A new mononuclear cationic platinum(II) coordination compound with 6,6′-bis(NH-benzimidazol-2-yl)-2,2′-bipyridine (L) ligand having N 4 -tetradentate binding pocket [Pt(L)]-Cl 2 •2H 2 O (Complex 1) was synthesized and characterized by FT-IR(ATR), UV−vis, 1 H NMR, APCI and MALDI MS, and CHN analysis. The antigrowth effect of Complex 1 was tested in breast cancer (MDA-MB-231), lung cancer (A549), colorectal cancer (HCT-116), prostate cancer (PC-3) cell lines, and bronchial epithelial cell line (BEAS-2B) by the SRB and ATP cell viability assays. Apoptosis was detected with Annexin V, mitopotential, BCL-2 inactivation, and γH2AX assays by flow cytometry. Complex 1 was found to have cytotoxic activity of MDA-MB-231, A549, HCT-116, and PC-3 cancer cell lines in a dosedependent manner for 48 h. Complex 1 has been found to cause cell death through different mechanisms depending on the type of cancer. The findings indicated that complex induced intrinsic apoptosis with the increased mitochondrial membrane depolarization level, Bcl-2 inactivation, and DNA damage in PC-3 and A549 cell lines.

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A new unsymmetrically substituted 2,2'-bipyridine ligand, 5-methyl-5'-carbomethoxy-2,2'-bipyridine (L) was isolated from the dry distillation of the copper(II) complex, monoaqua-bis(trans-5-methyl-pyridine-2-carboxylato-N,O)copper(II). The ligand was fully characterized. The spectroscopic and single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) studies of the coordination compounds of the ligand with platinum(II) and silver(I); cis-Pt(L)Cl2 (1) and [Ag(L)2]PF6 (2), respectively are reported. In 1, the Pt centre coordinates to tertiary N atoms of the ligand and two chloride ions to form a neutral square-planar coordination sphere, while in 2, the Ag(I) centre is coordinated by two ligands through N atoms to generate a cationic flattened tetrahedron geometry in which two mean planes intersect each other at 50.93°. The pyridine rings are nearly coplanar as revealed by the torsion angle [N1-C5-C6-N3] of 0.32°. In both complexes, L acts as a chelating ligand through pyridyl N atoms. In 1, the molecular units are stacked in a head-to-tail fashion with a Pt•••Pt separation of 3.5 Å. Supramolecular self-assembly of the molecular units by extensive intermolecular contacts through C-H•••Cl and C-H•••O between the adjacent units results in an infinite two-dimensional flattened-out herringbone structure in the crystalline state. In 2, the molecular units are interconnected with each other by C-H•••O contacts between the adjacent units running parallel to each other. Both complexes are fluorescent in solution and have emission maxima in the UV-Vis regions, which is a very important property for optoelectronic applications. DFT (density functional theory) and TD-DFT (time-dependent-DFT) calculations were performed at B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p)/LANL2DZ level to explore structural, electronic, and spectroscopic properties to compare with the experimental results. The molecular orbitals (MOs) were carried out with DFT at the same level.