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Molecular Descriptors as a Facile Tool toward Designing Surface-Functionalized Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery

[Image: see text] Modulating the surface chemistry of nanoparticles, often by grafting hydrophilic polymer brushes (e.g., polyethylene glycol) to prepare nanoformulations that can resist opsonization in a hematic environment and negotiate with the mucus barrier, is a popular strategy toward developi...

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Autor principal: Bhattacharjee, Sourav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2022
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8985240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35316069
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00940
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description [Image: see text] Modulating the surface chemistry of nanoparticles, often by grafting hydrophilic polymer brushes (e.g., polyethylene glycol) to prepare nanoformulations that can resist opsonization in a hematic environment and negotiate with the mucus barrier, is a popular strategy toward developing biocompatible and effective nano-drug delivery systems. However, there is a need for tools that can screen multiple surface ligands and cluster them based on both structural similarity and physicochemical attributes. Molecular descriptors offer numerical readouts based on molecular properties and provide a fertile ground for developing quick screening platforms. Thus, a study was conducted with 14 monomers/repeating blocks of polymeric chains, namely, oxazoline, acrylamide, vinylpyrrolidone, glycerol, acryloyl morpholine, dimethyl acrylamide, hydroxypropyl methacrylamide, hydroxyethyl methacrylamide, sialic acid, carboxybetaine acrylamide, carboxybetaine methacrylate, sulfobetaine methacrylate, methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine, and vinyl-pyridinio propanesulfonate, capable of imparting hydrophilicity to a surface when assembled as polymeric brushes. Employing free, Web-based, and user-friendly platforms, such as SwissADME and ChemMine tools, a series of molecular descriptors and Tanimoto coefficient of molecular pairs were determined, followed by hierarchical clustering analyses. Molecular pairs of oxazoline/dimethyl acrylamide, hydroxypropyl methacrylamide/hydroxyethyl methacrylamide, acrylamide/glycerol, carboxybetaine acrylamide/vinyl-pyridinio propanesulfonate, and sulfobetaine methacrylate/methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine were clustered together. Similarly, the molecular pair of hydroxypropyl methacrylamide/hydroxyethyl methacrylamide demonstrated a high Tanimoto coefficient of >0.9, whereas the pairs oxazoline/vinylpyrrolidone, acrylamide/dimethyl acrylamide, acryloyl morpholine/dimethyl acrylamide, acryloyl morpholine/hydroxypropyl methacrylamide, acryloyl morpholine/hydroxyethyl methacrylamide, carboxybetaine methacrylate/sulfobetaine methacrylate, and glycerol/hydroxypropyl methacrylamide had a Tanimoto coefficient of >0.8. The analyzed data not only demonstrated the ability of such in silico tools as a facile technique in clustering molecules of interest based on their structure and physicochemical characteristics but also provided vital information on their behavior within biological systems, including the ability to engage an array of possible molecular targets when the monomers are self-assembled on nanoparticulate surfaces.
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spelling pubmed-89852402022-04-07 Molecular Descriptors as a Facile Tool toward Designing Surface-Functionalized Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery Bhattacharjee, Sourav Mol Pharm [Image: see text] Modulating the surface chemistry of nanoparticles, often by grafting hydrophilic polymer brushes (e.g., polyethylene glycol) to prepare nanoformulations that can resist opsonization in a hematic environment and negotiate with the mucus barrier, is a popular strategy toward developing biocompatible and effective nano-drug delivery systems. However, there is a need for tools that can screen multiple surface ligands and cluster them based on both structural similarity and physicochemical attributes. Molecular descriptors offer numerical readouts based on molecular properties and provide a fertile ground for developing quick screening platforms. Thus, a study was conducted with 14 monomers/repeating blocks of polymeric chains, namely, oxazoline, acrylamide, vinylpyrrolidone, glycerol, acryloyl morpholine, dimethyl acrylamide, hydroxypropyl methacrylamide, hydroxyethyl methacrylamide, sialic acid, carboxybetaine acrylamide, carboxybetaine methacrylate, sulfobetaine methacrylate, methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine, and vinyl-pyridinio propanesulfonate, capable of imparting hydrophilicity to a surface when assembled as polymeric brushes. Employing free, Web-based, and user-friendly platforms, such as SwissADME and ChemMine tools, a series of molecular descriptors and Tanimoto coefficient of molecular pairs were determined, followed by hierarchical clustering analyses. Molecular pairs of oxazoline/dimethyl acrylamide, hydroxypropyl methacrylamide/hydroxyethyl methacrylamide, acrylamide/glycerol, carboxybetaine acrylamide/vinyl-pyridinio propanesulfonate, and sulfobetaine methacrylate/methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine were clustered together. Similarly, the molecular pair of hydroxypropyl methacrylamide/hydroxyethyl methacrylamide demonstrated a high Tanimoto coefficient of >0.9, whereas the pairs oxazoline/vinylpyrrolidone, acrylamide/dimethyl acrylamide, acryloyl morpholine/dimethyl acrylamide, acryloyl morpholine/hydroxypropyl methacrylamide, acryloyl morpholine/hydroxyethyl methacrylamide, carboxybetaine methacrylate/sulfobetaine methacrylate, and glycerol/hydroxypropyl methacrylamide had a Tanimoto coefficient of >0.8. The analyzed data not only demonstrated the ability of such in silico tools as a facile technique in clustering molecules of interest based on their structure and physicochemical characteristics but also provided vital information on their behavior within biological systems, including the ability to engage an array of possible molecular targets when the monomers are self-assembled on nanoparticulate surfaces. American Chemical Society 2022-03-22 2022-04-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8985240/ /pubmed/35316069 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00940 Text en © 2022 The Author. Published by American Chemical Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Permits the broadest form of re-use including for commercial purposes, provided that author attribution and integrity are maintained (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Molecular Descriptors as a Facile Tool toward Designing Surface-Functionalized Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8985240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35316069
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00940
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