Anticarcinogenic activity of blue fluorescent hexagonal boron nitride quantum dots: as an effective enhancer for DNA cleavage activity of anticancer drug doxorubicin

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Blue fluorescent hexagonal boron nitride quantum dots (h-BNQDs) of similar to 10 nm size as an effective enhancer for DNA cleavage activity of anticancer drug doxorubicin (DOX) were synthesized using simple one-step hydrothermal disintegration of exfoliated hexagonal boron nitride at very low temperature similar to 120 degrees C. Boron nitride quantum dots ( BNQDs) at a concentration of 25 mu g/ml enhanced DNA cleavage activity of DOX up to 70% as checked by converting supercoiled fragment into nicked circular PBR322 DNA. The interaction of BNQDs with DOX is proportional to the concentration of BNQDs, with binding constant K-b similar to 0.07338 mu g/ml. In addition, ab initio theoretical results indicate that DOX is absorbed on BNQDs at the N-terminated edge with binding energy -1.075 eV and prevented the normal replication mechanisms in DNA. BNQDs have been shown to kill the breast cancer cell MCF-7 extensively as compared with the normal human keratinocyte cell HaCaT. The cytotoxicity of BNQDs may be correlated with reduced reactive oxygen species level and increased apoptosis in MCF-7 cells, which may be liable to enhance the anticancerous activity of DOX. The results provide a base to develop BNQD-DOX as a more effective anticancer drug.
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ELSEVIER
Issue Date
2019-01
Language
English
Article Type
Article
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MATERIALS TODAY BIO, v.1

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2590-0064
DOI
10.1016/j.mtbio.2019.01.001
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http://hdl.handle.net/10203/275659
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ME-Journal Papers(저널논문)
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