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Computational modeling of curcumin-based fluorescent probe molecules. / Satalkar, Vardhan; Rusmore, Theo A.; Phillips, Elizabeth et al.
In: Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, Vol. 138, No. 2, 29, 23.01.2019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Computational modeling of curcumin-based fluorescent probe molecules
AU - Satalkar, Vardhan
AU - Rusmore, Theo A.
AU - Phillips, Elizabeth
AU - Pan, Xiaoliang
AU - Benassi, Enrico
AU - Wu, Qin
AU - Ran, Chongzhao
AU - Shao, Yihan
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2019, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2019/1/23
Y1 - 2019/1/23
N2 - In recent years, a series of curcumin analogs have been designed as fluorescent probes for detecting and imaging A β peptide aggregates and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) brains. In order to gain a better understanding of the photophysical properties of these probe molecules, a systematical computational investigation was performed using the time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) calculations. Computed absorption and emission wavelengths well reproduced the spectral shifts among the curcumin analogs. In particular, for a recently proposed pair of probe molecules, CRANAD-5 and CRANAD-61, for sensing ROS in preclinical studies of AD brains, their emission wavelength difference was found to arise from a delocalization of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of CRANAD-61 from the curcuminoid backbone to the oxalate moiety. Overall, this study reaffirms the value of employing TDDFT calculations to assist the design of new curcumin-based fluorescence probes for AD research.
AB - In recent years, a series of curcumin analogs have been designed as fluorescent probes for detecting and imaging A β peptide aggregates and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) brains. In order to gain a better understanding of the photophysical properties of these probe molecules, a systematical computational investigation was performed using the time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) calculations. Computed absorption and emission wavelengths well reproduced the spectral shifts among the curcumin analogs. In particular, for a recently proposed pair of probe molecules, CRANAD-5 and CRANAD-61, for sensing ROS in preclinical studies of AD brains, their emission wavelength difference was found to arise from a delocalization of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of CRANAD-61 from the curcuminoid backbone to the oxalate moiety. Overall, this study reaffirms the value of employing TDDFT calculations to assist the design of new curcumin-based fluorescence probes for AD research.
KW - Alzheimer’s disease
KW - Fluorescence
KW - TDDFT
KW - ANALOGS
KW - ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE
KW - CROSS-LINKING
KW - OXIDATIVE STRESS HYPOTHESIS
KW - THERAPY
KW - AMYLOID-BETA
KW - PROGRESS
KW - IN-VIVO DETECTION
KW - DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL THEORY
KW - ENERGIES
KW - Alzheimer's disease
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060433654&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s00214-019-2415-4
DO - 10.1007/s00214-019-2415-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85060433654
VL - 138
JO - Theoretical Chemistry Accounts
JF - Theoretical Chemistry Accounts
SN - 1432-881X
IS - 2
M1 - 29
ER -
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