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  1. Article ; Online: Radial artery pseudoaneurysm following pediatric arterial cannulation.

    Munaf, Mamatha / Gadhinglajkar, Shrinivas / N Nayanar, V Krishna / Dash, Prasanta K / Puthuvasserry, Suneel / Sagar, Sunil

    Annals of cardiac anaesthesia

    2023  Volume 26, Issue 3, Page(s) 359–360

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Child ; Radial Artery/diagnostic imaging ; Aneurysm, False/diagnostic imaging ; Aneurysm, False/etiology ; Aneurysm, False/therapy ; Catheterization, Peripheral/adverse effects ; Ultrasonography, Interventional
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-19
    Publishing country India
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 2106866-5
    ISSN 0974-5181 ; 0971-9784
    ISSN (online) 0974-5181
    ISSN 0971-9784
    DOI 10.4103/aca.aca_171_22
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  2. Article ; Online: Photosensitized reactive chlorine species-mediated therapeutic destruction of drug-resistant bacteria using plasmonic core-shell Ag@AgCl nanocubes as an external nanomedicine.

    Thangudu, Suresh / Kulkarni, Sagar Sunil / Vankayala, Raviraj / Chiang, Chi-Shiun / Hwang, Kuo Chu

    Nanoscale

    2020  Volume 12, Issue 24, Page(s) 12970–12984

    Abstract: Due to the rapid growth of drug-resistant bacterial infections, there is an urgent need to develop innovative antimicrobial strategies to conquer the bacterial antibiotic resistance problems. Although a few nanomaterial-based antimicrobial strategies ... ...

    Abstract Due to the rapid growth of drug-resistant bacterial infections, there is an urgent need to develop innovative antimicrobial strategies to conquer the bacterial antibiotic resistance problems. Although a few nanomaterial-based antimicrobial strategies have been developed, the sensitized formation of cytotoxic reactive chlorine species (RCS), including chlorine gas and chlorine free radicals, by photo-activatable plasmonic nanoparticles for evading drug-resistant bacterial infections has not yet been reported. To address this challenge, herein, we report the synthesis of an unprecedented plasmonic core-shell Ag@AgCl nanocrystal through an in situ oxidation route for the photo-induced generation of highly cytotoxic RCS. We present the detailed in vitro and in vivo investigations of visible light activated Ag@AgCl nanostructure-mediated evasion of drug-resistant bacteria. In particular, the in vivo results demonstrate the complete reepithelialization of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infected wounds on skin upon phototherapeutic treatment mediated Ag@AgCl NCs. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first unique example of using Ag@AgCl NCs as an external nanomedicine for photo-induced generation of RCS to mediate effective killing of both Gram-positive and Gram-negative drug resistance bacteria and healing of the subcutaneous abscesses in an in vivo mouse model.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology ; Bacteria ; Chlorine ; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ; Mice ; Nanomedicine ; Pharmaceutical Preparations ; Silver
    Chemical Substances Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Pharmaceutical Preparations ; Silver (3M4G523W1G) ; Chlorine (4R7X1O2820)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-11
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2515664-0
    ISSN 2040-3372 ; 2040-3364
    ISSN (online) 2040-3372
    ISSN 2040-3364
    DOI 10.1039/d0nr01300e
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  3. Article ; Online: Mining the deep Red-Sea brine pool microbial community for anticancer therapeutics

    Esau, Luke / Zhang, Guishan / Sagar, Sunil / Stingl, Ulrich / Bajić, V. B. / Kaur, Mandeep

    BMC Complement Altern Med. 2019 Dec., v. 19, no. 1 p.142-142

    2019  

    Abstract: BACKGROUND: Microbial species in the brine pools of the Red Sea and the brine pool-seawater interfaces are exposed to high temperature, high salinity, low oxygen levels and high concentrations of heavy metals. As adaptations to these harsh conditions ... ...

    Abstract BACKGROUND: Microbial species in the brine pools of the Red Sea and the brine pool-seawater interfaces are exposed to high temperature, high salinity, low oxygen levels and high concentrations of heavy metals. As adaptations to these harsh conditions require a large suite of secondary metabolites, these microbes have a huge potential as a source of novel anticancer molecules. METHODS: A total of 60 ethyl-acetate extracts of newly isolated strains from extreme environments of the Red-Sea were isolated and tested against several human cancer cell lines for potential cytotoxic and apoptotic activities. RESULTS: Isolates from the Erba brine-pool accounted for 50% of active bacterial extracts capable of inducing 30% or greater inhibition of cell growth. Among the 60 extracts screened, seven showed selectivity towards triple negative BT20 cells compared to normal fibroblasts. CONCLUSION: In this study, we identified several extracts able to induce caspase-dependent apoptosis in various cancer cell lines. Further investigations and isolation of the active compounds of these Red Sea brine pool microbes may offer a chemotherapeutic potential for cancers with limited treatment options.
    Keywords apoptosis ; cancer therapy ; cell growth ; complement ; cytotoxicity ; drug therapy ; ethyl acetate ; fibroblasts ; humans ; microbial communities ; neoplasm cells ; oxygen ; salinity ; secondary metabolites ; temperature ; Red Sea
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2019-12
    Size p. 142.
    Publishing place BioMed Central
    Document type Article ; Online
    Note Resource is Open Access
    ZDB-ID 2050429-9
    ISSN 1472-6882
    ISSN 1472-6882
    DOI 10.1186/s12906-019-2554-0
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    Esau, Luke / Sagar, Sunil / Bangarusamy, Dhinoth / Kaur, Mandeep

    Genes & cancer

    2016  Volume 7, Issue 9-10, Page(s) 309–322

    Abstract: Cholesterol and its metabolites act as steroid hormone precursors, which promote estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer (BC) progression. Development of cholesterol targeting anticancer drugs has been hindered due to the lack of knowledge of ... ...

    Abstract Cholesterol and its metabolites act as steroid hormone precursors, which promote estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer (BC) progression. Development of cholesterol targeting anticancer drugs has been hindered due to the lack of knowledge of viable molecular targets. Till now, Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) has been envisaged as a feasible molecular target in atherosclerosis, but for the first time, we show that
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-12-23
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2538519-7
    ISSN 1947-6027 ; 1947-6019
    ISSN (online) 1947-6027
    ISSN 1947-6019
    DOI 10.18632/genesandcancer.122
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  5. Article ; Online: Mining the deep Red-Sea brine pool microbial community for anticancer therapeutics.

    Esau, Luke / Zhang, Guishan / Sagar, Sunil / Stingl, Ulrich / Bajic, Vladimir B / Kaur, Mandeep

    BMC complementary and alternative medicine

    2019  Volume 19, Issue 1, Page(s) 142

    Abstract: Background: Microbial species in the brine pools of the Red Sea and the brine pool-seawater interfaces are exposed to high temperature, high salinity, low oxygen levels and high concentrations of heavy metals. As adaptations to these harsh conditions ... ...

    Abstract Background: Microbial species in the brine pools of the Red Sea and the brine pool-seawater interfaces are exposed to high temperature, high salinity, low oxygen levels and high concentrations of heavy metals. As adaptations to these harsh conditions require a large suite of secondary metabolites, these microbes have a huge potential as a source of novel anticancer molecules.
    Methods: A total of 60 ethyl-acetate extracts of newly isolated strains from extreme environments of the Red-Sea were isolated and tested against several human cancer cell lines for potential cytotoxic and apoptotic activities.
    Results: Isolates from the Erba brine-pool accounted for 50% of active bacterial extracts capable of inducing 30% or greater inhibition of cell growth. Among the 60 extracts screened, seven showed selectivity towards triple negative BT20 cells compared to normal fibroblasts.
    Conclusion: In this study, we identified several extracts able to induce caspase-dependent apoptosis in various cancer cell lines. Further investigations and isolation of the active compounds of these Red Sea brine pool microbes may offer a chemotherapeutic potential for cancers with limited treatment options.
    MeSH term(s) Antineoplastic Agents/isolation & purification ; Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology ; Apoptosis/drug effects ; Bacteria/chemistry ; Bacteria/classification ; Bacteria/genetics ; Bacteria/isolation & purification ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Humans ; Indian Ocean ; Microbiota ; Salts/chemistry ; Seawater/microbiology
    Chemical Substances Antineoplastic Agents ; Salts ; brine
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-06-20
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2050429-9
    ISSN 1472-6882 ; 1472-6882
    ISSN (online) 1472-6882
    ISSN 1472-6882
    DOI 10.1186/s12906-019-2554-0
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  6. Article ; Online: Gamma Ray Irradiation Enhances the Linkage of Cotton Fabrics Coated with ZnO Nanoparticles

    Aswin kumar Anbalagan / Shivam Gupta / Ashish kumar / Shu-Chih Haw / Sagar Sunil Kulkarni / Nyan-Hwa Tai / Fan-Gang Tseng / Kuo Chu Hwang / Chih-Hao Lee

    ACS Omega, Vol 5, Iss 25, Pp 15129-

    2020  Volume 15135

    Keywords Chemistry ; QD1-999
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher American Chemical Society
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  7. Article ; Online: Pro-apoptotic activities of novel synthetic quinones in human cancer cell lines.

    Sagar, Sunil / Green, Ivan R

    Cancer letters

    2009  Volume 285, Issue 1, Page(s) 23–27

    Abstract: Four novel quinonoid compounds are evaluated for their apoptotic potential against three cancer cell lines, i.e. MCF-7, HeLa and MG-63. APOPercentage assay was used for the screening of the compounds and it was established that the apoptotic potential of ...

    Abstract Four novel quinonoid compounds are evaluated for their apoptotic potential against three cancer cell lines, i.e. MCF-7, HeLa and MG-63. APOPercentage assay was used for the screening of the compounds and it was established that the apoptotic potential of these compounds is cell line specific. The compound 2-(1',4'-benzoquinon-2'-yl)-5-hydroxy-7-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (S4) was found to be most active, which has a potential to kill approximately 99% of HeLa cancer cells in vitro after 72h at a concentration of 10microM. The compound's ability to induce specific markers of apoptosis in HeLa cells is further confirmed by DNA fragmentation and cell cycle assays.
    MeSH term(s) Antineoplastic Agents/chemical synthesis ; Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology ; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/pharmacology ; Apoptosis/drug effects ; Camptothecin/pharmacology ; Cell Cycle/drug effects ; Cell Survival/drug effects ; DNA Fragmentation ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; HeLa Cells ; Humans ; Neoplasms/pathology ; Quinones/chemical synthesis ; Quinones/pharmacology ; Time Factors
    Chemical Substances Antineoplastic Agents ; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic ; Quinones ; Camptothecin (XT3Z54Z28A)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2009-11-18
    Publishing country Ireland
    Document type Comparative Study ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 195674-7
    ISSN 1872-7980 ; 0304-3835
    ISSN (online) 1872-7980
    ISSN 0304-3835
    DOI 10.1016/j.canlet.2009.04.036
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  8. Article ; Online: Evaluating the cytotoxic effects of novel quinone compounds.

    Saibu, Morounke / Sagar, Sunil / Green, Ivan / Ameer, Farouk / Meyer, Mervin

    Anticancer research

    2014  Volume 34, Issue 8, Page(s) 4077–4086

    Abstract: Background/aim: Quinone-containing compounds can induce cell death in cancer cells and are, therefore, promising lead compounds for the development of novel anti-cancer drugs.: Materials and methods: In the present study, we evaluated the cytotoxic ... ...

    Abstract Background/aim: Quinone-containing compounds can induce cell death in cancer cells and are, therefore, promising lead compounds for the development of novel anti-cancer drugs.
    Materials and methods: In the present study, we evaluated the cytotoxic effects of fifteen novel synthetic quinone-containing compounds in cell cultures in an attempt to establish structure/activity relationships for these compounds. The compounds were clustered into four groups (1, 2, 3, 4) based on common structural features. In vitro cell cultures were treated for 24 h with the compounds, after which cell viability was assessed by flow cytometry. The APOPercentage™ assay, the Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase mediated dUTP Nick End Labeling (TUNEL) assay and the caspase-3 assay was used to investigate the activation of apoptosis in the cells.
    Results: Compounds from groups 2 and 4 were highly toxic to the cells. The compounds induced apoptosis in some human cancer cell cultures and exhibited low toxicity towards the non-cancerous cell line, KMST-6. The induction of apoptosis in CHO cells was associated with the activation of caspase-3 cleavage, DNA fragmentation and the reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation.
    Conclusion: The present study demonstrates that five of the quinone-containing compounds induced apoptosis in human cancer cells and are therefore promising lead compounds for the development of novel anticancer drugs.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology ; Apoptosis/drug effects ; CHO Cells ; Caspase 3/metabolism ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Cricetulus ; DNA Fragmentation ; Humans ; Quinones/pharmacology ; Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Antineoplastic Agents ; Quinones ; Reactive Oxygen Species ; Caspase 3 (EC 3.4.22.-)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-08
    Publishing country Greece
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 604549-2
    ISSN 1791-7530 ; 0250-7005
    ISSN (online) 1791-7530
    ISSN 0250-7005
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  9. Article ; Online: Synthesis and anticancer evaluation of spermatinamine analogues.

    Moosa, Basem A / Sagar, Sunil / Li, Song / Esau, Luke / Kaur, Mandeep / Khashab, Niveen M

    Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

    2016  Volume 26, Issue 6, Page(s) 1629–1632

    Abstract: Spermatinamine was isolated from an Australian marine sponge, Pseudoceratina sp. as an inhibitor of isoprenylcysteine carboxyl methyltransferase (Icmt), an attractive and novel anticancer target. Herein, we report the synthesis of spermatinamine ... ...

    Abstract Spermatinamine was isolated from an Australian marine sponge, Pseudoceratina sp. as an inhibitor of isoprenylcysteine carboxyl methyltransferase (Icmt), an attractive and novel anticancer target. Herein, we report the synthesis of spermatinamine analogues and their cytotoxic evaluation against three human cancer cell lines, that is, cervix adenocarcinoma (HeLa), breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7), and prostate carcinoma (DU145). Analogues 12, 14 and 15 were found to be the most potent against one or more cell lines with the IC50 values in the range of 5-10 μM. The obtained results suggested that longer polyamine linker along with aromatic oxime substitution provided the most potent analogue compounds against cancer cell lines.
    MeSH term(s) Antineoplastic Agents/chemical synthesis ; Antineoplastic Agents/chemistry ; Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Cell Proliferation/drug effects ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor ; Humans ; Molecular Structure ; Spermine/analogs & derivatives ; Spermine/chemical synthesis ; Spermine/chemistry ; Spermine/pharmacology ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; Tyrosine/analogs & derivatives ; Tyrosine/chemical synthesis ; Tyrosine/chemistry ; Tyrosine/pharmacology
    Chemical Substances Antineoplastic Agents ; spermatinamine ; Spermine (2FZ7Y3VOQX) ; Tyrosine (42HK56048U)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-03-15
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1063195-1
    ISSN 1464-3405 ; 0960-894X
    ISSN (online) 1464-3405
    ISSN 0960-894X
    DOI 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.01.083
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  10. Article ; Online: Gamma Ray Irradiation Enhances the Linkage of Cotton Fabrics Coated with ZnO Nanoparticles.

    Anbalagan, Aswin Kumar / Gupta, Shivam / Kumar, Ashish / Haw, Shu-Chih / Kulkarni, Sagar Sunil / Tai, Nyan-Hwa / Tseng, Fan-Gang / Hwang, Kuo Chu / Lee, Chih-Hao

    ACS omega

    2020  Volume 5, Issue 25, Page(s) 15129–15135

    Abstract: In this work, we aim to study zinc oxide (ZnO)-based functional materials over cotton fabrics and their effects after gamma ray exposure of 9 kGy. We found that the binding of the nanoparticles with cotton fabrics can be enhanced after irradiation. This ... ...

    Abstract In this work, we aim to study zinc oxide (ZnO)-based functional materials over cotton fabrics and their effects after gamma ray exposure of 9 kGy. We found that the binding of the nanoparticles with cotton fabrics can be enhanced after irradiation. This could be due to the oxygen deficiency or defects created in the interface between ZnO and cotton fabrics after irradiation. Near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were used to detect the oxygen inadequacies generated in the interior and at the surface of the ZnO nanoparticles after gamma ray exposure. XPS results showed that the binding energy of Zn shifts by 2 eV at 1.5 kGy and by 4 eV at 9 kGy. This huge shift of about 4 eV is completely different from other works due to the reaction that takes place on the interface between ZnO nanostructures and cotton fabrics after gamma ray irradiation. Overall, this work suggests that after gamma ray irradiation, there is an enhanced level of binding between the coated functional nanoparticles and cotton fabrics, which can be advantageous for the textile industries.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-15
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2470-1343
    ISSN (online) 2470-1343
    DOI 10.1021/acsomega.0c01050
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