title: A physicochemical study of the tetracycline coordination to oxovanadium(IV).
abstract: The interaction of tetracycline and oxovanadium(IV) in aqueous solution was studied by potentiometric and spectrophotometric methods. Oxovanadium(IV) ions form both a positively charged 1:1 and a neutral 2:1 metal-ligand complex with tetracycline. When a 1:1 ligand-to-metal ratio mixture is used at about pH 4.5 the 1:1 species predominates, being replaced at pH 6 by the binuclear complex. The binuclear complex has been isolated and fully characterised. Infrared and EPR studies suggest the existence of two distinct vanadyl binding sites. Our results indicate that the first vanadium coordinates to the BCD-ring system and the second one to the A-ring. Biological implications of the existence of a neutral complex at physiological pH are briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química-ICEx, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: de Paula
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Paniago
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Mangrich
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Pereira-Maia
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D011199:Potentiometry; D012996:Solutions; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000737:chemistry*; D014638:Vanadates / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D012996:Solutions; D014867:Water; D014638:Vanadates; D013752:Tetracycline