Phenanthroline ligands are biologically more active than their corresponding ruthenium(ii) arene complexes

Abstract

New cationic, half-sandwich Ru(II) arene compounds of general formula [(η(6)-arene)RuCl(κ(2)-N,N-L)]X (where L are functionalized phenanthrolines such as 1,10-phenanthroline-5-amine (aphen); 5,6-epoxy-5,6-dihydro-[1,10]phenanthroline (ephen); or 4,7-dihydroxy-1,10-phenanthroline (dhphen)) have been prepared to study their anticancer potential. All the isolated complexes have been fully characterized by spectroscopic and analytical techniques. The structure of endo-[(η(6)-p-cymene)RuCl(κ(2)-N,N-ephen)]BF4, [2a](BF4), has been determined by X-ray crystallography. The in vitro cytotoxicity of the aphen and ephen phenanthrolines and their Ru derivatives [(η(6)-p-cymene)RuCl(κ(2)-N,N-L)]Cl ([1a]Cl and [2a]Cl, respectively) assessed in tumour cell lines has shown that the free ligands are more active than the organometallic products, with aphen being the most potent specimen. Furthermore, the binding interaction of both [1a]Cl and aphen with calf thymus DNA (CT-DNA) has been investigated using a variety of thermodynamic and kinetic techniques. The aphen free ligand intercalates into DNA at low ligand content, whereas [1a]Cl forms with DNA a bifunctional partially intercalated-covalent complex, in which the intercalation constant is nearly three orders of magnitude lower than that of aphen. This finding demonstrates that the covalent binding noticeably weakens the intercalation, a feature presumably related to the higher cytotoxic activity of aphen relative to that of [1a]Cl.

Organoruthenium (II) complexes featuring pyrazole‐linked Schiff base ligands: Crystal structure, DNA/BSA interactions, cytotoxicity and molecular docking

“…Aroyl hydrazone ligands bind to the metal center at N and O forming a five‐membered chelate ring with bite angle N(2)‐Ru(1)‐O(1) 75.98(7)° and 75.99(8)°, bond length O(1)‐Ru(1) 2.0676(15) and 2.0734(18); N(2)‐Ru(1) 2.0583(19) and 2.056(2) Å for complexes 1 and 2 , respectively. The Ru(1)‐Cl(1) bond length is 2.4158(6) and 2.4226(7) Å for complexes 1 and 2 , which concords with other p ‐cymene ruthenium complexes . The ruthenium atom is π‐bonded to the arene ring with an average Ru‐C distance of 2.2 Å .…”

Ag2 and Ag3 Clusters: Synthesis, Characterization, and Interaction with DNA

“…The equilibrium binding constant obtained is comparable to those of well‐known intercalating organic species, namely acridines such as proflavine25 and 9‐amino‐6‐chloro‐2‐methoxyacridine (ACMA),26 EB,27 different cyanines,28 or 1,10‐phenanthrolin‐5‐amine29 under the same experimental conditions. However, their rate constants are very different to those of the Ag‐AQCs/DNA system.…”

Apolipoprotein A-IV binds αIIbβ3 integrin and inhibits thrombosis

“…ELISA absorbance was plotted against inhibitor concentration and the curves were fit to the half maximal inhibitory model, eq. 1 70 . …”