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Bobylev EO, Knol RA, Mathew S, Poole DA, Kotsogianni I, Martin NI, de Bruin B, Kros A, Reek JNH. In vivo biodistribution of kinetically stable Pt 2L 4 nanospheres that show anti-cancer activity. Chem Sci 2023; 14:6943-6952. [PMID: 37389250 PMCID: PMC10306072 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc01086d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023] Open
Abstract
There is an increasing interest in the application of metal-organic cages (MOCs) in a biomedicinal context, as they can offer non-classical distribution in organisms compared to molecular substrates, while revealing novel cytotoxicity mechanisms. Unfortunately, many MOCs are not sufficiently stable under in vivo conditions, making it difficult to study their structure-activity relationships in living cells. As such, it is currently unclear whether MOC cytotoxicity stems from supramolecular features or their decomposition products. Herein, we describe the toxicity and photophysical properties of highly-stable rhodamine functionalized platinum-based Pt2L4 nanospheres as well as their building blocks under in vitro and in vivo conditions. We show that in both zebrafish and human cancer cell lines, the Pt2L4 nanospheres demonstrate reduced cytotoxicity and altered biodistribution within the body of zebrafish embryos compared to the building blocks. We anticipate that the composition-dependent biodistribution of Pt2L4 spheres together with their cytotoxic and photophysical properties provides the fundament for MOC application in cancer therapy.
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- Eduard O Bobylev
- van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam Science Park 904 1098 XH Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Supramolecular & Biomaterials Chemistry, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University P.O. Box 9502 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands
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- van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam Science Park 904 1098 XH Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam Science Park 904 1098 XH Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Biological Chemistry Group, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University 2333 BE Leiden The Netherlands
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- Biological Chemistry Group, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University 2333 BE Leiden The Netherlands
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- van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam Science Park 904 1098 XH Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Supramolecular & Biomaterials Chemistry, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University P.O. Box 9502 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands
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- van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam Science Park 904 1098 XH Amsterdam The Netherlands
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Golding TM, Mbaba M, Smith GS. Modular synthesis of antimalarial quinoline-based PGM metallarectangles. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:15274-15286. [PMID: 34633398 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt02842a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A new ditopic, quinoline-based ligand L (7-chloro-4-(pyridin-4-yl)quinoline) was synthesized via a Suzuki cross-coupling reaction. The ligand was utilized to synthesize the corresponding half-sandwich iridium(III) and ruthenium(II) binuclear complexes (1c and 1d) and the subsequent metallarectangles (2c, 2d, 3c, and 3d), via [2 + 2] coordination-driven self-assembly. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction confirmed the proposed molecular structure of the binuclear complex [{IrCl2(Cp*)}2(μ-L)] (1c) and DFT calculations were used to predict the optimized geometry of the rectangular nature of [{Ir(μ-Cl)(Cp*)}4(μ-L)2](CF3SO3)4 (2c). All of the metallarectangles were isolated as their triflate salts and characterized using various spectroscopic (1H, 13C{1H}, DOSY NMR, and IR spectroscopy) and analytical techniques (ESI-MS). The synthesized compounds were screened against the NF54 chloroquine-sensitive (CQS) and K1 chloroquine-resistant (CQR) strains of Plasmodium falciparum. Incorporation of the ubiquitous quinoline core and metal complexation significantly enhanced the in vitro biological activity, with an increase in the nuclearity correlating with an increase in the resultant antiplasmodial activity. This was observed across both parasitic strains, alluding to the potential of supramolecular metallarectangles to act as antiplasmodial agents. Inhibition of haemozoin formation was considered a potential mechanism of action and selected metallarectangles exhibit β-haematin inhibition activity with near comparable activity to chloroquine.
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- Taryn M Golding
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Synthesis, structure and anticancer properties of new biotin- and morpholine-functionalized ruthenium and osmium half-sandwich complexes. J Biol Inorg Chem 2021; 26:535-549. [PMID: 34173882 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-021-01873-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Ruthenium (Ru) and osmium (Os) complexes are of sustained interest in cancer research and may be alternative to platinum-based therapy. We detail here three new series of ruthenium and osmium complexes, supported by physico-chemical characterizations, including time-dependent density functional theory, a combined experimental and computational study on the aquation reactions and the nature of the metal-arene bond. Cytotoxic profiles were then evaluated on several cancer cell lines although with limited success. Further investigations were, however, performed on the most active series using a genetic approach based on RNA interference and highlighted a potential multi-target mechanism of action through topoisomerase II, mitotic spindle, HDAC and DNMT inhibition.
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Lv S, Miao Y, Zheng D, Li X, Liu D, Song F. Self-Assembled Platinum Supramolecular Metallacycles Based on a Novel TADF Photosensitizer for Efficient Cancer Photochemotherapy. Mol Pharm 2021; 18:1229-1237. [PMID: 33427472 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c01099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Recently, supramolecular coordination complexes (SCCs) based on photosensitizers as bridging ligands have attracted great attention in cancer therapy owing to their synergistic effect between photodynamic therapy (PDT) and chemotherapy. Herein, a highly emissive supramolecular platinum triangle BTZPy-Pt based on a novel type of photosensitizer BTZPy with thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) was fabricated. The BTZPy and BTZPy-Pt exhibited strong luminescence emission in the visible range with high quantum yields (quantum yields (QYs) for BTZPy and BTZPy-Pt were about 78 and 62% in ethanol solutions, respectively). Additionally, BTZPy had been proved to be an excellent photosensitizer with superior 1O2 generation capability (the 1O2 generation quantum yield reached up to ca. 95%) for PDT. By the combination of the excellent phototoxicity of BTZPy and the antitumor activity of the Pt center, the platinum triangle BTZPy-Pt demonstrated a highly efficient anticancer performance toward HeLa cells (IC50: 0.5 μg mL-1). This study not only provides a blueprint to fabricate new types of photosensitizers but also paves a way to design novel SCCs for efficient PDT.
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- Shibo Lv
- Institute of Molecular Science and Engineering, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Institute of Molecular Science and Engineering, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Institute of Molecular Science and Engineering, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Institute of Molecular Science and Engineering, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Institute of Molecular Science and Engineering, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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Percástegui E, Ronson TK, Nitschke JR. Design and Applications of Water-Soluble Coordination Cages. Chem Rev 2020; 120:13480-13544. [PMID: 33238092 PMCID: PMC7760102 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 59.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Compartmentalization of the aqueous space within a cell is necessary for life. In similar fashion to the nanometer-scale compartments in living systems, synthetic water-soluble coordination cages (WSCCs) can isolate guest molecules and host chemical transformations. Such cages thus show promise in biological, medical, environmental, and industrial domains. This review highlights examples of three-dimensional synthetic WSCCs, offering perspectives so as to enhance their design and applications. Strategies are presented that address key challenges for the preparation of coordination cages that are soluble and stable in water. The peculiarities of guest binding in aqueous media are examined, highlighting amplified binding in water, changing guest properties, and the recognition of specific molecular targets. The properties of WSCC hosts associated with biomedical applications, and their use as vessels to carry out chemical reactions in water, are also presented. These examples sketch a blueprint for the preparation of new metal-organic containers for use in aqueous solution, as well as guidelines for the engineering of new applications in water.
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- Edmundo
G. Percástegui
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United
Kingdom
- Instituto
de Química, Ciudad UniversitariaUniversidad
Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, México
- Centro
Conjunto de Investigación en Química Sustentable, UAEM-UNAM, Carretera Toluca-Atlacomulco Km 14.5, Toluca, 50200 Estado de México, México
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United
Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United
Kingdom
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Levy A, Leynes C, Baig M, Chew SA. The Application of Biomaterials in the Treatment of Platinum‐Resistant Ovarian Cancer. ChemMedChem 2019; 14:1810-1827. [DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201900450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Arkene Levy
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medical Sciences Nova Southeastern University 3200 South University Drive Davie FL 33328 USA
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- Department Health and Biomedical Sciences University of Texas Rio Grande Valley One West University Boulevard Brownsville TX 78520 USA
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- Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine Nova Southeastern University 3200 South University Drive Davie FL 33328 USA
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- Department Health and Biomedical Sciences University of Texas Rio Grande Valley One West University Boulevard Brownsville TX 78520 USA
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Sepehrpour H, Fu W, Sun Y, Stang PJ. Biomedically Relevant Self-Assembled Metallacycles and Metallacages. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:14005-14020. [PMID: 31419112 PMCID: PMC6744948 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b06222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Diverse metal-organic complexes (MOCs), shaped as rectangles, triangles, hexagons, prisms, and cages, can be formed by coordination between metal ions (Pt, Pd, Ru, Rh, Ir, Zn, Co, and Cd) and organic ligands, with potential applications as alternatives to conventional biomedical materials for therapeutic, sensing, and imaging purposes. MOCs have been investigated as anticancer drugs in the treatment of malignant tumors in lung, cervical, breast, colon, liver, prostate, ovarian, brain, stomach, bone, skin, mouth, thyroid, and other cancers. MOCs with one, two, and three cavities have also been investigated as drug carriers and prepared for the loading and release of different drugs. In addition, MOCs can target proteins by the shape effect and recognize sugars and DNA by electrostatic interactions, as well as estradiol by host-guest interactions, etc. This Perspective mainly covers achievements in the biomedical application of MOCs. We aim to identify some key trends in the reported MOC structures in relation to their biomedical activity and potential applications.
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- Hajar Sepehrpour
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, United States
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, United States
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225002, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, United States
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Eskandari A, Kundu A, Ghosh S, Suntharalingam K. A Triangular Platinum(II) Multinuclear Complex with Cytotoxicity Towards Breast Cancer Stem Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:12059-12064. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201905389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Arvin Eskandari
- Department of ChemistryKing's College London London SE1 1DB UK
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- Department of ChemistryGauhati University Guwahati Assam 781014 India
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- Department of ChemistryGauhati University Guwahati Assam 781014 India
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Eskandari A, Kundu A, Ghosh S, Suntharalingam K. A Triangular Platinum(II) Multinuclear Complex with Cytotoxicity Towards Breast Cancer Stem Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201905389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Arvin Eskandari
- Department of ChemistryKing's College London London SE1 1DB UK
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- Department of ChemistryGauhati University Guwahati Assam 781014 India
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- Department of ChemistryGauhati University Guwahati Assam 781014 India
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Vardhan H, Nafady A, Al-Enizi AM, Khandker K, El-Sagher HM, Verma G, Acevedo-Duncan M, Alotaibi TM, Ma S. Investigation of the Anticancer Activity of Coordination-Driven Self-AssembledTwo-Dimensional Ruthenium Metalla-Rectangle. Molecules 2019; 24:E2284. [PMID: 31248221 PMCID: PMC6630691 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24122284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2019] [Revised: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Coordination-driven self-assembly is an effective synthetic tool for the construction of spatially and electronically tunable supramolecular coordination complexes (SCCs), which are useful in various applications. Herein, we report the synthesis of a two-dimensional discrete metalla-rectangle [(η6-p-cymene)4Ru4(C6H2O4)2(2)2](CF3SO3)4 (3) by the reaction of a dinuclear half-sandwich ruthenium (II) complex [Ru2(η6-p-cymene)2(C6H2O4)Cl2] (1) and bis-pyridyl amide linker (2) in the presence of AgO3SCF3. This cationic ruthenium metalla-rectangle (3) has been isolated as its triflate salt and characterized by analytical techniques including elemental analysis, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-NMR), carbon nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (13C-NMR), 1H-1H correlation spectroscopy (COSY), 1H-1H nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy (NOESY), diffusion ordered spectroscopy (DOSY), and high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HR-ESI-MS). Significantly, the 2D cationic ruthenium metalla-rectangle showed better anticancer activity towards three different cell lines (A549, Caki-1 and Lovo) as compared with the parent ruthenium complex (1) and the commercially used drug, cisplatin.
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- Harsh Vardhan
- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
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- King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
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Pöthig A, Casini A. Recent Developments of Supramolecular Metal-based Structures for Applications in Cancer Therapy and Imaging. Theranostics 2019; 9:3150-3169. [PMID: 31244947 PMCID: PMC6567972 DOI: 10.7150/thno.31828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The biomedical application of discrete supramolecular metal-based structures, including supramolecular coordination complexes (SCCs), is still an emergent field of study. However, pioneering studies over the last 10 years demonstrated the potential of these supramolecular compounds as novel anticancer drugs, endowed with different mechanisms of action compared to classical small-molecules, often related to their peculiar molecular recognition properties. In addition, the robustness and modular composition of supramolecular metal-based structures allows for an incorporation of different functionalities in the same system to enable imaging in cells via different modalities, but also active tumor targeting and stimuli-responsiveness. Although most of the studies reported so far exploit these systems for therapy, supramolecular metal-based structures may also constitute ideal scaffolds to develop multimodal theranostic agents. Of note, the host-guest chemistry of 3D self-assembled supramolecular structures - within the metallacages family - can also be exploited to design novel drug delivery systems for anticancer chemotherapeutics. In this review, we aim at summarizing the pivotal concepts in this fascinating research area, starting with the main design principles and illustrating representative examples while providing a critical discussion of the state-of-the-art. A section is also included on supramolecular organometallic complexes (SOCs) whereby the (organic) linker is forming the organometallic bond to the metal node, whose biological applications are still to be explored. Certainly, the myriad of possible supramolecular metal-based structures and their almost limitless modularity and tunability suggests that the biomedical applications of such complex chemical entities will continue along this already promising path.
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Wang H, Qiu Z, Liu H, Jayawardhana AMDS, Yue Z, Daghlas H, Bowers DJ, Datta B, Zheng YR. Nanoparticles of Metal-Organic Cages Overcoming Drug Resistance in Ovarian Cancer. Front Chem 2019; 7:39. [PMID: 30775364 PMCID: PMC6367237 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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A long-standing challenge in the treatment of ovarian cancer is drug resistance to standard platinum-based chemotherapy. Recently, increasing attention has been drawn to the use of self-assembled metal-organic complexes as novel therapeutics for cancer treatment. However, high hydrophobicity that is often associated with these structures lowers their solubility and hinders their clinical translation. In this article, we present a proof-of-concept study of using nanoprecipitation to formulate the hydrophobic metal-organic cages and facilitate their use in treating chemoresistant ovarian cancer. The Pt6L4 Cage 1 is an octahedral cage formed by self-assembly of six 1,10-phenanthroline-Pt(II) centers and four 2,4,6-tris(4-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine ligands (L). Cage 1 is able to trigger DNA damage and exhibits promising in vitro potency against a panel of human ovarian cancer cell lines. However, due to the large portion of aromatic components, this cage structure has very limited solubility in cell culture media (<20μM). Notably, upon nanoformulation by using fluorescein (2) and a pegylated anionic polymer (3), the concentration of Cage 1 can reach up to 0.4 mM. Production of the nanoparticles of metal-organic cages (nMOC) is driven by the formation of the 1:1 host-guest complex of 1 and 2 in aqueous solution, which then form nanoprecipitation in presence of poly glutamic acid-b-poly ethylene glycol (3). The resulted nMOC are about 100 nm in diameter, and they serve as a delivery platform that slowly releases the therapeutic content. The use of fluorescein facilitates monitoring cell entry of nMOC and drug release using flow cytometry. Finally, comparing to cisplatin, the nMOC exhibit comparable in vitro efficacy against a panel of human cancer cell lines, and notably, it shows a much lower resistance factor against chemoresistant ovarian cancer cell lines.
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- Han Wang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Integrated Sciences Building, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Integrated Sciences Building, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United States
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- Science Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Integrated Sciences Building, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Integrated Sciences Building, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Integrated Sciences Building, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United States
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- Science Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Integrated Sciences Building, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United States
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Ahmedova A. Biomedical Applications of Metallosupramolecular Assemblies-Structural Aspects of the Anticancer Activity. Front Chem 2018; 6:620. [PMID: 30619828 PMCID: PMC6302020 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The design and development of metallosupramolecular systems has resulted in construction of a myriad of fascinating structures with highly diverse properties and potential applications. Assessment of the biomedical applications of metallosupramolecular assemblies is an emerging field of research that stems from the recently demonstrated promising results on such systems. After the pioneering works of Therrien and coworkers on organometallic Ru-cages with promising anticancer properties, this topic has evolved to the more recent studies on bioactivity of supramolecular coordination complexes built from different metal ions and various multidentate ligands. Sufficient amount of data on the anticancer activity of metallosupramolecules has already been reported and allows outlining some general tendencies in the structural aspects of the biological activity. The main structural properties of the complexes that can be readily modified to enhance their activity are the size, the shape and charge of the formed complexes. Moreover, the intrinsic properties of the building components could predetermine some of the main characteristics of the overall supramolecular complex, such as its optical properties, chemical reactivity, solubility, etc., and could, thereby, define the areas of its biomedical applications. The unique structural property of most of the metallosupramolecular assemblies, however, is the presence of a discrete cavity that renders a whole range of additional applications resulting from specific host-guest interactions. The encapsulations of small bioactive or fluorescent molecules have been employed for delivery or recognition purposes in many examples. On the other hand, metallosupramolecules have been imbedded into target-specific polymeric nanoparticles that resulted in a successful combination of their therapeutic and diagnostic properties, making them promising for theranostic application in cancer treatment. The aim of this review paper is to mark out some key tendencies in the reported metallosupramolecular structures in relation with their biological activity and potential areas of biomedical application. In this way, a useful set of guidelines can be delineated to help synthetic chemists broaden the application areas of their supramolecular systems by few structural changes.
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- Anife Ahmedova
- Laboratory of Biocoordination and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Vasdev RAS, Gaudin LF, Preston D, Jogy JP, Giles GI, Crowley JD. Anticancer Activity and Cisplatin Binding Ability of Bis-Quinoline and Bis-Isoquinoline Derived [Pd 2L 4] 4+ Metallosupramolecular Cages. Front Chem 2018; 6:563. [PMID: 30525025 PMCID: PMC6262750 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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New bis-quinoline (L q) and bis-isoquinoline-based (L iq) ligands have been synthesized, along with their respective homoleptic [Pd2(L q or L iq)4]4+ cages (C q and C iq). The ligands and cages were characterized by 1H, 13C and diffusion ordered (DOSY) NMR spectroscopies, high resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HR-ESIMS) and in the case of the bis-quinoline cage, X-ray crystallography. The crystal structure of the C q architecture showed that the [Pd2(L q)4]4+ cage formed a twisted meso isomer where the [Pd(quinoline)4]2+ units at either end of the cage architecture adopt the opposite twists (left and right handed). Conversely, Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations on the C iq cage architecture indicated that a lantern shaped conformation, similar to what has been observed before for related [Pd2(L tripy)4]4+ systems (where L tripy = 2,6-bis(pyridin-3-ylethynyl)pyridine), was generated. The different cage conformations manifest different properties for the isomeric cages. The C iq cage is able to bind, weakly in acetonitrile, the anticancer drug cisplatin whereas the C q architecture shows no interaction with the guest under the same conditions. The kinetic robustness of the two cages in the presence of Cl- nucleophiles was also different. The C iq cage was completely decomposed into free L iq and [Pd(Cl)4]2- within 1 h. However, the C q cage was more long lived and was only fully decomposed after 7 h. The new ligands (L iq and L q) and the Pd(II) cage architectures (C iq and C q) were assessed for their cytotoxic properties against two cancerous cell lines (A549 lung cancer and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer) and one non-cancerous cell line (HDFa skin cells). It was found that L q and C q were both reasonably cytotoxic (IC50S ≈ 0.5 μM) against A549, while C iq was slightly less active (IC50 = 7.4 μM). L iq was not soluble enough to allow the IC50 to be determined against either of the two cancerous cell lines. However, none of the molecules showed any selectivity for the cancer cells, as they were all found to have similar cytotoxicities against HDFa skin cells (IC50 values ranged from 2.6 to 3.0 μM).
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Affiliation(s)
- Roan A. S. Vasdev
- Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Wellington, New Zealand
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
| | - James D. Crowley
- Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Wellington, New Zealand
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A subset of platinum-containing chemotherapeutic agents kills cells by inducing ribosome biogenesis stress. Nat Med 2017; 23:461-471. [PMID: 28263311 DOI: 10.1038/nm.4291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 337] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2016] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Cisplatin and its platinum analogs, carboplatin and oxaliplatin, are some of the most widely used cancer chemotherapeutics. Although cisplatin and carboplatin are used primarily in germ cell, breast and lung malignancies, oxaliplatin is instead used almost exclusively to treat colorectal and other gastrointestinal cancers. Here we utilize a unique, multi-platform genetic approach to study the mechanism of action of these clinically established platinum anti-cancer agents, as well as more recently developed cisplatin analogs. We show that oxaliplatin, unlike cisplatin and carboplatin, does not kill cells through the DNA-damage response. Rather, oxaliplatin kills cells by inducing ribosome biogenesis stress. This difference in drug mechanism explains the distinct clinical implementation of oxaliplatin relative to cisplatin, and it might enable mechanistically informed selection of distinct platinum drugs for distinct malignancies. These data highlight the functional diversity of core components of front-line cancer therapy and the potential benefits of applying a mechanism-based rationale to the use of our current arsenal of anti-cancer drugs.
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