The effect of fused 12-membered nickel metallacrowns on DNA and their antibacterial activity.

The synthesis, characterization and the biological study of a series of Ni(ll)(2)(carboxylato)(2) [12- MC(Ni(II)N(shi)2(pko)2)-4][12-MC(Ni(ii)N(sh03(pko))-4] (CH(3)OH)(3)(H(3)O) fused 12-membered metallacrowns with 10 metal ions and commercial available herbicides or anti-inflammatory drugs as carboxylato ligands are reported. All the compounds have a mixed ligand composition with salicylhydroxamic acid and di-2-pyridylketonoxime as chelate agents. The compounds construct metallacrown cores {[12-MC(Ni(n)N(sj02(pko)2)-4][12-MC(Ni(ll)N(shO3(pko))-4]}(2+) following the pattern [-Ni-O-N-](4). The neutral decanuclear [Ni(II)(A)](2)[12-MC(Ni(II)N(shi)2(pko)2)-4][12-MC(Ni(II)N(pko)3(pko))-4] fused metallacrown, consists of two [12-MC(M(ox)N(ligand))-4] units the {Ni(ll)(A)[12-MC(Ni(II)N(shi)2(pko)2)-4]} and {Ni(II)(A)[12-MC(Ni(II)N(shi)3(pko))-4]} with 1(+) and 1(-) charge, respectively. Each metallacrown unit has four ring Ni(II) ions and one additional encapsulated Ni(II) ion in planar arrangement. The anionic unit is bonded with cationic one creating binuclear moieties. The herbicide or antiiflammatory carboxylato ligands are bridging the central octahedral nickel atom with a ring metal ion in a bindetate fashion. The effect on DNA and their antibacterial activity was examined. The changes in the mobility can be attributed to the altered structures of the pDNA treated with Ni(II) complexes. Evaluating the data of the antibacterial activity of the compounds tested, we can conclude that nickel complexes present strong antibacterial activity.