Effect of N(4)-Phenyl
Substitution in 2-Oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline-3-carbaldehyde
Semicarbazones on the Structure, DNA/Protein Interaction, and Antioxidative
and Cytotoxic Activity of Cu(II) Complexes
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Abstract
A new ligand, 2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline-3-carbaldehyde
semicarbazone
(OQsc-H) (<b>1</b>);, its N(4)-phenyl derivative (OQsc-Ph) (<b>2</b>); and their corresponding copper(II) complexes [CuCl<sub>2</sub>(OQsc-H)]·H<sub>2</sub>O·CH<sub>3</sub>OH (<b>3</b>), [CuCl<sub>2</sub>(OQsc-Ph)(H<sub>2</sub>O)]·CH<sub>3</sub>OH (<b>4</b>), and [CuNO<sub>3</sub>(OQsc-Ph)(H<sub>2</sub>O)]NO<sub>3</sub>·H<sub>2</sub>O·C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>OH (<b>5</b>) have been synthesized and characterized
by structural, analytical, and spectral methods, in order to investigate
the influence of N(4)-phenyl substitution on structure and pharmacological
properties. In all of the complexes, the ligands coordinated to the
Cu(II) ion in a neutral fashion via ONO donor atoms. The single-crystal
X-ray structures of neutral complex (<b>3</b>) and cationic
complex (<b>5</b>) exhibit a slightly distorted square-pyramidal
structure, while neutral complex (<b>4</b>) revealed an octahedral
structure. The interaction of the compounds with calf thymus DNA (CT-DNA)
has been explored by absorption and emission titration methods, which
revealed that compounds <b>1</b>–<b>5</b> could
interact with CT-DNA through intercalation. A gel electrophoresis
pictogram demonstrated the ability of the complexes (<b>3</b>–<b>5</b>) to cleave the pBR322 plasmid DNA through
a hydrolytic process. The interactions of the compounds with bovine
serum albumin (BSA) were also investigated using UV–visible,
fluorescence, and synchronous fluorescence spectroscopic methods.
The results indicated that all of the compounds could quench the intrinsic
fluorescence of BSA in a static quenching process. Investigations
of antioxidative properties showed that all of the compounds have
strong radical scavenging potencies against hydroxyl radicals, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl
radicals, nitric oxide, and superoxide anion radicals. Further, the
cytotoxic effect of the compounds examined on cancerous cell lines
such as human cervical cancer cells (HeLa), human laryngeal epithelial
carcinoma cells (HEp-2), human liver carcinoma cells (Hep G2), human
skin cancer cells (A431), and noncancerous NIH 3T3 mouse embryonic
fibroblasts cell lines showed that all three complexes exhibited substantial
cytotoxic activity. Further, all of the pharmacological investigations
support the fact that there exists a strong influence of N(4)-phenyl
substitution in semicarbazone