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Clofazimine pKa Determination by Potentiometry and Spectrophotometry: Reverse Cosolvent Dependence as an Indicator of the Presence of Dimers in Aqueous Solutions
Verbić, Tatjana Ž1,2; Tam, Kin Y.3; Veljković, Dušan Ž1; Serajuddin, Abu T.M.2; Avdeef, Alex4
2023-04-25
Source PublicationMolecular Pharmaceutics
ISSN1543-8384
Volume20Issue:6Pages:3160-3169
Abstract

The weakly basic antibiotic and anti-inflammatory drug, clofazimine (CFZ), was first described in 1957. It has been used therapeutically, most notably in the treatment of leprosy. However, the compound is extremely insoluble in aqueous media, and, indeed, there is poor consensus about what its intrinsic solubility is since the reported values range from 0.04 to 11 ng/mL. To understand the speciation and solubilization of CFZ as a function of pH, it is of paramount importance to know the true aqueous pK. However, there is also poor consensus about the value of the pK (reported measured values range from 6.08 to 9.11). In the present study, we report the determination of the CFZ ionization constant using two independent techniques. A state-of-the-art potentiometric analysis was performed, drawing on titration data in methanol-water solutions (46-75 wt % MeOH) of CFZ, using the bias-reducing consensus of two different procedures of extrapolating the apparent pK values to zero cosolvent to approximate the true aqueous pK as 9.43 ± 0.12 (25 °C, I = 0.15 M reference ionic strength). In parallel, spectrophotometric UV/vis titration data were acquired (250-600 nm at different pH) in 10 mM HEPES buffer solutions containing up to 54 wt % MeOH. The alternating least squares (ALS) method was used in the analysis of the absorbance-pH spectra. Uncharacteristically, the cosolvent UV/vis data in our study showed reverse cosolvent dependence (apparent pK values increased with increasing cosolvent) which could be explained by a dimerization of the free base. The analysis of UV/vis data obtained from 54 wt % MeOH-water solution containing 20 μM CFZ yielded the apparent pK 9.51 ± 0.17 (I ≈ 0.005 M). To assess whether self-assembly of CFZ was energetically feasible, density functional theory (DFT) calculations were used to study the putative CFZ dimers in aqueous and methanol media. The DFT-optimized geometries and infrared spectra of CFZ dimers using water and methanol as solvents were calculated and analyzed. Based on the lack of negative frequencies in calculated infrared spectra, it was confirmed that optimized geometries correspond to the true energetic minima. Visual analysis of optimized structures indicates the presence of stacking interactions between two CFZ molecules. The protonation site (the imine nitrogen atom) was determined by H NMR spectroscopy.

KeywordClofazimine Density Functional Theory Dimerization Pka Value Potentiometry Principal Component Analysis Uv/vis Spectrophotometry
DOI10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.3c00172
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Indexed BySCIE
Language英語English
WOS Research AreaResearch & Experimental Medicine ; Pharmacology & Pharmacy
WOS SubjectMedicine, Research & Experimental ; Pharmacology & Pharmacy
WOS IDWOS:000980938800001
CSCD IDCSCD:AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85156236415
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CollectionDEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
Faculty of Health Sciences
Corresponding AuthorVerbić, Tatjana Ž; Avdeef, Alex
Affiliation1.University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry, Belgrade, Studentski trg 12-16, 11000, Serbia
2.College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, 8000 Utopia Parkway, 11439, United States
3.Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, 00000, Macao
4.in-ADME Research, New York, 1732 First Avenue #102, 10128, United States
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Verbić, Tatjana Ž,Tam, Kin Y.,Veljković, Dušan Ž,et al. Clofazimine pKa Determination by Potentiometry and Spectrophotometry: Reverse Cosolvent Dependence as an Indicator of the Presence of Dimers in Aqueous Solutions[J]. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2023, 20(6), 3160-3169.
APA Verbić, Tatjana Ž., Tam, Kin Y.., Veljković, Dušan Ž., Serajuddin, Abu T.M.., & Avdeef, Alex (2023). Clofazimine pKa Determination by Potentiometry and Spectrophotometry: Reverse Cosolvent Dependence as an Indicator of the Presence of Dimers in Aqueous Solutions. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 20(6), 3160-3169.
MLA Verbić, Tatjana Ž,et al."Clofazimine pKa Determination by Potentiometry and Spectrophotometry: Reverse Cosolvent Dependence as an Indicator of the Presence of Dimers in Aqueous Solutions".Molecular Pharmaceutics 20.6(2023):3160-3169.
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