Journal
JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 210, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2020.111160
Keywords
Cobalt(II) complexes; NSAID; Flufenamic acid; Niflumic acid; Anti-cancer; Apoptosis
Funding
- Czech Science Foundation [18-10504S, CZ.2.16/3.1.00/24510]
- [VEGA 1/0148/19]
- [1/0620/19]
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Two novel Co(II) fenamato complexes containing bathocuproine (bcp), namely [Co(bcp)(flu)(2)] (1) and [Co(bcp)(nif)(2)] (2) (flu = flufenamato, nif = niflumato) were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, single-crystal X-ray structure analysis as well as absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. Investigation of their molecular structure revealed that both complexes are isostructural and form analogous complex molecules, with a Co(II) atom hexacoordinated by two nitrogen atoms of bcp and four oxygen atoms of two chelate bonded flu (1) and nif (2) ligands in a distorted octahedral arrangement. Surprisingly, the results of cytotoxicity experiments on four cancer cell lines (HeLa, HT-29, PC-3 and MCF-7) have revealed that despite similar structure of the complexes, the nif complex exhibits significantly higher activity, being the most effective against the PC-3 cell line (IC50 (MTT) = 6.11 +/- 1.95 mu M). Further studies performed on PC-3 cell line have shown that the mechanism of the cytotoxic action of nif complex (2) might involve activation of autophagic processes and apoptosis, while for its flu analogue (1) apoptosis was detected.
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