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Chatterjee P, Mishra R, Chawla S, Sonkar AK, De AK, Patra AK. Dual Photoreactive Ternary Ruthenium(II) Terpyridyl Complexes: A Comparative Study on Visible-Light-Induced Single-Step Dissociation of Bidentate Ligands and Generation of Singlet Oxygen. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:14998-15015. [PMID: 39092885 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/04/2024]
Abstract
The versatile and tunable ligand-exchange dynamics in ruthenium(II)-polypyridyl complexes imposed by the modulation of the steric and electronic effects of the coordinated ligands provide an unlimited scope for developing phototherapeutic agents. The photorelease of a bidentate ligand from the Ru-center is better suited for potent Ru(II)-based photocytotoxic agents with two available labile sites for cross-linking with biological targets augmented with possible phototriggered 1O2 generation. Herein, we introduced a phenyl-terpyridine (ptpy) ligand in the octahedral Ru(II) core of [Ru(ptpy)(L-L)Cl]+ to induce structural distortion for the possible photorelease of electronically distinct bidentate ligands (L-L). For a systematic study, we designed four Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes: [Ru(ptpy)(L-L)Cl](PF6), ([1]-[4]), where L-L = 1,2-bis(phenylthio)ethane (SPH) [1], N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEN) [2], N1,N2-diphenylethane-1,2-diimine (BPEDI) [3], and bis[2-(diphenylphosphino)phenyl]ether (DPE-Phos) [4]. The detailed photochemical studies suggest a single-step dissociation of L-L from the bis-thioether (SPH) complex [1] and diamine (TMEN) complex [2], while no photosubstitution was observed for [3] and [4]. Complex [1] and [2] demonstrated a dual role, involving both photosubstitution and 1O2 generation, while [3] and [4] solely exhibited poor to moderate 1O2 production. The interplay of excited states leading to these behaviors was rationalized from the lifetimes of the 3MLCT excited states by using transient absorption spectroscopy, suggesting intricate relaxation dynamics and 1O2 generation upon excitation. Therefore, the photolabile complexes [1] and [2] could potentially act as dual photoreactive agents via the phototriggered release of L-L (PACT) and/or 1O2-mediated PDT mechanisms, while [4] primarily can be utilized as a PDT agent.
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- Pritha Chatterjee
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India
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- Condensed Phase Dynamics Group, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar, Punjab 140306, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India
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- Condensed Phase Dynamics Group, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar, Punjab 140306, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India
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Elbeheiry HM, Schulz M. Enhancing Control Over Nitric Oxide Photorelease via a Molecular Keypad Lock. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202400709. [PMID: 38700927 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 05/23/2024]
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Based on Boolean logic, molecular keypad locks secure molecular information, typically with an optical output. Here we investigate a rare example of a molecular keypad lock with a chemical output. To this end, the light-activated release of biologically important nitric oxide from a ruthenium complex is studied, using proton concentration and photon flux as inputs. In a pH-dependent equilibrium, a nitritoruthenium(II) complex is turned into a nitrosylruthenium(II) complex, which releases nitric oxide under irradiation with visible light. The precise prediction of the output nitric oxide concentration as function of the pH and photon flux is achieved with an artificial intelligence approach, namely the adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system. In this manner an exceptionally high level of control over the output concentration is obtained. Moreover, the provided concept to lock a chemical output as well as the output prediction may be applied to other (photo)release schemes.
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- Hani M Elbeheiry
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, 34517, New Damietta, Egypt
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
- Department Functional Interfaces, Leibniz-Institute of Photonic Technologies, Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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Ma Y, Zhang Z, Sun F, Mesdom P, Ji X, Burckel P, Gasser G, Li MH. Red-Light-Responsive Polypeptoid Nanoassemblies Containing a Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complex with Synergistically Enhanced Drug Release and ROS Generation for Anticancer Phototherapy. Biomacromolecules 2023; 24:5940-5950. [PMID: 38033171 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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Polymer micelles/vesicles made of a red-light-responsive Ru(II)-containing block copolymer (PolyRu) are elaborated as a model system for anticancer phototherapy. PolyRu is composed of PEG and a hydrophobic polypeptoid bearing thioether side chains, 40% of which are coordinated with [Ru(2,2':6',2″-terpyridine)(2,2'-biquinoline)](PF6)2 via the Ru-S bond, resulting in a 67 wt % Ru complex loading capacity. Red-light illumination induces the photocleavage of the Ru-S bond and produces [Ru(2,2':6',2″-terpyridine)(2,2'-biquinoline)(H2O)](PF6)2. Meanwhile, ROS are generated under the photosensitization of the Ru complex and oxidize hydrophobic thioether to hydrophilic sulfoxide, causing the disruption of micelles/vesicles. During the disruption, ROS generation and Ru complex release are synergistically enhanced. PolyRu micelles/vesicles are taken up by cancer cells while they exhibit very low cytotoxicity in the dark. In contrast, they show much higher cytotoxicity under red-light irradiation. PolyRu micelles/vesicles are promising nanoassembly prototypes that protect metallodrugs in the dark but exhibit light-activated anticancer effects with spatiotemporal control for photoactivated chemotherapy and photodynamic therapy.
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- Yandong Ma
- Chimie ParisTech, CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, PSL University, 75005 Paris, France
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- Chimie ParisTech, CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, PSL University, 75005 Paris, France
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- Chimie ParisTech, CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, PSL University, 75005 Paris, France
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- Chimie ParisTech, Laboratory for Inorganic Chemistry, CNRS, Institute of Chemistry for Life and Health Sciences, PSL University, 75005, Paris, France
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- Key Laboratory of Biomaterials of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Engineering Technology Research Center of Drug Carrier of Guangdong, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- CNRS, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Université Paris-Cité, 75005 Paris, France
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- Chimie ParisTech, Laboratory for Inorganic Chemistry, CNRS, Institute of Chemistry for Life and Health Sciences, PSL University, 75005, Paris, France
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- Chimie ParisTech, CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, PSL University, 75005 Paris, France
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Ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes form a vast family of molecules characterized by their finely tuned photochemical and photophysical properties. Their ability to undergo excited-state deactivation via photosubstitution reactions makes them quite unique in inorganic photochemistry. As a consequence, they have been used, in general, for building dynamic molecular systems responsive to light but, more particularly, in the field of oncology, as prodrugs for a new cancer treatment modality called photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT). Indeed, the ability of a coordination bond to be selectively broken under visible light irradiation offers fascinating perspectives in oncology: it is possible to make poorly toxic agents in the dark that become activated toward cancer cell killing by simple visible light irradiation of the compound inside a tumor. In this Perspective, we review the most important concepts behind the PACT idea, the relationship between ruthenium compounds used for PACT and those used for a related phototherapeutic approach called photodynamic therapy (PDT), and we discuss important questions about real-life applications of PACT in the clinic. We conclude this Perspective with important challenges in the field and an outlook.
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- Sylvestre Bonnet
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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Recent advances on organelle specific Ru(II)/Ir(III)/Re(I) based complexes for photodynamic therapy. Coord Chem Rev 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Combination of light and Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes: Recent advances in the development of new anticancer drugs. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Cole HD, Roque JA, Lifshits LM, Hodges R, Barrett PC, Havrylyuk D, Heidary D, Ramasamy E, Cameron CG, Glazer EC, McFarland SA. Fine-Feature Modifications to Strained Ruthenium Complexes Radically Alter Their Hypoxic Anticancer Activity †. Photochem Photobiol 2022; 98:73-84. [PMID: 33559191 PMCID: PMC8349932 DOI: 10.1111/php.13395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In an earlier study of π-expansive ruthenium complexes for photodynamic and photochemo-therapies, it was shown that a pair of structural isomers differing only in the connection point of a naphthalene residue exhibited vastly different biological activity. These isomers are further explored in this paper through the activity of their functionalized derivatives. In normoxia, the inactive 2-NIP isomer (5) can be made as photocytotoxic as the active 1-NIP isomer (1) by functionalizing with methyl or methoxy groups, while methoxy variants of the 1-NIP isomer became inactive. In all cases, the singlet oxygen sensitization quantum yield was below 1%. Hypoxic photocytotoxicity was attenuated, with only three of the series showing any activity, notwithstanding the photodissociative ligands. The results here are consistent with the earlier findings in that seemingly minor structural modifications on the non-strained ligand can dramatically modulate the normoxic and hypoxic activity of these strained compounds and that these changes appear to exert a greater influence on photocytotoxicity than singlet oxygen sensitization or rates of photosubstitution in cell-free conditions would suggest.
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- Houston D. Cole
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, 76019-0065 United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, 76019-0065 United States,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, 76019-0065 United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 76019-0065 United States, 40506-0055
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 76019-0065 United States, 40506-0055
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, 76019-0065 United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, 76019-0065 United States,Corresponding authors: C.G.C <>; E.C.G. <>; S.A.M. <>
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 76019-0065 United States, 40506-0055,Corresponding authors: C.G.C <>; E.C.G. <>; S.A.M. <>
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, 76019-0065 United States,Corresponding authors: C.G.C <>; E.C.G. <>; S.A.M. <>
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Busemann A, Flaspohler I, Zhou XQ, Schmidt C, Goetzfried SK, van Rixel VHS, Ott I, Siegler MA, Bonnet S. Ruthenium-based PACT agents based on bisquinoline chelates: synthesis, photochemistry, and cytotoxicity. J Biol Inorg Chem 2021; 26:667-674. [PMID: 34378103 PMCID: PMC8437835 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-021-01882-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The known ruthenium complex [Ru(tpy)(bpy)(Hmte)](PF6)2 ([1](PF6)2, where tpy = 2,2':6',2″-terpyridine, bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine, Hmte = 2-(methylthio)ethanol) is photosubstitutionally active but non-toxic to cancer cells even upon light irradiation. In this work, the two analogs complexes [Ru(tpy)(NN)(Hmte)](PF6)2, where NN = 3,3'-biisoquinoline (i-biq, [2](PF6)2) and di(isoquinolin-3-yl)amine (i-Hdiqa, [3](PF6)2), were synthesized and their photochemistry and phototoxicity evaluated to assess their suitability as photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT) agents. The increase of the aromatic surface of [2](PF6)2 and [3](PF6)2, compared to [1](PF6)2, leads to higher lipophilicity and higher cellular uptake for the former complexes. Such improved uptake is directly correlated to the cytotoxicity of these compounds in the dark: while [2](PF6)2 and [3](PF6)2 showed low EC50 values in human cancer cells, [1](PF6)2 is not cytotoxic due to poor cellular uptake. While stable in the dark, all complexes substituted the protecting thioether ligand upon light irradiation (520 nm), with the highest photosubstitution quantum yield found for [3](PF6)2 (Φ[3] = 0.070). Compounds [2](PF6)2 and [3](PF6)2 were found both more cytotoxic after light activation than in the dark, with a photo index of 4. Considering the very low singlet oxygen quantum yields of these compounds, and the lack of cytotoxicity of the photoreleased Hmte thioether ligand, it can be concluded that the toxicity observed after light activation is due to the photoreleased aqua complexes [Ru(tpy)(NN)(OH2)]2+, and thus that [2](PF6)2 and [3](PF6)2 are promising PACT candidates.
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- Anja Busemann
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Beethovenstrasse 55, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Beethovenstrasse 55, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Small Molecule X-Ray Facility, Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, USA
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Kumar P, Mondal I, Kulshreshtha R, Patra AK. Development of novel ruthenium(II)-arene complexes displaying potent anticancer effects in glioblastoma cells. Dalton Trans 2021; 49:13294-13310. [PMID: 32936191 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt02167a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Glioblastomas (GBs) are highly aggressive and malignant brain tumors, which are highly resistant to conventional multimodal treatments, leading to their abysmal prognosis. Herein, we designed two organometallic half-sandwich Ru(ii)-η6-p-cymene complexes containing Schiff bases derived from 3-aminoquinoline and 2-hydroxy-benzaldehyde (L1) and 2-hydroxy-naphthaldehyde (L2), namely [Ru(η6-p-cymene)(L1)Cl] (1) and [Ru(η6-p-cymene)(L2)Cl] (2), respectively, and studied their activity on GB cells. Both complexes were structurally characterized using single-crystal X-ray diffraction, which exhibited their half-sandwich three-legged piano-stool geometry. Furthermore, we studied their physicochemical behavior, solution speciation, aquation kinetics, and photo-substitution reactions using various spectroscopic methods. The complexes exhibited a moderate binding affinity with calf-thymus (CT)-DNA (Kb ∼ 105 M-1). The complexes effectively interacted with human serum albumin (HSA) (K ∼ 105 M-1) with preferential tryptophan binding, as determined via synchronous fluorescence studies. The in vitro studies showed their significant antiproliferative activity against an aggressive human GB cell line, LN-229 (IC50 = 22.8 μM), with moderate selectivity relative to normal mouse fibroblast L929 cells. Notably, [Ru(η6-p-cymene)(L1)Cl] (1) exhibited a higher selectivity index (S.I.) than [Ru(η6-p-cymene)(L2)Cl] (2) and cisplatin. We evaluated the clonogenic potential of the GB cells using a colony formation assay in the presence of complex 1. Excitingly, it showed ∼75% inhibition of the clonogenic potential of GB cells at the IC50 concentration. Complex 1 also effectively lowered the migratory potential of the GB cells, as assessed by the wound healing assay. The studied compound led to the apoptosis of GB cells, as evidenced by nuclear condensation, blebbing, and enhanced caspase 3/7 activity, and thus has anticipated utility in the treatment of GBs using photochemotherapy.
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- Priyaranjan Kumar
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Xu GX, Mak ECL, Lo KKW. Photofunctional transition metal complexes as cellular probes, bioimaging reagents and phototherapeutics. Inorg Chem Front 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1qi00931a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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This critical review summarises the recent biological applications of transition metal complexes as cellular probes, bioimaging reagents and phototherapeutics.
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- Guang-Xi Xu
- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Terahertz and Millimetre Waves, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong, P. R. China
- Centre of Functional Photonics, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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Martínez-Calvo M, Guerrini L, Rodríguez J, Álvarez-Puebla RA, Mascareñas JL. Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Detection of Nucleic Acids Exhibiting Sterically Accessible Guanines Using Ruthenium-Polypyridyl Reagents. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:7218-7223. [PMID: 32787310 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Here, we report the application of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy as a rapid and practical tool for assessing the formation of coordinative adducts between nucleic acid guanines and ruthenium polypyridyl reagents. The technology provides a practical approach for the wash-free and quick identification of nucleic acid structures exhibiting sterically accessible guanines. This is demonstrated for the detection of a quadruplex-forming sequence present in the promoter region of the c-myc oncogene, which exhibits a nonpaired, reactive guanine at a flanking position of the G-quartets.
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- Miguel Martínez-Calvo
- Centro Singular de Investigación en Quı́mica Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS) and Departamento de Quı́mica Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Rúa Jenaro de la Fuente s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Centro de Investigaciones Avanzadas (CICA), AE CICA-INIBIC, Departamento de Quı́mica, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, Rúa As Carballeiras s/n, 15071 A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
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- Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Departament de Quı́mica Fı́sica i Inorgànica, EmaS. Carrer de Marcel-lí Domingo s/n, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Quı́mica Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS) and Departamento de Quı́mica Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Rúa Jenaro de la Fuente s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Departament de Quı́mica Fı́sica i Inorgànica, EmaS. Carrer de Marcel-lí Domingo s/n, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
- ICREA, Passeig Lluı́s Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Quı́mica Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS) and Departamento de Quı́mica Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Rúa Jenaro de la Fuente s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Busemann A, Araman C, Flaspohler I, Pratesi A, Zhou XQ, van Rixel VHS, Siegler MA, Messori L, van Kasteren SI, Bonnet S. Alkyne Functionalization of a Photoactivated Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complex for Click-Enabled Serum Albumin Interaction Studies. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:7710-7720. [PMID: 32396371 PMCID: PMC7268191 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
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Studying metal-protein
interactions is key for understanding the
fate of metallodrugs in biological systems. When a metal complex is
not emissive and too weakly bound for mass spectrometry analysis,
however, it may become challenging to study such interactions. In
this work a synthetic procedure was developed for the alkyne functionalization
of a photolabile ruthenium polypyridyl complex, [Ru(tpy)(bpy)(Hmte)](PF6)2, where tpy = 2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine,
bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine, and Hmte = 2-(methylthio)ethanol. In
the functionalized complex [Ru(HCC-tpy)(bpy)(Hmte)](PF6)2, where HCC-tpy = 4′-ethynyl-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine,
the alkyne group can be used for bioorthogonal ligation to an azide-labeled
fluorophore using copper-catalyzed “click” chemistry.
We developed a gel-based click chemistry method to study the interaction
between this ruthenium complex and bovine serum albumin (BSA). Our
results demonstrate that visualization of the interaction between
the metal complex and the protein is possible, even when this interaction
is too weak to be studied by conventional means such as UV–vis
spectroscopy or ESI mass spectrometry. In addition, the weak metal
complex-protein interaction is controlled by visible light irradiation, i.e., the complex and the protein do not interact in the
dark, but they do interact via weak van der Waals
interactions after light activation of the complex, which triggers
photosubstitution of the Hmte ligand. A “clickable”
and photosubstitutionally active
ruthenium complex has been prepared that bears a terminal alkyne group.
In the dark, the saturated coordination sphere of the complex prevents
it from interacting with serum albumin. Upon photosubstitution of
one ligand, the complex interacts with the protein via weak interactions that were visualized using copper-catalyzed “click”
chemistry postfunctionalization with an azide fluorophore on polyacrylamide
gel electrophoresis. These studies demonstrate that the metal-protein
interaction is triggered by light irradiation.
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- Anja Busemann
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Small Molecule X-ray Facility, Department of Chemistry, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Laboratory of Metals in Medicine (MetMed), Department of Chemistry 'Ugo Schiff', University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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Han J, Sun J, Song S, Beljaars L, Groothuis GMM, Permentier H, Bischoff R, Halmos GB, Verhoeven CJ, Amstalden van Hove ER, Horvatovich P, Casini A. Targeted imaging of integrins in cancer tissues using photocleavable Ru(ii) polypyridine complexes as mass-tags. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:5941-5944. [PMID: 32347235 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc00774a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Targeted epitope-based mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) utilizes laser cleavable mass-tags bound to targeting moieties for detecting proteins in tissue sections. Our work constitutes the first proof-of-concept of a novel laser desorption ionization (LDI)-MSI strategy using photocleavable Ru(ii) polypyridine complexes as mass-tags for imaging of integrins αvβ3 in human cancer tissues.
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- Jiaying Han
- Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Phillips AM, Pombeiro AJ. Transition Metal-Based Prodrugs for Anticancer Drug Delivery. Curr Med Chem 2020; 26:7476-7519. [DOI: 10.2174/0929867326666181203141122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Revised: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
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Transition metal complexes, of which the platinum(II) complex cisplatin is an example,
have been used in medicine to treat cancer for more than 40 years. Although many successes have
been achieved, there are problems associated with the use of these drugs, such as side effects and
drug resistance. Converting them into prodrugs, to make them more inert, so that they can travel to
the tumour site unchanged and release the drug in its active form only there, is a strategy which is
the subject of much research nowadays. The new prodrugs may be activated and release the cytotoxic
agent by differences in oxygen concentration or in pH, by the action of overexpressed enzymes,
by differences in metabolic rates, etc., which characteristically distinguish cancer cells from
normal ones, or even by the input of radiation, which can be visible light. Converting a metal complex
into a prodrug may also be used to improve its pharmacological properties. In some cases, the
metal complex is a carrier which transports the active drug as a ligand. Some platinum prodrugs
have reached clinical trials. So far platinum, ruthenium and cobalt have been the most studied metals.
This review presents the recent developments in this area, including the types of complexes
used, the mechanisms of drug action and in some cases the techniques applied to monitor drug delivery
to cells.
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- Ana M.F. Phillips
- Centro de Química Estrutural, Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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Havrylyuk D, Stevens K, Parkin S, Glazer EC. Toward Optimal Ru(II) Photocages: Balancing Photochemistry, Stability, and Biocompatibility Through Fine Tuning of Steric, Electronic, and Physiochemical Features. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:1006-1013. [PMID: 31899619 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
Ru(II) complex photocages are used in a variety of biological applications, but the thermal stability, photosubstitution quantum yield, and biological compatibility of the most commonly used Ru(II) systems remain unoptimized. Here, multiple compounds used in photocaging applications were analyzed and found to have several unsatisfactory characteristics. To address these deficiencies, three new scaffolds were designed to improve key properties through modulation of a combination of electronic, steric, and physiochemical features. One of these new systems, containing the 2,2'-biquinoline-4,4'-dicarboxylic acid (2,2'-bicinchoninic acid) ligand, fulfills several of the requirements for an optimal photocage. Another complex, containing the 2-benzothiazol-2-yl-quinoline ligand, provides a scaffold for the creation of "dual action" agents.
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- Dmytro Havrylyuk
- Department of Chemistry , University of Kentucky , 505 Rose Street , Lexington , Kentucky 40506 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Kentucky , 505 Rose Street , Lexington , Kentucky 40506 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Kentucky , 505 Rose Street , Lexington , Kentucky 40506 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Kentucky , 505 Rose Street , Lexington , Kentucky 40506 , United States
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van Rixel VHS, Ramu V, Auyeung AB, Beztsinna N, Leger DY, Lameijer LN, Hilt ST, Le Dévédec SE, Yildiz T, Betancourt T, Gildner MB, Hudnall TW, Sol V, Liagre B, Kornienko A, Bonnet S. Photo-Uncaging of a Microtubule-Targeted Rigidin Analogue in Hypoxic Cancer Cells and in a Xenograft Mouse Model. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:18444-18454. [PMID: 31625740 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b07225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
Marine alkaloid rigidins are cytotoxic compounds known to kill cancer cells at nanomolar concentrations by targeting the microtubule network. Here, a rigidin analogue containing a thioether group was "caged" by coordination of its thioether group to a photosensitive ruthenium complex. In the dark, the coordinated ruthenium fragment prevented the rigidin analogue from inhibiting tubulin polymerization and reduced its toxicity in 2D cancer cell line monolayers, 3D lung cancer tumor spheroids (A549), and a lung cancer tumor xenograft (A549) in nude mice. Photochemical activation of the prodrug upon green light irradiation led to the photosubstitution of the thioether ligand by water, thereby releasing the free rigidin analogue capable of inhibiting the polymerization of tubulin. In cancer cells, such photorelease was accompanied by a drastic reduction of cell growth, not only when the cells were grown in normoxia (21% O2) but also remarkably in hypoxic conditions (1% O2). In vivo, low toxicity was observed at a dose of 1 mg·kg-1 when the compound was injected intraperitoneally, and light activation of the compound in the tumor led to 30% tumor volume reduction, which represents the first demonstration of the safety and efficacy of ruthenium-based photoactivated chemotherapy compounds in a tumor xenograft.
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- Laboratoire PEIRENE EA7500, Faculté de Pharmacie , Université de Limoges , 2 rue du Dr Marcland , 87025 Limoges , France
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- Laboratoire PEIRENE EA7500, Faculté de Pharmacie , Université de Limoges , 2 rue du Dr Marcland , 87025 Limoges , France
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- Laboratoire PEIRENE EA7500, Faculté de Pharmacie , Université de Limoges , 2 rue du Dr Marcland , 87025 Limoges , France
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Biancalana L, Gruchała M, Batchelor LK, Błauż A, Monti A, Pampaloni G, Rychlik B, Dyson PJ, Marchetti F. Conjugating Biotin to Ruthenium(II) Arene Units via Phosphine Ligand Functionalization. Eur J Inorg Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201900922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Lorenzo Biancalana
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale Università di Pisa Via G. Moruzzi 13 56124 Pisa Italy
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- Cytometry Lab Department of Molecular Biophysics University of Łódź ul. Pomorska 141/143 90‐236 Łódź Poland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Cytometry Lab Department of Molecular Biophysics University of Łódź ul. Pomorska 141/143 90‐236 Łódź Poland
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale Università di Pisa Via G. Moruzzi 13 56124 Pisa Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale Università di Pisa Via G. Moruzzi 13 56124 Pisa Italy
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- Cytometry Lab Department of Molecular Biophysics University of Łódź ul. Pomorska 141/143 90‐236 Łódź Poland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale Università di Pisa Via G. Moruzzi 13 56124 Pisa Italy
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Meijer MS, Bonnet S. Diastereoselective Synthesis and Two-Step Photocleavage of Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complexes Bearing a Bis(thioether) Ligand. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:11689-11698. [PMID: 31433170 PMCID: PMC6724527 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Thioethers are good
ligands for photoactivatable ruthenium(II)
polypyridyl complexes, as they form thermally stable complexes that
are prone to ligand photosubstitution. Here, we introduce a novel
symmetric chelating bis(thioether) ligand scaffold, based on 1,3-bis(methylthio)-2-propanol
(4) and report the synthesis and stereochemical characterization
of the series of novel ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes [Ru(bpy)2(L)](PF6)2 ([1]–[3](PF6)2), where L is ligand 4, its methyl ether, 1,3-bis(methylthio)-2-methoxypropane (5), or its carboxymethyl ether, 1,3-bis(methylthio)-2-(carboxymethoxy)propane
(6). Coordination of ligands 4–6 to the bis(bipyridine)ruthenium center gives rise to 16
possible isomers, consisting of 8 possible Λ diastereoisomers
and their Δ enantiomers. We found that the synthesis of [1]–[3](PF6)2 is
diastereoselective, yielding a racemic mixture of the Λ-(S)-eq-(S)-ax-OHeq-[Ru]2+ and Δ-(R)-ax-(R)-eq-OHeq-[Ru]2+ isomers. Upon
irradiation with blue light in water, [1]–[3](PF6)2 selectively substitute their
bis(thioether) ligands for water molecules in a two-step photoreaction,
ultimately producing [Ru(bpy)2(H2O)2]2+ as the photoproduct. The relatively stable photochemical
intermediate was identified as cis-[Ru(bpy)2(κ1-L)(H2O)]2+ by mass spectrometry.
Global fitting of the time evolution of the UV–vis absorption
spectra of [1]–[3](PF6)2 was employed to derive the photosubstitution quantum
yields (Φ443) for each of the two photochemical reaction
steps separately, revealing very high quantum yields of 0.16–0.25
for the first step and lower values (0.0055–0.0093) for the
second step of the photoreaction. The selective and efficient photochemical
reaction makes the photocleavable bis(thioether) ligand scaffold reported
here a promising candidate for use in e.g. ruthenium-based photo-activated
chemotherapy. Thioethers are excellent photocleavable ligands for ruthenium(II)
polypyridyl complexes but may lead to the formation of several stereoisomers
when they are present in bidentate ligands. Here, a chelating bis(thioether)
ligand was found to coordinate to Ru(II) diastereoselectively, in
spite of the four chiral centers of the resulting complex. Photosubstitution
of this bis(thioether) ligand in water occurs via a selective, two-step
process that involves a relatively stable mono(aqua) intermediate.
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- Michael S Meijer
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University , P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden , The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University , P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden , The Netherlands
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Shum J, Leung PKK, Lo KKW. Luminescent Ruthenium(II) Polypyridine Complexes for a Wide Variety of Biomolecular and Cellular Applications. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:2231-2247. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Lameijer LN, van de Griend C, Hopkins SL, Volbeda AG, Askes SHC, Siegler MA, Bonnet S. Photochemical Resolution of a Thermally Inert Cyclometalated Ru(phbpy)(N-N)(Sulfoxide) + Complex. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 141:352-362. [PMID: 30525567 PMCID: PMC6331141 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b10264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In
this work a photosubstitution strategy is presented that can
be used for the isolation of chiral organometallic complexes. A series
of five cyclometalated complexes Ru(phbpy)(N−N)(DMSO-κS)](PF6) ([1]PF6-[5]PF6) were synthesized and characterized, where Hphbpy = 6′-phenyl-2,2′-bipyridyl,
and N–N = bpy (2,2′-bipyridine), phen (1,10-phenanthroline),
dpq (pyrazino[2,3-f][1,10]phenanthroline), dppz (dipyrido[3,2-a:2′,3′-c]phenazine, or dppn
(benzo[i]dipyrido[3,2-a,2′,3′-c]phenazine), respectively. Due to the asymmetry of the
cyclometalated phbpy– ligand, the corresponding
[Ru(phbpy)(N–N)(DMSO-κS)]+complexes are chiral.
The exceptional thermal inertness of the Ru–S bond made chiral
resolution of these complexes by thermal ligand exchange impossible.
However, photosubstitution by visible light irradiation in acetonitrile
was possible for three of the five complexes ([1]PF6-[3]PF6). Further thermal coordination
of the chiral sulfoxide (R)-methyl p-tolylsulfoxide to the photoproduct [Ru(phbpy)(phen)(NCMe)]PF6, followed by reverse phase HPLC, led to the separation and
characterization of the two diastereoisomers of [Ru(phbpy)(phen)(MeSO(C7H7))]PF6, thus providing a new photochemical
approach toward the synthesis of chiral cyclometalated ruthenium(II)
complexes. Full photochemical, electrochemical, and frontier orbital
characterization of the cyclometalated complexes [1]PF6-[5]PF6 was performed to explain why
[4]PF6 and [5]PF6 are
photochemically inert while [1]PF6-[3]PF6 perform selective photosubstitution.
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- Lucien N Lameijer
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University , Einsteinweg 55 , 2333CC Leiden , The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University , Einsteinweg 55 , 2333CC Leiden , The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University , Einsteinweg 55 , 2333CC Leiden , The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University , Einsteinweg 55 , 2333CC Leiden , The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University , Einsteinweg 55 , 2333CC Leiden , The Netherlands
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- Small molecule X-ray facility, Department of Chemistry , John Hopkins University , Baltimore , Maryland 21218 , United States
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University , Einsteinweg 55 , 2333CC Leiden , The Netherlands
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Lameijer LN, le Roy J, van der Vorm S, Bonnet S. Synthesis of O-1- O-6 Substituted Positional Isomers of d-Glucose-Thioether Ligands and Their Ruthenium Polypyridyl Conjugates. J Org Chem 2018; 83:12985-12997. [PMID: 30272448 PMCID: PMC6218880 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b01342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A library of positional isomers of d-glucose (O-1–O-6) as ligands and their 11
light-active ruthenium conjugates has been synthesized. A protecting
group strategy without the necessity of using palladium on carbon
for the modification for the 2-O and 4-O position allows for the incorporation of sulfur donor atoms as ligands
for transition metal complexes.
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- Lucien N Lameijer
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University, Gorlaeus Laboratories , P.O. Box 9502, Leiden 2300 RA , The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University, Gorlaeus Laboratories , P.O. Box 9502, Leiden 2300 RA , The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University, Gorlaeus Laboratories , P.O. Box 9502, Leiden 2300 RA , The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University, Gorlaeus Laboratories , P.O. Box 9502, Leiden 2300 RA , The Netherlands
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Siewert B, Langerman M, Pannwitz A, Bonnet S. Synthesis and Avidin Binding of Ruthenium Complexes Functionalized with a Light-Cleavable Free Biotin Moiety. Eur J Inorg Chem 2018; 2018:4117-4124. [PMID: 31031567 PMCID: PMC6473509 DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201800644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In this work the synthesis, photochemistry, and streptavidin interaction of new [Ru(tpy)(bpy)(SRR')](PF6)2 complexes where the R' group contains a free biotin ligand, are described. Two different ligands SRR' were investigated: An asymmetric ligand 1 where the Ru-bound thioether is a N-acetylmethionine moiety linked to the free biotin fragment via a triethylene glycol spacer and a symmetrical ligand 2 containing two identical biotin moieties. The coordination of these two ligands to the precursor [Ru(tpy)(bpy)Cl]Cl was studied in water at 80 °C. In such conditions the coordination of the asymmetric ligand 1 occurred under thermodynamic control. After the reaction, a mononuclear and a binuclear complex were isolated. In the mononuclear complex, the ratio of methionine- {[6](PF6)2} vs. biotin-bound {[7](PF6)2} regioisomer was 5.3 and the free biotin fragment of [6](PF6)2 allowed to purify it from its isomer [7](PF6)2 at small scales using avidin affinity chromatography. Coordination of the symmetrical ligand 2 afforded [Ru(tpy)(bpy)(2)](PF6)2 {[8](PF6)2} in synthetically useful scales (100 mg), good yield (82 %), and without traces of the binuclear impurity. In this complex, one of the biotin remains free whereas the second one is coordinated to ruthenium. Photochemical release of ligand 2 from [8](PF6)2 occurred upon blue light irradiation (465 nm) with a photosubstitution quantum yield of 0.011 that was independent of the binding of streptavidin to the free biotin ligand.
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- Bianka Siewert
- Leiden Institute of ChemistryLeiden UniversityEinsteinweg 55233CCLeidenThe Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of ChemistryLeiden UniversityEinsteinweg 55233CCLeidenThe Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of ChemistryLeiden UniversityEinsteinweg 55233CCLeidenThe Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of ChemistryLeiden UniversityEinsteinweg 55233CCLeidenThe Netherlands
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Photoactivated chemotherapy is an approach where a biologically active compound is protected against interaction with the cell environment by a light-cleavable protecting group, and unprotected by light irradiation. As such, PACT represents a major scientific opportunity for developing new bioactive inorganic compounds. However, the societal impact of this approach will only take off if the PACT field is used to address real societal challenges, i.e., therapeutic questions that make sense in a clinical context, rather than purely chemical questions. In particular, I advocate here that the field has become mature enough to switch from a compound-based approach, where a particular cancer model is chosen only to demonstrate the utility of a compound, to a disease-based approach, where the question of which disease to cure comes first: which PACT compound should I make to solve that particular clinical problem? The advantages and disadvantages of PACT vs. other phototherapeutic techniques are discussed, and a roadmap towards real clinical applications of PACT is drawn.
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- Sylvestre Bonnet
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Li A, Turro C, Kodanko JJ. Ru(II) Polypyridyl Complexes Derived from Tetradentate Ancillary Ligands for Effective Photocaging. Acc Chem Res 2018; 51:1415-1421. [PMID: 29870227 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Metal complexes have many proven applications in the caging and photochemical release of biologically active compounds. Photocaging groups derived from Ru(II) traditionally have been composed of ancillary ligands that are planar and bi- or tridentate, such as 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy), 2,2':6',2″-terpyridine (tpy), and 1,10-phenanthroline (phen). Complexes bearing ancillary ligands with denticities higher than three represent a new class of Ru(II)-based photocaging groups that are grossly underdeveloped. Because high-denticity ancillary ligands provide the ability to increase the structural rigidity and control the stereochemistry, our groups initiated a research program to explore the applications of such ligands in Ru(II)-based photocaging. Ru(TPA), bearing the tetradentate ancillary ligand tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine (TPA), has been successfully utilized to effectively cage nitriles and aromatic heterocycles. Nitriles and aromatic heterocycles caged by the Ru(TPA) group show excellent stability in aqueous solutions in the dark, and the complexes can selectively release the caged molecules upon irradiation with light. Ru(TPA) is applicable as a photochemical agent to offer precise spatiotemporal control over biological activity without undesired toxicity. In addition, Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes with desired photochemical properties can be synthesized and identified by solid-phase synthesis, and the resulting complexes show properties to similar to those of complexes obtained by solution-phase synthesis. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that orbital mixing between the π* orbitals of the ancillary ligand and the Ru-N dσ* orbital is essential for ligand photodissociation in these complexes. Furthermore, the introduction of steric bulk enhances the photoliability of the caged molecules, validating that steric effects can largely influence the quantum efficiency of photoinduced ligand exchange in Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes. Recently, two new photocaging groups, Ru(cyTPA) and Ru(1-isocyTPQA), have been designed and synthesized for caging of nitriles and aromatic heterocycles, and these complexes exhibit unique photochemical properties distinct from those derived from Ru(TPA). Notably, the unusually greater quantum efficiency for the ligand exchange in [Ru(1-isocyTPQA)(MeCN)2](PF6)2, Φ400 = 0.033(3), uncovers a trans-type effect in the triplet metal-to-ligand charge transfer (3MLCT) state that enhances photoinduced ligand exchange in a new manner. DFT calculations and ultrafast transient spectroscopy reveal that the lowest-energy triplet state in [Ru(1-isocyTPQA)(MeCN)2](PF6)2 is a highly mixed 3MLCT/3ππ* excited state rather than a triplet metal-centered ligand-field (3LF) excited state; the latter is generally accepted for ligand photodissociation. In addition, Mulliken spin density calculations indicate that a majority of the spin density in [Ru(1-isocyTPQA)(MeCN)2](PF6)2 is localized on the isoquinoline arm, which is opposite to the cis MeCN, rather than on the ruthenium center. This significantly weakens the Ru-N6 ( cis MeCN) bond, which then promotes the ligand photodissociation. This newly discovered effect gives a clearer perception of the interplay between the 3MLCT and 3LF excited states of Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes, which may be useful in the design and applications of ruthenium complexes in the areas of photoactivated drug delivery and photosensitizers.
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- Ao Li
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan 48201, United States
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Yip AMH, Lo KKW. Luminescent rhenium(I), ruthenium(II), and iridium(III) polypyridine complexes containing a poly(ethylene glycol) pendant or bioorthogonal reaction group as biological probes and photocytotoxic agents. Coord Chem Rev 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2018.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Lameijer LN, Brevé TG, van Rixel VHS, Askes SHC, Siegler MA, Bonnet S. Effects of the Bidentate Ligand on the Photophysical Properties, Cellular Uptake, and (Photo)cytotoxicity of Glycoconjugates Based on the [Ru(tpy)(NN)(L)] 2+ Scaffold. Chemistry 2018; 24:2709-2717. [PMID: 29220545 PMCID: PMC5838788 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ruthenium polypyridyl complexes have received widespread attention as potential chemotherapeutics in photodynamic therapy (PDT) and in photochemotherapy (PACT). Here, we investigate a series of sixteen ruthenium polypyridyl complexes with general formula [Ru(tpy)(N-N)(L)]+/2+ (tpy=2,2':6',2''-terpyridine, N-N=bpy (2,2'-bipyridine), phen (1,10-phenanthroline), dpq (pyrazino[2,3-f][1,10]phenanthroline), dppz (dipyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine, dppn (benzo[i]dipyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine), pmip (2-(4-methylphenyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline), pymi ((E)-N-phenyl-1-(pyridin-2-yl)methanimine), or azpy (2-(phenylazo)pyridine), L=Cl- or 2-(2-(2-(methylthio)ethoxy)ethoxy)ethyl-β-d-glucopyranoside) and their potential for either PDT or PACT. We demonstrate that although increased lipophilicity is generally related to increased uptake of these complexes, it does not necessarily lead to increased (photo)cytotoxicity. However, the non-toxic complexes are excellent candidates as PACT carriers.
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- Lucien N. Lameijer
- Leiden Institute of ChemistryLeiden University, Gorlaeus Laboratories, P.O. Box 95022300 RALeidenThe Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of ChemistryLeiden University, Gorlaeus Laboratories, P.O. Box 95022300 RALeidenThe Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of ChemistryLeiden University, Gorlaeus Laboratories, P.O. Box 95022300 RALeidenThe Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of ChemistryLeiden University, Gorlaeus Laboratories, P.O. Box 95022300 RALeidenThe Netherlands
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- Departement of ChemistryJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMaryland21218USA
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- Leiden Institute of ChemistryLeiden University, Gorlaeus Laboratories, P.O. Box 95022300 RALeidenThe Netherlands
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van Rixel VHS, Moolenaar GF, Siegler MA, Messori L, Bonnet S. Controlling with light the interaction between trans-tetrapyridyl ruthenium complexes and an oligonucleotide. Dalton Trans 2018; 47:507-516. [PMID: 29230469 DOI: 10.1039/c7dt03613b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Three new trans-ruthenium(ii) complexes coordinated to tetrapyridyl ligands, namely [Ru(bapbpy)(dmso)Cl]Cl ([2]Cl), [Ru(bapbpy)(Hmte)2](PF6)2 ([3](PF6)2), and [Ru(biqbpy)(Hmte)2](PF6)2 ([4](PF6)2), were prepared as analogues of [Ru(biqbpy)(dmso)Cl]Cl ([1]Cl), a recently described photoactivated chemotherapy agent. The new complexes were characterized, and their crystal structures showed the distorted coordination octahedron typical of this family of complexes. Their photoreactivity in solution was analyzed by spectrophotometry and mass spectrometry, which showed that the sulfur ligand was substituted upon blue light irradiation. The binding of the ruthenium complexes to a reference single-stranded oligonucleotide (s(5'CTACGGTTTCAC3')) was explored both in the dark and under light irradiation by gel electrophoresis and high-resolution mass spectrometry. While adduct formation in the dark was negligible for the four complexes, light irradiation led to the formation of adducts with one or two ruthenium centers per oligonucleotide. The absence of interactions in the dark and the presence of complex-oligonucleotide adducts demonstrate that visible light controls the interaction of these ruthenium complexes with nucleic acids.
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- Vincent H S van Rixel
- Leiden University, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Li A, Turro C, Kodanko JJ. Ru(ii) polypyridyl complexes as photocages for bioactive compounds containing nitriles and aromatic heterocycles. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:1280-1290. [PMID: 29323683 PMCID: PMC5904840 DOI: 10.1039/c7cc09000e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Photocaging allows for precise spatiotemporal control over the release of biologically active compounds with light. Most photocaged molecules employ organic photolabile protecting groups; however, biologically active compounds often contain functionalities such as nitriles and aromatic heterocycles that cannot be caged with organic groups. Despite their prevalence, only a few studies have reported successful caging of nitriles and aromatic heterocycles. Recently, Ru(ii)-based photocaging has emerged as a powerful method for the release of bioactive molecules containing these functional groups, in many cases providing high levels of spatial and temporal control over biological activity. This Feature Article discusses recent developments in applying Ru(ii)-based photocaging towards biological problems. Our groups designed and synthesized Ru(ii)-based platforms for the photoinduced delivery of cysteine protease and cytochrome P450 inhibitors in order to achieve selective control over enzyme inhibition. We also reported Ru(ii) photocaging groups derived from higher-denticity ancillary ligands that possess photophysical and photochemical properties distinct from more traditional Ru(ii)-based caging groups. In addition, for the first time, we are able to rapidly synthesize and screen Ru(ii) polypyridyl complexes that elicit desired properties by solid-phase synthesis. Finally, our work also defined steric and orbital mixing effects that are important factors in controlling photoinduced ligand exchange.
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- Ao Li
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Ave, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
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Sun W, Zeng X, Wu S. Photoresponsive ruthenium-containing polymers: potential polymeric metallodrugs for anticancer phototherapy. Dalton Trans 2018; 47:283-286. [DOI: 10.1039/c7dt03390g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The recent development of photoresponsive Ru-containing polymers for combined photoactivated chemotherapy and photodynamic therapy is discussed.
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- Wen Sun
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
- 55128 Mainz
- Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
- 55128 Mainz
- Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
- 55128 Mainz
- Germany
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Reichardt C, Schneider KRA, Sainuddin T, Wächtler M, McFarland SA, Dietzek B. Excited State Dynamics of a Photobiologically Active Ru(II) Dyad Are Altered in Biologically Relevant Environments. J Phys Chem A 2017; 121:5635-5644. [PMID: 28678497 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b04670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In this study femtosecond and nanosecond time-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy was used to investigate the influence of ionic strength and complexity on the excited state dynamics of a Ru(II)-based metal-organic dyad. The bis-heteroleptic complex [Ru(bpy)2(ippy)]2+ (1), where bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine and ippy = 2-(1-pyrenyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline, is a potent photosensitizer for in vitro photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photodynamic inactivation (PDI) of microorganisms owing to a long-lived triplet excited state derived from a metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (3MLCT) state that is equilibrium with an intraligand (3IL) state. The prolonged lifetime provides ample opportunity for bimolecular quenching of this state by oxygen; thus singlet oxygen (1O2) sensitization is very efficient. In simple aqueous solution, fast cooling within the 3MLCT manifold is followed by energy transfer to an 3IL state, which is facilitated by rotation of a pyrenyl unit about the imidazo-pyrenyl (ip) coannular bond. For solutions of 1 in high ionic strength simulated biological fluid (SBF), a more physiologically relevant solvent that contains a complex mixture of ions at pH 7.4, femtosecond studies revealed an additional excited state, possibly based on an ion-ligand interaction. This new state appearing in high ionic strength SBF was not observable in water, simple buffers, or low ionic strength SBF. These photoinduced dynamics were also affected by the presence of biomolecules such as DNA in simple buffer, whereby relaxation on the picosecond time scale was accelerated from 39 to 18 ps with DNA intercalation by 1. The increased rate of coplanarization of the pyrene and the imidazole units was attributed to DNA-induced conformational restriction of the pyrenyl unit relative to the ip bond. Quantitative changes to excited state decay rates of 1 in solutions of high ionic strength were also observed when probed on the microsecond time scale. Notably, the thermalized excited state decay pathways were altered substantially with DNA intercalation, with access to some states being completely blocked. Experimentally, this manifested in the absence of the slowest microsecond decay channel, which is normally observed for 1 in solution. The quantitative and qualitative observations from this study highlight the importance of employing biologically relevant solvents and potential biomolecule targets when the excited state dynamics and photophysical properties (under cell-free conditions) responsible for the potent photobiological effects are assessed in the context of photodynamic therapy and photodynamic inactivation.
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- Christian Reichardt
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) , Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany.,Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena , Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) , Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany.,Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena , Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Acadia University , Wolfville NS B4P 2R6, Canada
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) , Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Acadia University , Wolfville NS B4P 2R6, Canada.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro , Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) , Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany.,Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena , Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany
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van Rixel V, Siewert B, Askes S, Siegler M, Bonnet S. Light-induced apoptosis in cancer cells by a tetrapyridyl ruthenium prodrug offering two trans coordination sites. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2017.01.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Sun W, Li S, Häupler B, Liu J, Jin S, Steffen W, Schubert US, Butt HJ, Liang XJ, Wu S. An Amphiphilic Ruthenium Polymetallodrug for Combined Photodynamic Therapy and Photochemotherapy In Vivo. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2017; 29:1603702. [PMID: 27918115 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201603702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2016] [Revised: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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An amphiphilic Ru-containing block copolymer is used as a photoactivated polymetallodrug for anticancer phototherapy. The block copolymer self-assembles into nanoparticles, which can accumulate at tumor sites in a mouse model. Red light irradiation of the block copolymer nanoparticles releases anticancer Ru complexes and generates cytotoxic 1 O2 , both of which can inhibit tumor growth.
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- Wen Sun
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Center for Excellence in Nanoscience and CAS Key Laboratory for Biological Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
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- Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Center for Excellence in Nanoscience and CAS Key Laboratory for Biological Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Center for Excellence in Nanoscience and CAS Key Laboratory for Biological Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Center for Excellence in Nanoscience and CAS Key Laboratory for Biological Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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Swavey S, Wang M, Lundy N, Allen J. Photoreactions of DNA with a bimetallic ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complex bridged by an organic chromophore. Inorganica Chim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2016.05.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Carrone G, Pellegrino J, Doctorovich F. Rapid generation of HNO induced by visible light. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:5314-5317. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cc02186k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The first method for HNO controlled generation induced by visible light using a pH-dependent HNO donor activated by a Ru complex is reported.
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- G. Carrone
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica
- Analítica y Química Física
- INQUIMAE
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
- Universidad de Buenos Aires
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica
- Analítica y Química Física
- INQUIMAE
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
- Universidad de Buenos Aires
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica
- Analítica y Química Física
- INQUIMAE
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
- Universidad de Buenos Aires
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Siewert B, Langerman M, Hontani Y, Kennis JTM, van Rixel VHS, Limburg B, Siegler MA, Talens Saez V, Kieltyka RE, Bonnet S. Turning on the red phosphorescence of a [Ru(tpy)(bpy)(Cl)]Cl complex by amide substitution: self-aggregation, toxicity, and cellular localization of an emissive ruthenium-based amphiphile. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:11126-11129. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cc02989f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Dodecylamide functionalization of [Ru(tpy)(bpy)Cl]Cl led to an emissive, self-assembling, and cytotoxic complex targeting membranes.
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- B. Siewert
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Leiden University
- 233CC Leiden
- The Netherlands
- Institute of Pharmacy
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Leiden University
- 233CC Leiden
- The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Vrije Universiteit
- De Boelelaan 1081
- 1081HV Amsterdam
- The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Vrije Universiteit
- De Boelelaan 1081
- 1081HV Amsterdam
- The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Leiden University
- 233CC Leiden
- The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Leiden University
- 233CC Leiden
- The Netherlands
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- Small Molecule X-ray Facility, Department of Chemistry Johns Hopkins University
- Baltimore
- USA
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Leiden University
- 233CC Leiden
- The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Leiden University
- 233CC Leiden
- The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Leiden University
- 233CC Leiden
- The Netherlands
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Lameijer LN, Hopkins SL, Brevé TG, Askes SHC, Bonnet S. d- Versus l-Glucose Conjugation: Mitochondrial Targeting of a Light-Activated Dual-Mode-of-Action Ruthenium-Based Anticancer Prodrug. Chemistry 2016; 22:18484-18491. [PMID: 27859843 PMCID: PMC5214309 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201603066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Light-activated ruthenium polypyridyl anticancer prodrugs often suffer from poor water solubility, poor selectivity, and/or ill-defined intracellular targets. Coordination of the d- or l-glucose thioether ligand 3 (2-(2-(2-(methylthio)ethoxy)ethoxy)ethyl-β-glucopyranoside) to the highly lipophilic ruthenium complex [Ru(tpy)(dppn)(H2 O)]2+ ([1]2+ ; dppn=benzo[i]dipyrido-[3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine, tpy=2,2':6',2''-terpyridine) solved all these problems at once. The two enantiomers of [Ru(tpy)(dppn)(3)][PF6 ]2 , [d-2][PF6 ]2 and [l-2][PF6 ]2 , were soluble in water, which allowed the influence of the chirality of the glucose moiety on uptake, toxicity, and intracellular localization of the prodrug to be probed without changing any other physicochemical properties. Both compounds showed mild, but different, cytotoxicity in A549 (human lung carcinoma) and MCF-7 (human breast adenocarcinoma) cancer cells in the dark, whereas following low doses of visible light irradiation (3.1 J cm-2 at λ = 454 nm), a similar, but high cytotoxicity (EC50 < 1 μm), was observed. Irrespective of the chirality, both slightly emissive Ru complexes were found in the mitochondria, and two modes of action may contribute to light-induced cell death: 1) the glucose thioether ligand is photosubstituted by water, thus [1]2+ , which interacts with DNA at an exceptionally high 400:1 base pair/Ru ratio, is released; 2) both [1]2+ and [2]2+ produce massive amounts of singlet oxygen, which leads to very efficient photodynamic DNA cleavage.
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- Lucien N. Lameijer
- Leiden Institute of ChemistryLeiden UniversityGorlaeus Laboratories, P.O. Box 95022300 RALeidenThe Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of ChemistryLeiden UniversityGorlaeus Laboratories, P.O. Box 95022300 RALeidenThe Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of ChemistryLeiden UniversityGorlaeus Laboratories, P.O. Box 95022300 RALeidenThe Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of ChemistryLeiden UniversityGorlaeus Laboratories, P.O. Box 95022300 RALeidenThe Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of ChemistryLeiden UniversityGorlaeus Laboratories, P.O. Box 95022300 RALeidenThe Netherlands
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Rodríguez J, Mosquera J, Couceiro JR, Vázquez ME, Mascareñas JL. Ruthenation of Non-stacked Guanines in DNA G-Quadruplex Structures: Enhancement of c-MYC Expression. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:15615-15618. [PMID: 27860057 PMCID: PMC5299515 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201607965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2016] [Revised: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Guanine quadruplexes (GQs) are compact four-stranded DNA structures that play a key role in the control of a variety of biological processes, including gene transcription. Bulky ruthenium complexes featuring a bipyridine, a terpyridine, and one exchangeable ligand ([Ru(terpy)(bpy)X]n+ ) are able to metalate exposed guanines present in the GQ of the c-MYC promoter region that are not involved in quadruplex base pairing. qRT-PCR and western-blot experiments indicated that the complexes promote a remarkable increase in the expression of this oncogene. We also show that exchangeable thioether ligands (X=RSR', Met) allow regulation of the metalating activity of the complex with visible light.
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- Jéssica Rodríguez
- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS), and Departamento de Química OrgánicaUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela15782Santiago de CompostelaSpain
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS), and Departamento de Química OrgánicaUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela15782Santiago de CompostelaSpain
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS), and Departamento de Química OrgánicaUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela15782Santiago de CompostelaSpain
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS), and Departamento de Química OrgánicaUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela15782Santiago de CompostelaSpain
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS), and Departamento de Química OrgánicaUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela15782Santiago de CompostelaSpain
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Rodríguez J, Mosquera J, Couceiro JR, Vázquez ME, Mascareñas JL. Ruthenation of Non-stacked Guanines in DNA G-Quadruplex Structures: Enhancement ofc-MYCExpression. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201607965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Jéssica Rodríguez
- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS), and Departamento de Química Orgánica; Universidade de Santiago de Compostela; 15782 Santiago de Compostela Spain
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS), and Departamento de Química Orgánica; Universidade de Santiago de Compostela; 15782 Santiago de Compostela Spain
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS), and Departamento de Química Orgánica; Universidade de Santiago de Compostela; 15782 Santiago de Compostela Spain
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS), and Departamento de Química Orgánica; Universidade de Santiago de Compostela; 15782 Santiago de Compostela Spain
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS), and Departamento de Química Orgánica; Universidade de Santiago de Compostela; 15782 Santiago de Compostela Spain
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Askes SHC, Meijer MS, Bouwens T, Landman I, Bonnet S. Red Light Activation of Ru(II) Polypyridyl Prodrugs via Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion: Feasibility in Air and through Meat. Molecules 2016; 21:E1460. [PMID: 27809290 PMCID: PMC6273732 DOI: 10.3390/molecules21111460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2016] [Revised: 10/24/2016] [Accepted: 10/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion (TTA-UC) is a promising photophysical tool to shift the activation wavelength of photopharmacological compounds to the red or near-infrared wavelength domain, in which light penetrates human tissue optimally. However, TTA-UC is sensitive to dioxygen, which quenches the triplet states needed for upconversion. Here, we demonstrate not only that the sensitivity of TTA-UC liposomes to dioxygen can be circumvented by adding antioxidants, but also that this strategy is compatible with the activation of ruthenium-based chemotherapeutic compounds. First, red-to-blue upconverting liposomes were functionalized with a blue-light sensitive, membrane-anchored ruthenium polypyridyl complex, and put in solution in presence of a cocktail of antioxidants composed of ascorbic acid and glutathione. Upon red light irradiation with a medical grade 630 nm PDT laser, enough blue light was produced by TTA-UC liposomes under air to efficiently trigger full activation of the Ru-based prodrug. Then, the blue light generated by TTA-UC liposomes under red light irradiation (630 nm, 0.57 W/cm²) through different thicknesses of pork or chicken meat was measured, showing that TTA-UC still occurred even beyond 10 mm of biological tissue. Overall, the rate of activation of the ruthenium compound in TTA-UC liposomes using either blue or red light (1.6 W/cm²) through 7 mm of pork fillet were found comparable, but the blue light caused significant tissue damage, whereas red light did not. Finally, full activation of the ruthenium prodrug in TTA-UC liposomes was obtained under red light irradiation through 7 mm of pork fillet, thereby underlining the in vivo applicability of the activation-by-upconversion strategy.
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- Sven H C Askes
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, Leiden 2333 CC, The Netherlands.
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, Leiden 2333 CC, The Netherlands.
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, Leiden 2333 CC, The Netherlands.
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, Leiden 2333 CC, The Netherlands.
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, Leiden 2333 CC, The Netherlands.
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Light-driven molecular machines based on ruthenium(II) polypyridine complexes: Strategies and recent advances. Coord Chem Rev 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Reichardt C, Sainuddin T, Wächtler M, Monro S, Kupfer S, Guthmuller J, Gräfe S, McFarland S, Dietzek B. Influence of Protonation State on the Excited State Dynamics of a Photobiologically Active Ru(II) Dyad. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:6379-88. [PMID: 27459188 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b05957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The influence of ligand protonation on the photophysics of a ruthenium (Ru) dyad bearing the 2-(1-pyrenyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]-phenanthroline (ippy) ligand was investigated by time-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy. It was found that changes in the protonation state of the imidazole group led to changes in the electronic configuration of the lowest lying excited state. Formation of the fully deprotonated imidazole anion resulted in excited state signatures that were consistent with a low-lying intraligand (IL) triplet state. This assignment was supported by time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) calculations. IL triplet states have been suggested to be potent mediators of photodynamic effects. Thus, these results are of interest in the design of Ru metal complexes as photosensitizers (PSs) for photodynamic therapy (PDT).
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- Christian Reichardt
- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena , Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany.,Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) , Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Acadia University , Wolfville NS B4P 2R6, Canada
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) , Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Acadia University , Wolfville NS B4P 2R6, Canada
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena , Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Gdansk University of Technology , Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena , Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Acadia University , Wolfville NS B4P 2R6, Canada.,Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro , Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena , Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany.,Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) , Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
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Siewert B, van Rixel VHS, van Rooden EJ, Hopkins SL, Moester MJB, Ariese F, Siegler MA, Bonnet S. Chemical Swarming: Depending on Concentration, an Amphiphilic Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complex Induces Cell Death via Two Different Mechanisms. Chemistry 2016; 22:10960-8. [PMID: 27373895 PMCID: PMC5096026 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201600927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The crystal structure and in vitro cytotoxicity of the amphiphilic ruthenium complex [3](PF6 )2 are reported. Complex [3](PF6 )2 contains a Ru-S bond that is stable in the dark in cell-growing medium, but is photosensitive. Upon blue-light irradiation, complex [3](PF6 )2 releases the cholesterol-thioether ligand 2 and an aqua ruthenium complex [1](PF6 )2 . Although ligand 2 and complex [1](PF6 )2 are by themselves not cytotoxic, complex [3](PF6 )2 was unexpectedly found to be as cytotoxic as cisplatin in the dark, that is, with micromolar effective concentrations (EC50 ), against six human cancer cell lines (A375, A431, A549, MCF-7, MDA-MB-231, and U87MG). Blue-light irradiation (λ=450 nm, 6.3 J cm(-2) ) had little influence on the cytotoxicity of [3](PF6 )2 after 6 h of incubation time, but it increased the cytotoxicity of the complex by a factor 2 after longer (24 h) incubation. Exploring the unexpected biological activity of [3](PF6 )2 in the dark elucidated an as-yet unknown bifaceted mode of action that depended on concentration, and thus, on the aggregation state of the compound. At low concentration, it acts as a monomer, inserts into the membrane, and can deliver [1](2+) inside the cell upon blue-light activation. At higher concentrations (>3-5 μm), complex [3](PF6 )2 forms supramolecular aggregates that induce non-apoptotic cell death by permeabilizing cell membranes and extracting lipids and membrane proteins.
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- Bianka Siewert
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, 2300 RA, Leiden, Netherlands), FAX
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, 2300 RA, Leiden, Netherlands), FAX
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, 2300 RA, Leiden, Netherlands), FAX
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, 2300 RA, Leiden, Netherlands), FAX
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Small Molecule X-ray Crystallography Facility, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, 2300 RA, Leiden, Netherlands), FAX.
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Arora K, White JK, Sharma R, Mazumder S, Martin PD, Schlegel HB, Turro C, Kodanko JJ. Effects of Methyl Substitution in Ruthenium Tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine Photocaging Groups for Nitriles. Inorg Chem 2016; 55:6968-79. [PMID: 27355786 PMCID: PMC4966558 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Four complexes of the general formula [Ru(L)(CH3CN)2](PF6)2, [L = TPA (5), MeTPA (6), Me2TPA (7), and Me3TPA (8)] [TPA = tris[(pyridin-2-yl)methyl]amine, where methyl groups were introduced consecutively onto the 6-position of py donors of TPA, were prepared and characterized by various spectroscopic techniques and mass spectrometry. While 5 and 8 were isolated as single stereoisomers, 6 and 7 were isolated as mixtures of stereoisomers in 2:1 and 1.5:1 ratios, respectively. Steric effects on ground state stability and thermal and photochemical reactivities were studied for all four complexes using (1)H NMR and electronic absorption spectroscopies and computational studies. These studies confirmed that the addition of steric bulk accelerates photochemical and thermal nitrile release.
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- Karan Arora
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan 48201, United States
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Karaoun N, Renfrew AK. A luminescent ruthenium(II) complex for light-triggered drug release and live cell imaging. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 51:14038-41. [PMID: 26248575 DOI: 10.1039/c5cc05172j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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We report a novel ruthenium(II) complex for selective release of the imidazole-based drug econazole. While the complex is highly stable and luminescent in the dark, irradiation with green light induces release of one of the econazole ligands, which is accompanied by a turn-off luminescence response and up to a 34-fold increase in cytotoxicity towards tumour cells.
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- Nora Karaoun
- School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
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van Rixel VHS, Siewert B, Hopkins SL, Askes SHC, Busemann A, Siegler MA, Bonnet S. Green light-induced apoptosis in cancer cells by a tetrapyridyl ruthenium prodrug offering two trans coordination sites. Chem Sci 2016; 7:4922-4929. [PMID: 30155140 PMCID: PMC6018302 DOI: 10.1039/c6sc00167j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2016] [Accepted: 04/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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In this work, two new photopharmacological ruthenium prodrugs are described that can be activated by green light. Cell death occurs via apoptosis; it is not a consequence of singlet oxygen generation, but of light-induced photosubstitution reactions.
In this work, two new photopharmacological ruthenium prodrugs are described that can be activated by green light. They are based on the tetrapyridyl biqbpy ligand (6,6′-bis[N-(isoquinolyl)-1-amino]-2,2′-bipyridine), which coordinates to the basal plane of the metal centre and leaves two trans coordination sites for the binding of monodentate sulphur ligands. Due to the distortion of the coordination sphere these trans ligands are photosubstituted by water upon green light irradiation. In vitro cytotoxicity data on A431 and A549 cancer cell lines shows an up to 22-fold increase in cytotoxicity after green light irradiation (520 nm, 75 J cm–2), compared to the dark control. Optical microscopy cell imaging and flow cytometry indicate that the cancer cells die via apoptosis. Meanwhile, very low singlet oxygen quantum yields (∼1–2%) and cell-free DNA binding studies conclude that light-induced cell death is not caused by a photodynamic effect, but instead by the changes induced in the coordination sphere of the metal by light, which modifies how the metal complexes bind to biomolecules.
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- V H S van Rixel
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Universiteit Leiden , Einsteinweg 55 2333 CC , Leiden , Netherlands .
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Universiteit Leiden , Einsteinweg 55 2333 CC , Leiden , Netherlands .
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Universiteit Leiden , Einsteinweg 55 2333 CC , Leiden , Netherlands .
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Universiteit Leiden , Einsteinweg 55 2333 CC , Leiden , Netherlands .
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Universiteit Leiden , Einsteinweg 55 2333 CC , Leiden , Netherlands .
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- Small Molecule X-ray Crystallography Facility , Johns Hopkins University , 3400N. Charles St , Baltimore , MD 21218 , USA
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Universiteit Leiden , Einsteinweg 55 2333 CC , Leiden , Netherlands .
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Chen J, Li K, Swavey S, Church KM. A Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Nucleoside as a Potential Photodynamic Therapy Agent. ChemistrySelect 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201600126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Jun Chen
- University of Dayton SupraMolecular Applied; Research and Technology Center; Department of Chemistry; University of Dayton; 300 College Park Dayton, OH 45469 USA
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- University of Dayton SupraMolecular Applied; Research and Technology Center; Department of Chemistry; University of Dayton; 300 College Park Dayton, OH 45469 USA
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- University of Dayton SupraMolecular Applied; Research and Technology Center; Department of Chemistry; University of Dayton; 300 College Park Dayton, OH 45469 USA
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- University of Dayton SupraMolecular Applied; Research and Technology Center; Department of Chemistry; University of Dayton; 300 College Park Dayton, OH 45469 USA
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Gandioso A, Shaili E, Massaguer A, Artigas G, González-Cantó A, Woods JA, Sadler PJ, Marchán V. An integrin-targeted photoactivatable Pt(IV) complex as a selective anticancer pro-drug: synthesis and photoactivation studies. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 51:9169-72. [PMID: 25947177 DOI: 10.1039/c5cc03180j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A new anticancer agent based on the conjugation of a photoactivatable Pt(IV) pro-drug to a cyclic RGD-containing peptide is described. Upon visible light irradiation, phototoxicity was induced preferentially in SK-MEL-28 melanoma cancer cells overexpressing αVβ3 integrin compared to control DU-145 human prostate carcinoma cells.
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- Albert Gandioso
- Departament de Química Orgànica and IBUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, E-08028, Spain.
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Wang T, Zhou Q, Zhang Y, Zheng Y, Wang W, Hou Y, Jiang G, Cheng X, Wang X. A ferrocenyl pyridine-based Ru(ii) arene complex capable of generating ·OH and 1O2 along with photoinduced ligand dissociation. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra05182k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A ferrocene modified Ru(ii) arene complex was developed to present dual activity of photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT).
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- Tianji Wang
- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials
- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials
- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials
- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials
- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials
- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials
- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials
- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials
- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials
- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- P. R. China
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Shi H, Fang T, Tian Y, Huang H, Liu Y. A dual-fluorescent nano-carrier for delivering photoactive ruthenium polypyridyl complexes. J Mater Chem B 2016; 4:4746-4753. [DOI: 10.1039/c6tb01070a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A photo-responsive diagnostic conjugate was generated by loading a photoactive polypyridyl ruthenium complex onto a dual-fluorescent nanocarrier, resulting in photo-induced cytotoxicity.
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- Hongdong Shi
- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry
- CAS High Magnetic Field Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry
- CAS High Magnetic Field Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry
- CAS High Magnetic Field Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry
- CAS High Magnetic Field Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry
- CAS High Magnetic Field Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei
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