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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
Volume 42, Issue 28, Pages 10244-10259Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3dt50416f
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- Spanish Comision Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnologia [CTQ2007-63690/BQU]
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
- FEDER-EC [MAT2010-15594]
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Four ternary complexes, [Cu(L1)(2)(bipy)] (1) [HL1 = N-(6-chlorobenzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)-4-methylbenzenesulfonamide], [Cu(L2)(2)(bipy)] (2) [HL2 = N-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)-4-methylbenzenesulfonamide], [Cu(L3)(2)(bipy)]center dot 1/2H(2)O (3) [HL3 = N-(5,6-dimethylbenzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)-4-methylbenzenesulfonamide] and [Cu(L4)(2)(bipy)] (4) [HL4 = N-(5,6-dimethylbenzo[d]thiazol-2-yl) benzenesulfonamide], were prepared and then characterized by X-ray crystallography, spectroscopy and magnetic measurements. Whereas the molecular structure of 1 and 2 consists of a discrete monomeric copper(II) species with a distorted square planar geometry, that of 3 and 4 consists of two independent molecules. In 3, both molecules present a different coordination geometry (distorted square planar and distorted square pyramidal) while in 4 they have an identical coordination environment (distorted square planar). The propensity for binding of 1-4 to calf thymus DNA was studied by thermal denaturation, viscosimetry, and fluorescence measurements. Results indicated that the N- sulfonamide derivative plays an important role in governing the type of interaction with DNA. The ability of the complexes to cleave DNA was studied in vitro with ascorbate activation and was tested by monitoring the expression of the yEGFP gene containing the RAD54 reporter. Moreover, their antiproliferative activity was verified in two cellular models: yeast and human tumor cells in culture. Their DNA cleavage efficiency at the cellular level was found to be: 1 < 3 similar to 4 < 2. The higher propensity of 2 for inflicting DNA damage was related with its higher binding affinity to DNA. The biological studies carried out with human tumor cells, colon adenocarcinoma Caco-2 cells and leukemia Jurkat T lymphocytes confirmed that the compounds produce cell death mainly by apoptosis, the complex 2 being the most effective.
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