1. The [Mo6Cl14]2− Cluster is Biologically Secure and Has Anti-Rotavirus Activity In Vitro
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Edgardo Rojas-Mancilla, Cesar Morales-Verdejo, Rodrigo Ramirez-Tagle, Fernando Valiente-Echeverría, Felipe Velásquez, Viviana Verdugo, Jonás Chnaiderman, Alexis Oyarce, and Cesar Echeverria
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Erythrocytes ,Cell Survival ,Pharmaceutical Science ,Serum Albumin, Human ,02 engineering and technology ,Biology ,In Vitro Techniques ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Antiviral Agents ,Article ,Analytical Chemistry ,Cell Line ,lcsh:QD241-441 ,lcsh:Organic chemistry ,In vivo ,Drug Discovery ,medicine ,Organometallic Compounds ,Humans ,Viability assay ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,cluster ,cell viability ,albumin ,Molybdenum ,Quenching (fluorescence) ,Organic Chemistry ,Tryptophan ,Albumin ,Hep G2 Cells ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,medicine.disease ,In vitro ,Hemolysis ,0104 chemical sciences ,rotavirus ,Biochemistry ,hemolysis ,red blood cells ,Chemistry (miscellaneous) ,Cell culture ,Molecular Medicine ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
The molybdenum cluster [Mo6Cl14]2− is a fluorescent component with potential for use in cell labelling and pharmacology. Biological safety and antiviral properties of the cluster are as yet unknown. Here, we show the effect of acute exposition of human cells and red blood cells to the molybdenum cluster and its interaction with proteins and antiviral activity in vitro. We measured cell viability of HepG2 and EA.hy926 cell lines exposed to increasing concentrations of the cluster (0.1 to 250 µM), by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) colorimetric assay. Hemolysis and morphological alterations of red blood cells, obtained from healthy donors, exposed to the cluster (10 to 200 µM) at 37 °C were analyzed. Furthermore, quenching of tryptophan residues of albumin was performed. Finally, plaque formation by rotavirus SA11 in MA104 cells treated with the cluster (100 to 300 µM) were analyzed. We found that all doses of the cluster showed similar cell viability, hemolysis, and morphology values, compared to control. Quenching of tryptophan residues of albumin suggests a protein-cluster complex formation. Finally, the cluster showed antiviral activity at 300 µM. These results indicate that the cluster [Mo6Cl14]2− could be intravenously administered in animals at therapeutic doses for further in vivo studies and might be studied as an antiviral agent.
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- 2017