Water Soluble Luminescent Cyclometalated Platinum(Ii) Complex — a Suitable Probe for Bio-Imaging Applications

Saleem Pasha, Pradip Das, Nigam P. Rath, Debashree Bandyopadhyay, Nikhil R. Jana, Inamur Rahaman Laskar

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Abstract

A highly  water soluble  platinum(II) complex, [Pt(ppy)(en)]Cl, (where ppy = 2-phenylpyridine and en = ethane-1, 2-diamine) with a strong green  luminescence  in solution was synthesized in two steps. Initially, an intermediate complex, [Pt(ppy)(ppyH)(Cl)], 1 was isolated which was transformed into the light-emitting mononuclear platinum(II) complex, [Pt(ppy)(en)]Cl, 2. The green emission of 2 was changed into yellow in their solid state. The strong π π  intermolecular interactions  that interplays between the phenyl rings lying into the two consecutive molecules which led to the solid state emission. The low cytotoxicity of 2 ensures the feasibility for using these in bioimaging probe. The testing bioimaging results demonstrate that the compound penetrates the cell membrane in both cancer (HeLa, U87MG and Nuro2a) and normal cells (CHO-K1 and 3T3-L1). The cellular uptake was observed to much higher in cancerous cells only. Co-localization study confirmed the localization of it into the cell nucleus.
Original languageAmerican English
JournalInorganic Chemistry Communications
Volume67
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1 2016

Keywords

  • platinum complex
  • bio-imaging
  • luminescence
  • toxicity

Disciplines

  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chemistry
  • Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology
  • Biochemistry

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