title: Synthesis, interaction with double-helical DNA and biological activity of the water soluble complex cis-dichloro-1,2-propylenediamine-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetato ruthenium (III) (RAP).
abstract: The effects exerted by the new complex cis-dichloro-1,2-propylenediaminetetraacetato ruthenium (III), H[RuCl(2)(PDTA-H(2))] [1, RAP], on DNA and cultured tumor cells (ovarian carcinoma TG cell line) were studied. The comparative study of circular dichroism (CD) spectra obtained from DNA and RAP-DNA system evidences the interaction of the complex with DNA. Compound 1 also interacted with tumor TG cells to slow their proliferation rate. BrdU incorporation was enhanced in cells treated with compound 1, as evidenced by a single-cell electrophoresis method (comet assay), in accordance with RAP-induced DNA damage. DNA migration of compound 1-treated cells was similar to that induced by noxious agents other than cross-linking chemicals. The stability of [RuCl(2)(PDTA-H(2))]-DNA binding is suggested by the high degree of damage that persisted after removal of compound 1 from the culture medium.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Laboratorio de Química Bioinorgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla, 41071 Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: Rosario A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Vilaplana
authors.forename: Fátima
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Delmani
authors.forename: Consolación
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Manteca
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Torreblanca
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: Gregorio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: García-Herdugo
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: González-Vílchez
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D020552:Comet Assay / Q000379:methods; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D004249:DNA Damage; D006801:Humans; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010957:Plasmids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D012428:Ruthenium; D004247:DNA