In Vitro and In Silico Screening of Benzimidazole-Based Ruthenium(II) Complexes as Potent ALK Inhibitor for Cancer...

Two new heteroleptic Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes, [Ru(bpy)₂(B)]Cl₂ (RBB) (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine and B = 4,4'-bis(benzimidazolyl)-2,2'-bipyridine) and [Ru(phen)₂(B)]Cl₂ (RPB), were synthesized, and the structural features were confirmed by the analytical and spectral tools such as FT-IR, ¹H-NMR, and UV-Visible spectroscopy. We have explored the possibility of improving the selectivity of cytotoxic Ru(II) complex and their preliminary biological evaluation against MCF-7 and MG-63 cell lines and clinical pathogens. The results of the antimicrobial screening show that the ligand and complexes have a range of abilities against the species of bacteria and fungi that were tested. The anti-inflammatory activity of the compounds was found to be in the range of 30-75%. Molecular docking study was performed for these ligand and complexes to evaluate and analyze the anti-lymphoma cancer activity. Molecular docking score and the rank revealed the bonding affinity towards the site of interaction of the oncoprotein anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK).