Selective Metal‐Coordinated Nanodrugs Based on Thiazine Moiety for Anticancer Therapeutics: Spectroscopic, Theoretical, and Molecular Docking Studies

Abstract

The current study involved production, comprehensive structural analysis, and physicochemical characterizing of two distinctive complexes namely, Cu(TBH) and Zn(TBH); TBH donor ligand: N′‐(1‐(3,6‐dihydro‐4‐hydroxy‐2,6‐dioxo‐2H‐1,3‐thiazin‐5‐yl)ethylidene)‐2‐hydroxybenzohydrazide) using a wide range of analytical methods, including elemental analysis, UV–Vis, FT‐IR, and 1HNMR spectrometry, molar conductivity and magnetic susceptibility measurements, and thermal analysis. According to the findings, chelation can occur through O, N, and O donor atoms of monoanionic chelator for generating mono‐nuclear chelates with tetrahedral geometry for Cu (II) and octahedral geometry for Zn (II). The anticarcinogenic ability of TBH chelator and its coordinated compounds against human liver cancer (HepG‐2) was investigated. The Cu(TBH) complex was found to have selective and promising anticancer activity against a liver cancer cell line, with lower IC50 (liver carcinoma cell line) and higher IC50 (normal human cell line) values than other produced compounds and standard drugs. Utilizing DFT computations, the molecular structures of the TBH and its complexes were verified, offering a detailed understanding of their quantum chemical characteristics. A quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) model, which illustrates the association between DFT‐computed descriptors and biological activities pIC50, was also created using multiple linear regression (MLR) on the synthesized compounds as anticancer medicines. Additionally, there are no issues with the produced compounds' oral bioavailability according to (ROF) Lipinski's rule of five. Furthermore, docking studies of the synthesized TBH chelator and its chelates with CDK2 kinase have been performed to validate the biological findings. According to our findings, the novel Cu(TBH) nanodrug exhibits considerable cytotoxic activity, prompting further study into its pharmacological profile and exploring its potential in drug development.