Publications by authors named "Ewelina Wielgus"

1,3,5-triazine derivatives are useful compounds with potential applications in various branches of chemical industry, including pharmaceutical chemistry, cosmetic chemistry, photochemistry, and organic chemistry. Due to the growing environmental requirements on conducting efficient, economical, and safe syntheses, development of new methods for synthesizing organic compounds is highly desirable. In this publication, we present a protocol for the synthesis of 1,3,5-triazine derivatives using a sonochemical approach.

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Cyclic tetrapeptides c(Pro-Phe-Pro-Phe) obtained by the mechanosynthetic method using a ball mill were isolated in a pure stereochemical form as a homochiral system (all L-amino acids, sample A) and as a heterochiral system with D configuration at one of the stereogenic centers of Phe (sample B). The structure and stereochemistry of both samples were determined by X-ray diffraction studies of single crystals. In DMSO and acetonitrile, sample A exists as an equimolar mixture of two conformers, while only one is monitored for sample B.

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We report an idea for the synthesis of oligopeptides using a solvent-free ball milling approach. Our concept is inspired by block play, in which it is possible to construct different objects using segments (blocks) of different sizes and lengths. We prove that by having a library of short peptides and employing the ball mill mechanosynthesis (BMMS) method, peptides can be easily coupled to form different oligopeptides with the desired functional and biological properties.

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The poor solubility of clotrimazole in the aqueous medium and the uncontrolled removal of the drug-loaded suppository content limit its effectiveness in the treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis. We present here the aqueous formulations of clotrimazole in the form of non-Newtonian structured fluids, , Bingham plastic or pseudoplastic fluids constructed of hyperbranched polyglycidol, HbPGL, with a hydrophobized core with aryl groups such as phenyl or biphenyl. The amphiphilic constructs were obtained by the modification of linear units containing monohydroxyl groups with benzoyl chloride, phenyl isocyanate, and biphenyl isocyanate, while the terminal 1,2-diol groups in the shell were protected during the modification step, followed by their deprotection.

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In the face of severe side effects of systemic chemotherapy used in cervical cancer, topical selective drug carriers with long-lasting effects are being sought. Hydrogels are suitable platforms, but their use is problematic in the case of delivery of hydrophobic drugs with anticancer activity. Herein, hydrogels constructed of unimolecular micelles displaying enhanced solubilization of aromatic lipophilic bioactive compounds are presented.

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Modified nucleotides are commonly used in molecular biology as substrates or inhibitors for several enzymes but also as tools for the synthesis of modified DNA and RNA fragments. Introduction of modification into RNA, such as phosphorothioate (PS), has been demonstrated to provide higher stability, more effective transport, and enhanced activity of potential therapeutic molecules. Hence, in order to achieve widespread use of RNA molecules in medicine, it is crucial to continuously refine the techniques that enable the effective introduction of modifications into RNA strands.

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Hetero Diels-Alder (HDA) reactions with the participation of E-2-aryl-1-cyano-1-nitroethenes and methylenecyclopentane were evaluated on the basis of experimental as well as quantumchemical data. It was found that contrary to most known HDA reactions, title processes are realised under non-catalytic conditions and with full regiocontrol. The DFT study shows, without any doubt, the polar but single-step reaction mechanism.

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The applicability of different solvent-free approaches leading to the amorphization of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) was tested. Ethenzamide (ET), an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug, and two ethenzamide cocrystals with glutaric acid (GLU) and ethyl malonic acid (EMA) as coformers were used as pharmaceutical models. Calcinated and thermally untreated silica gel was applied as an amorphous reagent.

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Clotrimazole, a hydrophobic drug routinely used in the treatment of vaginal candidiasis, also shows antitumor activity. However, its use in chemotherapy has been unsuccessful to date due to its low solubility in aqueous media. In this work, new unimolecular micelles based on polyether star-hyperbranched carriers of clotrimazole are presented that can enhance solubility, and consequently the bioavailability, of clotrimazole in water.

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In this work, we present results for loading of well-defined binary systems (cocrystal, solid solution) and untreated materials (physical mixtures) into the voids of MCM-41 mesoporous silica particles employing three different filling methods. The applied techniques belong to the group of "wet methods" (diffusion supported loading - DiSupLo) and "solvent-free methods" (mechanical ball-mill loading - MeLo, thermal solvent free - TSF). As probes for testing the guest1-guest2 interactions inside the MCM-41 pores we employed the benzoic acid (BA), perfluorobenzoic acid (PFBA), and 4-fluorobenzoic acid (4-FBA).

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The first examples of [3+2] cycloaddition reactions between 3,3,3-tribromo-1-nitroprop-1-ene (TBMN) were explored on the basis of experimental and theoretical approaches. It was found that reactions involving TBMN and diarylnitrones realized with full regio- and stereoselectivity lead to respective 3,4--4,5--4-nitroisoxazolidines. The regioselecticity and the molecular mechanism of title processes was analyzed on the basis of the advanced DFT computational study.

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The understanding of the mechanism of Topo I inhibition by organic ligands is a crucial source of information that has led to the design of more effective and safe pharmaceuticals in oncological chemotherapy. The vast number of inhibitors that have been studied in this respect over the last decades have enabled the creation of a concept of an 'interfacial inhibitor', thereby describing the machinery of Topo I inhibition. The central module of action of this machinery is the interface of a Topo I/DNA/inhibitor ternary complex.

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Injectable, self-healing hydrogels with enhanced solubilization of hydrophobic drugs are urgently needed for antimicrobial intravaginal therapies. Here, we report the first hydrogel systems constructed of dynamic boronic esters cross-linking unimolecular micelles, which are a reservoir of antifungal hydrophobic drug molecules. The selective hydrophobization of hyperbranched polyglycidol with phenyl units in the core via ester or urethane bonds enabled the solubilization of clotrimazole, a water-insoluble drug of broad antifungal properties.

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The 5-substituted 2-selenouridines are natural components of the bacterial tRNA epitranscriptome. Because selenium-containing biomolecules are redox-active entities, the oxidation susceptibility of 2-selenouridine (Se2U) was studied in the presence of hydrogen peroxide under various conditions and compared with previously reported data for 2-thiouridine (S2U). It was found that Se2U is more susceptible to oxidation and converted in the first step to the corresponding diselenide (Se2U), an unstable intermediate that decomposes to uridine and selenium.

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The bacterial enzyme tRNA 2-selenouridine synthase (SelU) is responsible for the conversion of 5-substituted 2-thiouridine (R5S2U), present in the anticodon of some bacterial tRNAs, into 5-substituted 2-selenouridine (R5Se2U). We have already demonstrated using synthetic RNAs that transformation S2U→Se2U is a two-step process, in which the S2U-RNA is geranylated and the resulting geS2U-RNA is selenated. Currently, the question is how SelU recognizes its substrates and what the cellular pathway of R5S2U→R5Se2U conversion is in natural tRNA.

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Background/aims: Inflammation is the body's natural response to stress in the broadest sense. The regulatory mechanisms that control this process, some of which are still unclear, are needed to balance the immune response, but also when insufficient, can cause immunodeficiency resulting in infection, cancer, neurodegeneration or other serious disorders. In this study, we focused on defining the role of lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1), an enzyme involved in modulating the methylation state of lysine, including histone and non-histone proteins, in shaping the inflammatory profile of endothelial cells.

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In a search for new crystalline forms of linezolid with modified thermal properties five cocrystals of this wide range antibiotic with aromatic acids were obtained via mechanochemical grinding and analyzed with single crystal X-ray diffraction, solid-state NMR spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction and DSC measurements. The coformers used in this study were benzoic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, protocatechuic acid, γ-resorcylic acid and gallic acid. In each of the cocrystals distinct structural features have been found, including a variable amount of water and different heterosynthons, indicating that there is more than one type of intermolecular interaction preferred by the linezolid molecule.

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Apremilast (APR), an anti-psoriatic agent, easily forms isostructural cocrystals and solvates with aromatic entities, often disobeying at the same time Kitaigorodsky's rule as to the saturation of possible hydrogen-bonding sites. In this paper the reasons for this peculiar behavior are investigated, employing a joint experimental and theoretical approach. This includes the design of cocrystals with coformers having a high propensity towards the formation of both aromatic-aromatic and hydrogen-bonding interactions, determination of their structure, using solid-state NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography, as well as calculations of stabilization energies of formation of the obtained cocrystals, followed by crystal structure prediction calculations and solubility measurements.

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Sulfur- and selenium-modified uridines present in the wobble position of transfer RNAs (tRNAs) play an important role in the precise reading of genetic information and tuning of protein biosynthesis in all three domains of life. Both sulfur and selenium chalcogens functionally operate as key elements of biological molecules involved in the protection of cells against oxidative damage. In this work, 2-thiouracil (S2Ura) and 2-selenouracil (Se2Ura) were treated with hydrogen peroxide at 1:0.

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Antisense oligonucleotides conjugated with boron clusters (B-ASOs) have been described as potential gene expression inhibitors and carriers of boron for boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT), providing a dual-action therapeutic platform. In this study, we tested the nucleolytic stability of DNA oligonucleotides labeled with metallacarborane [(3,3'-iron-1,2,1',2'-dicarbollide)(-1)]ate [Fe(CBH)] (FESAN) against snake venom phosphodiesterase (svPDE, 3'→5'-exonuclease). Contrary to the previously observed protective effect of carborane (CBH) modifications, the B-ASOs containing a metallacarborane moiety at the 5'-end of the oligonucleotide chain were hydrolyzed faster than their parent nonmodified oligomers.

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Two, well defined binary crystals with 1-Hydroxy-4,5-Dimethyl-Imidazole 3-Oxide (HIMO) as coformer and thiobarbituric acid (TBA) as well barbituric acid (BA) as Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) were obtained by cocrystallization (from methanol) or mechanochemically by grinding. The progress of cocrystal formation in a ball mill was monitored by means of high-resolution, solid state NMR spectroscopy. The C CP/MAS, N CP/MAS and H Very Fast (VF) MAS NMR procedures were employed to inspect the tautomeric forms of the APIs, structure elucidation of the coformer and the obtained cocrystals.

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Mechanical grinding/milling can be regarded as historically the first technology for changing the properties of matter. Mechanically activated molecular units (mechanophores) can be present in various structures: polymers, macromolecules, or small molecules. However, only polymers have been reported to effectively transduce energy to mechanophores, which induces breakage of covalent bonds.

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A unique approach in mechanosynthesis, joining solid-state NMR spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, and theoretical calculations, is employed for the first time to study the mechanism of the formation of the C-N amide bond using EDC·HCl as a coupling reagent. It has been proved that EDC·HCl, which in the crystal lattice exists exclusively in the cyclic form (X-ray data), easily undergoes transformation to a pseudocyclic stable intermediate in reaction with carboxylic acid forming a low-melt phase (differential scanning calorimetry, solid-state NMR). The obtained intermediate is reactive and can be further used for synthesis of amides in reaction with appropriate amines.

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A general and convenient approach for the incorporation of different types of boron clusters into specific locations of the DNA-oligonucleotide chain based on the automated phosphoramidite method of oligonucleotide synthesis and post-synthetic "click chemistry" modification has been developed. Pronounced effects of boron-cluster modification on the physico- and biochemical properties of the antisense oligonucleotides were observed. The silencing activity of antisense oligonucleotides bearing a single boron cluster modification in the middle of the oligonucleotide chain was substantially higher than that of unmodified oligonucleotides.

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Keto-enol tautomerism in the solid phase is a process that is particularly difficult to follow. In this work we demonstrate how it can be done by introducing deuterium into the crystal lattice of organic compounds which tend to form hydrates. In our studies we explored H-D exchange in the crystals stored in contact with deuterium oxide vapors.

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