C₆₀ Fullerene Effects on Diphenyl-N-(trichloroacetyl)-amidophosphate Interaction with DNA In Silico and Its Cytotoxic...

New representative of carbacylamidophosphates - diphenyl-N-(trichloroacetyl)-amidophosphate (HL), which contains two phenoxy substituents near the phosphoryl group, was synthesized, identified by elemental analysis and IR and NMR spectroscopy, and tested as a cytotoxic agent itself and in combination with C₆₀ fullerene.According to molecular simulation results, C₆₀ fullerene and HL could interact with DNA and form a rigid complex stabilized by stacking interactions of HL phenyl groups with C₆₀ fullerene and DNA G nucleotide, as well as by interactions of HL CCl₃ group by ion-π bonds with C₆₀ molecule and by electrostatic bonds with DNA G nucleotide.With the use of MTT test, the cytotoxic activity of HL against human leukemic CCRF-CM cells with IC₅₀ value detected at 10 μM concentration at 72 h of cells treatment was shown. Under combined action of 16 μM C₆₀ fullerene and HL, the value of IC₅₀ was detected at lower 5 μM HL concentration and at earlier 48 h period of incubation, besides the cytotoxic effect of HL was observed at a low 2.5 μM concentration at which HL by itself had no influence on cell viability. Binding of C₆₀ fullerene and HL with minor DNA groove with formation of a stable complex is assumed to be one of the possible reasons of their synergistic inhibition of CCRF-CЕM cells proliferation.Application of C₆₀ fullerene in combination with 2.5 μM HL was shown to have no harmful effect on structural stability of blood erythrocytes membrane. Thus, combined action of C₆₀ fullerene and HL in a low concentration potentiated HL cytotoxic effect against human leukemic cells and was not followed by hemolytic effect.