Synthesis and antimalarial activity of new nanocopolymer β-lactams and molecular docking study of their monomers
作者:Edris Ebrahimi、Aliasghar Jarrahpour、Nahid Heidari、Véronique Sinou、Christine Latour、Jean M. Brunel、Amin R. Zolghadr、Edward Turos
DOI:10.1007/s00044-015-1477-7
日期:2016.2
This report describes the preparation of some new beta-lactam nanocopolymers. These nanoparticles are synthesized in water by emulsion polymerization of an acrylate beta-lactam pre-dissolved in a mixture of co-monomers in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate as a surfactant and potassium persulfate as a radical initiator. Dynamic light scattering analysis and electron microscopy images of these emulsions show that the nanoparticles are approximately 30-70 nm in diameter. These compounds have been evaluated for their antimalarial activities against chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium faliparum K1 strain demonstrating IC50 varying from 14 to 50 A mu M. The interactions between these beta-lactam nanocopolymers and the P. falciparum single-stranded DNA-binding proteins have been studied by molecular docking calculations.