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Investigation of Binding Behavior between Drug Molecule 5-Fluoracil and M4 L4 -Type Tetrahedral Cages: Selectivity,
Wei-Qin Xu1,2, Yan-Zhong Fan1, Hai-Ping Wang1
1MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Two analogous M4 L4 -type tetrahedral cages (smaller: MOC-19; larger: MOC-22) were synthesized and investigated for their interactions with the anticancer drug 5-fluoracil (5-FU) by NMR spectroscopy, high-resolution electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry (HR-ESI-MS), and molecular simulation. The cage's size and window are of importance for the host-guest binding, and consequently the smaller MOC-19 with a more suitable size of cavity window was found to have much stronger hydrogen-bond interactions with 5-FU. The porous nanoparticles of MOC-19 exhibited outstanding behavior for the controlled release of 5-FU in a simulated human body with liquid phosphate-buffered saline solution.
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