TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of Azothioformamides and Their Copper(I) and Silver(I) Complexes for Biological Activity
AU - Pradhan, Rabina
AU - Tiwari, Laxmi
AU - Groner, Vincent M.
AU - Leach, Caleb
AU - Lusk, Kyle
AU - Harrison, Nathan S.
AU - Cornell, Kenneth A.
AU - Waynant, Kristopher V.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023
PY - 2023/9
Y1 - 2023/9
N2 - Redox-active azothioformamides (ATFs) contain an NNCS 1,3-heterodiene motif typically found in other molecular subclasses that exhibit a wide range of cytotoxic and anti-neoplastic effects, either alone or as chelation complexes with various metals. For this study, a small library of ATF compounds was synthesized and tested across a range of microbes, fungi, and cancer cell lines for biological activity, both alone and as metal chelates of copper(I) and silver(I) salts. Alone, the ATF compounds exhibited little antimicrobial activity, but all inhibited the cell growth of A549 lung carcinoma cells (IC50 values of 1–6 μM). As copper(I) and silver(I) coordination complexes, several of the ATFs showed antimicrobial activity against gram positive Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis cells (IC50 ∼ 5–20 μM) and the fungi Candida albicans (IC50 ∼ 8–12 μM); as well as cytotoxicity against both lung carcinoma A549 cells and lymphoblastic leukemia K562 cells.
AB - Redox-active azothioformamides (ATFs) contain an NNCS 1,3-heterodiene motif typically found in other molecular subclasses that exhibit a wide range of cytotoxic and anti-neoplastic effects, either alone or as chelation complexes with various metals. For this study, a small library of ATF compounds was synthesized and tested across a range of microbes, fungi, and cancer cell lines for biological activity, both alone and as metal chelates of copper(I) and silver(I) salts. Alone, the ATF compounds exhibited little antimicrobial activity, but all inhibited the cell growth of A549 lung carcinoma cells (IC50 values of 1–6 μM). As copper(I) and silver(I) coordination complexes, several of the ATFs showed antimicrobial activity against gram positive Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis cells (IC50 ∼ 5–20 μM) and the fungi Candida albicans (IC50 ∼ 8–12 μM); as well as cytotoxicity against both lung carcinoma A549 cells and lymphoblastic leukemia K562 cells.
KW - Antimicrobial
KW - Antineoplastic
KW - Azothioformamide
KW - Copper(I) complexes
KW - Silver(I) complexes
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85163158313&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/chem_facpubs/167
U2 - 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2023.112294
DO - 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2023.112294
M3 - Article
C2 - 37356379
SN - 0162-0134
VL - 246
JO - Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
JF - Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
M1 - 112294
ER -
