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dc.contributor.authorMatus, María Francisca
dc.contributor.authorMalola, Sami
dc.contributor.authorHäkkinen, Hannu
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-20T07:15:52Z
dc.date.available2021-07-20T07:15:52Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationMatus, M. F., Malola, S., & Häkkinen, H. (2021). Ligand Ratio Plays a Critical Role in the Design of Optimal Multifunctional Gold Nanoclusters for Targeted Gastric Cancer Therapy. <i>ACS Nanoscience Au</i>, <i>1</i>(1), 47-60. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.1c00008" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.1c00008</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_99047313
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/77190
dc.description.abstractNanodrug delivery systems (NDDSs) based on water-soluble and atomically precise gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) are under the spotlight due to their great potential in cancer theranostics. Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most aggressive cancers with a low early diagnosis rate, with drug therapy being the primary means to overcome its increasing incidence. In this work, we designed and characterized a set of 28 targeted nanosystems based on Au144(p-MBA)60 (p-MBA = para-mercaptobenzoic acid) nanocluster to be potentially employed as combination therapy in GC treatment. The proposed multifunctional AuNCs are functionalized with cytotoxic drugs (5-fluorouracil and epirubicin) or inhibitors of different signaling pathways (phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt)/mammalian target of the rapamycin (mTOR), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)) and RGD peptides as targeting ligands, and we studied the role of ligand ratio in their optimal structural conformation using peptide–protein docking and all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The results reveal that the peptide/drug ratio is a crucial factor influencing the potential targeting ability of the nanosystem. The most convenient features were observed when the peptide amount was favored over the drug in most cases; however, we demonstrated that the system composition and the intermolecular interactions on the ligand shell are crucial for achieving the desired effect. This approach helps guide the experimental stage, providing essential information on the size and composition of the nanosystem at the atomic level for ligand tuning in order to increase the desired properties.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Society (ACS)
dc.relation.ispartofseriesACS Nanoscience Au
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.titleLigand Ratio Plays a Critical Role in the Design of Optimal Multifunctional Gold Nanoclusters for Targeted Gastric Cancer Therapy
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-202107204364
dc.contributor.laitosFysiikan laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Physicsen
dc.contributor.oppiaineNanoscience Centerfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineNanoscience Centeren
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerange47-60
dc.relation.issn2694-2496
dc.relation.numberinseries1
dc.relation.volume1
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society
dc.rights.accesslevelopenAccessfi
dc.relation.grantnumber319208
dc.relation.grantnumber292352
dc.subject.ysonanorakenteet
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dc.subject.ysonanohiukkaset
dc.subject.ysokulta
dc.subject.ysomahasyöpä
dc.subject.ysosyöpätaudit
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jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p25315
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p10851
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p23451
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p19016
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p6111
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p678
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p27422
dc.rights.urlhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.relation.doi10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.1c00008
dc.relation.funderResearch Council of Finlanden
dc.relation.funderResearch Council of Finlanden
dc.relation.funderSuomen Akatemiafi
dc.relation.funderSuomen Akatemiafi
jyx.fundingprogramResearch costs of Academy Professor, AoFen
jyx.fundingprogramResearch post as Academy Professor, AoFen
jyx.fundingprogramAkatemiaprofessorin tutkimuskulut, SAfi
jyx.fundingprogramAkatemiaprofessorin tehtävä, SAfi
jyx.fundinginformationThis work was supported by the Academy of Finland (grants 292352, 319208 and HH’s Academy Professorship). The computations were done at the CSC computing center in Finland (Grand Challenge Project NanoGaC) and by using the Finnish Computing Competence Infrastructure (FCCI; persistent identifier urn:nbn:fi:research-infras-2016072533).
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