Anti-thyroid and antifungal activities, BSA interaction and acid phosphatase inhibition of methimazole copper(II) complexes

It has been reported that various metal coordination compounds have improved some biological properties. A high activity of acid phosphatase (AcP) is associated to several diseases (osteoporosis, Alzheimer's, prostate cancer, among others) and makes it a target for the development of new potent...

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Autores: Urquiza, Nora María, Islas, María Soledad, Ariza, Santiago T., Jori, Nadir, Martínez Medina, Juan José, Lavecchia, Martín José, López Tévez, Libertad Leonor, Lezama, Luis, Rojo, Teófilo, Williams, Patricia Ana María, Ferrer, Evelina Gloria
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/38057
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/38057
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Methimazole
Phenanthroline
Copper(Ii)
Antifungal Activity
Anti-Thyroid Activity
Bsa Interactions
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Sumario:It has been reported that various metal coordination compounds have improved some biological properties. A high activity of acid phosphatase (AcP) is associated to several diseases (osteoporosis, Alzheimer's, prostate cancer, among others) and makes it a target for the development of new potential inhibitors. Anti-thyroid agents have disadvantageous side effects and the scarcity of medicines in this area motivated many researchers to synthesize new ones. Several copper(II) complexes have shown antifungal activities. In this work we presented for a first time the inhibition of AcP and the anti-thyroid activity produced by methimazole-Cu(II) complexes. Cu-Met ([Cu(MeimzH)2(H2O)2](NO3)2·H2O) produces a weak inhibition action while Cu-Met-phen ([Cu(MeimzH)2(phen)(H2O)2]Cl2) shows a strong inhibition effect (IC50 = 300 μM) being more effective than the reported behavior of vanadium complexes. Cu-Met-phen also presented a fairly good anti-thyroid activity with a formation constant value, Kc = 1.02 × 1010 M-1 being 106 times more active than methimazole (Kc = 4.16 × 104 M-1) in opposition to Cu-Met which presented activity (Kc = 9.54 × 103 M-1) but in a lesser extent than that of the free ligand. None of the complexes show antifungal activity except Cu-phen (MIC = 11.71 μg mL-1 on Candida albicans) which was tested for comparison. Besides, albumin interaction experiments denoted high affinity toward the complexes and the calculated binding constants indicate reversible binding to the protein.