PMID- 36996427 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230411 LR - 20230415 IS - 2373-9878 (Electronic) IS - 2373-9878 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 4 DP - 2023 Apr 10 TI - Tricarbonyl-Pyrazine-Molybdenum(0) Metal-Organic Frameworks for the Storage and Delivery of Biologically Active Carbon Monoxide. PG - 1909-1918 LID - 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c00140 [doi] AB - Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have high potential as nanoplatforms for the storage and delivery of therapeutic gasotransmitters or gas-releasing molecules. The aim of the present study was to open an investigation into the viability of tricarbonyl-pyrazine-molybdenum(0) MOFs as carbon monoxide-releasing materials (CORMAs). A previous investigation found that the reaction of Mo(CO)(6) with excess pyrazine (pyz) in a sealed ampoule gave a mixture comprising a major triclinic phase with pyz-occupied hexagonal channels, formulated as fac-Mo(CO)(3)(pyz)(3/2).1/2pyz (Mo-hex), and a minor dense cubic phase, formulated as fac-Mo(CO)(3)(pyz)(3/2) (Mo-cub). In the present work, an open reflux method in toluene has been optimized for the large-scale synthesis of the pure Mo-cub phase. The crystalline solids Mo-hex and Mo-cub were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), FT-IR and FT-Raman spectroscopies, and (13)C(1)H cross-polarization (CP) magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR spectroscopy. The release of CO from the MOFs was studied by the deoxy-myoglobin (deoxy-Mb)/carbonmonoxy-myoglobin (MbCO) UV-vis assay. Mo-hex and Mo-cub release CO upon contact with a physiological buffer in the dark, delivering 0.35 and 0.22 equiv (based on Mo), respectively, after 24 h, with half-lives of 3-4 h. Both materials display high photostability such that the CO-releasing kinetics is not affected by irradiation of the materials with UV light. These materials are attractive as potential CORMAs due to the slow release of a high CO payload. In the solid-state and under open air, Mo-cub underwent almost complete decarbonylation over a period of 4 days, corresponding to a theoretical CO release of 10 mmol per gram of material. FAU - Silva, Andreia F AU - Silva AF AD - CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal. FAU - Calhau, Isabel B AU - Calhau IB AD - CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal. FAU - Gomes, Ana C AU - Gomes AC AD - CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal. FAU - Valente, Anabela A AU - Valente AA AD - CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal. FAU - Goncalves, Isabel S AU - Goncalves IS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2836-7715 AD - CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal. FAU - Pillinger, Martyn AU - Pillinger M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6243-7692 AD - CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20230330 PL - United States TA - ACS Biomater Sci Eng JT - ACS biomaterials science & engineering JID - 101654670 RN - 0 (Metal-Organic Frameworks) RN - 7U1EE4V452 (Carbon Monoxide) RN - 81AH48963U (Molybdenum) RN - 0 (Myoglobin) RN - 0 (Pyrazines) SB - IM MH - *Metal-Organic Frameworks/chemistry MH - Carbon Monoxide/chemistry MH - Molybdenum/chemistry MH - Myoglobin/chemistry MH - Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared MH - Pyrazines PMC - PMC10091354 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CO-releasing materials OT - carbon monoxide OT - metal-organic frameworks OT - molybdenum OT - pyrazine COIS- The authors declare no competing financial interest. EDAT- 2023/03/31 06:00 MHDA- 2023/04/11 06:41 PMCR- 2023/04/12 CRDT- 2023/03/30 16:33 PHST- 2023/04/11 06:41 [medline] PHST- 2023/03/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/30 16:33 [entrez] PHST- 2023/04/12 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c00140 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - ACS Biomater Sci Eng. 2023 Apr 10;9(4):1909-1918. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c00140. Epub 2023 Mar 30.