Abstract
Dicopper complexes of a new p-cresol-2,6-bis(dpa) amide-tether ligand (HL1), [Cu2(μ-OH2)(μ-1,3-OAc)(L1)](ClO4)2 (1) and [Cu2(μ-1,1-OAc)(μ-1,3-OAc)(L1)]X (X = ClO4 (2a), OAc (2b)) were synthesized and structurally characterized. 2b rapidly cleaves supercoiled plasmid DNA by activating H2O2 at neutral pH to a linear DNA and shows remarkable cytotoxicity in comparison with related complexes. As 2b is more cytotoxic than HL1, the dicopper core is kept in the cell. A boron dipyrromethene (Bodipy)-modified complex of the p-cresol-2,6-bis(dpa) amide-tether ligand having a Bodipy pendant (HL2), [Cu2(μ-OAc)2(L2)](OAc) (3), was synthesized to visualize intracellular behavior, suggesting that 2b attacks the nucleolus and mitochondria. A comet assay clearly shows that 2b does not cleave nuclear DNA. The apoptotic cell death is evidenced from flow cytometry.
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