%0 Journal Article
%T Synthesis Characterization and DNA Interaction Studies of a New Zn(II) Complex Containing Different Dinitrogen Aromatic Ligands
%A Nahid Shahabadi
%A Somaye Mohammadi
%J Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications
%D 2012
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/2012/571913
%X A mononuclear complex of Zn(II), [Zn(DIP)2 (DMP)] (NO3)2¡¤2H2O in which DIP is 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline and DMP is 4,4¡ä-dimethyl-2,2¡ä-bipyridine has been prepared and characterized by 1HNMR spectroscopy, FT-IR, UV-Vis and elemental analysis techniques. DNA-binding properties of the complex were studied using UV-vis spectra, circular dichroism (CD) spectra, fluorescence, cyclic voltammetry (CV), and viscosity measurements. The results indicate that this zinc(II) complex can intercalate into the stacked base pairs of DNA and compete with the strong intercalator ethidium bromide for the intercalative binding sites. 1. Introduction In recent years, many researches [1¨C3] have been focused on interaction of small molecules with DNA. DNA is generally the primary intracellular target of anticancer drugs, so the interaction between small molecules and DNA can cause DNA damage in cancer cells, blocking the division of cancer cells and resulting in cell death [4, 5]. Small molecule can interact with DNA through the following three noncovalent modes: intercalation, groove binding, and external electrostatic effects. Among these interactions, intercalation is one of the most important DNA-binding modes, which is related to the antitumor activity of the compound. In this regard, mixed-ligand metal complexes were found to be particularly useful because of their potential to bind DNA via a multitude of interactions and to cleave the duplex by virtue of their intrinsic chemical, electrochemical, and photochemical reactivities [6, 7]. It has been reported that the intercalating ability of the complex was involved in the planarity of ligands, the coordination geometry, ligand donor atom type, and the metal ion type. Additionally, metal complexes with tris-dinitrogen ligands and their analogs have attracted much attention for the chiral recognition of DNA double helices with the enantiomeric complexes and for the photochemical electron transfer reaction initiated by the complex bound to DNA [8¨C10]. A singular advantage in the use of these metallointercalators for such studies is that the ligands or the metal ion in them can be varied in an easily controlled manner to facilitate individual applications [11¨C13]. In this regards, binding of zinc(II) complexes to DNA has attracted much attention [14]. In this study, we investigated the mode of DNA binding of a new zinc(II) complex containing mix aromatic dinitrogen ligands. Many techniques have been used to investigate the interactions of complex with DNA. These include (i) molecular spectroscopy methods such as UV
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