Copper(ii) complexes with tridentate halogen-substituted Schiff base ligands: synthesis, crystal structures and investigating the effect of halogenation, leaving groups and ligand flexibility on antiproliferative activities

Nazanin Kordestani, Hadi Amiri Rudbari, Alexandra R. Fernandes, Luís R. Raposo, André Luz, Pedro V. Baptista, Giuseppe Bruno, Rosario Scopelliti, Zohreh Fateminia, Nicola Micale, Nikolay Tumanov, Johan Wouters, Abolghasem Abbasi Kajani, Abdol Khalegh Bordbar

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To investigate the effect of different halogen substituents and leaving groups and the flexibility of ligands on the anticancer activity of copper complexes, sixteen copper(ii) complexes with eight different tridentate Schiff-base ligands containing pyridine and 3,5-halogen-substituted phenol moieties were synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic methods. Four of these complexes were also characterized by X-ray crystallography. The cytotoxicity of the complexes was determined in three different tumor cell lines (i.e.the A2780 ovarian, HCT116 colorectal and MCF7 breast cancer cell line) and in a normal primary fibroblast cell line. Complexes were demonstrated to induce a higher loss of cell viability in the ovarian carcinoma cell line (A2780) with respect to the other two tumor cell lines, and therefore the biological mechanisms underlying this loss of viability were further investigated. Complexes with ligandL1(containing a 2-pycolylamine-type motif) were more cytotoxic than complexes withL2(containing a 2-(2-pyridyl)ethylamine-type motif). The loss of cell viability in A2780 tumor cells was observed in the orderCu(Cl2-L1)NO3>Cu(Cl2-L1)Cl>Cu(Br2-L1)Cl>Cu(BrCl-L1)Cl. All complexes were able to induce reactive oxygen species (ROS) that could be related to the loss of cell viability. ComplexesCu(BrCl-L1)ClandCu(Cl2-L1)NO3were able to promote A2780 cell apoptosis and autophagy and for complexCu(BrCl-L1)Clthe increase in apoptosis was due to the intrinsic pathway.Cu(Cl2-L1)ClandCu(Br2-L1)Clcomplexes lead to cellular detachment allowing to correlate with the results of loss of cell viability. Despite the ability of theCu(BrCl-L1)Clcomplex to induce programmed cell death in A2780 cells, its therapeutic window turned out to be low making theCu(Cl2-L1)NO3complex the most promising candidate for additional biological applications.

langue originaleAnglais
Pages (de - à)3990-4007
Nombre de pages18
journalDalton Transactions
Volume50
Numéro de publication11
Les DOIs
Etat de la publicationPublié - 21 mars 2021

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