Compostos de coordenação do ácido valproico e metais de transição como medicamentos

Abstract

Valproic acid (VPA) is a first-line drug in the treatment of seizures in general, but the side effects from high doses produce liver damage by metabolism. VPA has high affinity for transition metals and produces chemically stable coordination compounds. The present study aimed to synthesize four complexes VPA with Cu+2 and Zn+2 with 1,10- phenanthroline and 2,2’-bipyridine linked aromatic diimines, determine the chemical structures by FAAS, FTIR, ESI-TOF MS , 1H NMR and 13C NMR, evaluate the antioxidant activities by Sod-like and Cat-like and determine acute cytotoxicity front of Artemia salina (brine shrimp) and CHO cell culture. The synthesis procedure began with the preparation of precursor compounds Cu2(Valp)4 (1) and Zn2(Valp)4 (2) by the reaction of Sodium Valproate with chlorides of metals in aqueous medium. The chemical structures were confirmed by MP, FAAS, FTIR, 1H NMR and 13C NMR. Coordination compounds Cu(Valp)2(1,10-Phen) (3) Cu(Valp)2(2,2- Bipy).H2O (4), Zn(Valp)2(1,10-Phen).H2O (5) and Zn(Valp)2(2,2-Bipy).H2O (6) (unpublished) were synthesized by equimolar reaction of compounds 1 and 2 with the corresponding neutral ligands 1,10-phenanthroline and 2.2-bipyridine in DMF solvent. The data of chemical structures of compounds 3 and 4 were obtained by MP, UV-Vis, FAAS, FTIR and ESI-TOF MS and confirmed by comparison with the literature data. Compounds 5 and 6 (unpublished) were analyzed for MP, UV-Vis, FAAS, FTIR, ESI TOF-MS, 1H NMR and 13C NMR, and their chemical structures were confirmed by comparison with the literature (5) and interpretation spectra (6). The Sod-like experiments for compounds 3, 4, 5 and 6 were not significant, but all showed activity of Cat-like. The experiment of acute cytotoxicity in A. saline showed significant for compounds 3, 4, 5 and 6 in 8 different concentrations tested results. Compound 3 was found to be the most toxic (LC50: 2 mg mL-1), followed by compound 5 (LC50: 78 mg mL-1), compound 4 (LC50: 386 mg mL-1) and less toxic compound 6 (LC50: 409 mg mL-1). It can be observed correlation affix the higher toxicity of the compounds with copper, the case that observed for similar compounds with 1,10-Phen. The experiments of acute cytotoxicity of compounds 5 and 6 against CHO cell lines after 24 hours of exposure at concentrations of 25, 20, 15, 10, 5 and 2 μg mL-1 showed no significant differences in toxicities to controls. The results corroborate the results obtained using the A. salina.