scholarly journals Copper(II) complexes of Schiff base ligands as promising anticancer agents

Author(s):  
Elżbieta Hejchman ◽  
Barbara Sowirka ◽  
Magdalena Tomczyk ◽  
Dorota Maciejewska

Based on World Health Organization (WHO) report, it was estimated that one in five people before age 75 will suffer from cancer during their lifetime, and more than 13 million cancers death will happen in 2030. Chemotherapy is a basic approach for the treatment of cancer diseases. However, because of drug resistance and considerable side effects drug-induced toxicity, the discovery of new metal analogs with promising activity and high therapeutic index is an urgent need. The fundamental role of copper and the recognition of its complexes as important bioactive compounds in vitro and in vivo aroused an ever-increasing interest in these agents as potential drugs for therapeutic intervention in various diseases. Schiff bases are a critical class of compounds in medical chemistry that have demonstrated significant chemotherapeutic and antibacterial application. Schiff base Cu(II) complexes revealed great potential for antiproliferative, antibacterial, and gastroprotective activity. Coumarins are a wide class of natural and synthetic compounds that showed diverse pharmacological activities including anticancer activity. Among the wide variety of coumarins, 7-hydroxycoumarin derivatives have been shown to possess desirable antiproliferative activities. In particular, their antibacterial, antifungal and anticancer activities make the compounds attractive for further derivatization and screening as novel therapeutic agents. Taking these compounds as lead, we have designed and synthesized a series of new copper(II) complexes with coumarin-derived Schiff base ligands. Two series of Schiff bases were prepared by condensation of 8-formyl-7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin and 8-acetyl-7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin with p-substituted aniline derivatives. These compounds were used as ligands in the synthesis of copper(II) complexes. The obtained Schiff bases as well as copper complexes are mostly novel molecules. Only the products of condensation 8-formyl-7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin with p-toluidine and 8-acetyl-7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin with p-toluidine and its copper(II) complex were synthesized, but the anticancer activity of these compounds was not determined. The assay of their cytotoxic activity is in progress. Preliminary, we have identified two copper(II) coordination compounds of 7-hydroxy-8-[1-(4-methoxyphenyl imino)ethyl]-4-methyl-2H-chromen-2-one and 7-hydroxy-8-[1-(4-hydroxyphenyloimino)ethyl]-4-methyl-2H- chromen-2-one having dose-dependent antiproliferative activity on HeLa cancer cell line. Additionally, the Schiff bases – derivatives of substituted salicylaldehydes and 2-hydroxyacetophenones condensed with appropriate anilines were prepared. Such compounds have been reported in scientific papers, their copper complexes have not been assayed yet, and may serve as an useful tool in QSAR investigation.

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Hejchman ◽  
Barbara Sowirka ◽  
Magdalena Tomczyk ◽  
Dorota Maciejewska

Based on World Health Organization (WHO) report, it was estimated that one in five people before age 75 will suffer from cancer during their lifetime, and more than 13 million cancers death will happen in 2030. Chemotherapy is a basic approach for the treatment of cancer diseases. However, because of drug resistance and considerable side effects drug-induced toxicity, the discovery of new metal analogs with promising activity and high therapeutic index is an urgent need. The fundamental role of copper and the recognition of its complexes as important bioactive compounds in vitro and in vivo aroused an ever-increasing interest in these agents as potential drugs for therapeutic intervention in various diseases. Schiff bases are a critical class of compounds in medical chemistry that have demonstrated significant chemotherapeutic and antibacterial application. Schiff base Cu(II) complexes revealed great potential for antiproliferative, antibacterial, and gastroprotective activity. Coumarins are a wide class of natural and synthetic compounds that showed diverse pharmacological activities including anticancer activity. Among the wide variety of coumarins, 7-hydroxycoumarin derivatives have been shown to possess desirable antiproliferative activities. In particular, their antibacterial, antifungal and anticancer activities make the compounds attractive for further derivatization and screening as novel therapeutic agents. Taking these compounds as lead, we have designed and synthesized a series of new copper(II) complexes with coumarin-derived Schiff base ligands. Two series of Schiff bases were prepared by condensation of 8-formyl-7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin and 8-acetyl-7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin with p-substituted aniline derivatives. These compounds were used as ligands in the synthesis of copper(II) complexes. The obtained Schiff bases as well as copper complexes are mostly novel molecules. Only the products of condensation 8-formyl-7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin with p-toluidine and 8-acetyl-7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin with p-toluidine and its copper(II) complex were synthesized, but the anticancer activity of these compounds was not determined. The assay of their cytotoxic activity is in progress. Preliminary, we have identified two copper(II) coordination compounds of 7-hydroxy-8-[1-(4-methoxyphenyl imino)ethyl]-4-methyl-2H-chromen-2-one and 7-hydroxy-8-[1-(4-hydroxyphenyloimino)ethyl]-4-methyl-2H- chromen-2-one having dose-dependent antiproliferative activity on HeLa cancer cell line. Additionally, the Schiff bases – derivatives of substituted salicylaldehydes and 2-hydroxyacetophenones condensed with appropriate anilines were prepared. Such compounds have been reported in scientific papers, their copper complexes have not been assayed yet, and may serve as an useful tool in QSAR investigation.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazanin Kordestani ◽  
Hadi Amiri Rudbari ◽  
Alexandra R Fernandes ◽  
Luís R Raposo ◽  
André Luz ◽  
...  

To investigate the effect of different halogen substituents, leaving groups and the flexibility of ligand on the anticancer activity of copper complexes, sixteen copper(II) complexes with eight different tridentate Schiff-base...


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Jan Huang ◽  
Yu-Chih Liang ◽  
Shuang-En Chuang ◽  
Li-Ling Chi ◽  
Chi-Yun Lee ◽  
...  

HDAC inhibitors (HDACis) have been developed as promising anticancer agents in recent years. In this study, we synthesized and characterized a novel HDACi, termed NBM-HD-1. This agent was derived from the semisynthesis of propolin G, isolated from Taiwanese green propolis (TGP), and was shown to be a potent suppressor of tumor cell growth in human breast cancer cells (MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231) and rat glioma cells (C6), with an IC50ranging from 8.5 to 10.3 μM. Western blot demonstrated that levels of p21(Waf1/Cip1), gelsolin, Ac-histone 4, and Ac-tubulin markedly increased after treatment of cancer cells with NBM-HD-1. After NBM-HD-1 treatment for 1–4 h, p-PTEN and p-AKT levels were markedly decreased. Furthermore, we also found the anticancer activities of NBM-HD-1 in regulating cell cycle regulators. Treatment with NBM-HD-1,p21(Waf1/Cip1)gene expression had markedly increased whilecyclin B1andD1gene expressions had markedly decreased. On the other hand, we found that NBM-HD-1 increased the expressions of tumor-suppressor genep53in a dose-dependent manner. Finally, we showed that NBM-HD-1 exhibited potent antitumor activity in a xenograft model. In conclusion, this study demonstrated that this compound, NBM-HD-1, is a novel and potent HDACi with anticancer activityin vitroandin vivo.


2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (41) ◽  
pp. 14626-14639
Author(s):  
Luca Rigamonti ◽  
Francesco Reginato ◽  
Erika Ferrari ◽  
Laura Pigani ◽  
Lara Gigli ◽  
...  

The electron withdrawing nitro group enhances the in vitro cytotoxicity of copper(ii) complexes bearing tridentate NNO Schiff base ligands.


2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (33) ◽  
pp. 12496-12511 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Kalaiarasi ◽  
S. Dharani ◽  
V. M. Lynch ◽  
R. Prabhakaran

Three tetranuclear (1–3) complexes and a mononuclear (4) palladium(ii) complex were synthesized from 3-acetyl-chromen-2-one Schiff base ligands [H2-3MAC-Rtsc] (where R = H; CH3; C2H5[H2-3MAC-etsc] or C6H5) and potassium tetrachloropalladate.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (15) ◽  
pp. 1559-1571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumit Tahlan ◽  
Balasubramanian Narasimhan ◽  
Siong Meng Lim ◽  
Kalavathy Ramasamy ◽  
Vasudevan Mani ◽  
...  

Background: Various analogues of benzimidazole are found to be biologically and therapeutically potent against several ailments. Benzimidazole when attached with heterocyclic rings has shown wide range of potential activities. So, from the above provided facts, we altered benzimidazole derivatives so that more potent antagonists could be developed. In the search for a new category of antimicrobial and anticancer agents, novel azomethine of 2-mercaptobenzimidazole derived from 3-(2- (1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-ylthio)acetamido)benzohydrazide were synthesized. Results and Discussion: The synthesized analogues were characterized by FT-IR, 1H/13C-NMR and MS studies as well C, H, N analysis. All synthesized compounds were evaluated for in vitro antibacterial activity against Gram-positive (B. subtilis), Gram-negative (E. coli, P. aeruginosa, K. pneumoniae and S. typhi) strains and in vitro antifungal activity against C. albicans and A. niger strains by serial dilution method, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) described in μM/ml. The in vitro anticancer activity of synthesized compounds was determined against human colorectal carcinoma cell line (HCT- 116) using 5-fluorouracil as standard drug. Conclusion: In general, most of the synthesized derivatives exhibited significant antimicrobial and anticancer activities. Compounds 8, 10, 15, 16, 17, 20 and 22 showed significant antimicrobial activity towards tested bacterial and fungal strains and compound 26 exhibited significant anticancer activity.


2010 ◽  
Vol 75 (8) ◽  
pp. 1075-1084 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Imran ◽  
Mitu Liviu ◽  
Shoomaila Latif ◽  
Zaid Mahmood ◽  
Imtiaz Naimat ◽  
...  

The condensation reactions of biacetyl with orthohydroxyaniline and 2-aminobenzoic acid to form bidendate NO donor Schiff bases were studied. The prepared Schiff base ligands were further utilized for the formation of metal chelates having the general formula [ML2.2H2O] where M = Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) and L = HL1 and HL2. These new compounds were characterized by conductance measurements, magnetic susceptibility measurements, elemental analysis, and IR, 1H-NMR and electronic spectroscopy. Both Schiff base ligands were found to have a mono-anionic bidentate nature and octahedral geometry was assigned to all metal complexes. All the complexes contained coordinated water which was lost at 141-160 ?C. These compounds were also screened for their in-vitro antibacterial activity against four bacterial species, namely; Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhi and Bacillus subtillis. The metal complexes were found to have greater antibacterial activity than the uncomplexed Schiff base ligands.


2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 191-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ikechukwu P. Ejidike ◽  
Peter A. Ajibade

AbstractThe huge research on Schiff base coordination complexes in the past few decades has given rise to several new molecules that have been of biological importance. The ease with which the Schiff base ligands are designed and prepared and their pattern is elucidated have made them to be referred to as “fortunate ligands” possessing azomethine derivatives, the C=N linkage that is essential for biological activity, including antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, anticancer, and diuretic activities. A variety of Schiff base and its complexes have been studied as model molecules for biological oxygen carrier systems. The uses of Schiff bases as DNA-cleaving agents and its mode of interaction and free-radical scavenging properties are described. The review encapsulates the applications of Schiff bases and their complexes.


2017 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaping Cao ◽  
Hongmei Liu ◽  
Zeli Yuan ◽  
Gang Wei

Two new oxovanadium(iv) compounds containing 1,10-bathophenanthroline (Bphen) and amino Schiff base derivatives [VO(hnd-napha)(Bphen)] (1) and [VO(o-van-met)(Bphen)] (2) were synthesised (where hnd-napha and o-van-met are N-Schiff bases derived from the reaction of 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde with 3-(1-naphthyl)-l-alanine and o-vanillin with l-methionine, respectively). These compounds were characterised by elemental analysis, infrared spectroscopy, high-resolution mass spectrometry, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD). Both compounds showed low molar conductance values, indicating that they are non-electrolytes. The XRD results showed that the VIV atoms in both compounds existed in the VO3N3 coordination geometry with Schiff base and Bphen ligands. The in vitro anticancer activities of compounds 1 and 2 were evaluated against A549 human lung carcinoma and HepG2 human hepatoma cell lines using a 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, and the results revealed that both compounds were cytotoxic with half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) values in the range of 8.22 ± 1.0 to 94.89 ± 3.2 μmol L−1. Notably, compound 2 exhibited much better anticancer activity in vitro against A549 cells (8.22 ± 1 μmol L−1) than [VO(acac)2] (24 ± 6 μmol L−1) or any of our previously reported oxovanadium(iv) compounds, making it comparable in activity to cisplatin (3.1 ± 0.5 μmol L−1). These results therefore suggest that compound 2 could be used as a promising lead for the development of anticancer agents for the treatment of lung cancer.


2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 613-616
Author(s):  
Shahrul Nizam Ahmad ◽  
Hadariah Bahron ◽  
Amalina Mohd Tajuddin ◽  
Kalavathy Ramasamy

Two tetradentate phenolic Schiff base ligands namely 2,2'-((1E,1'E)-(1,2-phenylenebis(azanyl-ylidene))bis(methanylylidene))diphenol, L1H, 2,2'-((1E,1'E)-(1,2-phenylenebis(azanylylidene))bis-(methanylylidene))bis(4-fluorophenol), L1F and their new nickel(II) complexes were successfully synthesized, characterized and evaluated for their in vitro anticancer activities against human colon cancer cell lines, HCT116. The compounds were characterized using FT-IR, 1H and 13C NMR, UV-Visible, elemental analysis and melting point. The anticancer results revealed that the parent ligands were more active than their corresponding complexes with L1F being the most potent anticancer compound with IC50 of 2.8 mg/ml.


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