TY  - JOUR
A1  - Shityakov, Sergey
A1  - Sohajda, Tamás
A1  - Puskas, Istaván
A1  - Roewer, Norbert
A1  - Förster, Carola
A1  - Broscheit, Jens-Albert
T1  - Ionization States, Cellular Toxicity and Molecular Modeling Studies of Midazolam Complexed with Trimethyl-β-Cyclodextrin
JF  - Molecules
N2  - We investigated the ionization profiles for open-ring (OR) and closed-ring (CR) forms of midazolam and drug-binding modes with heptakis-(2,3,6-tri-O-methyl)-β-cyclodextrin (trimethyl-β-cyclodextrin; TRIMEB) using molecular modeling techniques and quantum mechanics methods. The results indicated that the total net charges for different molecular forms of midazolam tend to be cationic for OR and neutral for CR at physiological pH levels. The thermodynamic calculations demonstrated that CR is less water-soluble than OR, mainly due to the maximal solvation energy (ΔG(CR)(solv = -9.98 kcal·mol ⁻¹), which has a minimal ΔG(OR)(solv) of -67.01 kcal·mol⁻¹. A cell viability assay did not detect any signs of TRIMEB and OR/CR-TRIMEB complex toxicity on the cEND cells after 24 h of incubation in either Dulbecco's Modified Eagles Medium or in heat-inactivated human serum. The molecular docking studies identified the more flexible OR form of midazolam as being a better binder to TRIMEB with the fluorophenyl ring introduced inside the amphiphilic cavity of the host molecule. The OR binding affinity was confirmed by a minimal Gibbs free energy of binding (ΔG(bind)) value of -5.57 ± 0.02 kcal·mol⁻¹, an equilibrium binding constant (K(b)) of 79.89 ± 2.706 μM, and a ligand efficiency index (LE(lig)) of -0.21 ± 0.001. Our current data suggest that in order to improve the clinical applications of midazolam via its complexation with trimethyl-β-cyclodextrin to increase drug's overall aqueous solubility, it is important to concern the different forms and ionization states of this anesthetic. All mean values are indicated with their standard deviations.
KW  - quantum mechanics
KW  - free energy of solvation
KW  - torsional energy
KW  - trimethyl-β-cyclodextrin
KW  - midazolam
KW  - transition state
KW  - molecular docking
KW  - Gibbs free energy of binding
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-119186
VL  - 19
IS  - 10
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Markenstein, Lisa
A1  - Appelt-Menzel, Antje
A1  - Metzger, Marco
A1  - Wenz, Gerhard
T1  - Conjugates of methylated cyclodextrin derivatives and hydroxyethyl starch (HES): Synthesis, cytotoxicity and inclusion of anaesthetic actives
JF  - Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
N2  - The mono-6-deoxy-6-azides of 2,6-di-O-methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (DIMEB) and randomly methylated-beta-cyclodextrin (RAMEB) were conjugated to propargylated hydroxyethyl starch (HES) by Cu+-catalysed [2 + 3] cycloaddition. The resulting water soluble polymers showed lower critical solution temperatures (LCST) at 52.5 degrees C (DIMEB-HES) and 84.5 degrees C (RAMEB-HES), respectively. LCST phase separations could be completely avoided by the introduction of a small amount of carboxylate groups at the HES backbone. The methylated CDs conjugated to the HES backbone exhibited significantly lower cytotoxicities than the corresponding monomeric CD derivatives. Since the binding potentials of these CD conjugates were very high, they are promising candidates for new oral dosage forms of anaesthetic actives.
KW  - midazolam
KW  - supermolecular carrier systems
KW  - beta-cyclodextrin
KW  - pharmaceutical applications
KW  - gamma-cyclodextrin
KW  - anaesthetics
KW  - complexation
KW  - cyclodextrin
KW  - LCST
KW  - lower critical solution temperature
KW  - acid dissociation
KW  - drug
KW  - rat
KW  - cycloaddition
KW  - occupancy
KW  - polymer
KW  - sevoflurane
KW  - solubility
KW  - starch
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-114280
SN  - 1860-5397
VL  - 10
ER  -