Customizable and regioselective one‐pot N–H functionalization of DNA nucleobases to create a library of nucleobase derivatives for biomedical applications

Author(s):  
Djenisa H. A. Rocha ◽  
Carmen M. Machado ◽  
Vera Sousa ◽  
Cristiana F. V. Sousa ◽  
Vera L. M. Silva ◽  
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Langmuir ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (34) ◽  
pp. 10850-10858 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinith Yathindranath ◽  
Zhizhi Sun ◽  
Matthew Worden ◽  
Lynda J. Donald ◽  
James A. Thliveris ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (05) ◽  
pp. 2041001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junchi Chen ◽  
Lingfang Liu ◽  
Haile Liu ◽  
Yonghui Li ◽  
Junying Wang ◽  
...  

Metal clusters have attracted wide interests due to their unique electronic and optical properties, but the low luminescence quantum yield (QY) prevents them from potential biomedical applications. In this work, silver-doped Au nanoclusters (NCs) are shown to be able to improve the QY of metal clusters. We succeeded in synthesizing ultrabright glutathione (GSH) protected AuAg clusters with 10.8% QY by a one-pot route. Their florescence is about 7.5 times brighter than pure Au NCs, with super photostability and good biocompatibility in physiological environment. Based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we investigated the electronic structures and optical properties of the AuAg NCs. The results show that the increase of the density of states of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) leads to the fluorescence enhancement. In addition, two-photon excitation fluorescence imaging has been performed to show their great potential for biomedicine.


2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 795-802 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farhad Bani ◽  
Ali Bodaghi ◽  
Abbas Dadkhah ◽  
Soodabeh Movahedi ◽  
Narges Bodaghabadi ◽  
...  

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2036
Author(s):  
Jaehoon Kim ◽  
Jong Min An ◽  
Yuna Jung ◽  
Na Hee Kim ◽  
Youngwoong Kim ◽  
...  

We report, for the first time, a new red-emitting hybrid material based on a single-benzene-based fluorophore (SBBF) and silica. This robust formulation shows several features, including bright emissions at a red wavelength (>600 nm), high scalability (>gram-scale), facile synthesis (one-pot reaction; SBBF formation, hydrolytic condensation, propagation), high stability (under different humidity, pH, light), bio-imaging applicability with low cellular toxicity, and an antibacterial effect within Gram-negative/Gram-positive strains. Based on our findings, we believe that these hybrid materials can pave the way for the further development of dye-hybrid materials and applications in various fields.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aroa Duro-Castano ◽  
Laura Rodriguez-Arco ◽  
Lorena Ruiz-Perez ◽  
Cesare De Pace ◽  
Gabriele Marchello ◽  
...  

Polypeptide-based nanoparticles offer unique advantages from a nanomedicine perspective such as biocompatibility, biodegradability and stimuli-responsive properties to (patho)physiological conditions. Conventionally, self-assembled polypeptide nanostructures are prepared by first synthesizing their constituent amphiphilic polypeptides followed by post-polymerization self-assembly. Herein, we describe the one-pot synthesis of oxidation-sensitive supramolecular micelles and vesicles. This was achieved by polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) of the N-carboxyanhydride (NCA) precursor of methionine using polyethylene oxide as stabilizing and hydrophilic block in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). By adjusting the hydrophobic block length and concentration we obtained a range of morphologies from spherical to worm-like micelles, to vesicles. Remarkably, the secondary structure of polypeptides greatly influenced the final morphology of the assemblies. Surprisingly, worm-like micellar morphologies were obtained for a wide range of methionine block lengths and solid contents, with spherical micelles restricted to very short hydrophobic lengths. Worm-like micelles further assembled into oxidation-sensitive, self-standing gels in the reaction pot. Both vesicles and worm-like micelles obtained using this method demonstrated to degrade under controlled oxidant conditions which would expand their biomedical applications such as in sustained drug release or as cellular scaffolds in tissue engineering.


Author(s):  
Sukhbeer Kumari ◽  
Anupama Singh

: Recent studies have shown that one-pot synthesis is a boon for triazines synthesis. One-pot processes had significant success in carrying out complex reactions under mild and eco-friendly conditions. One-pot synthesis is environmentally benign and more economical than other processes in triazines synthesis. The triazine scaffold has provided the starting key point for the design and development of pharmaceutical molecules with wide range of biomedical applications. This review highlights the various methodologies involved for one-pot synthesis of 1,3,5-triazine scaffolds.


RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (33) ◽  
pp. 19219-19231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasnain Jan ◽  
Muhammad Aslam Khan ◽  
Hazrat Usman ◽  
Muzamil Shah ◽  
Rotaba Ansir ◽  
...  

Graphical illustration of eco-friendly, facile, one-pot, green synthesis of nanoceria for multiple biomedical applications.


2014 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 131-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz F. Cotica ◽  
Valdirlei F. Freitas ◽  
Daniel M. Silva ◽  
Karina Honjoya ◽  
Karen Honjoya ◽  
...  

In the search to reduce the side effects, toxicity and assuring the desired effectiveness of the drugs, many efforts has been made to improve specific drugs’ delivery characteristics. Several carrier nanoparticles have been used to assist the drugs incorporation, absorption and transport through the bloodstream. However, most chemical synthesis routes are multistep and time-consuming treatments and, also, many carrier nanoparticles have toxic effects. In this work, we report a simple one-pot approach for the synthesis of CoFe2O4 nanoparticles (20 to 100 nm). The magnetic measurements revealed nanoparticles with a magnetic saturation nearly one third of that for bulk CoFe2O4. In vitro assays showed no hemolytic potential and negligible toxicity. By in vivo experiments using adult male mice we found no potential risk alterations by the nanoparticles administration. Therefore, the CoFe2O4 nanoparticles, synthesized by the current approach, can be a model drug-carrier, which makes them useful for the biomedical applications.


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