Clioquinol, a Drug for Alzheimer's Disease Specifically Interfering with Brain Metal Metabolism: Structural Characterization of Its Zinc(II) and Copper(II) Complexes
- 29 May 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Inorganic Chemistry
- Vol. 43 (13) , 3795-3797
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ic0494051
Abstract
Clioquinol, a 8-hydroxyquinoline derivative, is producing very encouraging results in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Its biological effects are most likely ascribed to complexation of specific metal ions, such as copper(II) and zinc(II), critically associated with protein aggregation and degeneration processes in the brain. We report here, for the first time, a structural characterization of the zinc(II) and copper(II) complexes of clioquinol. A ligand to metal stoichiometry of 2:1 is found in both cases, though in the presence of quite different coordination polyhedra. The present findings are discussed in the frame of modern approaches to AD treatment.Keywords
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