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Abstract
In this work, mixed ligand Cu(II) complexes containing hydrazone and bipyridine ligands (CB1-CB5), or hydrazone and phenanthroline ligands (CP1-CP5) have been synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic and analytical techniques. Single crystal X-ray structure of complex CB1 revealed that two nitrogen atoms from bipyridine, one carbonyl oxygen, one azomethine nitrogen and one hydroxyl oxygen from the hydrazone ligand coordinated to Cu(II) ion, adopting a distorted square pyramidal geometry. Interaction of these complexes with calf thymus (CT) DNA and bovine serum albumin (BSA) was analyzed by absorption and emission studies. Further, the in vitro anticancer activity of the complexes was investigated exclusively against the breast cancer cells namely MCF7, T47D and MDA MB 231, and a normal breast MCF 10a cell line. The phenanthroline bearing complexes (CP1-CP5) displayed better activity than their bipyridine counterparts as seen from the IC50 values. In addition, the most active complex CP1 having an IC50 value of 5.8 ± 0.3 μM against T47D cancer cells was investigated for its mode of cell death through acridine orange/ethidium bromide(AO/EB), 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) and Annexin-V fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) staining assays which revealed apoptosis. Lastly, the cell cycle analysis revealed that complex CP1 induced cell death in T47D cancer cells at the G0/G1 phase.
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The Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry is an established international forum for research in all aspects of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. Original papers of a high scientific level are published in the form of Articles (full length papers), Short Communications, Focused Reviews and Bioinorganic Methods. Topics include: the chemistry, structure and function of metalloenzymes; the interaction of inorganic ions and molecules with proteins and nucleic acids; the synthesis and properties of coordination complexes of biological interest including both structural and functional model systems; the function of metal- containing systems in the regulation of gene expression; the role of metals in medicine; the application of spectroscopic methods to determine the structure of metallobiomolecules; the preparation and characterization of metal-based biomaterials; and related systems. The emphasis of the Journal is on the structure and mechanism of action of metallobiomolecules.