Antiproliferative Copper(II) and Platinum(II) Complexes with Bidentate N,N-Donor Ligands

Author(s)
Nadine S. Sommerfeld, Jana Guelzow, Alexander Roller, Klaudia Cseh, Michael A. Jakupec, Andreas Grohmann, Mathea Sophia Galanski, Bernhard K. Keppler
Abstract

Three copper(II) complexes of a series of bidentate dipyridylmethane ligands, as well as their structurally related platinum(II) analogues, have been synthesised and fully characterised to evaluate their coordination chemistry and antiproliferative properties. New crystal structures of the complexes L

3CuCl

2, L

2PtCl

2 and L

3PtCl

2, where L

2, L

3 have one and two methyl substituents on the bridgehead carbon atom between the coordinated pyridine ligands, respectively, were obtained. The in vitro cytotoxicity of the free ligands and their corresponding platinum and copper complexes was evaluated in the cisplatin-sensitive ovarian teratocarcinoma cell line CH1/PA1, as well as in rather cisplatin-insensitive colon (SW480) and lung (A549) carcinoma cells, using the MTT assay. All six complexes showed higher cytotoxicity than the ligands L

1–L

3 alone, giving IC

50 values in the low micromolar range.

Organisation(s)
Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Core Facility Crystal Structure Analysis, NMR Centre
External organisation(s)
Technische Universität Berlin
Journal
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
Volume
2017
Pages
3115-3124
No. of pages
10
ISSN
1434-1948
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201700416
Publication date
06-2017
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
104003 Inorganic chemistry
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Inorganic Chemistry
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/29a72e9e-c8b9-4d76-aca1-b5b9d053c1fe