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Functionalized Spirocyclic Heterocycle Synthesis and Cytotoxicity Assay
Published on: February 9, 2021
Anticancer potential of benzo[b]thiophene functionalized thiosemicarbazone ligands and their organoruthenium
Emine Öztürk1, Elif Subaşı2, Gizem Kurşunluoğlu3,4
1The Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, 35100, İzmir, Turkey.
Abstract:
As novel promising anticancer candidates, the piano-stool type complexes of ruthenium, [RuCl(η6-p-cymene)(N,S-Ln)]PF6, K1-4, were synthesized from the reaction of the substituted benzo[b]thiophene based thiosemicarbazone ligands (L1-4) with [{RuCl(η6-p-cymene)}2(micro-Cl)2]. All complexes were fully characterized using elemental analysis, and spectroscopic methods such as FT-IR and 1H NMR. The molecular masses of the complexes were proved by MALDI-TOF analysis. Single crystal X-ray diffraction study was employed in the structural elucidation of complex K1 which shows a distorted octahedral geometry around the Ru(II) ion. Furthermore, spectroscopic methods revealed that in all complexes the ligands are coordinated to the metal center in neutral thione form via N, S donors. In this study, the effect of all ligands, complexes and commercial drugs with a different concentration on the viability of OVCAR-3, A2780 and OSE cells were compared. In this comparison, the cytotoxicity of ruthenium (II) complexes on two ovarian cancer cell lines (human A2780 and human OVCAR-3) was evaluated. For this purpose, the resazurin assay was performed. Based on our studies, complex K2 showed the highest toxicity against OVCAR-3 and A2780 cells. The cytotoxic effect of K2 was found to be higher than that of the commercial anticancer agents Oxalpin and Carbodex, 1.8-34.7-fold for OVCAR-3 cells and 1.9-11.8-fold for A2780 cells, respectively. These results provide insight into the potential of ruthenium (II) complexes as a cytotoxic agent for the treatment of ovarian cancer, particularly for primary tumors.
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