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Tsaulwayo N, Omondi RO, Vijayan P, Sibuyi NRS, Meyer MD, Meyer M, Ojwach SO. Heterocyclic (pyrazine)carboxamide Ru(ii) complexes: structural, experimental and theoretical studies of interactions with biomolecules and cytotoxicity. RSC Adv 2024; 14:8322-8330. [PMID: 38567259 PMCID: PMC10985535 DOI: 10.1039/d4ra00525b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Treatments of N-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)pyrazine-2-carboxamide (HL1) and N-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)pyrazine-2-carboxamide carboxamide ligands (HL2) with [Ru(p-cymene)Cl2]2 and [Ru(PPh3)3Cl2] precursors afforded the respective Ru(ii) complexes [Ru(L1)(p-cymene)Cl] (Ru1), [Ru(L2)(p-cymene)Cl] (Ru2), [Ru(L1)(PPh3)2Cl] (Ru3), and [Ru(L2)(PPh3)2Cl] (Ru4). These complexes were characterized by NMR, FT-IR spectroscopies, mass spectrometry, elemental analyses, and crystal X-ray crystallography for Ru2. The molecular structure of complex Ru2 contains one mono-anionic bidentate bound ligand and display pseudo-octahedral piano stool geometry around the Ru(ii) atom. The interactions with calf thymus DNA (CT-DNA) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) were investigated by spectroscopic techniques. The experimental binding studies suggest that complexes Ru1-Ru4 interact with DNA, primarily through minor groove binding, as supported by molecular docking results. Additionally, these complexes exhibit strong quenching of the fluorescence of tryptophan residues in BSA, displaying static quenching. The in vitro cytotoxicity studies of compounds Ru1-Ru4 were assessed in cancer cell lines (A549, PC-3, HT-29, Caco-2, and HeLa), as well as a non-cancer line (KMST-6). Compounds Ru1 and Ru2 exhibited superior cytotoxicity compared to Ru3 and Ru4. The in vitro cytotoxicity and selectivity of compounds Ru1 and Ru2 against A549, PC-3, and Caco-2 cell lines surpassed that of cisplatin.
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- Nokwanda Tsaulwayo
- School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal Private Bag X01, Scottsville Pietermaritzburg 3209 South Africa
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal Private Bag X01, Scottsville Pietermaritzburg 3209 South Africa
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal Private Bag X01, Scottsville Pietermaritzburg 3209 South Africa
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- Department of Science and Innovation/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Biolabels Research Node, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape Bag X17, Bellville 7535 Cape Town South Africa
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- Department of Science and Innovation/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Biolabels Research Node, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape Bag X17, Bellville 7535 Cape Town South Africa
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- Department of Science and Innovation/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Biolabels Research Node, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape Bag X17, Bellville 7535 Cape Town South Africa
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal Private Bag X01, Scottsville Pietermaritzburg 3209 South Africa
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Second and third-row transition metal compounds containing benzimidazole ligands: An overview of their anticancer and antitumour activity. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Khan RA, AlFawaz A, Farshori NN, Paul A, Jaafar MH, Alsalme A. Aminobenzimidazoles based (η
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‐p‐cymene)Ruthenium (II) complexes as Nascent Anticancer Chemotherapeutics: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, DFT Studies, HSA Interactions, Molecular Docking, and Cytotoxicity. Appl Organomet Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/aoc.6702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Rais Ahmad Khan
- Department of Chemistry College of Science, King Saud University Riyadh KSA
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- Department of Chemistry College of Science, King Saud University Riyadh KSA
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- Department of Pharmacognosy College of Pharmacy, King Saud University Riyadh KSA
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- Centro de Quimica Estrutural, Instituto Superior Tecnio, Unversidade de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry College of Science, King Saud University Riyadh KSA
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- Department of Chemistry College of Science, King Saud University Riyadh KSA
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Yawson GK, Will MF, Huffman SE, Strandquist ET, Bothwell PJ, Oliver EB, Apuzzo CF, Platt DC, Weitzel CS, Jones MA, Ferrence GM, Hamaker CG, Webb MI. A Dual-Pronged Approach: A Ruthenium(III) Complex That Modulates Amyloid-β Aggregation and Disrupts Its Formed Aggregates. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:2733-2744. [PMID: 35102739 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating neurological disorder for which soluble oligomers of the peptide amyloid-β (Aβ) are now recognized as the neurotoxic species. Metal-based therapeutics are uniquely suited to target Aβ, with ruthenium-based (Ru) complexes emerging as propitious candidates. Recently, azole-based Ru(III) complexes were observed to modulate the aggregation of Aβ in solution, where the inclusion of a primary amine proximal to the ligand coordination site improved the activity of the complexes. To advance these structure-activity relationships, a series of oxazole-based Ru complexes were prepared and evaluated for their ability to modulate Aβ aggregation. From these studies, a lead candidate, Oc, emerged that had superior activity relative to its azole predecessors in modulating the aggregation of soluble Aβ and diminishing its cytotoxicity. Further evaluation of Oc demonstrated its ability to disrupt formed Aβ aggregates, resulting in smaller amorphous species. Because altering both sides of the aggregation equilibrium for Aβ has not been previously suggested for metal-based complexes for AD, this work represents an exciting new avenue for improved therapeutic success.
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- Gideon K Yawson
- Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790-4160, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790-4160, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790-4160, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790-4160, United States
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- Core Microscope Facility, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790-4160, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790-4160, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790-4160, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790-4160, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790-4160, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790-4160, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790-4160, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790-4160, United States
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Understanding the role of flexible alkyl-α,ω-diamine linkers on the substitution behaviour of dinuclear trans-platinum(II) complexes: A kinetic and mechanistic study. Inorganica Chim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2021.120420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Omondi RO, Sibuyi NRS, Fadaka AO, Meyer M, Jaganyi D, Ojwach SO. Role of π-conjugation on the coordination behaviour, substitution kinetics, DNA/BSA interactions, and in vitro cytotoxicity of carboxamide palladium(II) complexes. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:8127-8143. [PMID: 34027534 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt00412c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Treatments of N-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)pyrazine-2-carboxamide (L1), N-(quinolin-8-yl)pyrazine-2-carboxamide (L2), N-(quinolin-8-yl)picolinamide (L3) and N-(quinolin-8-yl)quinoline-2-carboxamide (L4) with [PdCl2(NCMe)]2 afforded the corresponding Pd(ii) complexes, [Pd(L1)Cl] (PdL1); [Pd(L2)Cl] (PdL2); [Pd(L3)Cl] (PdL3); and [Pd(L4)Cl] (PdL4) in moderate yields. Structural characterisation of the compounds was achieved by NMR and FT-IR spectroscopies, elemental analyses and single crystal X-ray crystallography. The solid-state structures of complexes PdL2-PdL4 established the presence of one tridentate carboxamide and Cl ligands around the Pd(ii) coordination sphere, to give distorted square planar complexes. Electrochemical investigations of PdL1-PdL4 showed irreversible one-electron oxidation reactions. Kinetics reactivity of the complexes towards bio-molecules, thiourea (Tu), l-methionine (L-Met) and guanosine 5'-diphosphate disodium salt (5'-GMP) decreased in the order: PdL1 > PdL2 > PdL3 > PdL4, in tandem with the density functional theory (DFT) data. The complexes bind favourably to calf thymus (CT-DNA), and bovine serum albumin (BSA), and the order of their interactions agrees with the substitution kinetics trends. The in vitro cytotoxic activities of PdL1-PdL4 were examined in cancer cell lines A549, PC-3, HT-29, Caco-2, and HeLa, and a normal cell line, KMST-6. Overall, PdL1 and PdL3 displayed potent cytotoxic effects on A549, PC-3 HT-29 and Caco-2 comparable to cisplatin. All the investigated complexes exhibited lower toxicity on normal cells than cisplatin.
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- Reinner O Omondi
- School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg 3209, South Africa.
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bag X17, Bellville, 7535, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bag X17, Bellville, 7535, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bag X17, Bellville, 7535, Cape Town, South Africa
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- School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Mount Kenya University, P.O. Box 342-01000, Thika, Kenya and Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4000, South Africa
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg 3209, South Africa.
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Omondi RO, Bellam R, Ojwach SO, Jaganyi D, Fatokun AA. Palladium(II) complexes of tridentate bis(benzazole) ligands: Structural, substitution kinetics, DNA interactions and cytotoxicity studies. J Inorg Biochem 2020; 210:111156. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2020.111156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Rastogi R, Srivastava A, Naik RM. Kinetic and mechanistic analysis of ligand substitution of aquapentacyanoruthenate(II) in SDS medium by 4,4′bipyridine. J DISPER SCI TECHNOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2019.1614042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Richa Rastogi
- Department of Chemistry, Lucknow University, Lucknow, U.P., India
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- Department of Chemistry, Lucknow University, Lucknow, U.P., India
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Ajibade PA, Fatokun AA, Andrew FP. Synthesis, characterization and anti-cancer studies of Mn(II), Cu(II), Zn(II) and Pt(II) dithiocarbamate complexes - crystal structures of the Cu(II) and Pt(II) complexes. Inorganica Chim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2020.119431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Gramni L, Vukea N, Chakraborty A, Samson WJ, Dingle LMK, Xulu B, de la Mare JA, Edkins AL, Booysen IN. Anticancer evaluation of ruthenium(III) complexes with N-donor ligands tethered to coumarin or uracil moieties. Inorganica Chim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2019.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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