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- Title
Synthesis, characterization, and in vitro antitumor properties of gold(III) compounds with the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) active ingredient liriodenine.
- Authors
Chen, Zhen-Feng; Liu, Yan-Cheng; Peng, Yan; Hong, Xue; Wang, Hong-Hong; Zhang, Min-Min; Liang, Hong
- Abstract
Liriodenine, an oxoaporphine alkaloid with anticancer activity isolated from Zanthoxylum nitidum (rutaceous anticancer traditional Chinese medicine), was selected as a bioactive ligand to react with HAuCl(4) and NaAuCl(4) to afford [LH][AuCl(4)] (1) and [AuCl(3)L] (2), respectively (where L is liriodenine). The structures of 1 and 2 were characterized by IR spectroscopy, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, (1)H-NMR spectroscopy, and elemental analysis. The single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of 1 revealed that it is an ionic compound consisting of protonated liriodenine cation [LH](+) and [AuCl(4)](-) anion. The spectroscopic analysis showed that 2 is a coordination compound, in which one liriodenine coordinates to gold via its 7-N donor. In aqueous solution, 1 is relatively stable, but 2 undergoes rapid hydrolysis. The in vitro cytotoxicity towards five human tumor cell lines shows that 1 and 2 manifest roughly similar biological behavior and appreciable antiproliferative properties, with IC(50) values falling in the 2-16 μM range. The flow-cytometric analysis of 1 and 2 suggests that both compounds induced an S-phase arrest. Compounds 1 and 2 significantly poison topoisomerase I in vitro at low concentration (25 μM or less). DNA binding studies indicate that both 1 and 2 interact with DNA mainly via intercalation between the neighboring base pairs of the DNA double helix. Electrostatic interactions of 1 and 2 with the polyanionic DNA phosphate backbone may reinforce the intercalation because both 1 and 2 are composed of planar cationic species.
- Publication
Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2012, Vol 17, Issue 2, p247
- ISSN
1432-1327
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00775-011-0846-z