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Hydrophobic myristic acid modified PAMAM dendrimers augment the delivery of tamoxifen to breast cancer cells
Matai, Ishita,Gopinath
, p. 24808 - 24819 (2016)
In the present study, cationic generation 5 polyamido amine (G5 PAMAM) dendrimers were hydrophobically modified by grafting the surface with lipid-like myristic acid (My) tails to augment their potential as a drug delivery vector in vitro. Nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) measurements confirmed the presence of myristic acid tails at the dendrimer periphery (My-g-G5). Tamoxifen (TAM) an estrogen agonist, was entrapped in the My-g-G5 domains to impart them with anticancer properties. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations indicate these My-g-G5/TAM complexes to be around 6-8 nm in size. Further, in vitro drug release studies ascertained the ability of My-g-G5/TAM complexes to release TAM in a sustained fashion under acidic conditions (pH 5.5). Cellular uptake studies revealed lysosomes as the target organelles of these nanocomplexes. MTT assay suggested good cell viability of My-g-G5 dendrimers and strong inhibitory effects of My-g-G5/TAM complexes in MCF-7 (human breast adenocarcinoma, estrogen receptor (ER) positive) cells. Dual fluorescence staining, reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, cell cycle analysis, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), change in mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP, ΔΨ) and gene expression studies revealed the apoptosis-inducing ability of My-g-G5/TAM in MCF-7 cells. Based on our findings, we present these hydrophobically modified G5 PAMAM dendrimers as prospective nanocarriers for TAM delivery for anticancer applications.
Development of small-molecule inhibitors of fatty acyl-AMP and fatty acyl-CoA ligases in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Aldrich, Courtney C.,Baran, Marzena,Boshoff, Helena I. M.,Fu, Peng,Grimes, Kimberly D.,Sibbald, Paul A.,Wilson, Daniel J.
, (2020/06/29)
Lipid metabolism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) relies on 34 fatty acid adenylating enzymes (FadDs) that can be grouped into two classes: fatty acyl-CoA ligases (FACLs) involved in lipid and cholesterol catabolism and long chain fatty acyl-AMP ligases (FAALs) involved in biosynthesis of the numerous essential and virulence-conferring lipids found in Mtb. The precise biochemical roles of many FACLs remain poorly characterized while the functionally non-redundant FAALs are much better understood. Here we describe the systematic investigation of 5′-O-[N-(alkanoyl)sulfamoyl]adenosine (alkanoyl adenosine monosulfamate, alkanoyl-AMS) analogs as potential multitarget FadD inhibitors for their antitubercular activity and biochemical selectivity towards representative FAAL and FACL enzymes. We identified several potent compounds including 12-azidododecanoyl-AMS 28, 11-phenoxyundecanoyl-AMS 32, and nonyloxyacetyl-AMS 36 with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) against M. tuberculosis ranging from 0.098 to 3.13 μM. Compound 32 was notable for its impressive biochemical selectivity against FAAL28 (apparent Ki = 0.7 μM) versus FACL19 (Ki > 100 μM), and uniform activity against a panel of multidrug and extensively drug-resistant TB strains with MICs ranging from 3.13 to 12.5 μM in minimal (GAST) and rich (7H9) media. The SAR analysis provided valuable insights for further optimization of 32 and also identified limitations to overcome.
Single-stranded nucleic acid molecule for regulating expression of gene having delivering function
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Page/Page column 41, (2017/06/19)
The invention provides a single-stranded nucleic acid capable of inhibiting expression of a target gene having a delivery function. The nucleic acid contains, from the 5′-side to the 3′-side, a 5′-side region (Xc), a linker region (Lx), an inner region (Z), a linker region (Ly) and a 3′-side region (Yc) in this order, wherein the inner region (Z) is constituted by linkage of the inner 5′-side region (X) and the inner 3′-side region (Y), the 5′-side region (Xc) is complementary to the inner 5′-side region (X), the 3′-side region (Yc) is complementary to the inner 3′-side region (Y), at least one of the inner region (Z), the 5′-side region (Xc) and the 3′-side region (Yc) comprises an expression inhibitory sequence that inhibits expression of a target gene, and at least one of the 5′-terminus, the 3′-terminus, the linker region (Lx) and the linker region (Ly) is bound to a bio-related substance.
