Influence of Cu(II) on the interaction between sulfite and horseradish peroxidase in vitro

This paper discussed the quantitative influence of Cu(II) on the interaction between horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and sulfite (SO3(2-)), which is a derivate of sulfite dioxide in human bodies, by using fluorescence spectrum and ultraviolet (UV) absorption spectrometry in vitro. The results show that under the conditions of physiological pH and room-temperature, Cu(II) can bind strongly with both the protein part and the ferroporphyrin part in HRP at a low concentration (10(-4) mol L(-1)), and the combination constants are 2.047 x 10(3) and 7.66 x 10(2) L mol(-1), respectively. Under the same conditions, SO3(2-) at low concentrations (<0.15 mol L(-1)) has little quenching for the fluorescence of HRP at 330 nm, and the combination constant is 0.108 L mol(-1). While the fluorescence intensity at 440 nm enhance gradually with the increased concentration of SO3(2-) (<0.1 mol L(-1)), and the combination constant is 8.219 L mol(-1). These indicate that SO3(2-) at low concentration has little reaction with the enzyme protein part in HRP but obvious reaction with the ferroporphyrin part in HRP. After SO3(2-) at low concentrations is added into the HRP-Cu(II) binary system, the reaction constants between SO3(2-) and the enzyme protein part in HRP increase rapidly. Compared with the absence of Cu(II), the combination constant of SO3(2-) with the enzyme protein part in HRP increases nearly 70 times with a certain Cu(II) concentration (5.0 x 10(-4) mol L(-1)) in the system. However, the presence of Cu(II) in the system has little effect on the reaction constants between SO3(2-) and the ferroporphyrin part in HRP.     

The influence of Cu(II), Mg(II) on the binding of adriamycin with DNA and the study on their interaction mechanism

Cu(II) and Mg(II) have different binding capacity with daunomycin, and have different combination mode with DNA. Selecting these two different metal ions, the influence of them on the binding constant of adriamycin with DNA and the related mechanism has been studied by using absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. The result showed that Mg(II) has weaker binding capacity with the drug comparing Cu(II), but both Mg(II) and Cu(II) can obviously reduce the binding constant of DNA with the drug. Addition of Cu(II) to the drug-DNA binary system can cause the reduction of fluorescence in the system, but addition of Mg(II) to it can cause the enhancement of fluorescence in some conditions. This show that the influence of Cu(II) and Mg(II) on the binding of the drug with DNA may be by a different mechanism. According to the main function of Mg(II) to bind with the phosphate groups on DNA, it can be deduced that for the interaction of the aglycon portion of the drug into the base pairs of DNA, the electrostatic binding between amine group of the drug with the phosphate group on DNA is a prerequisite.     

Synergistic effect of Ni(II) and Co(II) ions on the sulfite induced autoxidation of Cu(II)/tetraglycine complex

The synergistic effect of Ni(II) and Co(II) on the sulfite induced autoxidation of Cu(II)/tetraglycine was investigated spectrophotometrically at 25.0 degrees C, pH = 9.0, 1 x 10(-5) mol dm(-3) < or = [S(IV)] < or = 8 x 10(-5) mol dm(-3), [Cu(II)]= 1 x 10(-3) mol dm(-3), 1 x 10(-6) mol dm(-3) < or = [Ni(II)] or [Co(II)] < or = 1 x 10(-4) mol dm(-3), [O2] approximately 2.5 x 10(-4) mol dm(-3), and 0.1 mol dm(-3) ionic strength. In the absence of added nickel(II) or cobalt(II), the kinetic traces of Cu(III)G4 formation show a large induction period (about 3 h). The addition of trace amounts of Ni(II) or Co(II) increases the reaction rate significantly and the induction period drastically decreases (less than 0.5 s). The effectiveness of Cu(III)G4 formation becomes much higher. The metal ion in the trivalent oxidation state rapidly oxidizes SO3(2-) to SO3*-, which reacts with oxygen to produce SO5*-. The strongly generated oxidants oxidize Cu(II)G4 to Cu(III).     

Binuclear caffeine adducts of Cu(II) acetate and Cu(II) chloroacetates with unusually high antiferromagnetic interaction

New caffeine adducts of Cu(II) acetate, monochloro-, dichloro- and trichloroacetate, were prepared. Electronic, IR and EPR spectra as well as magnetic data over the temperature range 81–296 K have been mainly used for the determination of the stereochemistry and electronic structure of the adducts. The available evidence supports a binuclear structure. The EPR spectra, of the powdered solids is consistent with a spin of S = 1. The values of the energy separation (−2J) between the triplet and singlet states, especially in the case of Cu(CH₃COO)₂.caffeine, represent a significantly bigger interaction than is observed in any other well—characterized Cu(II) acetate adducts of binuclear structure. Some correlations between the magnetic and spectral data as well as the acidity of the respective acids are discussed.     

二(2-苯并咪唑亚甲基)胺合铜(II)配合物与DNA作用方式的光谱研究

应用紫外、荧光、黏度等方法, 对二(2-苯并咪唑亚甲基)胺合铜(II)配合物与小牛胸腺DNA作用方式进行了研究. 配合物与DNA作用时, 使紫外吸收明显减色, 荧光降低, 黏度降低; Scatchard图表明配合物对溴化乙锭(EB)与DNA的结合为非竞争性抑制. 实验结果表明, 配合物与DNA作用方式可能为静电结合.     

Studies on toluidine blue reaction with sulfite in aqueous solution and role of Cu(II) as promoter

The kinetic and mechanistic details of the reaction between toluidine blue and sulfite were studied spectrophotometrically by monitoring the depletion of toluidine blue at 633 nm. The reaction had first‐order dependence on both the reactants, a stoichiometric ratio of 1:1 and a negative salt effect indicating the participation of TB⁺ and SO₃²⁻ ions in the rate‐limiting step. The reaction products were leuco base of toluidine blue and sulfate. The reaction was pH dependent and hence studied at its optimum pH 7.2. Cu(II) acted as promoter by facilitating the formation of a ternary complex with the reactants. The protonation and stability constants of the reactants were determined and used in validating the mechanism. The activation parameters for the reactions in absence and presence of Cu(II) were determined and compared with other systems. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 31: 539–549, 1999     

DNA interaction studies of Cu(II), Co(II), and Ni(II) chelates derived from schiff base ligand

Chelates of the type M(L)₂ {where, M ?= ?Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II), and L ?= ?3-{(E)-[(2-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)methylidene]amino}pyridin-4(1H)-one)} were synthesized by using the Schiff base ligand in the stochiometric ratio 2:1 (L:M) and Schiff base ligand (L) was synthesized by simple condensation between 2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde with 3-aminopyridin-4-ol. The structure and formation of synthesized compounds were established by different analytical and spectroscopic methods like, elemental analysis, UV- spectroscopy, FT-IR, Proton and Carbon NMR, mass spectrometry and Powder XRD. Further, the synthesized chelates screened for the DNA binding studies of Calf Thymus (CT)-DNA by exploiting electronic absorption spectra, relative viscosity measurements and thermal denaturation methods. The proposed DNA binding mode supports the enhancement in the binding activity of the complexes in presence of newly synthesized ligand. The cleavage activities of the PUC-18 DNA in the presence and the absence of the complexes were recorded with the help of gel-electrophoresis. The cleavage experiment results reveals that all the synthesized chelates can cleave pUC-18 DNA effectively.     

Interaction of Cu(II) and Cd(II) ions with DNA from Spirulina platensis

Equilibrium dialysis and atomic absorption analysis were used to obtain adsorption isotherms and determine the stoichiometric binding constants of Cu(II) and Cd(II) ions to DNA from Spirulina platensis in solutions. The stoichiometric constants of Cu(II) and Cd(II) ions with DNA from S. platensis in 3 mM NaCI are 15.56⋅10⁴ and 14.40⋅10⁴, respectively. Effect of ionic strength and DNA GC content on binding constants of Cu(II)- and Cd(II)-DNA complexes were studied out. It was showed that the binding constants of Cu(II)- and Cd(II)-DNA complexes decrease with increase of ionic strength. The empirical dependences of logK on the GC content has been derived for Cd(II)- and Cu(II)-DNA complexes.     

Synthesis and characterization of two Cu(II) complexes with a new pyrazole-based Schiff base ligand: crystallography,DNA interaction and antimicrobial activity of Ni(II) and Cu(II) complexes

Reaction of Cu(II) nitrate with a new pyrazole-based Schiff base ligand, 5-methyl-3-formylpyrazole-N-(2′-methylphenoxy)methyleneimine (MPzOA), afforded two types of Cu(II) complexes at different reaction temperatures, [Cu(MP_zOA)(NO₃)]₂ (1) and [Cu(3,7,11,15-tetramethylporphyrin)(H₂O)](NO₃)₂ (2), reported together with a Ni(II) complex, [Ni(MPzOA)₂(H₂O)₂]Br₂ (3). The compounds are characterized by single crystal X-ray structure analyses along with several physico-chemical and spectral parameters. Complex 1 is authenticated as a bis(μ-pyrazolato)dicopper(II), while 2 is a porphyrinogen and 3 is a distorted octahedral complex. Structural analyses of the complexes reveal that 1 crystallized in monoclinic P2₁/n space group while 2 and 3 crystallized in monoclinic C2/c space group. DNA-binding studies of the complexes have shown that the complexes interact with CT-DNA. DNA-cleavage studies with plasmid DNA have shown that 1 and 2 induce extensive DNA cleavage in the presence of H₂O₂ as an additive, whereas there is no change in degradation of super-coiled DNA by 3 in the presence of additive. The antimicrobial studies of the complexes against Escherichia coli DH5α bacteria strain indicated that all the complexes were capable of killing E. coli with different LD50 values.     

Spectrophotometric determination of mercury(II) with sodium sulfite

A photometric procedure is developed for determining mercury(II) in aqueous media. It is based on the reaction of mercury(II) with sodium sulfite giving a product with an absorption maximum at 230 nm. The optimum conditions are found. The procedure allowed 0.5 to 13.0 μg/mL of mercury(II) to be determined for 1 min. The effect of some metal cations is estimated.     

Exchange interaction and orbital degeneracy in the Cu(II)-Co(II) heterobinuclear complex

The temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility of the title compound was studied in the range 3.6–300 K. This heterobinuclear complex may be considered as the simplest polynuclear system in which the problem of the orbital degeneracy occurs. The experimental data were interpreted with a hamiltonian taking into account the distorsion and the spin-orbit coupling around the Co(II) ion on one hand, and the Cu(II)-Co(II) interaction on the other. From this hamiltonian, a quite satisfying simulation of the experimental magnetic curve was obtained. The effective exchange interaction parameter J of the ?J?_Cu?_Co term of the hamiltonian was found equal to =62 ± 2 cm^?1. This value was compared to those obtained with the [CuCu], [CuNi] and [CuMn] complexes prepared with the same bichelating ligand. This comparison was carried out in a framework of an orbital model, previously established in the case of interacting ions without orbital momentum and here extended to the case where one of the interacting ions has an orbital degeneracy.     

Influence of the solvent medium on formation of Cu(II), Zn(II) and Ni(II) hexacyanocobaltates

Investigations on precipitation of metal hexacyanocobaltates from mixed solvent media have confirmed the earlier interpretation of the mechanism and provided further insight into it.     

PH电位法研究水杨醛缩氨基硫脲与铜(II)、锌(II)、镍(II)、钴(II)、锰(II)及镉(II)的相互作用

本文为了进一步了解具有生物活性的木杨醛缩氨基硫脲在溶液中与常见金属离子的作用本质, 在半微量恒温滴定池上用PH电位法研究了该物质与铜(II)、锌(II)、镍(II)、钴(II)、锰(II)及镉(II)等二价金属离子的配位作用.     

Confinement effects on the interaction of native DNA with Cu(II)-5-(triethylammoniummethyl)salicylidene ortho-phenylendiiminate in C(12)E(4) liquid crystals

Confinement effects of native calf thymus DNA interacting with the complex Cu(ii)-5-(triethylammoniummethyl)salicylidene ortho-phenylendiiminate (CuL(2+)) perchlorate in tetraethylene glycol monododecyl ether (C(12)E(4)) liquid crystals have been investigated by UV absorption spectrophotometry, circular dichroism (CD) and small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The results indicate the occurrence of dramatic structural changes of both the DNA and the CuL(2+)-DNA system, when going from aqueous solution to C(12)E(4) liquid crystals, due to confinement constrains imposed by the closed structure of C(12)E(4) reverse micelles. Further marked departures from the behaviour observed in aqueous solution have been emphasized by registering the spectral response of DNA and CuL(2+)-DNA confined in C(12)E(4) reverse micelles after thermal treatment. It has been also ascertained that the confinement causes the formation of a more compact and thermoresistant DNA structure accompanied by a transition from the right- to left-handed form while a tight CuL(2+)-DNA binding has been revealed by the appearance of a broad induced CD band in the range 350-450 nm. From a biological point of view, these findings stress the need to account for confinement effects and the peculiarity of drug-DNA interactions occurring within the intra-cellular environment.     

Complexes of Co (II) and Cu (II) with nonsteroidal anticancer drug Letrozole and their interaction with DNA and BSA by spectroscopic methods and cytotoxic activity

DNA and BSA binding properties of mononuclear Co (II) and Cu (II) complexes containing letrozole [M(Le)₄Cl₂]·(H2O)](Le=[4,4-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-ylmethylene)bisbenzonitrile] have been investigated under physiological conditions. The interaction ability of the two complexes with native calf thymus DNA(CT-DNA) has been monitored as a function of the metal complex-DNA molar ratio by UV–Vis absorption spectrophotometry, fluorescence spectroscopy, circular dichroism(CD) and thermal denaturation studies. The intrinsic binding constants, K_b, of complexes 1 and 2 with CT-DNA, obtained from UV–Vis absorption studies, were 3.15 ± 0.02 × 10⁴ and 4.37 ± 0.02 × 10⁴ M^?1, respectively. The addition of the complexes to CT-DNA (1:2) leads to an increase in the melting temperature of DNA up to around 4 °C, which has revealed that complexes could interact with DNA through intercalation mode. Fluorimetric studies have been performed using methylene blue (MB) as a fluorescence probe and competitive studies have shown the ability of the complexes to displace the DNA-bound MB, suggesting competition with MB. To explore the potential biological value of the complexes, the binding interaction between Co (II) and Cu (II) complexes and bovine serum albumin (BSA) has also been studied by fluorescence spectroscopy. The results indicate that the reaction between the complexes and BSA is a static quenching procedure. The site marker displacement experiment has suggested the location of the complexes binding to BSA at Sudlow’s site I in subdomain IIA. Finally, MTT assay studies have shown that the bioactive complexes exert significantly high selective dose-dependent cytotoxicity against a panel of cancer cell lines including MCF-7, JURKAT, SKOV3 and U87.     

Theoretical study on the DNA interaction properties of copper(II) complexes

Theoretical studies on DNA-cleavage and DNA-binding properties of a series of Cu(II) complexes [Cu(bimda)(diimine)] 1–5 have been carried out by density functional theory (DFT). The optimized structures of Cu(II) complexes were docked into parallel, antiparallel and mixed G-quadruplexes, with which the binding energies of complexes 1–5 were obtained. The cytotoxicities of these complexes can be predicted preliminarily by the binding energies. To explore the energy changes of Cu(II) complexes in duplex DNA, the optimized structures of these complexes were docked into the duplex DNA, and the obtained docking models were further optimized using QM/MM method. The DNA-cleavage abilities of complexes 1–5 can be predicted accurately and explained reasonably by the computed intra-molecular reorganization energies of these complexes. This work reported here has implications for the understanding of the interaction Cu(II) complexes with the DNA, which might be helpful for the future directing the design of novel anticancer Cu(II) complexes.     

Cu(II), Fe(III)与人血清白蛋白相互作用的荧光光谱研究

通过研究Cu(II),Fe(III)对人血清白蛋白(HSA)内源荧光的猝灭,探讨了Cu(II),Fe(III)与人血清白蛋白的结合机理。基于Forster非辐射能量转移机理。获得了人血清白蛋白第一类Cu(II)结合部位与214位色氨酸残基间的距离为1.8nm,并讨论了Cu(II),Fe(III)与HSA结合的差异。