Table 1

IC50 values of iron chelators for bloodstream forms of T. brucei 427-221a and T. congolense STIB910, and for human myeloid leukaemia HL-60 cells, and IC50 ratios of cytotoxic to trypanocidal activities of the chelators.

Compound
IC50 (μM)
IC50 ratio




T. brucei
T. congolense
HL-60 cells
T. brucei/HL-60
T. congolense/HL-60

Deferoxamine
3.3
3.4
97.0
29.4
28.5
2,3-Dihydroxybenzoic acid
220
n.d.
n.d
n.d.
n.d
Ethylenediamine-di-o-hydroxyphenylacetic acid
120
n.d.
325
2.7
n.d.
5-Sulfosalicylic acid
>1000 *
>1000 *
>1000 *
1
1
Tropolone
12.5
18.7
6.2
0.5
0.3
5-Methyl-tropolone
15.7
20.0
31.1
2.0
1.6
2,2'-Bipyridine
46.2
67.0
28.3
0.6
0.4
2,4,6-Tris(2-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine
28.6
75.0
90.1
3.2
1.2
1,10-Phenanthroline
3.3
5.3
8.5
2.6
1.6
4,7-Diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline
2.0
4.5
48.3
24.2
10.7
Bathocuproine
3.0
>10 *
>10 *
>3.3
1
8-Hydroxyquinoline
2.1
206
7.7
3.7
0.03
Dimethylglyoxime
>100 *
>100 *
>100 *
1
1
Quercetin
16.3
62.6
>100 *
>6.1
>1.6

*The highest concentration tested.

n.d., not determined.

Cu1+ chelator.

Merschjohann and Steverding Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease 2006 5:3   doi:10.1186/1475-9292-5-3