| 1. |
- Blomgren, Fredrik, et al.
(författare)
-
Two statins and cromolyn as possible drugs against the cytotoxicity of A beta(31-35) and A beta(25-35) peptides: a comparative study by advanced computer simulation methods
- 2022
-
Ingår i: RSC Advances. - : Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). - 2046-2069. ; 12:21, s. 13352-13366
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this work, possible effective mechanisms of cromolyn, atorvastatin and lovastatin on the cytotoxicity of A beta(31-35) and A beta(25-35) peptides were investigated by classical molecular dynamics and well-tempered metadynamics simulations. The results demonstrate that all the drugs affect the behavior of the peptides, such as their ability to aggregate, and alter their secondary structures and their affinity to a particular drug. Our findings from the computed properties suggest that the best drug candidate is lovastatin. This medicine inhibits peptide aggregation, adsorbs the peptides on the surface of the drug clusters, changes the secondary structure and binds to MET35, which has been seen as the reason for the toxicity of the studied peptide sequences. Moreover, lovastatin is the drug which previously has demonstrated the strongest ability to penetrate the blood-brain barrier and makes lovastatin the most promising medicine among the three investigated drugs. Atorvastatin is also seen as a potential candidate if its penetration through the blood-brain barrier could be improved. Otherwise, its properties are even better than the ones demonstrated by lovastatin. Cromolyn appears to be less interesting as an anti-aggregant from the computational data, in comparison to the two statins.
|
|
| 2. |
- Chrobak, Wojciech, et al.
(författare)
-
Component of cannabis, cannabidiol, as a possible drug against the cytotoxicity of Aβ(31-35) and Aβ(25-35) peptides: An investigation by molecular dynamics and well-tempered metadynamics simulations
- 2021
-
Ingår i: ACS Chemical Neuroscience. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1948-7193. ; 12:4, s. 660-674
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this work cannabidiol (CBD) was investigated as a possible drug against the cytotoxicity of Aβ(31-35) and Aβ(25-35) peptides with the help of atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) and well-tempered metadynamics simulations. Four interrelated mechanisms of possible actions of CBD are proposed from our computations. This implies that one mechanism can be a cause or/and a consequence of another. CBD is able to decrease the aggregation of peptides at certain concentrations of compounds in water. This particular action is more prominent for Aβ(25-35), since originally Aβ(31-35) did not exhibit aggregation properties in aqueous solutions. Interactions of CBD with the peptides affect secondary structures of the latter ones. Clusters of CBD are seen as possible adsorbents of Aβ(31-35) and Aβ(25-35) since peptides are tending to aggregate around them. And last but not least, CBD exhibits binding to MET35. All four mechanisms of actions can possibly inhibit the Aβ-cytotoxicity as discussed in this paper. Moreover, the amount of water also played a role in peptide clustering: with a growing concentration of peptides in water without a drug, the aggregation of both Aβ(31-35) and Aβ(25-35) increased. The number of hydrogen bonds between peptides and water was significantly higher for simulations with Aβ(25-35) at the higher concentration of peptides, while for Aβ(31-35) that difference was rather insignificant. The presence of CBD did not substantially affect the number of hydrogen bonds in the simulated systems.
|
|
| 3. |
- Rizell, Josef, 1996, et al.
(författare)
-
Electrochemical Signatures of Potassium Plating and Stripping
- 2024
-
Ingår i: Journal of the Electrochemical Society. - 1945-7111 .- 0013-4651. ; 171:2
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Alkali metal anodes can enable unmatched energy densities in next generation batteries but suffer from insufficient coulombic efficiencies. To deduce details about processes taking place during galvanostatic cycling, voltage profiles are commonly analyzed, however the interpretation is not straightforward as multiple processes can occur simultaneously. Here we provide a route to disentangle and interpret features of the voltage profile in order to build a mechanistic understanding on alkali metal stripping and deposition, by investigating potassium metal deposition as a model case where processes and reactions are exaggerated due to the high reactivity of potassium. In particular, the importance of separating SEI formation and nucleation to correctly estimate the energy barrier for nucleation is demonstrated. Further, we show how the native layer formed on alkali metal foils gives rise to strong features in the voltage profile and propose forming alkali metal electrode through electrodeposition to mitigate these effects.
|
|
