Two groups of copper^II pyridine-triazole complexes with "open or close" pepper rings and their in vitro antitumor activities.

ABSTRACT: Based on 1,2-dimethoxyphenyl (veratrole, open) and 1,2-methylenedioxyphenyl (pepper ring, close)-derived pyridine-triazole analogues, two groups of copper(ii) complexes, namely, Group I(C1-C3) and Group II(C4-C6) were synthesized and fully characterized. All ligands and complexes were tested in vitro by MTT assays on seven tumour cell lines (T24, Hep-G2, Sk-Ov-3, MGC-803, HeLa, A549 and NCI-H460) and one normal liver cell line (HL-7702). Surprisingly, the pepper-ring-derived complexes (C4-C6) showed significantly enhanced cytotoxicity compared with the 1,2-bimethoxyphenyl ring-derived complexes (C1-C3) and the standard anticancer drug cisplatin. Cellular uptake assays indicated that the Cu accumulation was consistent with cytotoxicity. In addition, flow cytometry and western blot an

SUBMITTER: Hong Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9049676 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature