The square-planar cytotoxic [Cu(II)(pyrimol)Cl] complex acts as an efficient DNA cleaver without reductant |
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| Authors: | Maheswari Palanisamy Uma Roy Sudeshna den Dulk Hans Barends Sharief van Wezel Gilles Kozlevcar Bojan Gamez Patrick Reedijk Jan |
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| Affiliation: | Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. |
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| Abstract: | Chemical nucleases based on the transition-metal ions cleave DNA hydrolytically and/or oxidatively, with or without added reductant. We report here the novel DNA cleavage properties of the highly water-soluble, square-planar [Cu(Hpyrimol)Cl] complex, together with the results of cytotoxicities toward selected cancer cell lines. The copper complex cleaves PhiX174 supercoiled DNA efficiently without any reductant and shows high cytotoxicities toward L1210 murine leukemia and A2780 human ovarian carcinoma cancer cell lines that are sensitive and resistant to cisplatin. The IC50 values obtained for the copper complex in the sensitive cell lines are in the range of cisplatin, and for the cisplatin-resistant leukemia cell line, this value is even better. |
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