Dr. Chhuttan Lal Meena
Research Interest:
Summary of Research:Medicinal chemistry and molecular pharmacology, target-based drug discovery, using peptide-library, Synthesis of peptides and peptidomimetic and bioactive organic molecules bycombinatorial synthesis and manual synthesis, and high throughput screening using affinity selection mass spectroscopy (AS-MS).The discovery of nucleic acid-based drugs,their alternative mode of action, the synthesis of PNAs based artificial oligonucleotides as antimicrobial agents, led to the elimination of harmful infections.
Aim-1: The core of our research is target-based drug design, organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry, and drug discovery, but we also develop assays, screen samples through high-throughput screening, analyse ligand-receptors/enzymes biochemical and biophysical assay, characterization of molecules structures by 1H/13CNMR, DEPT Optical rotation, UV, LC-MS, HRMS, MALDI and in-silico studies using homology modelling, molecular docking, MD simulation, and structure-based drug discovery. The goal of our research is to develop peptide libraries through combinatorial methods, chemical modifications, head to tail cyclization, partial cyclization, peptidomimetic, small organic molecules, microwave synthesis and initially, identify high affinity binder’s peptide, organic compounds for serine proteases, using affinity selection mass spectroscopy (AS-MS), attached with nano shotgun mass spectroscopy(nLC/MS) and rational chemical modifications.
Aim-2: Every year, millions of people are affected by uropathogens like Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and fungi. It is estimated that approximately 50% of women in India or world suffer from urinary tract infections during their lifetime and that this causes very high healthcare costs annually. This project will develop leads for preclinical candidate therapeutics to treat and prevent the growing tide of antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens that are causing common infections to become increasingly difficult to treat. The development of artificial oligonucleotides-based antimicrobial agents with different mode of action then existing antibiotics leads to complete elimination of harmful microbial infection. Recently, artificial nucleobase containing PNAs and PNA mimics are developed as sequence specific inhibitors of ds DNA or Pre-mRNA translation and transcription (antisense and antigen) oligonucleotides for manipulation of gene function within the cells to treat large number of diseases. Recently, novel hybrid nucleobases have been discovered these hybrid nucleobases could be used to manipulate gene functions. This project will synthesize antisense oligonucleotides (ASO) containing hybrid nucleobase to develop PNA based antibiotics to target essential bacterial gene expression.
Group Members:
Mr. Vineet Singh (Lab assistant)
Ms. Udita Ghosh (PhD Scholar)
Ms. Priyanka Subba (PhD Scholar)
MS Jyoti Thakur (SERB-JRF)
Mr. Vineet Singh (Lab assistant)
Ms. Udita Ghosh (PhD Scholar)
Ms. Priyanka Subba (PhD Scholar)
MS Jyoti Thakur (SERB-JRF)
Awards:
2011: Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Fellowship award USIEF, NIH/NIDDK, MD, USA
2007: Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship Awards, University Grant Commission New Delhi, India
2006: Engineering and Technology Fellowship awards, University Grant Commission New Delhi, India
Funding:
NII Core, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Patents:
1. C. L. Meena; D. Singh, G.J. Gangadhar, Triazine-Based Self-assembling System, WO/2022/162689, USA, US 2024/0076274 A1 07-03-2024.
2. C. L. Meena; T. Hingamire, D. Shanmugam; G.J. Sanjayan. Discovery of peptide histidinal conjugates as potent anti-malarial agents under PCT/IN2024/050002, PCT/IN2024/050002, Your ref: 0163NF2022_WO (Lab: NCL), Our Ref No: RCY# P_WO100682.
Publications:
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S. Agarwal, H. H. Chandpa, S. Naskar, C. L. Meena, A. K. Panda, J. Meena Dominant B cell-T cell epitopes instigated robust immune response in-silico against Scrub Typhus. doi.org/ 10.1016/ j. vaccine. 2024. 04.082 Vaccine, Available online 7 May 2024
- S. Agarwal, H. H. Chandpa, S. Naskar, C. L. Meena, A. K. Panda, J. Meena Dominant B cell-T cell epitopes instigated robust immune response in-silico against Scrub Typhus. doi.org/ 10.1016/ j. vaccine. 2024. 04.082 Vaccine, Available online 7 May 2024
- H. H. Chandpa, A. K. Panda, C. L. Meena, J. Meena, Vaccine, xx (xxxx) xx. Beyond the polysaccharide and glycoconjugate vaccines for Streptococcus pneumoniae: Does protein/peptide nanovaccines hold promises? Accepted 8 Nov 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.11.020
- Singh, D.; Meena C.L.; Lakshmi D.; Krishna G.R.; Sanjayan, G.J. Carbamate-Protected (BOC and O-NB) 2-Aminopyrimidinedione-Based Janus G-C Nucleobase Motifs as Building Blocks for Supramolecular Assembly and Smart Polymers. J. Org. Chem. Oct. 18, 2023, XXXX, XXX, XXX-XXX; Publication https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.3c01318.
- Meena C. L; Hingamire T.; Gupta, T.; Deshmukh, B.; Karmodiya, K.; Joshi, R.Histidinal-Based Potent Antimalarial Agents. ChemMedChem. 2023,e202200709
- Mondal, S.; Lessard, J. J.; Meena, C. L.; Sanjayan, G. J.; Sumerlin B.S. Janus Crosslinks in Supramolecular Networks, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 2, 845–853.
- Meena C.L.; Singh, D.; Bhavya, K.; Prasad, M.; Malini, G.; Tothadi. S.; Sanjayan, G.J. Triazine-based Janus G-C Nucleobase as a Building Block for Self-Assembly, Peptide Nucleic Acids and Smart Polymers. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 4, 3186–3195.
- Meena C. L.; Shaliwal R. P., Kumar, V., Kumar, A. Tiwari, A.K.; Asthana, S.; Ramandeep Singh, Mahajan D,Synthesis and evaluation of thiophene based small molecules as potent inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2020, 208, 112772.
- Meena C. L.; Singh. D.; Weinmüller, M.; Florian, R.; Zahler, H.; Sanjayan, G.J., Novel Cilengitide-based cyclic RGD peptides as αvβ3 integrin inhibitors.Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett, 2020,30, 127039.
- Meena, C. L.; Thakur, A; Rajpoot, S. Nandekar P.; Sangamwar, A.T; Sharma, S.S.; Kumar; Jain, R; Synthesis and biology of ring-modified L-Histidine containing thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) analogues.Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2016, 111, 72-83.
- Meena, C. L.; Ingole, S. Thakur, A; Rajpoot, S. Nandekar P.; Sangamwar, A.T; Sharma.; Sharma S. S.; Jain,Discovery of a low affinity thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)-like peptide that exhibits potent inhibition of scopolamine-induced memory impairment in mice. RRSC Adv., 2015, 5, 56872.
- Meena, C. L.; Ingole, S. Thakur, A; Rajpoot, S. Nandekar P.; Sangamwar, A.T; Sharma, S.S.; Kumar N.; Jain,R, Synthesis of CNS active thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)-like peptides: Biological evaluation and effect on cognitive impairment induced by cerebral ischemia in mice. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2015, 23, 5641–5653.
- Monga V.; Meena, C. L.; Kaur, N.; Jain, R.; Chemistry and Biology of Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)and its analogues. Curr. Med. Chem. 2008, 15, 2718-2733.
- Monga, V.; Meena, C. L.; Rajput, S.; Pawar, C.; Sharma, S. S.; Lu, X.; Gershengorn, M. C.; Jain, R. Synthesis, Receptor Binding, and CNS Pharmacological Studies of New Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone (TRH) Analogues Chem Med Chem. 2011, 6, 531-543.
- Kidwai, S.; Bouzeyen, R.; Chakraborti, S.; Khare, N.; Sumana Das, S.; Gosain, T. P.; Behura, A.; Meena, C. L.;Dhiman, R.; Essafi, M.; Bajaj, A.; Saini, D.K.; Srinivasan, N.; Mahajan, D.; Singh R.; NU-6027 Inhibits Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Targeting Protein Kinase D and Protein Kinase G. Antimicrob. AgentsChemother. 2019, AAC.00996-19
