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DNA AND CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 29, Issue 5, Pages 261-270Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2009.0979
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- National Nature Science Foundation of China [30800227]
- Science and Technology Foundation of Guangdong Province [2009B030803057]
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
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Two new ligands maip (1) (maip = 2-(3-aminophenyl)imizado[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline), paip (2) (paip = 2-(4-aminophenyl)imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline), and their ruthenium (II) complexes [Ru(phen)(2)(maip)](ClO4)(2) (3) and [Ru(phen)(2)(paip)](ClO4)(2) (4) (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) have been synthesized and characterized. The cytotoxicity of these compounds was evaluated by MTT [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide] assay. The apoptosis assay was carried out with acridine orange/ethidium bromide staining methods. The DNA-binding behaviors of complexes 3 and 4 were investigated by viscosity measurements, thermal denaturation, photocleavage, and spectroscopic methods. The results show that the two complexes intercalate into the base pairs of DNA. In the presence of a complex, apoptosis of BEL-7402 cells was observed. Experiments show that these compounds exhibit antioxidant activity against hydroxyl radicals.
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