light in methanol-water (9 : 1) HEPES buffer, the receptor gives its response by changing its color to cyan color in the presence of Zn(II) and to bluish cyan color in the presence of Ni(II). Surprisingly, the chemosensor can only reliably identify Zn(II) in a hundred percent aqueous medium by changing its color to light yellow. UV and fluorescence studies in both aqueous and semi-aqueous media are used to further investigate this Zn(II) and Ni(II) recognition phenomenon. The high values of the host-guest binding constants, obtained by electronic and fluorescence titration, ensure that a strong bond exists between HL and Ni(II)/Zn(II). As anticipated, two highly luminescent mononuclear, crystalline compounds, complexes 1 and 2, have been developed by a separate reaction of HL and Zn(II)/Ni(II), and the high luminous properties are due to the occurrence of Chelation Enhanced Fluorescence (CHEF). According to the single crystal structure, the asymmetric units of both complexes consist of two deprotonated chemosensor units and one Zn(II)/Ni(II), leading to the formation of an octahedral complex. For Ni(II) and Zn(II) sensing, the predicted LOD is in the nanomolar range. Both complexes 1 and 2 are fluorescence active and studies to check their ATP detection ability, but intriguingly, only complex 2 is capable of detecting ATP in a fully aqueous solution. Finally, the live cell imaging study validates the two sensors' biosensing functionality.
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- Subham Ray
- Department of Chemistry, Prabhat Kumar College, Contai, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, 721404, India.
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- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Prabhat Kumar College, Contai, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, 721404, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Bihar, India
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- School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Panskura Banamali College, Panskura, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Panskura Banamali College, Panskura, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Prabhat Kumar College, Contai, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, 721404, India.
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Wang M, Wang C, Song W, Zhong W, Sun T, Zhu J, Wang J. A novel borate fluorescent probe for rapid selective intracellular peroxynitrite imaging. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2021; 251:119398. [PMID: 33440285 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.119398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Revised: 12/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Peroxynitrite (ONOO-) is one of the species of reactive nitrogen (RNS), which plays an important role in antibacterial activity and signal transduction and other physiological and pathological processes. In this paper, based on the benzyl borate group, a new fluorescent probe capable of detecting ONOO- with high selectivity and sensitivity is designed, and the possible mechanism of the interaction between probe and ONOO- is proposed. The probe shows high fluorescence response to ONOO- in a wide pH range (7.0-11.5). Moreover, the probe exhibit good permeability, and the content of ONOO- in cancer cells and normal cells was successfully monitored.
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- Minmin Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, PR China; Nantong Key Laboratory of Intelligent and New Energy Materials, PR China
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- School of Textiles, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, PR China; Nantong Key Laboratory of Intelligent and New Energy Materials, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, PR China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, PR China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, PR China; Nantong Key Laboratory of Intelligent and New Energy Materials, PR China.
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Bhuin S, Halder S, Saha SK, Chakravarty M. Binding interactions and FRET between bovine serum albumin and various phenothiazine-/anthracene-based dyes: a structure-property relationship. RSC Adv 2021; 11:1679-1693. [PMID: 35424090 PMCID: PMC8693680 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra09580j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The present study demonstrates binding interactions and Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) between bovine serum albumin (BSA) and a series of structurally and electronically diverse phenothiazine (PTZ) and anthracene (ANT) dyes. Upon selective excitation of tryptophan (Trp) residues of BSA, radiationless energy transfer to a dye takes place, resulting in fluorescence quenching of the former. Fluorescence quenching mechanisms, FRET parameters, possible locations, and binding constants of dyes with the BSA have been examined to deduce a structure–property relationship. The mechanism of quenching is apparently static in nature. PTZ dyes with heteroatoms and a pentyl tail (C5-PTZ) attached to them were found to have a stronger binding affinity with BSA as compared to ANT dyes. Stronger binding affinities of C5-PTZ dyes with BSA result in greater energy transfer efficiencies (ET). A dye with a strong electron-withdrawing group present in it has shown better energy accepting capability. A FRET study with dicyanoaniline (DCA) analogs of PTZ and ANT dyes (C5-PTZDCA and ANTDCA, respectively) revealed that ET depends on electronic and structural factors of molecules. An almost orthogonal geometry between ANT and DCA moieties (∼79°) in ANTDCA induces the greater extent of electron transfer from ANT to DCA, showing a higher ET for this dye as compared to C5-PTZDCA in which the torsion angle is only ∼38°. Further, the observed facts have been validated by experimentally determined bandgaps (using cyclic voltammetry experiments) for all the dyes. Thus, the hydrophobic character and the presence of interactive substituents along with the electron-accepting abilities majorly control the FRET for such dyes with BSA. The present study demonstrates binding interactions and Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) between bovine serum albumin (BSA) and a series of structurally and electronically diverse phenothiazine (PTZ) and anthracene (ANT) dyes.![]()
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- Shouvik Bhuin
- Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences-Pilani, Hyderabad Campuses Hyderabad-500078 Telangana India
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- Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences-Pilani, Hyderabad Campuses Hyderabad-500078 Telangana India
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- Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences-Pilani, Hyderabad Campuses Hyderabad-500078 Telangana India
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- Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences-Pilani, Hyderabad Campuses Hyderabad-500078 Telangana India
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