Biomedical subjects

K Gatner

Publications and source records attributed to K Gatner.

2 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2001

Copper(II)-lincomycin: complexation pattern and oxidative activity.

Coordination of Cu(II) to lincomycin was studied by potentiometry, UV-Vis, circular dichroism (CD), EPR, NMR, cyclic voltammetry (CV) and ESI-MS. Only mononuclear complexes of stoichiometries ranging from CuL to CuH(-3)L were found. In the main species present at neutral pH, CuH(-2)L, lincomycin bonds Cu(II) through both of its nitrogen donors, and a deprotonated oxygen donor at C4 of the sugar moiety. High pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) of products of 2'-deoxyguanosine (dG) oxidation and agarose gel electrophoresis of plasmid DNA confirmed that lincomycin complexes effectively facilitate dG oxidation by H2O2, but are not able to cleave double-stranded plasmid DNA.

Anti-Bacterial Agents↗

PubMed2001

Molecular mechanism of hydrogen peroxide conversion and activation by Cu(II)-amikacin complexes.

The interactions between Cu(II)-amikacin complexes [Cu(II)-Ami] and hydrogen peroxide were studied by spectroscopy (EPR, UV-vis, CD, XAS) and cyclic voltammetry. A monomer-dimer equilibrium was detected at complex concentrations above 5 mM (log K(dim) = 1.84 +/- 0.03). The dimeric complex undergoes easy, although irreversible oxidation (ca. 0.5-0.6 V) to a Cu(III) species on platinum electrode. However, the monomeric complexes are able to catalyze hydrogen peroxide disproportionation reaction at pH 7.4 in a multistep process, mediated by hydroxyl radicals and involving both Cu(I)/Cu(II) and Cu(II)/Cu(III) redox pairs.

Amikacin↗