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Mohammadi-Ghalehbin B, Shiran JA, Gholizadeh N, Razzaghi-Asl N. Synthesis, antileishmanial activity and molecular modeling of new 1-aryl/alkyl-3-benzoyl/cyclopropanoyl thiourea derivatives. Mol Divers 2023; 27:1531-1545. [PMID: 36001225 DOI: 10.1007/s11030-022-10508-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Due to the lack of effective vaccine(s) against leishmania and also pharmacokinetics issues of current drugs, it is necessary to discover new antileishmanial agents. Within this particular study, a series of novel 1-aryl/alkyl-3-benzoyl/cyclopropanoyl thiourea derivatives were synthesized (yields 69-84%) and evaluated as antileishmanial compounds (1-11). Synthetic derivatives were subjected to in vitro antileishmanial assessment against Leishmania major promastigotes by colorimetric MTT assay. Compounds 3 (IC50 38.54 µg/mL), 5 (IC50 84.75 µg/mL) and 10 (IC50 70.31 µg/mL) exhibited higher activities after 48 h but were less potent than amphotericin B (IC50 0.19 µg/mL). Antileishmanial activities indicated priority of 5-methyl-4-phenyl thiazole over furyl methyl substituents and 4-phenyl thiazole on thiourea nitrogen. N-myristoyltransferase (NMT) was selected as a validated L. major target for molecular docking studies. In silico results indicated the contribution of hydrophobic, π-stacking and H-bond interactions in binding to target. Most of the synthesized derivatives had lower binding affinities to human NMT (hNMT) than leishmanial enzyme. Docking conformations of top-ranked selective binders (compounds 3 and 5) were subjected to 50 ns MD simulations inside L. major HMT (LmNMT) active site. MD trajectories were used to extract RMSD, RMSF, Rg and durability of intramolecular/intermolecular H-bonds of the complex. It was observed that compound 3 escaped from LmNMT binding site during simulation period and no stable complex could be envisaged. Unlike 3, compound 5 attained stable binding conformation with converged stability parameters. Although mechanistic details for antileishmanial effects of synthesized derivatives are to be explored, current results may be implicated in further structure-guided approach toward potent antileishmanial agents.
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Affiliation(s)
- Behnam Mohammadi-Ghalehbin
- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
- Research Center for Zoonoses, Parasitic and Microbial Diseases, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, 5618953141, Ardabil, Iran
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- Students Research Committee, School of Pharmacy, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, 5618953141, Ardabil, Iran.
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Pakdaman A, Gholizadeh N, Kharazifard MJ, Eshrati M. Clinical practice guideline adaptation for risk-based caries management in 18-55 year-old Iranian adults. BMC Oral Health 2023; 23:7. [PMID: 36609271 PMCID: PMC9824988 DOI: 10.1186/s12903-022-02699-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To adapt an evidence-based clinical practice guideline (CPG) for risk-based management of caries in 18-55 year-old Iranian adults. METHODS A multidisciplinary adaptation team reviewed evidence-based guidelines such as the NICE, SIGN, and ADA according to the defined clinical questions. In addition, databases such as the PubMed and Google Scholar were searched and CPGs were screened and appraised using the AGREE II (Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II) tool. Clinical scenarios were developed and their level of evidence, clinical advantage and adaptability were assessed. Following a two-round ranking by experts, the final recommendations were selected using the RAND-UCLA appropriateness method. RESULTS Of 17 CPGs, 5 were selected as the source guidelines for adaptation. To assess the risk of caries in the adult population, reduced Cariogram (without saliva tests) and CAMBRA were suggested as diagnostic tools. In addition, 53 risk-based recommendations on the preventive care (including the use of fluoride toothpaste, fluoride, and chlorhexidine mouthwash, at home and in-office fluoride gel, fluoride varnish, mouth buffering, and sealant), operative intervention threshold, and follow-up interval were adapted for Iranian adults. CONCLUSIONS A guideline was adapted for risk-based management of dental caries in Iranian adults. This helps local dentists in decision making and promoting oral health of adults. Further research is needed to assess the external validity and feasibility of the adapted guideline in the Iranian population.
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- A. Pakdaman
- grid.411705.60000 0001 0166 0922Research Center for Caries Prevention, Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ,grid.411705.60000 0001 0166 0922Community Oral Health Department, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- grid.411705.60000 0001 0166 0922Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine Department, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- grid.411705.60000 0001 0166 0922Dental Research Center, Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- grid.411705.60000 0001 0166 0922Research Center for Caries Prevention, Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Kazemi N, Gholizadeh N, Musilek P. Selective Microwave Zeroth-Order Resonator Sensor Aided by Machine Learning. Sensors (Basel) 2022; 22:s22145362. [PMID: 35891042 PMCID: PMC9323907 DOI: 10.3390/s22145362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2022] [Revised: 07/03/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Microwave sensors are principally sensitive to effective permittivity, and hence not selective to a specific material under test (MUT). In this work, a highly compact microwave planar sensor based on zeroth-order resonance is designed to operate at three distant frequencies of 3.5, 4.3, and 5 GHz, with the size of only λg-min/8 per resonator. This resonator is deployed to characterize liquid mixtures with one desired MUT (here water) combined with an interfering material (e.g., methanol, ethanol, or acetone) with various concentrations (0%:10%:100%). To achieve a sensor with selectivity to water, a convolutional neural network (CNN) is used to recognize different concentrations of water regardless of the host medium. To obtain a high accuracy of this classification, Style-GAN is utilized to generate a reliable sensor response for concentrations between water and the host medium (methanol, ethanol, and acetone). A high accuracy of 90.7% is achieved using CNN for selectively discriminating water concentrations.
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- Nazli Kazemi
- Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1H9, Canada; (N.K.); (N.G.)
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1H9, Canada; (N.K.); (N.G.)
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1H9, Canada; (N.K.); (N.G.)
- Applied Cybernetics, University of Hradec Králové, 500 03 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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Gholizadeh N, Mehdipour M, Najafi S, Bahramian A, Garjani S, Khoeini Poorfar H. Evaluation of the serum zinc level in erosive and non-erosive oral lichen planus. J Dent (Shiraz) 2014; 15:52-6. [PMID: 24883340 PMCID: PMC4033083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Lichen planus is a chronic inflammatory immunologic-based disease involving skin and mucosa. This disease is generally divided into two categories: erosive and non-erosive. Many etiologic factors are deliberated regarding the disease; however, the disorders of immune system and the role of cytotoxic T-lymphocytes and monocytes are more highlighted. Zinc is an imperative element for the growth of epithelium and its deficiency induces the cytotoxic activity of T-helper2 cells, which seems to be associated with lichen planus. PURPOSE This study was aimed to evaluate the levels of serum zinc in erosive and non-erosive oral lichen planus (OLP) and to compare it with the healthy control group to find out any feasible inference. MATERIALS AND METHOD A total of 22 patients with erosive oral lichen planus, 22 patients with non erosive OLP and 44 healthy individuals as the control group were recruited in this descriptive-comparative study. All the participants were selected from the referees to the department of oral medicine, school of dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Serum zinc level was examined for all the individuals with liquid-stat kit (Beckman Instruments Inc.; Carlsbad, CA). Data were analyzed by adopting the ANOVA and Tukey tests, using SPSS 16 statistical software. RESULTS The mean age of patients with erosive and non-erosive LP was 41.7 and 41.3 years, respectively. The mean age of the healthy control group was 34.4 years .The mean serum zinc levels in the erosive and non erosive lichen planus groups and control groups were 8.3 (1.15), 11.15 (0.92) and 15.74 (1.75) μg/dl respectively. The difference was statistically significant (p< 0.05). CONCLUSION The serum zinc levels were decreased in patients with erosive oral lichen planus. This finding may probably indicate the promising role of zinc in development of oral lichen planus.
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- N. Gholizadeh
- Dept. of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Dept. of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Dept. of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Dept. of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Dept. of Oral Radiology, School of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Dept. of Pediatric Oncology, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
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Mehdipour M, Taghavi Zenouz A, Bahramian A, Gholizadeh N, Boorghani M. Evaluation of serum nitric oxide level in patients with oral lichen planus. J Dent (Shiraz) 2014; 15:48-51. [PMID: 24883339 PMCID: PMC4033082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a chronic inflammatory oral mucosal disease with indefinite etiology. In recent researches, free radicals have been deliberated as the possible etiology of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. PURPOSE This study was aimed to evaluate the stress oxidative status with the nitric oxide (NO) index in a sample of Iranian population. MATERIALS AND METHOD In this descriptive-comparative study, serum NO level was assessed in 20 OLP patients as the case group and 20 healthy individuals as the control group. Collected data were analyzed by adopting two Sample t-test, using SPSS 16 software. The statistical significance level was set at p< 0.05. RESULTS The mean serum NO levels in OLP patients and healthy controls were 17.1±3.4 ng/ml and 14.5±2.7 ng/ml respectively; which revealed a significant statistical difference (p= 0.009). CONCLUSION The results of the current study with its limitation may support the premise that higher serum levels of NO in patients with OLP might activate the process of lymphocytes and cellular immunity system; hence, possibly endorsing the effect of serum NO in pathogenesis of lichen planus.
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- M. Mehdipour
- Dept. of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Dept. of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
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- Dept. of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
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- Dept. of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Dept. of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Gholizadeh N, Kabiri Z, Kakuee O, Saleh-Kotahi M, Changizi V, Fathollahi V, Oliaiy P, Omranipour R. Feasibility of breast cancer screening by PIXE analysis of hair. Biol Trace Elem Res 2013; 153:105-10. [PMID: 23625730 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-013-9671-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2012] [Accepted: 04/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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To reveal the role of key elements present in the hair of breast cancer patients on cancer development, the levels of a number of elements in scalp hair samples of 82 people including healthy individuals, people suffering from benign breast disease, and breast cancer patients were measured by PIXE analysis. Pellets of hair samples were prepared and bombarded by 2.2 MeV proton beam of a 3-MV Van de Graaff accelerator. The number of incident ions hitting the sample was indirectly measured using the RBS spectrum of a thin Ag film placed in the beam path. The concentrations of S, Cl, K, Ca, Fe, and Cu in the hair of healthy individuals were in agreement with those observed in the hair of hyperplasia and cancer patients within standard deviations. However, a lower average level of zinc was found in samples from hyperplasia and breast cancer patients. Strong positive correlations were found between iron and potassium as well as between calcium and potassium in the cancer patients. These results could be of significance in the screening for breast cancer.
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- N Gholizadeh
- Department of Physics, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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