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Interaction of squalene-based anti-cancer and neuroprotective drugs with cell membranes: in silico study

Obiettivo

Squalene is a natural lipid precursor, which plays a crucial role in the biosynthesis of sterols in the cells . Squalene is 100% biocompatible, not toxic and is able to enter into the cells easily. This makes it very promising for creating highly efficient drugs and drug delivery systems. The so-called squalenoylation technology is based on fusing hydrophobic squalenic acid
with the molecules of water-soluble drugs. Resulting conjugated molecules spontaneously self-assemble into nanoparticles, which deliver the drugs into the target cells efficiently. Currently anticancer (gemcitabine , doxorubicin ), antiviral (dideoxycytidine ) and neuroprotective (adenosine ) drugs were used in this technology with great success.
This project is devoted to revealing mechanisms of interaction of novel and highly promising squalene-based anti-cancer and neuroprotective drugs with cell membranes by means of in silico ccomputer simulations. The main goals of the project are the following:
1. To reveal how squalene-based drugs incorporate into the cell membranes, interact with membrane components and are released from the membranes on atomistic level of details.
2. To propose the ways of improving translocation of squalene-based drugs through the membranes in order to increase their therapeutic efficacy.
The practical impact of the project is improving translocation of squalene-based drugs through the membranes and making it selective, which is of great interest for therapeutic applications of existing drugs and for creation of new compounds with desirable properties.

Campo scientifico (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifica i progetti con EuroSciVoc, una tassonomia multilingue dei campi scientifici, attraverso un processo semi-automatico basato su tecniche NLP. Cfr.: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.

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Coordinatore

UNIVERSITE DE FRANCHE-COMTE
Contributo netto dell'UE
€ 173 076,00
Indirizzo
1 RUE CLAUDE GOUDIMEL
25000 Besancon
Francia

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Regione
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Franche-Comté Doubs
Tipo di attività
Istituti di istruzione secondaria o superiore
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Costo totale
€ 173 076,00
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