Department of Chemistry, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran.
Sci Rep. 2021 Apr 15;11(1):8256. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-87011-6.
Hexakis (m-phenylene ethynylene) (m-PE) macrocycles, with aromatic backbones and multiple hydrogen-bonding side chains, had a very high propensity to self-assemble via H-bond and π-π stacking interactions to form nanotubular structures with defined inner pores. Such stacking of rigid macrocycles is leading to novel applications that enable the researchers to explored mass transport in the sub-nanometer scale. Herein, we performed density functional theory (DFT) calculations to examine the drug delivery performance of the hexakis dimer as a novel carrier for doxorubicin (DOX) agent in the chloroform and water solvents. Based on the DFT results, it is found that the adsorption of DOX on the carrier surface is typically physisorption with the adsorption strength values of - 115.14 and - 83.37 kJ/mol in outside and inside complexes, respectively, and so that the essence of the drug remains intact. The negative values of the binding energies for all complexes indicate the stability of the drug molecule inside and outside the carrier's cavities. The energy decomposition analysis (EDA) has also been performed and shown that the dispersion interaction has an essential role in stabilizing the drug-hexakis dimer complexes. To further explore the electronic properties of dox, the partial density of states (PDOS and TDOS) are calculated. The atom in molecules (AIM) and Becke surface (BS) methods are also analyzed to provide an inside view of the nature and strength of the H-bonding interactions in complexes. The obtained results indicate that in all studied complexes, H-bond formation is the driving force in the stabilization of these structures, and also chloroform solvent is more favorable than the water solution. Overall, our findings offer insightful information on the efficient utilization of hexakis dimer as drug delivery systems to deliver anti-cancer drugs.
六(间-苯乙炔基)(m-PE)大环,具有芳香骨架和多个氢键侧链,通过氢键和π-π堆积相互作用非常倾向于自组装,形成具有确定的内孔的纳米管状结构。这种刚性大环的堆积导致了新的应用,使研究人员能够在亚纳米尺度探索质量传输。在此,我们进行了密度泛函理论(DFT)计算,以研究六聚体作为新型载体在氯仿和水溶剂中对阿霉素(DOX)药物的药物输送性能。根据 DFT 结果,发现 DOX 在载体表面的吸附通常是物理吸附,在外部和内部配合物中,吸附强度值分别为-115.14 和-83.37 kJ/mol,因此药物的本质保持完整。所有配合物的结合能的负值表明药物分子在载体腔内外的稳定性。还进行了能量分解分析(EDA),并表明色散相互作用在稳定药物-六聚体配合物方面起着重要作用。为了进一步研究 DOX 的电子性质,计算了部分密度态(PDOS 和 TDOS)。还分析了分子中的原子(AIM)和贝克表面(BS)方法,以提供对配合物中氢键相互作用的性质和强度的内部观点。得到的结果表明,在所研究的所有配合物中,氢键的形成是稳定这些结构的驱动力,并且氯仿溶剂比水溶剂更有利。总体而言,我们的研究结果提供了有关有效利用六聚体作为药物输送系统来输送抗癌药物的有价值的信息。
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