Copper(II) sulfonamide complexes having enzyme inhibition activities on carbonic anhydrase I: synthesis, characterization and inhibition studies

Abstract

In our present study, copper(II) sulfonamide complexes titled as bis-(2 acetylfuranmethanesulfonylhydrazone) copper(II) chloride, bis-(2-furaldehydemethanesulfonylhydrazone)copper(II) chloride and bis-(5-nitro-2 furaldehydemethanesulfonylhydrazone)copper(II) chloride were synthesized using aromatic sulfonylhydrazones derived from methane sulfonic acid hydrazide. The structures of copper(II) sulfonamides were determined by using LC–MS, FT-IR and UV–Vis methods, magnetism and conductivity measurements, and also electrochemical studies. In order to gain insight into the structure of the copper(II) complexes, computational studies were performed by using DFT/B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) basis set with the Gaussian 09 program package. In general, sulfonamides and their derivatives are researched for their inhibitory effects on carbonic anhydrase isoenzymes (CAs). Synthesized copper(II) complexes have also sulfonamide group which is the most important pharmacophore for CA inhibition efficiency like acetazolamide (AAZ) as positive control. The carbonic anhydrase I (CA I) inhibition of copper(II) complexes which goes on competitively was determined by using UV–Vis spectrophotometer technique, and their inhibition parameters such as Km, IC50 and Ki were calculated. Among tested compounds, bis-(5-nitro-2 furaldehydemethanesulfonylhydrazone) copper(II) chloride was found to be the most active complex on CA I isoenzyme with IC50 value of 7.03 × 10−5 M. The enzyme inhibition trends of copper(II) sulfonamides on CA I isoenzyme were also investigated by CV and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) techniques, qualitatively. The substrate of p-nitrophenyl acetate (PNPA) was hydrolyzed by CA I and produced p-nitrophenol (PNP). The electrochemical studies showed that when the concentration of the inhibitor was increased, the reduction peak current of PNP produced by the hydrolysis of PNPA was decreased by enzyme inhibition.