Gadolinium(III) cryptates investigated by multifrequency EPR

Szyczewski, A.; Lis, Stefan; Krzystek, J.; Staniński, Krzysztof; Kłonkowski, Andrzej M.; Kruczyński, Z.; Pietraszkiewicz, Marek

doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2007.04.172

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“…Gd 3+ ions, with a 4f 7 electronic configuration, have a larger relaxation time (10 −9 –10 −10 s) [41], exhibiting detectable EPR signals at room temperature. Tb(III) and Eu(III) ions, due to their short relaxation times (10 −13 s), do not normally show EPR signals at room temperature [42].…”

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Synthesis and Structural Investigation of New Bio-Relevant Complexes of Lanthanides with 5-Hydroxyflavone: DNA Binding and Protein Interaction Studies

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Abstract:In the present work, we attempted to develop new metal coordination complexes of the natural flavonoid 5-hydroxyflavone with Sm(III), Eu(III), Gd(III), Tb(III). The resultant hydroxo complexes have been characterized by a variety of spectroscopic techniques, including fluorescence, FT-IR, UV-Vis, EPR and mass spectral studies. The general chemical formula of the complexes is [Ln(C 15 H 9 O 3 ) 3 (OH) 2 (H 2 O) x ]·nH 2 O, where Ln is the lanthanide cation and x = 0 for Sm(III), x = 1 for Eu(III), Gd(III), Tb(III) and n = 0 for Sm(III), Gd(III), Tb(III), n = 1 for Eu(III), respectively. The proposed structures of the complexes were optimized by DFT calculations. Theoretical calculations and experimental determinations sustain the proposed structures of the hydroxo complexes, with two molecules of 5-hydroxyflavone acting as monoanionic bidentate chelate ligands. The interaction of the complexes with calf thymus DNA has been explored by fluorescence titration and UV-Vis absorption binding studies, and revealed that the synthesized complexes interact with DNA with binding constants (K b )~10 4 . Human serum albumin (HSA) and transferrin (Tf) binding studies have also been performed by fluorescence titration techniques (fluorescence quenching studies, synchronous fluorescence spectra). The apparent association constants (K a ) and thermodynamic parameters have been calculated from the fluorescence quenching experiment at 299 K, 308 K, and 318 K. The quenching curves indicate that the complexes bind to HSA with smaller affinity than the ligand, but to Tf with higher binding affinities than the ligand.

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