3d metal complexes with meloxicam as therapeutic agents in the fight against human glioblastoma multiforme and cervical carcinoma

The aim of our study was to evaluate the influence of selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug meloxicam and its metal (Cu(II), Zn(II), Co(II), Ni(II)) complexes on the viability and proliferation of cultured humancarcinoma of the uterine cervix (HeLa) and glioblastoma multiforme (8MGBA) cells. The investigations were performed by short-term (24 h–96 h, with monolayer cultures) and long-term (16 d, with three-dimensional colonies of cancer cells) experiments by using methods with different molecular/cellular targets and mechanisms of action, such as thiazolyl blue tetrazolium bromide (MTT) test, neutral red uptake cytotoxicity assay, crystal violet staining, double staining with acridine orange and propidium iodide, alkaline version of single cell gel electrophoresis (comet assay) and colony-forming technique. The obtained results revealed that the application of the examined compounds at concentrations ranging from 5 µg/mL to 500 µg/mL induced cytopathological changes, including DNA damages in the ...