Water-soluble copper pyrithione complexes with cytotoxic and antibacterial activity

Atreyee Mishra; Karrera Y. Djoko; Yi-Hsuan Lee; Rianne M. Lord; Grace Kaul; Abdul Akhir; Deepanshi Saxena; Sidharth Chopra; James W. Walton

doi:10.1039/D2OB01224C

Water-soluble copper pyrithione complexes with cytotoxic and antibacterial activity

Atreyee Mishra
, Karrera Y. Djoko
, Yi-Hsuan Lee
, Rianne M. Lord
, Grace Kaul
, Abdul Akhir
, Deepanshi Saxena
, Sidharth Chopra
, James W. Walton

Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry

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Abstract

Copper Pyrithione, [Cu(PyS)2] has shown excellent biological activity against cancer cells and bacterial cells, however, it has extremely low aqueous solubility, limiting its applicability. Herein, we report a series of PEG-substituted pyrithione copper(II) complexes with significantly increased aqueous solubility. While long PEG chains lead to a decrease in bioactivity, the addition of short PEG chains leads to improved aqueous solubility with retention of activity. One novel complex, [Cu(PyS1)2], has particularly impressive anticancer activity, surpassing that of the parent complex.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2539-2544
Number of pages	6
Journal	Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
Volume	21
Issue number	12
Early online date	1 Mar 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/D2OB01224C
Publication status	Published - 28 Mar 2023

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Water-soluble copper pyrithione complexes with cytotoxic and antibacterial activity

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