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Costa BC, Tokuhara CK, Rocha LA, Oliveira RC, Lisboa-Filho PN, Costa Pessoa J. Vanadium ionic species from degradation of Ti-6Al-4V metallic implants: In vitro cytotoxicity and speciation evaluation. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2019; 96:730-739. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2018.11.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Revised: 10/21/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ribeiro N, Galvão AM, Gomes CSB, Ramos H, Pinheiro R, Saraiva L, Ntungwe E, Isca V, Rijo P, Cavaco I, Ramilo-Gomes F, Guedes RC, Pessoa JC, Correia I. Naphthoylhydrazones: coordination to metal ions and biological screening. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9nj01816f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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VIVO, CuII and ZnII complexes from three new naphthoylhydrazones were screened towards their ability to bind albumin and their cytotoxicity.
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Maurya MR, Sarkar B, Kumar A, Ribeiro N, Miliute A, Pessoa JC. New thiosemicarbazide and dithiocarbazate based oxidovanadium(iv) and dioxidovanadium(v) complexes. Reactivity and catalytic potential. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9nj01486a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The new thiosemicarbazide and dithiocarbazate based vanadium complexes show remarkable catalytic potential for oxidation of alcohols and simple arenes.
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Cabral Campello MP, Palma E, Correia I, Paulo PMR, Matos A, Rino J, Coimbra J, Pessoa JC, Gambino D, Paulo A, Marques F. Lanthanide complexes with phenanthroline-based ligands: insights into cell death mechanisms obtained by microscopy techniques. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:4611-4624. [DOI: 10.1039/c9dt00640k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The biological properties of four lanthanide complexes with phenanthroline derivatives in ovarian cancer cells.
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Matos CP, Yildizhan Y, Adiguzel Z, Pavan FR, Campos DL, Pessoa JC, Ferreira LP, Tomaz AI, Correia I, Acilan C. New ternary iron(iii) aminobisphenolate hydroxyquinoline complexes as potential therapeutic agents. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:8702-8716. [DOI: 10.1039/c9dt01193e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Fe(iii)-Aminobisphenolate hydroxyquinoline complexes are active anticancer drug candidates in the low micromolar range, displaying apoptosis as the mode of cell death.
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Ribeiro N, Di Paolo RE, Galvão AM, Marques F, Costa Pessoa J, Correia I. Photophysical properties and biological evaluation of a Zinc(II)-5-methyl-1H-pyrazole Schiff base complex. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2018; 204:317-327. [PMID: 29957410 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2018.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2018] [Revised: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A new ZnL2 complex containing two molecules of a tridentate Schiff base derived from 5-methyl-1H-pyrazole (HL) is synthesized and characterized. The photophysical properties of HL and ZnL2 are disclosed and supported by CAMB3LYP DFT/TDDFT calculations. It is shown that there is keto-tautomer stabilization upon excitation with an energetically accessible triplet state in HL, not present in ZnL2, this explaining the differences found in the emissions of the compounds. The intrinsic fluorescence of ZnL2 is used as probe for a detailed study of its binding to human serum albumin. The protein-complex association is thermodynamically favourable and it is shown by fluorescence quenching and time-resolved analysis that the fluorescence quenching involves a mixed mechanism with prevalence of static quenching, which corroborates adduct formation at site I, close to the Trp214 residue. The ability of ZnL2 to bind DNA was also evaluated, as well as its cytotoxic activity against MCF7 (breast), PC3 (prostate) cancer cells and hamster V79 fibroblasts. ZnL2 is a moderate DNA intercalator (Kapp = 3.9 × 104 M-1) and depicts a quite low IC50 value at 48 h against MCF7 cells (IC50 = 530 nM), but much higher for PC3 and V79 cells. The relevance of a more careful speciation evaluation of ZnL2 and other potential metal-based drugs in incubation media used in in vitro tests is highlighted.
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Saswati, Adão P, Majumder S, Dash SP, Roy S, Kuznetsov ML, Costa Pessoa J, Gomes CSB, Hardikar MR, Tiekink ERT, Dinda R. Synthesis, structure, solution behavior, reactivity and biological evaluation of oxidovanadium(iv/v) thiosemicarbazone complexes. Dalton Trans 2018; 47:11358-11374. [PMID: 30059099 DOI: 10.1039/c8dt01668b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The synthesis and characterization of an oxidovanadium(iv) [VIVO(L)(acac)] (1) and of two dioxidovanadium(v) [VVO2(L')] (2) and [VVO2(L)] (2a) complexes of the Schiff base formed from the reaction of 4-(p-fluorophenyl) thiosemicarbazone with pyridine-2-aldehyde (HL) are described. The oxidovanadium(iv) species [VIVO(L)(acac)] (1) was synthesized by the reaction of VIVO(acac)2 with the thiosemicarbazone HL in refluxing ethanol. The recrystallization of [VIVO(L)(acac)] (1) in DMF, CH3CN or EtOH gave the same product i.e. the dioxidovanadium(v) complex [VVO2(L)] (2a); however, upon recrystallization of 1 in DMSO a distinct compound [VVO2(L')] (2) was formed, wherein the original ligand L- is transformed to a rearranged one, L'-. In the presence of DMSO the ligand in complex 1 is found to undergo methylation at the carbon centre attached to imine nitrogen (aldimine) and transformed to the corresponding VVO2-species through in situ reaction. The synthesized HL and the metal complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, IR, UV-Vis, NMR and EPR spectroscopy. The molecular structure of [VVO2(L')] (2) was determined by single crystal X-ray crystallography. The methylation of various other ligands and complexes prepared from different vanadium precursors under similar reaction conditions was also attempted and it was confirmed that the imine methylation observed is both ligand and metal precursor specific. Complexes 1 and 2 show in vitro insulin-like activity against insulin responsive L6 myoblast cells, higher than VIVO(acac)2, with complex 1 being more potent. In addition, the in vitro cytotoxicity studies of HL, and of complexes 1 and 2 against the MCF-7 and Vero cell lines were also done. The ligand is not cytotoxic and complex 2 is significantly more cytotoxic than 1. DAPI staining experiments indicate that an increase in the time of incubation and an increase of concentration of the complexes lead to the increase in cell death.
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Azevedo CG, Correia I, Dos Santos MMC, Santos MFA, Santos-Silva T, Doutch J, Fernandes L, Santos HM, Capelo JL, Pessoa JC. Binding of vanadium to human serum transferrin - voltammetric and spectrometric studies. J Inorg Biochem 2017; 180:211-221. [PMID: 29355752 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2017.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Revised: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Previous studies generally agree that in the blood serum vanadium is transported mainly by human serum transferrin (hTF). In this work through the combined use of electrochemical techniques, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) data it is confirmed that both VIV and VV bind to apo-hTF and holo-hTF. The electrochemical behavior of solutions containing vanadate(V) solutions at pH=7.0, analyzed by using two different voltammetric techniques, with different time windows, at a mercury electrode, Differential Pulse Polarography (DPP) and Cyclic Voltammetry (CV), is consistent with a stepwise reduction of VV→VIV and VIV→VII. Globally the voltammetric data are consistent with the formation of 2:1 complexes in the case of the system VV-apo-hTF and both 1:1 and 2:1 complexes in the case of VV-holo-hTF; the corresponding conditional formation constants were estimated. MALDI-TOF mass spectrometric data carried out with samples of VIVOSO4 and apo-hTF and of NH4VVO3 with both apo-hTF and holo-hTF with V:hTF ratios of 3:1 are consistent with the binding of vanadium to the proteins. Additionally the SAXS data suggest that both VIVOSO4 and NaVVO3 can effectively interact with human apo-transferrin, but for holo-hTF no clear evidence was obtained supporting the existence or the absence of protein-ligand interactions. This latter data suggest that the conformation of holo-hTF does not change in the presence of either VIVOSO4 or NH4VVO3. Therefore, it is anticipated that VIV or VV bound to holo-hTF may be efficiently up-taken by the cells through receptor-mediated endocytosis of hTF.
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Dos Santos ER, Graminha AE, Schultz MS, Correia I, Selistre-de-Araújo HS, Corrêa RS, Ellena J, Lacerda EDPS, Pessoa JC, Batista AA. Cytotoxic activity and structural features of Ru(II)/phosphine/amino acid complexes. J Inorg Biochem 2017; 182:48-60. [PMID: 29433005 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2017.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Revised: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Thirteen new ruthenium amino acid complexes were synthesized and characterized. They were obtained by the reaction of α-amino acids (AA) with [RuCl2(P-P)(N-N)], where P-P=1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane (dppb) or 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane (dppp) and N-N=4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine (4'-Mebipy), 5,5'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine (5'-Mebipy) or 4,4'-Methoxy-2-2'-bipyridine (4'-MeObipy). This afforded a family of complexes formulated as [Ru(AA-H)(P-P)(N-N)]PF6, where AA=glycine (Gly), L-alanine (Ala), L-valine (Val), L-tyrosine (Tyr), L-tryptophan (Trp), L-histidine (His) and L-methionine (Met). All compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, spectroscopic and electrochemical techniques. The [Ru(AA-H)(P-P)(N-N)]PF6 complexes are octahedral (the AA-H ligand binding involves N-amine and O-carboxylate), diamagnetic (low-spin d6, S=0) and present bands due to electronic transitions in the visible region. 1H, 13C{1H} and 31P{1H} NMR spectra of the complexes indicate the presence of C2 symmetry, and the identification of diastereoisomers. In vitro cytotoxicity assays of the compounds and cisplatin were carried out using MDA-MB-231 (human breast) tumor cell line and a non-tumor breast cell line (MCF-10A). Most complexes present promising results with IC50 values comparable with the reference drug cisplatin and high selectivity indexes were found for the complexes containing L-Trp. The binding of two Ru-precursors of the type [RuCl2(dppb)(NN)] (N-N=4'-MeObipy or 4'-Mebipy) to the blood transporter protein human serum albumin (HSA) was evaluated by fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopy. Both complexes bind HSA, probably in the hydrophobic pocket near Trp214, and the Ru-complex containing 4'-MeObipy shows higher affinity for HSA than the 4'-Mebipy one.
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Cobbina E, Mehtab S, Correia I, Gonçalves G, Tomaz I, Cavaco I, Jakusch T, Enyedi E, Kiss T, Costa Pessoa J. Binding of Oxovanadium(IV) Complexes to Blood Serum Albumins. J MEX CHEM SOC 2017. [DOI: 10.29356/jmcs.v57i3.205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In this work the binding of V<sup>IV</sup>O<sup>2+</sup> and V<sup>IV</sup>O-complexes to serum albumins {human serum albumin (HSA), bovine serum albumin (BSA) and porcine serum albumin (PSA)} are studied using circular dichroism (CD), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and visible absorption spectroscopy. The results confirm previous findings that V<sup>IV</sup>O<sup>2+</sup> occupies at least two types of binding sites on albumin: ‘the strong vanadium binding site’ (designated by VBS1) and ‘the weak vanadium binding sites’ (designated by VBS2). VBS1 binds 1 mol equivalent of V<sup>IV</sup>O<sup>2+</sup>. On the other hand VBS2 correspond to binding of several mol equivalents of V<sup>IV</sup>O, and studies done with PSA in the presence of excess Zn<sup>II</sup> ions indicate that VSB2 corresponds to two distinct types of sites. The hyperfine coupling constant A<sub>z</sub> for V<sup>IV</sup>O<sup>2+</sup> binding at VBS2 on HSA and BSA are all very similar (~168 × 10-4 cm<sup>-1</sup>) but differ slightly on PSA (~166 × 10-4 cm<sup>-1</sup>) due to differences in the binding sets. When (V<sup>IV</sup>O)-HSA systems are titrated with maltol ternary species of (maltol)<sub>m</sub>(V<sup>IV</sup>O)<sub>m</sub>HSA and (maltol)<sub>2m</sub>(V<sup>IV</sup>O)<sub>m</sub>HSA stoichiometry form which are clearly distinguishable from the binary (V<sup>IV</sup>O)-HSA system by the type and intensity of the CD spectra recorded. Changes are also observable in the intensity of the X-band EPR spectra, but not much in the hyperfine coupling constants A<sub>z</sub>, which are all in the range 166-167 × 10-4 cm<sup>-1</sup>. The results further demonstrate that the presence of maltol may enhance the binding of VIVO to albumin.
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Ribeiro N, Roy S, Butenko N, Cavaco I, Pinheiro T, Alho I, Marques F, Avecilla F, Costa Pessoa J, Correia I. New Cu(II) complexes with pyrazolyl derived Schiff base ligands: Synthesis and biological evaluation. J Inorg Biochem 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2017.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Correia I, Borovic S, Cavaco I, Matos CP, Roy S, Santos HM, Fernandes L, Capelo JL, Ruiz-Azuara L, Pessoa JC. Evaluation of the binding of four anti-tumor Casiopeínas® to human serum albumin. J Inorg Biochem 2017; 175:284-297. [PMID: 28806645 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2017.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Revised: 07/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The metal complexes designated by Casiopeínas® are mixed-ligand CuII-compounds some of them having promising antineoplastic properties. We report studies of binding of Cu(glycinato)(4,7-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) (Cas-II-Gly (1)), Cu(acetylacetonato)(4,7-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) (Cas-III-Ea (2)), Cu(glycinato)(4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine) (Cas-IV-Gly (3)) and Cu(acetylacetonato)(4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine) (Cas-III-ia (4)) to human serum albumin (HSA) by circular dichroism (CD), Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and fluorescence spectroscopy. The results indicate that HSA may bind up to three molecules of the tested Casiopeínas. This is confirmed by inductively coupled plasma - atomic absorption spectroscopy measurements of samples of HSA-Casiopeínas after passing by adequate size-exclusion columns. The binding of Cas-II-Gly to HSA was also confirmed by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometric experiments. In the physiological range of concentrations the Casiopeínas form 1:1 adducts with HSA, with conditional binding constants of ca. 1×109 (1), 4×107 (2), 1×106 (3) and 2×105 (4), values determined from the CD spectra measured, and the fluorescence emission spectra indicates that the binding takes place close to the Trp214 residue. Overall, the data confirm that these Casiopeínas may bind to HSA and may be transported in blood serum by this protein; this might allow some selective tumor targeting, particularly in the case of Cas-II-Gly. In this work we also discuss aspects associated to the reliability of the frequently used methodologies to determine binding constants based on the measurement of fluorescence emission spectra of solutions containing low concentrations of proteins such as HSA and BSA, by titrations with solutions of metal complexes.
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Correia I, Chorna I, Cavaco I, Roy S, Kuznetsov ML, Ribeiro N, Justino G, Marques F, Santos-Silva T, Santos MFA, Santos HM, Capelo JL, Doutch J, Pessoa JC. Interaction of [V IV O(acac) 2 ] with Human Serum Transferrin and Albumin. Chem Asian J 2017. [PMID: 28651041 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201700469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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[VO(acac)2 ] is a remarkable vanadium compound and has potential as a therapeutic drug. It is important to clarify how it is transported in blood, but the reports addressing its binding to serum proteins have been contradictory. We use several spectroscopic and mass spectrometric techniques (ESI and MALDI-TOF), small-angle X-ray scattering and size exclusion chromatography (SEC) to characterize solutions containing [VO(acac)2 ] and either human serum apotransferrin (apoHTF) or albumin (HSA). DFT and modeling protein calculations are carried out to disclose the type of binding to apoHTF. The measured circular dichroism spectra, SEC and MALDI-TOF data clearly prove that at least two VO-acac moieties may bind to apoHTF, most probably forming [VIV O(acac)(apoHTF)] complexes with residues of the HTF binding sites. No indication of binding of [VO(acac)2 ] to HSA is obtained. We conclude that VIV O-acac species may be transported in blood by transferrin. At very low complex concentrations speciation calculations suggest that [(VO)(apoHTF)] species form.
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Marques F, Matos AP, Matos CP, Correia I, Pessoa JC, Campello MP. Ultrastructural features of cells following incubation with metal complexes using phenanthroline-based ligands: The influence of the metal center. Ultrastruct Pathol 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/01913123.2016.1274124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Acilan C, Cevatemre B, Adiguzel Z, Karakas D, Ulukaya E, Ribeiro N, Correia I, Pessoa JC. Synthesis, biological characterization and evaluation of molecular mechanisms of novel copper complexes as anticancer agents. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2017; 1861:218-234. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2016.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Revised: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Acilan C, Cevatemre B, Adiguzel Z, Karakas D, Ulukaya E, Ribeiro N, Correia I, Pessoa JC. Validation data supporting the characterization of novel copper complexes as anticancer agents. Data Brief 2017; 9:1160-1174. [PMID: 28054019 PMCID: PMC5194229 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2016.11.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2016] [Revised: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Three copper(II) complexes, Cu(Sal-Gly)(phen), Cu(Sal-Gly)pheamine, Cu(Sal-Gly)phepoxy were synthesized and characterized for their anticancer properties and mechanism of action (Acilan et al., in press) [1]. Here, we provide supporting data on colon cancer cell lines complementing our previous findings in cervix cells. This paper also contains a data table for the fold changes and p-values of all genes analyzed in this study via a custom RT-qPCR array. All compounds induced DNA damage (based on 8-oxo-guanidine, ɣH2AX staining in cells) and apoptosis (based on elevated DNA condensation/fragmentation, Annexin V staining, caspase 3/7 activity and mitochondrial membrane depolarization) in HCT-116 colon cancer cells. The increase in oxidative stress was also further confirmed in these cells. Further interpretation of the data presented here can be found in the article entitled “Synthesis, biological characterization and evaluation of molecular mechanisms of novel copper complexes as anticancer agents” (Acilan et al., in press) [1].
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Brodowska K, Correia I, Garribba E, Marques F, Klewicka E, Łodyga-Chruscińska E, Pessoa JC, Dzeikala A, Chrusciński L. Coordination ability and biological activity of a naringenin thiosemicarbazone. J Inorg Biochem 2016; 165:36-48. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2016.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Revised: 09/18/2016] [Accepted: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Scalese G, Correia I, Benítez J, Rostán S, Marques F, Mendes F, Matos AP, Costa Pessoa J, Gambino D. Evaluation of cellular uptake, cytotoxicity and cellular ultrastructural effects of heteroleptic oxidovanadium(IV) complexes of salicylaldimines and polypyridyl ligands. J Inorg Biochem 2016; 166:162-172. [PMID: 27865131 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2016.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2016] [Revised: 10/13/2016] [Accepted: 11/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Searching for prospective vanadium-based drugs for cancer treatment, a new series of structurally related [VIVO(L-2H)(NN)] compounds (1-8) was developed. They include a double deprotonated salicylaldimine Schiff base ligand (L-2H) and different NN-polypyridyl co-ligands having DNA intercalating capacity. Compounds were characterized in solid state and in solution. EPR spectroscopy suggests that the NN ligands act as bidentate and bind through both nitrogen donor atoms in an axial-equatorial mode. The cytotoxicity was evaluated in human tumoral cells (ovarian A2780, breast MCF7, prostate PC3). The cytotoxic activity was dependent on type of cell and incubation time. At 24h PC3 cells presented low sensitivity, but at 72h all complexes showed high cytotoxic activity in all cells. Human kidney HEK293 and ovarian cisplatin resistant A2780cisR cells were also included to evaluate selectivity towards cancer cells and potency to overcome cisplatin resistance, respectively. Most complexes showed no detectable interaction with plasmid DNA, except 2 and 7 which depicted low ability to induce single strand breaks in supercoiled DNA. Based on the overall cytotoxic profile, complexes with 2,2´-bipyridine and 1,10-phenanthroline ligands (1 and 2) were selected for further studies, which consisted on cellular distribution and ultrastructural analyses. In the A2780 cells both depicted different distribution profiles; the former accumulates mostly at the membrane and the latter in the cytoskeleton. Morphology of treated cells showed nuclear atypia and membrane alterations, more severe for 1. Complexes induce different cell death pathways, predominantly necrosis for 1 and apoptosis for 2. Complexes alternative mode of cell death motivates the possibility for further developments.
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Dash SP, Roy S, Mohanty M, Carvalho MFNN, Kuznetsov ML, Pessoa JC, Kumar A, Patil YP, Crochet A, Dinda R. Versatile Reactivity and Theoretical Evaluation of Mono- and Dinuclear Oxidovanadium(V) Compounds of Aroylazines: Electrogeneration of Mixed-Valence Divanadium(IV,V) Complexes. Inorg Chem 2016; 55:8407-21. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Carvalho MFNN, Ferreira MJ, Knittel ASO, Oliveira MDC, Costa Pessoa J, Herrmann R, Wagner G. Strecker degradation of amino acids promoted by a camphor-derived sulfonamide. Beilstein J Org Chem 2016; 12:732-44. [PMID: 27340465 PMCID: PMC4902088 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.12.73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2016] [Accepted: 03/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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A camphor-derived sulfonimine with a conjugated carbonyl group, oxoimine 1 (O2SNC10H13O), reacts with amino acids (glycine, L-alanine, L-phenylalanine, L-leucine) to form a compound O2SNC10H13NC10H14NSO2 (2) which was characterized by spectroscopic means (MS and NMR) and supported by DFT calculations. The product, a single diastereoisomer, contains two oxoimine units connected by a –N= bridge, and thus has a structural analogy to the colored product Ruhemann´s purple obtained by the ninhydrin reaction with amino acids. A plausible reaction mechanism that involves zwitterions, a Strecker degradation of an intermediate imine and water-catalyzed tautomerizations was developed by means of DFT calculations on potential transition states.
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Dash SP, Majumder S, Banerjee A, Carvalho MFNN, Adão P, Pessoa JC, Brzezinski K, Garribba E, Reuter H, Dinda R. Chemistry of Monomeric and Dinuclear Non-Oxido Vanadium(IV) and Oxidovanadium(V) Aroylazine Complexes: Exploring Solution Behavior. Inorg Chem 2016; 55:1165-82. [PMID: 26789655 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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A series of mononuclear non-oxido vanadium(IV) [V(IV)(L(1-4))2] (1-4), oxidoethoxido vanadium(V) [V(V)O(L(1-4))(OEt)] (5-8), and dinuclear μ-oxidodioxidodivanadium(V) [V(V)2O3(L(1))2] (9) complexes with tridentate aroylazine ligands are reported [H2L(1) = 2-furoylazine of 2-hydroxy-1-acetonaphthone, H2L(2) = 2-thiophenoylazine of 2-hydroxy-1-acetonaphthone, H2L(3) = 1-naphthoylazine of 2-hydroxy-1-acetonaphthone, H2L(4) = 3-hydroxy-2-naphthoylazine of 2-hydroxy-1-acetonaphthone]. The complexes are characterized by elemental analysis, by various spectroscopic techniques, and by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (for 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 9). The non-oxido V(IV) complexes (1-4) are quite stable in open air as well as in solution, and DFT calculations allow predicting EPR and UV-vis spectra and the electronic structure. The solution behavior of the [V(V)O(L(1-4))(OEt)] compounds (5-8) is studied confirming the formation of at least two different types of V(V) species in solution, monomeric corresponding to 5-8, and μ-oxidodioxidodivanadium [V(V)2O3(L(1-4))2] compounds. The μ-oxidodioxidodivanadium compound [V(V)2O3(L(1))2] (9), generated from the corresponding mononuclear complex [V(V)O(L(1))(OEt)] (5), is characterized in solution and in the solid state. The single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses of the non-oxido vanadium(IV) compounds (2 and 3) show a N2O4 binding set and a trigonal prismatic geometry, and those of the V(V)O complexes 5, 6, and 8 and the μ-oxidodioxidodivanadium(V) (9) reveal that the metal center is in a distorted square pyramidal geometry with O4N binding sets. For the μ-oxidodioxidodivanadium species in equilibrium with 5-8 in CH2Cl2, no mixed-valence complexes are detected by chronocoulometric and EPR studies. However, upon progressive transfer of two electrons, two distinct monomeric V(IV)O species are detected and characterized by EPR spectroscopy and DFT calculations.
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Costa Pessoa J, Garribba E, Santos MF, Santos-Silva T. Vanadium and proteins: Uptake, transport, structure, activity and function. Coord Chem Rev 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2015.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Butenko N, Pinheiro JP, Da Silva JP, Tomaz AI, Correia I, Ribeiro V, Costa Pessoa J, Cavaco I. The effect of phosphate on the nuclease activity of vanadium compounds. J Inorg Biochem 2015; 147:165-76. [PMID: 25958839 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2015.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2014] [Revised: 04/16/2015] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The nuclease activity of VO(acac)2 (1, acac = acetylacetone) and its derivatives VO(hd)2 (2, hd = 3,5-heptanedione), VO(Cl-acac)2 (3, Cl-acac = 3-chloro-2,4-pentanedione), VO(Et-acac)2 (4, Et-acac = 3-ethyl-2,4-pentanedione) and VO(Me-acac)2 (5, Me-acac = 3-methyl-2,4-pentanedione), is studied by agarose gel electrophoresis, UV-visible spectroscopy, cyclic and square wave voltammetry and (51)V NMR. The mechanism is shown to be oxidative and associated with the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Hydrolytic cleavage of the phosphodiester bond is also promoted by 1, but at much slower rate which cannot compete with the oxidative mechanism. The generation of ROS is much higher in the presence of phosphate buffer when compared with organic buffers and this was attributed to the formation of a mixed-ligand complex containing phosphate, (V(IV)O)(V(V)O)(acac)2(HnPO4(n-3)), presenting a quasi-reversible voltammetric behavior. The formation of this species was further observed by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (ESI-MS). Phosphate being an essential species in most biological media, the importance of the formation of mixed-ligand species in other vanadium systems is emphasized.
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Scalese G, Benítez J, Rostán S, Correia I, Bradford L, Vieites M, Minini L, Merlino A, Coitiño EL, Birriel E, Varela J, Cerecetto H, González M, Pessoa JC, Gambino D. Expanding the family of heteroleptic oxidovanadium(IV) compounds with salicylaldehyde semicarbazones and polypyridyl ligands showing anti-Trypanosoma cruzi activity. J Inorg Biochem 2015; 147:116-25. [PMID: 25824466 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2015.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2014] [Revised: 03/01/2015] [Accepted: 03/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Searching for prospective vanadium-based drugs for the treatment of Chagas disease, a new series of heteroleptic [V(IV)O(L-2H)(NN)] compounds was developed by including the lipophilic 3,4,7,8-tetramethyl-1,10-phenanthroline (tmp) NN ligand and seven tridentate salicylaldehyde semicarbazone derivatives (L1-L7). The compounds were characterized in the solid state and in solution. EPR spectroscopy suggests that the NN ligand is bidentate bound through both nitrogen donor atoms in an axial-equatorial mode. The EPR and (51)V-NMR spectra of aerated solutions at room temperature indicate that the compounds are stable to hydrolysis and that no significant oxidation of V(IV) to V(V) takes place at least in 24h. The complexes are more active in vitro against Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite responsible for Chagas disease, than the reference drug Nifurtimox and most of them are more active than previously reported [V(IV)O(L-2H)(NN)] complexes of other NN co-ligands. Selectivity towards the parasite was analyzed using J-774 murine macrophages as mammalian cell model. Due to both, high activity and high selectivity, L2, L4, L5 and L7 complexes could be considered new hits for further drug development. Lipophilicity probably plays a relevant role in the bioactivity of the new compounds. The [V(IV)O(L-2H)(NN)] compounds were designed aiming DNA as potential molecular target. Therefore, the novel L1-L7 tmp complexes were screened by computational modeling, comparing their DNA-binding features with those of previously reported [V(IV)O(L-2H)(NN)] compounds with different NN co-ligands. Whereas all the complexes interact well with DNA, with binding modes and strength tuned in different extents by the NN and semicarbazone co-ligands, molecular docking suggests that the observed anti-T. cruzi activity cannot be explained upon DNA intercalation as the sole mechanism of action.
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Correia I, Roy S, Matos CP, Borovic S, Butenko N, Cavaco I, Marques F, Lorenzo J, Rodríguez A, Moreno V, Pessoa JC. Vanadium(IV) and copper(II) complexes of salicylaldimines and aromatic heterocycles: Cytotoxicity, DNA binding and DNA cleavage properties. J Inorg Biochem 2015; 147:134-46. [PMID: 25858461 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2015.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2014] [Revised: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Five copper(II) complexes, [Cu(sal-Gly)(bipy)](1), [Cu(sal-Gly)(phen)] (2), [Cu(sal-l-Ala)(phen)] (3), [Cu(sal-D-Ala)(phen)] (4), [Cu(sal-l-Phe)(phen)] (5) and five oxidovanadium(IV) complexes, [V(IV)O(sal-Gly)(bipy)] (6), [V(IV)O(sal-Gly)(phen)] (7), [V(IV)O(sal-l-Phe)(H2O)] (8), [V(IV)O(sal-l-Phe)(bipy)] (9), [V(IV)O(sal-l-Phe)(phen)] (10) (sal=salicylaldehyde, bipy=2,2'-bipyridine, phen=1,10-phenanthroline) were synthesized and characterized, and their interaction with DNA was evaluated by different techniques: gel electrophoresis, fluorescence, UV-visible and circular dichroism spectroscopy. The complexes interact with calf-thymus DNA and efficiently cleave plasmid DNA in the absence (only 2 and 5) and/or presence of additives. The cleavage ability is concentration-dependent as well as metal and ligand-dependent. Moreover, DNA binding experiments show that the phen-containing Cu(II) and V(IV)O compounds display stronger DNA interaction ability than the corresponding bipy analogues. The complexes present cytotoxic activity against human ovarian (A2780) and breast (MCF7) carcinoma cells. Cell-growth inhibition (IC50) of compounds 1, 2 and 5 in human promyelocytic leukemia (HL60) and human cervical cancer (HeLa) cells were also determined. The copper complexes show much higher cytotoxic activity than the corresponding vanadium complexes and the reference drug cisplatin (except for the sal-Gly complexes); namely, the phenanthroline copper complexes 2-5 are ca. 10-fold more cytotoxic than cisplatin and more cytotoxic than their bipyridine analogues.
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