Rare-Earth Metal Complexes of the Antibacterial Drug Oxolinic Acid : Synthesis, Characterization, DNA/Protein Binding and Cytotoxicity Studies

"Drug repositioning" is a current trend which proved useful in the search for new applications for existing, failed, no longer in use or abandoned drugs, particularly when addressing issues such as bacterial or cancer cells resistance to current therapeutic approaches. In this context, six new complexes of the first-generation quinolone oxolinic acid with rare-earth metal cations (Y3+, La3+, Sm3+, Eu3+, Gd3+, Tb3+) have been synthesized and characterized. The experimental data suggest that the quinolone acts as a bidentate ligand, binding to the metal ion via the keto and carboxylate oxygen atoms; these findings are supported by DFT (density functional theory) calculations for the Sm3+ complex. The cytotoxic activity of the complexes, as well as the ligand, has been studied on MDA-MB 231 (human breast adenocarcinoma), LoVo (human colon adenocarcinoma) and HUVEC (normal human umbilical vein endothelial cells) cell lines. UV-Vis spectroscopy and competitive binding studies show that the complexes display binding affinities (Kb) towards double stranded DNA in the range of 9.33 × 104 - 10.72 × 105. Major and minor groove-binding most likely play a significant role in the interactions of the complexes with DNA. Moreover, the complexes bind human serum albumin more avidly than apo-transferrin.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 25(2020), 22 vom: 19. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Maciuca, Ana-Madalina [VerfasserIn]
Munteanu, Alexandra-Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Mihaila, Mirela [VerfasserIn]
Badea, Mihaela [VerfasserIn]
Olar, Rodica [VerfasserIn]
Nitulescu, George Mihai [VerfasserIn]
Munteanu, Cristian V A [VerfasserIn]
Bostan, Marinela [VerfasserIn]
Uivarosi, Valentina [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9007-49-2
91080-16-9
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anticancer
Calf thymus DNA
Coordination Complexes
DNA
DNA binding
Drug repositioning
Journal Article
L0A22B22FT
Metals, Rare Earth
Oxolinic Acid
Oxolinic acid
Quinolone
Rare-earth metal ions
Serum Albumin, Human
Serum proteins
ZIF514RVZR

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.04.2021

Date Revised 02.04.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/molecules25225418

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317950487