BITS Faculty Publications

Permanent URI for this communityhttp://localhost:4000/handle/123456789/1867

Browse

Subject: search.filters.subject.Cations

Search Results

Now showing 1 - 5 of 5
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Acetylcholine structure-based small activatable fluorogenic probe for specific detection of acetylcholinesterase
    (ACS, 2023-05) Sidhu, Jagpreet Singh
    Early detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is important for taking proper measures against AD pathogenesis. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is widely reported to be associated with the pathogenicity of AD. Here, employing the “acetylcholine-mimic” approach, we designed and synthesized a new class of naphthalimide (Naph)-based fluorogenic probes for specific detection of AChE and avoiding interference of butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE), the pseudocholinesterase. We investigated the action of the probes on Electrophorus electricus AChE, and the native human brain AChE that we expressed in Escherichia coli and purified in the active form for the first time. The probe Naph-3 exhibited a substantial fluorescence enhancement with AChE and majorly avoided BuChE. Naph-3 successfully crossed the cell membrane of the Neuro-2a cells and fluoresced upon reaction with endogenous AChE. We further established that the probe could be effectively used for screening AChE inhibitors. Our study provides a new avenue for the specific detection of AChE, which can be extended to the diagnosis of AChE-related complications.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Acetylcholine Structure-Based Small Activatable Fluorogenic Probe for Specific Detection of Acetylcholinesterase
    (ACS, 2023-05) Sidhu, Jagpreet Singh
    Early detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is important for taking proper measures against AD pathogenesis. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is widely reported to be associated with the pathogenicity of AD. Here, employing the “acetylcholine-mimic” approach, we designed and synthesized a new class of naphthalimide (Naph)-based fluorogenic probes for specific detection of AChE and avoiding interference of butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE), the pseudocholinesterase. We investigated the action of the probes on Electrophorus electricus AChE, and the native human brain AChE that we expressed in Escherichia coli and purified in the active form for the first time. The probe Naph-3 exhibited a substantial fluorescence enhancement with AChE and majorly avoided BuChE. Naph-3 successfully crossed the cell membrane of the Neuro-2a cells and fluoresced upon reaction with endogenous AChE. We further established that the probe could be effectively used for screening AChE inhibitors. Our study provides a new avenue for the specific detection of AChE, which can be extended to the diagnosis of AChE-related complications.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    New Insights into Applicability of Electron-Counting Rules in Transition Metal Encapsulating Ge Cage Clusters
    (ACS, 2010-11) Bandyopadhyay, Debashis
    The relative stability of Sc, Ti, and V encapsulating Gen clusters in the size range n = 14−20 has been studied through first-principles electronic structure calculations based on density functional theory. Variations of the embedding energy, gap between the highest occupied and the lowest occupied molecular orbitals, ionization potential, vertical detachment energy, and electron affinity with cluster size have been calculated to identify clusters with enhanced stability. The enhanced stability of some clusters can be very well explained as due to the formation of a filled shell free-electron gas inside the Ge cages. For the first time, direct evidence of the formation of a free-electron gas is also presented. In some other clusters, enhanced stability is found to originate from geometric effects. Some clusters that may be expected to have enhanced stability from simple electron counting rules do not show that. These results provide new insights into the long-standing question of whether electron counting rules can explain the relative stability of transition metal encapsulated semiconductor clusters and show that these clusters are too complex for such simple generalizations.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Methoxy-naphthyl-Linked N-Benzyl Pyridinium Styryls as Dual Cholinesterase Inhibitors: Design, Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, and Structure–Activity Relationship
    (ACS, 2023) Jadhav, Hemant R.
    The multifaceted nature of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) indicates the need for multitargeted agents as potential therapeutics. Both cholinesterases (ChEs), acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), play a vital role in disease progression. Thus, inhibiting both ChEs is more beneficial than only one for effectively managing AD. The present study provides a detailed lead optimization of the e-pharmacophore-generated pyridinium styryl scaffold to discover a dual ChE inhibitor. A structure–activity relationship analysis indicated the importance of three structural fragments, methoxy-naphthyl, vinyl-pyridinium, and substituted-benzyl, in a dual ChE inhibitor pharmacophore. The optimized 6-methoxy-naphthyl derivative, 7av (SB-1436), inhibits EeAChE and eqBChE with IC50 values of 176 and 370 nM, respectively. The kinetic study has shown that 7av inhibits AChE and BChE in a non-competitive manner with ki values of 46 and 115 nM, respectively. The docking and molecular dynamics simulation demonstrated that 7av binds with the catalytic and peripheral anionic sites of AChE and BChE. Compound 7av also significantly stops the self-aggregation of Aβ. The data presented herein indicate the potential of 7av for further investigation in preclinical models of AD.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Exploring the Origin of “Aggregation Induced Emission” Activity and “Crystallization Induced Emission” in Organometallic Iridium(III) Cationic Complexes: Influence of Counterions
    (RSC, 2016) Laskar, Inamur Rahaman
    A new cationic iridium(III) complex exhibiting “aggregation induced emission (AIE)” activity, [Ir(PPh3)2(bipy)(H)2]A (bipy = 2,2′-bipyridine; A = counterions), has been synthesized in a straightforward synthetic route. Interestingly, the emission color of solid state samples of this complex varied with different counteranions [A = Cl–, BF4–, PF6–, N(CN)2–] and crystallization induced emission was observed. The emission properties for the compounds with A= Cl–, PF6– are discussed by analyzing the crystal packing, the frontier molecular orbitals, and the calculation of the relevant low-lying excited states using time-dependent density functional theory. The restriction of internal rotation of the phenyl rings in the phosphine ligands due to intermolecular interactions is suggested as the most plausible origin of the observed AIE effect in these crystals.