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The focus of this article is preparation of a new kind of nanomaterial, the Zn(II) nanocomplex, to decrease growth of human carcinoma cell lines. The Zn(II) nanocomplex coordinated by phendione, [Zn(phendione)](PF) (where phendione is 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione), has been synthesized by sonochemical method and characterized by FT-IR, dynamic light scattering (DLS), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The interaction of the complex and nanocomplex with fish sperm DNA (FS-DNA) has been investigated under physiological conditions by a series of experimental methods (fluorescence titration, viscosity, cyclic voltammetry (CV), competitive DNA-binding studies with ethidium bromide, and SEM). Results have indicated that the complex binds to FS-DNA by two biding modes, viz., electrostatic and partial insertion phendione between the base stacks of double-stranded DNA. The quenching constants (K), binding constants (K), and number of binding sites (n) at different temperatures, as well as thermodynamic parameters (ΔH, ΔS and ΔG) have been calculated for the BSA-complex system. Protein binding studies show that the complex and nanocomplex could bind with BSA. Results of synchronous fluorescence of BSA show that addition of the complex affect the microenvironment of both tyrosine and tryptophan residues during the binding process. The in vitro cytotoxicity of the complex and nanocomplex against the human carcinoma cell lines (MCF-7 and A-549) was evaluated by MTT assay. Results indicate that the complex and nanocomplex have greater cytotoxicity activity against MCF-7 with IC values of 0.2 and 0.9 mg/L, respectively. Results of the microscopic analyses of the cancer cells confirm results of cytotoxicity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The focus of the present work is the preparation of new metal-based nanodrug to overcome limitations of chemotherapy such as poor water solubility of most common chemotherapeutic drugs. The copper(II) complex of 1,2,4-triazine derivatives, [Cu(dppt)(HO)] (dppt is 5,6-diphenyl - 3 - (2 -pyridyl) -1,2,4 -triazine), has been synthesized at nano-size by sonochemical method and characterized by FTIR, zetasizer, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The interaction of the complex and nanocomplex with fish sperm DNA (FS-DNA) and BSA have been investigated under physiological conditions by a series of experimental methods. The results have indicated that the complex binds to FS-DNA by two biding modes, viz., electrostatic and intercalates into the base pairs of DNA. The competitive study with ethidium bromide (EB) shows that the complex and nanocomplex competes for the DNA-binding sites with EB. Protein binding studies show that the complex and nanocomplex could bind with BSA. The results of synchronous fluorescence of BSA show that additions of the complex affect the microenvironment of both tyrosine and tryptophan residues during the binding process. The in vitro cytotoxicity of the complex (solution in DMSO) and nanocomplex (colloid in HO) against the human carcinoma cell lines (MCF -7 and A -549) was evaluated by MTT assay. The results of in vitro cytotoxicity indicate that the complex and nanocomplex have excellent cytotoxicity activity against MCF -7 and A -549. Results of the microscopic analyses of the cancer cells confirm the results of the cytotoxicity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]