Calix[n]arene-based drug carriers: A DFT study of their electronic interactions with a chemotherapeutic agent used against leukemia


Por: Galindo-Murillo R., Olmedo-Romero A., Cruz-Flores E., Petrar P.M., Kunsagi-Mate S., Barroso-Flores J.

Publicada: 1 may 2014
Resumen:
The suitability of eight differently substituted calix[n]arenes (with R = -OEt; SO3H and n = 4, 5, 6, 8) as drug delivery agents for 3-phenyl-1H-[1 benzofuro[3,2-c]pyrazole (henceforth referred to as GTP), a promising new tyrosine kinase inhibitor drug, has been analyzed by means of DFT theoretical calculations at the B97D/6-31G(d,p) level of theory. Geometries and interaction energies for all inclusion complexes were calculated with NBO, as well as NBO deletion calculations in order to evaluate the energetics of the interactions between GTP and the inner walls of the calix[n]arene cavities. Second order perturbation theory analysis of the charge transfer based on the NBO population analysis was also performed to assess the energetics of the intramolecular bonding in the host guest complexes. Bond indexes suggest the formation of hydrogen-bonds as part of the stabilizing forces of the complex. Two possible insertion modes were explored for the insertion of GTP in the macrocyclic cavity yielding a total of 16 inclusion complexes studied. Interaction energies were higher for R = SO3H. Hosts (8) and (6) (n = 8 and 6, respectively) are the most promising candidates for becoming GTP delivery agents within the chemical space under exploration herein. (c) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Filiaciones:
Galindo-Murillo R.:
 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Utah, 2000 East 30 South Skaggs 201, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, United States

Olmedo-Romero A.:
 Ctr Conjunto Invest Quim Sustentable UAEMex UNAM, Unidad San Cayetano, Toluca 50200, Estado De Mexic, Mexico

Cruz-Flores E.:
 Ctr Conjunto Invest Quim Sustentable UAEMex UNAM, Unidad San Cayetano, Toluca 50200, Estado De Mexic, Mexico

Petrar P.M.:
 Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, 11, Arany Janos Str., RO-400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Kunsagi-Mate S.:
 Department of General and Physical Chemistry, Univ. of Pécs Ifjúság 6 Pécs H-7624, Hungary

 János Szentágothai Research Center, Ifjúság 20., Pécs H-7624, Hungary

Barroso-Flores J.:
 Ctr Conjunto Invest Quim Sustentable UAEMex UNAM, Unidad San Cayetano, Toluca 50200, Estado De Mexic, Mexico
ISSN: 2210271X
Editorial
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, Países Bajos
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 1035 Número:
Páginas: 84-91
WOS Id: 000335876100012