Original Articles: 2011 Vol: 3 Issue: 4
Molecular Geometries of the Doxorubicin-PLGA Complex, Based on Theoretical Study
Abstract
Doxorubicin is a drug used in cancer chemotherapy. It is an anthracycline antibiotic and it is commonly used in the treatment of a wide range of cancers. In this report, the molecular structure, binding energy Dipole Moment (DM), Gibbs free energy of solvation (G (solvation))and some physico chemical properties of doxorubicin–PLGA complex of the conjugated complex were
investigated using computational methods . A carboxylic acid end group of PLGA(poly(D,Llactic-co-glycolic acid)) was conjugated to a primary hydroxyl group of doxorubicin(complex A). On the other hand, a hydroxyl terminal group of PLGA was activated by p-nitrophenyl chloroformate and reacted with a primary amine group of doxorubicin for conjucation
(complexB). Complex A and B are large molecules. For large reactive systems, the calculation of energies can be simplified by treating the active part with a high-level quantum mechanical (QM) ab initio or density functional. One such method is the original ‘‘Our-own-N-layer Integrated molecular Orbital, Molecular Mechanics ONIOM’’ approach. We used of this approach for
optimization of complex A and B.