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Title Synthesis, crystallographic and spectroscopic studies, evaluation as antimicrobial and anticancer agents of a novel mixed-ligand nickel(II) complex
Type JournalPaper
Keywords Mixed-ligand Complex, Fluorescence Properties, Antimicrobial Activity, Cytotoxic Effect, Depolarization of Mitochondrial Membrane
Abstract A new mononuclear mixed-ligand complex of Ni(II) has been synthesized and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction as compound with the formula of [Ni(4-Cl-pydc)(apym)(H2O)2], where 4-Cl-pydc and apym are 4-chloropyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate and 2-aminopyrimidine, respectively. Also, spectroscopic studies such as FT–IR, UV–Vis, 1H–NMR and thermal analysis (TGA/DTA) were carried out. The fluorescence properties of complex in solvents with different dipole moment were studied. Antimicrobial activities of 4-chloropyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid (1), 2-aminopyrimidine (2), complex (3) and nickel (II) nitrate hexahydrate (4) were investigated by disc diffusion and broth microdilution methods against three Gram-positive bacteria namely S. aureus, B. subtilis, S. epidermidis and three Gram-negative bacteria namely E. coli, P. aeruginosa, S. marcescens, as well two fungi strains including Aspergillus niger and Saccharomyces cerevisiae in vitro. The highest antibacterial activity of complex was observed nearly equal to standard drug gentamicin toward S. epidermids. The in vitro anti-proliferative activity of compounds (1)-(4) on H1299 (a human non-small cell lung carcinoma cell line), HepG2 (a human liver hepatocellular carcinoma cell line) and βTC (a mouse beta pancreatic cell line) cell lines was evaluated by MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide) assay and effect of complex on depolarization of mitochondrial membrane (MMP) of all the three cell lines was measured by rhodamine 123. The highest cytotoxic effect of complex was exhibited toward H1299 cell line with IC50 value equal to 10 μM.
Researchers Ali Fattahi (Third Researcher), Behzad Shahbazi (Not In First Six Researchers), Mohammad Alimoradi (Fifth Researcher), Sedeighe Shokraii (Fourth Researcher), Amir Reza Jodi Azar (Not In First Six Researchers), Mohammad Ghadermazi (Second Researcher), Sara Abdolmaaleki (First Researcher)