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Synthesis, crystal structures, DNA binding and cytotoxicity of two novel platinum(II) complexes containing 2-(hydroxymethyl)pyridine and pyridine-2-carboxylate ligands

  • Ceyda Icsel
  • , Veysel T. Yilmaz*
  • , Aysegul Golcu
  • , Engin Ulukaya
  • , Orhan Buyukgungor
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Uludag University
  • Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University
  • Ondokuz Mayis University

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Abstract

Two new platinum(II) complexes, trans-[Pt(2-mpy)2] ·4H2O (1) and [PtCl(2-pyc)(2-hmpy)]·H2O (2), where 2-hmpy = 2-(hydroxymethyl)pyridine, 2-mpy = deprotonated 2-hmpy and 2-pyc = pyridine-2-carboxylate, have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, NMR, and X-ray crystallography. The DNA binding affinities of these complexes for Fish Sperm DNA (FS-DNA) were investigated using fluorescence, viscosity, thermal denaturation and gel electrophoresis measurements. Fluorescence analysis indicates that complex 1 binds to DNA by a single intercalative mechanism, while complex 2 exhibits two types of interactions such as intercalation and covalent binding. Gel electrophoresis assay demonstrates ability of the complexes to cleavage the supercoiled pBR322 plasmid DNA. The in vitro cytotoxicities of both complexes were preliminarily evaluated and the cytotoxicity of complex 1 against the human lung cancer cells (H1299) is similar to oxaliplatin, but higher than transplatin and carboplatin.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2117-2122
Number of pages6
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume23
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2013
Externally publishedYes

Funding

We thank Uludag University for the financial support given to the project.

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    Keywords

    • 2-(Hydroxymethyl)pyridine
    • Cytotoxic activity
    • DNA binding
    • Pt(II) complexes
    • Pyridine-2-carboxylate

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