Ch3cn

The chemical reagents tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS), n-cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTABr), sodium hydroxide (NaOH), (3aminopropyl) triethoxysilane (APTES, 99 %), Pluronic® F-127, 9,10anthracenediyl-bis(methylene)dimalonic acid (ABDA, ≥90 %), as well as the reagents to prepare the phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) solution namely, RPMI 1460 media (R8758), lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Escherichia coli O111:B4 (L2630-100MG), nigericin (NG) (N7143-5MG), Crystal Violet, Cell Proliferation Reagent WST-1, NaCl (≥99 %), KCl (≥99.0 %), Na 2 HPO 4 (≥99.0 %) and KH 2 PO 4 (≥99.5 %) were supplied by Sigma-Aldrich, 3-(4,5-Dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) was acquired from Serva. LDH activity assay was purchased from Promega (G7891). Human IL-1β ELISA Set II was obtained from BD Biosciences (557953). Penicillin/streptomycin, Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM), minimum essential medium (MEM), fetal bovine serum (FBS) and Dulbecco's phosphate-buffered saline (DPBS), were supplied by Biowest. Solvents THF, CH 2 Cl 2 and CH 3 CN were acquired from Scharlab, S.L. Distilled water was used to prepare the aqueous solutions. Hexanuclear cluster (Bu 4 N) 2 [-Mo 6 I 8 (CH 3 CO 2 ) 6 ] (1) was synthesized according to the procedure reported in the literature [72] (link).