Research Article

Synthesis, Characterization, Cytotoxic Activity, and Interactions with CT-DNA and BSA of Cationic Ruthenium(II) Complexes Containing Dppm and Quinoline Carboxylates

Table 2

Inhibitory activity of ruthenium complexes and cisplatin against normal and tumor cell lines for 24 h incubation, expressed as IC50, µg·mL−1 (µM) and selectivity index (SI).

Cell line
GM07492SI1SI2SI3

cis-[RuCl2(dppm)2]102 ± 26 (108  ±  26)180 ± 13 (191  ±  13)126 ± 10 (134  ±  10)62 ± 4 (66  ±  4)0.610.340.49
111.8 ± 0.7 (10.1  ±  0.6)14.2 ± 0.6 (12.1  ±  0.5)13 ± 2 (11  ±  2)11 ± 1 (10  ±  1)0.930.770.85
231 ± 6 (26  ±  5)162 ± 14 (135  ±  11)44 ± 3 (36  ±  2)45 ± 1 (37  ±  1)1.450.281.02
1.9 ± 0.2 (6.3  ±  0.7)10 ± 1 (34  ±  4)7 ± 1 (22  ±  4)8 ± 1 (26  ±  3)4.210.801.14

hepatocellular carcinoma, breast adenocarcinoma, glioblastoma, human lung fibroblasts, and drug. SI1 = IC50 GM07492A/IC50 HepG2; SI2 = IC50 GM07492A/IC50 MCF-7; SI3 = IC50 GM07492A/IC50 MO59J.