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Biomolecular Interaction of Carnosine and Anti-TB Drug: Preparation of Functional Biopeptide-Based Nanocomposites and Characterization through In Vitro and In Silico Investigations.

Usharani Nagarajan, Aniket Naha, Gayathri Ashok, Angayarkanni Balasubramanian, Sudha Ramaiah, Swarna V Kanth, Azger Dusthackeer, Anand Anbarasu, Saravanan Natarajan

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Article in ACS omega, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Usharani NagarajanDepartment of Biochemistry, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai 600 031, India.
Aniket NahaDepartment of Bio-Medical Sciences, School of Bio Sciences and Technology (SBST), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632 014, India.
Gayathri AshokMedical and Biological Computing Laboratory, SBST, VIT, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632 014, India.
Angayarkanni BalasubramanianDepartment of Bacteriology, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai 600 031, India.
Sudha RamaiahMedical and Biological Computing Laboratory, SBST, VIT, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632 014, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4800-329X
Swarna V KanthCHORD, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai 600 020, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3064-3512
Azger DusthackeerDepartment of Bacteriology, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai 600 031, India.
Anand AnbarasuMedical and Biological Computing Laboratory, SBST, VIT, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632 014, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2216-7488
Saravanan NatarajanDepartment of Biochemistry, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai 600 031, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7830-2840

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Abstract

Host-directed therapies (HDTs) resolve excessive inflammation during tuberculosis (TB) disease, which leads to irreversible lung tissue damage. The peptide-based nanostructures possess intrinsic anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties among HDTs. Native carnosine, a natural dipeptide with superior self-organization and functionalities, was chosen for nanoformulation. In the present work, multiscale self-assembly approaches of carnosine were developed using a solvent-mediated process (hexafluoro-2-propanol) and further linked with first-line anti-TB drugs. The organofluorine compound in a solvent is attributed to the self-assembling process with heteroatom acceptors in carnosine. In the carnosine-anti-TB drug nanocomposite, the functional moieties represent the involvement of hydrogen bonding and the electrostatic force of attraction. The minimum inhibitory concentration of carnosine-anti-TB drug composites represents an antimycobacterial effect on par with standard drugs. The silicon findings complemented the in vitro results through quantum chemical simulations, elucidating the respective binding pockets between putative

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