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Angulo-Elizari E, Henriquez-Figuereo A, Morán-Serradilla C, Plano D, Sanmartín C. Unlocking the potential of 1,4-naphthoquinones: A comprehensive review of their anticancer properties. Eur J Med Chem 2024; 268:116249. [PMID: 38458106 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.116249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2024] [Revised: 02/14/2024] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/10/2024]
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Cancer encompasses a group of pathologies with common characteristics, high incidence, and prevalence in all countries. Although there are treatments available for this disease, they are not always effective or safe, often failing to achieve the desired results. This is why it is necessary to continue the search for new therapies. One of the strategies for obtaining new antitumor drugs is the use of 1,4-naphthoquinone as a scaffold in synthetic or natural products with antitumor activity. This review focuses on compiling studies related to the antitumor activity of 1,4-naphthoquinone and its natural and synthetic derivatives over the last 10 years. The work describes the main natural naphthoquinones with antitumor activity and classifies the synthetic naphthoquinones based on the structural modifications made to the scaffold. Additionally, the formation of metal complexes using naphthoquinones as a ligand is considered. After a thorough review, 197 synthetic compounds with potent biological activity against cancer have been classified according to their chemical structures and their mechanisms of action have been described.
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- Eduardo Angulo-Elizari
- University of Navarra, School of Pharmacy and Nutrition, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irunlarrea 1, 31008, Pamplona, Spain
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- University of Navarra, School of Pharmacy and Nutrition, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irunlarrea 1, 31008, Pamplona, Spain
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- University of Navarra, School of Pharmacy and Nutrition, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irunlarrea 1, 31008, Pamplona, Spain
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- University of Navarra, School of Pharmacy and Nutrition, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irunlarrea 1, 31008, Pamplona, Spain; Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdisNA), 31008, Pamplona, Spain.
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- University of Navarra, School of Pharmacy and Nutrition, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irunlarrea 1, 31008, Pamplona, Spain; Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdisNA), 31008, Pamplona, Spain.
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Rodríguez-Arce E, Gavrilov E, Alvite X, Nayeem N, León IE, Neary MC, Otero L, Gambino D, Olea Azar C, Contel M. 5-Nitrofuryl-Containing Thiosemicarbazone Gold(I) Compounds: Synthesis, Stability Studies, and Anticancer Activity. Chempluschem 2023; 88:e202300115. [PMID: 37191319 PMCID: PMC10651801 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
Abstract
This work describes the synthesis of four gold(I) [AuClL] compounds containing chloro and biologically active protonated thiosemicarbazones based on 5-nitrofuryl (L=HSTC). The stability of the compounds in dichloromethane, DMSO, and DMSO/culture media solutions was investigated by spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, and conductimetry, indicating the formation overtime of cationic monometallic [Au(HTSC)(DMSO)]± or [Au(HTSC)2 ]± , and/or dimeric species. Neutral [{Au(TSC)}2 ] species were obtained from one of the compounds in dichlomethane/n-hexane solution and characterized by X-ray crystallography revealing a Au-Au bond, and deprotonated thiosemicarbazone (TSC). The cytotoxicity of the gold compounds and thiosemicarbazone ligands was evaluated against selected cancer cell lines and compared to that of Auranofin. Studies of the most stable, cytotoxic, and selective compound on a renal cancer cell line (Caki-1) demonstrated its relevant antimigratory and anti-angiogenic properties, and preferential accumulation in the cell nuclei. Its mode of action seems to involve interaction with DNA, and subsequent cell death via apoptosis.
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- Esteban Rodríguez-Arce
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Analítica, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 233, Santiago, Chile
- Department of Chemistry and Brooklyn College Cancer Center, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY, 11210, USA
- Área Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Gral. Flores 2124, 11800, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Department of Chemistry and Brooklyn College Cancer Center, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY, 11210, USA
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- Área Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Gral. Flores 2124, 11800, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Department of Chemistry and Brooklyn College Cancer Center, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY, 11210, USA
- Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemistry PhD Programs, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Brooklyn College Cancer Center, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY, 11210, USA
- CEQUINOR (CCT-CONICET La Plata, Asociado a CIC), Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Blvd. 120 N° 1465, La Plata, 1900, Argentina
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- Chemistry Department, Hunter College, The City University of New York, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Área Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Gral. Flores 2124, 11800, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Área Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Gral. Flores 2124, 11800, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Analítica, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 233, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Chemistry and Brooklyn College Cancer Center, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY, 11210, USA
- Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemistry PhD Programs, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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Hanzl L, Vinklárek J, Honzíček J, Dostál L, Císařová I, Šacherlová L, Eisner A, Muthná D, Řezáčová M. Cyclopentadienyl Molybdenum(II) Compounds Bearing Ether and Thioether Functions in the Side Chain: Synthesis, Characterization, and Cytotoxic/Cytostatic Studies. Chempluschem 2023; 88:e202300374. [PMID: 37587852 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300374] [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: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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A series of molybdenum(II) compounds [(η5 -Cp')Mo(CO)2 (L2 )][BF4 ] (Cp'=C5 H4 (CH2 )2 SPh, C9 H6 (CH2 )2 OMe, L2= N,N-chelating ligand) have been synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic and analytical methods including X-ray crystallography. The in vitro assay on human leukemia cells MOLT-4 has shown that the substitution in the π-ligand in combination with suitable N,N-chelating ligand can lead to species with cytotoxicity considerably higher than reported to cisplatin. Unusually high activity was observed for compounds bearing phenanthroline ligands [{η5 -C9 H6 (CH2 )2 OMe}Mo(CO)2 (3,4,7,8-Me4 phen)][BF4 ] (IC50 =0.7±0.3 μM) and [{η5 -C9 H6 (CH2 )2 OMe}Mo(CO)2 (4,7-Ph2 phen)][BF4 ] (IC50 values 0.8±0.4 μM).
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- Lukáš Hanzl
- Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, 532 10, Pardubice, Czech Republic
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- Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, 532 10, Pardubice, Czech Republic
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- Institute Chemistry and Technology of Macromolecular Materials, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, 532 10, Pardubice, Czech Republic
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- Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, 532 10, Pardubice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 2030/8, 128 43, Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, 532 10, Pardubice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, 532 10, Pardubice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, Šimkova 870, 500 03, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, Šimkova 870, 500 03, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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Arabpour Shiraz Z, Sohrabi N, Eslami Moghadam M, Oftadeh M. Molecular docking and spectroscopic study of bovine serum albumin interaction with new anticancer Pt complex with isopentyl dithiocarbamate ligand. NUCLEOSIDES, NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2023; 43:65-85. [PMID: 37452787 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2023.2233576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2023] [Revised: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Although cisplatin is useful in the treatment of cancer, it has a series of side effects that limit its use. Dithiocarbamates reduce the toxicity of platinum due to their structure and the presence of S, and N donating groups. In this article, the interaction of [Pt(bpy)(isopentyl.dtc)]NO3, where bpy is bipyridine and isopentyl.dtc is isopentyl-dithiocarbamate, with BSA, bovine serum albumin has been studied. The molecular binding method, including UV-Vis and fluorescence titration, was carried out in conditions including pH = 7.4 and temperatures of 27 and 37 °C. The negative values of enthalpy (ΔH°b) and entropy (ΔS°b) show that the driving forces of this interaction are hydrogen and van der Waals, and the negative value of the Gibbs free energy, ΔG°b indicates that the interaction proceeds spontaneously. The fluorescence results showed that the quenching mechanism is the static type and the Stern Volmer constant, KSV, was also obtained. The fluorescence titration method data displayed that the quenching mechanism is static. Binding constant (Kb), binding point (n), Hill coefficients, nH, Hill constant, KH, number of binding sites, g, BSA melting temperature, Tm, were also obtained. Finally, the molecular docking method result shows the binding constant, Ki and binding free energy for the platinum complex are -6.53 and 16.39 kcal mol-1, respectively, and also the proper position of binding on BSA can be considered the site I in the subdomain IIA.
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- Chemistry Department, Payame Noor University, Tehran, I. R. Iran
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- Chemistry Department, Payame Noor University, Tehran, I. R. Iran
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Cebotari D, Calancea S, Marrot J, Guillot R, Falaise C, Guérineau V, Touboul D, Haouas M, Gulea A, Floquet S. Tuning the nuclearity of [Mo 2O 2S 2] 2+-based assemblies by playing with the degree of flexibility of bis-thiosemicarbazone ligands. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:3059-3071. [PMID: 36779751 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt03760b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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[MoV2O2S2]2+-based thiosemicarbazone complexes appear as very promising molecules for biological applications due to the intrinsic properties of their components. This paper deals with the synthesis and characterization of six coordination complexes obtained by the reaction of [MoV2O2S2]2+ clusters with bis-thiosemicarbazone ligands that contain flexible or rigid spacers between the two thiosemicarbazone units. Interestingly, structural characterization by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, MALDI-TOF MS technique and NMR spectroscopy revealed that the nuclearity of the complex is controlled by the nature of the spacer between the thiosemicarbazone units. Binuclear complexes, namely [MoV2O2S2(L1-3)], are isolated with flexible spacers while tetranuclear complexes [(MoV2O2S2)2(L4-6)2] are formed when the bis-thiosemicarbazone ligands are built on rigid spacers.
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- Diana Cebotari
- Institut Lavoisier de Versailles, CNRS, UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 45 Av. des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles, France. .,State University of Moldova, MD-2009 Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Institut Lavoisier de Versailles, CNRS, UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 45 Av. des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles, France.
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- Institut Lavoisier de Versailles, CNRS, UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 45 Av. des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles, France.
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, ICMMO, CNRS UMR 8182, Université Paris Saclay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut Lavoisier de Versailles, CNRS, UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 45 Av. des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles, France.
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR2301, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR2301, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Institut Lavoisier de Versailles, CNRS, UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 45 Av. des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles, France.
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- State University of Moldova, MD-2009 Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Institut Lavoisier de Versailles, CNRS, UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 45 Av. des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles, France.
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Arjmand F, Yasir Khan H, Tabassum S. Progress of Metal-Based Anticancer Chemotherapeutic Agents in Last two Decades and their Comprehensive Biological (DNA/RNA Binding, Cleavage and Cytotoxicity Activity) Studies. CHEM REC 2023; 23:e202200247. [PMID: 36762719 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202200247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Revised: 12/31/2022] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
Abstract
During last two decades, there has been an enormous growth in the discovery of innovative active inorganic anticancer complexes (exerting remarkable cytotoxicity at sub micro-molar levels) derived from myriad ligand scaffolds, mainly acting on cancerous vs healthy cells by either halting or inhibiting their uncontrolled growth. The phenomenal success of cisplatin to treat numerous forms of solid malignancies has placed metal-based drugs to the forefront of treatment strategies against cancers. More than 10,000 platinum anticancer complexes have been developed during the past 40 years, but only five drugs have been approved for usage in humans while ten more complexes are currently undergoing clinical trials. Most of the compounds have failed either at R&D stages or in preclinical trails. This has led to extensive investigations by researchers of medicinal chemistry, including our group to design and prepare tailored 3d-metallo-drugs and organotin(IV) compounds from some naturally occurring bioactive compounds, such as amino-acids, peptides, chromone derivatives and NSAID's etc. that were used either alone or in cocktail combination, capable of specifically targeting DNA, lnc RNAs and proteins. Furthermore, 3d-metal ions such as copper, cobalt and zinc etc. incorporated in these ligand framework are biocompatible and induce a unique multi-modal mechanism of cytotoxic action involving angiogenesis, ROS-induced DNA damage, apoptosis by p53 mitochondrial genes and caspases etc. The results observed a positive correlation between the binding affinity of complexes with DNA (as quantified by intrinsic binding constant values) and their cytotoxic behavior. Complexes with high DNA binding propensity were typically lethal against a diverse panel of malignant cell types compared to normal cells.
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- Farukh Arjmand
- Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P., India-, 202002
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- Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P., India-, 202002
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- Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P., India-, 202002
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Pinheiro AC, Nunes IJ, Ferreira WV, Tomasini PP, Trindade C, Martins CC, Wilhelm EA, Oliboni RDS, Netz PA, Stieler R, Casagrande ODL, Saffi J. Antioxidant and Anticancer Potential of the New Cu(II) Complexes Bearing Imine-Phenolate Ligands with Pendant Amine N-Donor Groups. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:pharmaceutics15020376. [PMID: 36839698 PMCID: PMC9960331 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15020376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Cu(II) complexes bearing NNO-donor Schiff base ligands (2a, b) have been synthesized and characterized. The single crystal X-ray analysis of the 2a complex revealed that a mononuclear and a dinuclear complex co-crystallize in the solid state. The electronic structures of the complexes are optimized by Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations. The monomeric nature of 2a and 2b species is maintained in solution. Antioxidant activities of the ligands (1a, b) and Cu(II) complexes (2a, b) were determined by in vitro assays such as 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl free radicals (DPPH.) and 2,2'-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) radicals (ABTS+). Our results demonstrated that 2a showed better antioxidant activity. MTT assays were performed to assess the toxicity of ligands and Cu(II) complexes in V79 cells. The antiproliferative activity of compounds was tested against two human tumor cell lines: MCF-7 (breast adenocarcinoma) and SW620 (colorectal carcinoma) and on MRC-5 (normal lung fibroblast). All compounds showed high cytotoxicity in the all-cell lines but showed no selectivity for tumor cell lines. Antiproliferative activity by clonogenic assay 2b showed a more significant inhibitory effect on the MCF-7 cell lines than on MRC-5. DNA damage for the 2b compound at 10 µM concentration was about three times higher in MCF-7 cells than in MRC-5 cells.
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- Adriana Castro Pinheiro
- Laboratory of Genetic Toxicology, Department of Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre 90050-170, RS, Brazil
- Group of Catalysis of Theoretical Studies, Center of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Food Science Center, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas 96160-000, RS, Brazil
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- Group of Catalysis of Theoretical Studies, Center of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Food Science Center, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas 96160-000, RS, Brazil
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- Group of Catalysis of Theoretical Studies, Center of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Food Science Center, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas 96160-000, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Genetic Toxicology, Department of Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre 90050-170, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Genetic Toxicology, Department of Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre 90050-170, RS, Brazil
- Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Barranquilla 080002, Colombia
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- Laboratory in Biochemical Pharmacology, Center of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas 96160-000, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratory in Biochemical Pharmacology, Center of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas 96160-000, RS, Brazil
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- Group of Catalysis of Theoretical Studies, Center of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Food Science Center, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas 96160-000, RS, Brazil
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- Grupo de Química Teórica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre 91501-970, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre 91501-970, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre 91501-970, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Genetic Toxicology, Department of Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre 90050-170, RS, Brazil
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DNA/protein binding and anticancer activity of ruthenium (II) arene complexes based on quinoline dipyrrin. Inorganica Chim Acta 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2022.121241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Zamay TN, Starkov AK, Kolovskaya OS, Zamay GS, Veprintsev DV, Luzan N, Nikolaeva ED, Lukyanenko KA, Artyushenko PV, Shchugoreva IA, Glazyrin YE, Koshmanova AA, Krat AV, Tereshina DS, Zamay SS, Pats YS, Zukov RA, Tomilin FN, Berezovski MV, Kichkailo AS. Nucleic Acid Aptamers Increase the Anticancer Efficiency and Reduce the Toxicity of Cisplatin-Arabinogalactan Conjugates In Vivo. Nucleic Acid Ther 2022; 32:497-506. [PMID: 35921069 DOI: 10.1089/nat.2022.0024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Cisplatin is an effective drug for treating various cancer types. However, it is highly toxic for both healthy and tumor cells. Therefore, there is a need to reduce its therapeutic dose and increase targeted bioavailability. One of the ways to achieve this could be the coating of cisplatin with polysaccharides and specific carriers for targeted delivery. Nucleic acid aptamers could be used as carriers for the specific delivery of medicine to cancer cells. Cisplatin-arabinogalactan-aptamer (Cis-AG-Ap) conjugate was synthesized based on Cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum, Siberian larch arabinogalactan, and aptamer AS-42 specific to heat-shock proteins (HSP) 71 kDa (Hspa8) and HSP 90-beta (Hsp90ab1). The antitumor effect was estimated using ascites and metastatic Ehrlich tumor models. Cis-AG-Ap toxicity was assessed by blood biochemistry on healthy mice. Here, we demonstrated enhanced anticancer activity of Cis-AG-Ap and its specific accumulation in tumor foci. It was shown that targeted delivery allowed a 15-fold reduction in the therapeutic dose of cisplatin and its toxicity. Cis-AG-Ap sufficiently suppressed the growth of Ehrlich's ascites carcinoma, the mass and extent of tumor metastasis in vivo. Arabinogalactan and the aptamers promoted cisplatin efficiency by enhancing its bioavailability. The described strategy could be very promising for targeted anticancer therapy.
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- Tatiana N Zamay
- Laboratory for Digital Controlled Drugs and Theranostics, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Research Center" of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.,Laboratory For Biomolecular and Medical Technologies, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenecky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Science Center SB RAS," Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia
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- Laboratory for Digital Controlled Drugs and Theranostics, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Research Center" of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.,Laboratory For Biomolecular and Medical Technologies, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenecky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Laboratory for Digital Controlled Drugs and Theranostics, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Research Center" of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.,Laboratory For Biomolecular and Medical Technologies, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenecky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Laboratory for Digital Controlled Drugs and Theranostics, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Research Center" of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Laboratory For Biomolecular and Medical Technologies, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenecky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Laboratory for Digital Controlled Drugs and Theranostics, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Research Center" of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.,Laboratory For Biomolecular and Medical Technologies, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenecky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Laboratory for Digital Controlled Drugs and Theranostics, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Research Center" of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.,Laboratory For Biomolecular and Medical Technologies, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenecky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.,Department of Chemistry, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Laboratory for Digital Controlled Drugs and Theranostics, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Research Center" of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.,Laboratory For Biomolecular and Medical Technologies, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenecky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.,Department of Chemistry, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Laboratory for Digital Controlled Drugs and Theranostics, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Research Center" of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.,Laboratory For Biomolecular and Medical Technologies, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenecky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.,Department of Chemistry, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Laboratory for Digital Controlled Drugs and Theranostics, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Research Center" of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.,Laboratory For Biomolecular and Medical Technologies, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenecky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Laboratory for Digital Controlled Drugs and Theranostics, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Research Center" of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.,Laboratory For Biomolecular and Medical Technologies, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenecky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Laboratory For Biomolecular and Medical Technologies, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenecky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Laboratory For Biomolecular and Medical Technologies, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenecky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Laboratory for Digital Controlled Drugs and Theranostics, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Research Center" of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Laboratory For Biomolecular and Medical Technologies, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenecky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Laboratory For Biomolecular and Medical Technologies, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenecky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.,Laboratory for Physics of Magnetic Phenomena, Kirensky Institute of Physics, Federal Research Center Krasnoyarsk Science Center SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Laboratory for Digital Controlled Drugs and Theranostics, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Research Center" of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.,Laboratory For Biomolecular and Medical Technologies, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenecky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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Thiophosphorylated indoles as a promising platform for the creation of cytotoxic Pd(II) pincer complexes. Inorganica Chim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2022.121369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Fuior A, Cebotari D, Garbuz O, Calancea S, Gulea A, Floquet S. Biological properties of a new class of [Mo2O2S2]-based thiosemicarbazone coordination complexes. Inorganica Chim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2022.121372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Pradhan AK, Shyam A, Dutta A, Mondal P. Quantum Chemical Investigation on Hydrolysis of Orally Active Organometallic Ruthenium(II) and Osmium(II) Anticancer Drugs and Their Interaction with Histidine. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:9516-9527. [PMID: 36378950 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c05062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Influence of the metal center on hydrolysis of organometallic anticancer complexes containing an N-phenyl-2-pyridinecarbothioamide (PCA) ligand, [M(η6-p-cymene)(N-phenyl-2-pyridinecarbothioamide)Cl]+ (M = RuII, 1A, and OsII, 2A), as well as their N-fluorophenyl derivatives [M(η6-p-cymene)(N-fluorophenyl-2-pyridinecarbothioamide)Cl]+ (M = RuII, 1B, and OsII, 2B) have been investigated using the DFT method in aqueous medium. The activation energy barriers for the hydrolysis of 1A (21.5 kcal/mol) and 1B (20.7 kcal/mol) are found to be significantly lower than those of their corresponding osmium analogs 2A (28.6 kcal/mol) and 2B (27.5 kcal/mol). DFT evaluated results reveal the inertness of Os(II)-PCA complex toward the hydrolysis that rationalizes the experimental observations. However, the incorporation of fluoride substituent slightly decreases the activation energy for the hydrolysis of Ru(II)- and Os(II)-PCA. In addition, the interaction of hydrolyzed Ru(II)-PCAs (1AH and 1BH) and Os(II)-PCAs (2AH and 2BH) complexes with the histidine (Hist) have also been investigated. The aquated 1BH and 2BH show an enhanced propensity toward the interaction with histidine, and their activation Gibbs free energies are calculated to be 15.9 and 18.9 kcal/mol, respectively. ONIOM (QM/MM) study of the resulting aquated complexes inside histone protein shows the maximum stability of the 2BH complex having a binding energy of -43.6 kcal/mol.
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- Department of Chemistry, Assam University, Silchar-788011, Assam, India.,Department of Chemistry, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Adarsha Mahavidyalaya (PDUAM), Eraligool, Karimganj-788723, Assam, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Patharkandi College, Karimganj-788724, Assam, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Assam University, Silchar-788011, Assam, India
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Lucaciu RL, Hangan AC, Sevastre B, Oprean LS. Metallo-Drugs in Cancer Therapy: Past, Present and Future. Molecules 2022; 27:6485. [PMID: 36235023 PMCID: PMC9572156 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27196485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 09/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Cancer treatments which include conventional chemotherapy have not proven very successful in curing human malignancies. The failures of these treatment modalities include inherent resistance, systemic toxicity and severe side effects. Out of 50% patients administrated to chemotherapy, only 5% survive. For these reasons, the identification of new drug designs and therapeutic strategies that could target cancer cells while leaving normal cells unaffected still continues to be a challenge. Despite advances that have led to the development of new therapies, treatment options are still limited for many types of cancers. This review provides an overview of platinum, copper and ruthenium metal based anticancer drugs in clinical trials and in vitro/in vivo studies. Presumably, copper and ruthenium complexes have greater potential than Pt(II) complexes, showing reduced toxicity, a new mechanism of action, a different spectrum of activity and the possibility of non-cross-resistance. We focus the discussion towards past, present and future aspects.
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- Roxana Liana Lucaciu
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry and Clinical Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Iuliu-Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania or
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Iuliu-Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Clinic Department, Faculty of Veterinary Madicine, University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Iuliu-Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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The X-ray crystal structures, molecular docking and biological activities of two novel Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes with a ligand having a potentially N4O2 donor set and two nitro phenyl rings as pendant arms. J Inorg Biochem 2022; 235:111910. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.111910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Revised: 06/12/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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In Vitro and In Vivo Relevant Antineoplastic Activity of Platinum(II) Complexes toward Triple-Negative MDA-MB-231 Breast Cancer Cell Line. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14102013. [PMID: 36297448 PMCID: PMC9609024 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14102013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Revised: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Two platinum complexes [Pt(HL3)Cl]·H2O (3) and [Pt(HL4)Cl]·H2O (4) containing α- and β-naphthyl groups, respectively, were investigated in more detail in vitro and in vivo for antineoplastic activity. The cytotoxicity activity induced by these platinum(II) compounds against breast cancer (MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7), lung (A549), prostate (PC3), pancreas (BXPC-3), and normal peripheral blood mononuclear (PBMC) cells were evaluated by MTT assay. The cell viability MTT assay showed that complex (4) was more cytotoxic to all cancer cell lines tested and less cytotoxic against human PBMC. Therefore, complex (4) was selected to further investigate the mechanism of cytotoxic effects involved against MDA-MB-231 cell line (human triple-negative breast cancer). Sub-G1 analysis of the cell cycle showed that this complex induces cell death by apoptosis due to the cell loss of DNA content detected in flow cytometry. The cytotoxic effect induced by complex (4) was associated with the capability of the complex to induce mitochondrial membrane depolarization, as well as increase ROS levels and caspase activation, as a result of the activation of both extrinsic and intrinsic apoptosis pathways. Ultrastructural alterations were observed using scanning and transmission electron microscopy (SEM and TEM), such as membrane blebbing, filopodia reduction, empty mitochondrial matrix, and DNA fragmentation. Furthermore, complex (4) was tested in an MDA-MB-231 tumor nodule xenograft murine model and demonstrated a remarkable reduction in tumor size in BALB/c nude mice, when compared to the control animals.
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Shahabadi N, Hadidi S. Cu(I)-Phospine complex exhibits temperature-dependent DNA intercalative binding: Insights from spectroscopic and molecular modeling studies. Inorganica Chim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2022.121192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Wang Z, Li J, Lin G, He Z, Wang Y. Metal complex-based liposomes: Applications and prospects in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics. J Control Release 2022; 348:1066-1088. [PMID: 35718211 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Metal complexes are of increasing interest as pharmaceutical agents in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics, while some of them suffer from issues such as limited water solubility and severe systemic toxicity. These drawbacks severely hampered their efficacy and clinical applications. Liposomes hold promise as delivery vehicles for constructing metal complex-based liposomes to maximize the therapeutic efficacy and minimize the side effects of metal complexes. This review provides an overview on the latest advances of metal complex-based liposomal delivery systems. First, the development of metal complex-mediated liposomal encapsulation is briefly introduced. Next, applications of metal complex-based liposomes in a variety of fields are overviewed, where drug delivery, cancer imaging (single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), positron emission tomography (PET), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)), and cancer therapy (chemotherapy, phototherapy, and radiotherapy) were involved. Moreover, the potential toxicity, action of toxic mechanisms, immunological effects of metal complexes as well as the advantages of metal complex-liposomes in this content are also discussed. In the end, the future expectations and challenges of metal complex-based liposomes in clinical cancer therapy are tentatively proposed.
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- Zhaomeng Wang
- Wuya College of Innovation, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Wuya College of Innovation, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan 250000, PR China
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- Wuya College of Innovation, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China.
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- Wuya College of Innovation, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China.
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Trigulova KR, Shamsieva AV, Kasimov AI, Litvinov IA, Amerhanova SK, Voloshina AD, Musina EI, Karasik AA. Copper(ii) and manganese(ii) complexes based on a new N,O-chelating ligand bearing the 1,3,5-diazaphosphorinane moiety. Russ Chem Bull 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11172-022-3547-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Churusova SG, Aleksanyan DV, Rybalkina EY, Gutsul EI, Peregudov AS, Klemenkova ZS, Nelyubina YV, Buyanovskaya AG, Kozlov VA. Pincer–dipeptide and pseudodipeptide conjugates: Synthesis and bioactivity studies. J Inorg Biochem 2022; 235:111908. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.111908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Finko AV, Guk DA, Saakian AS, Moiseeva AA, Tafeenko VA, Shiryaeva ES, Pergushov VI, Ya Melnikov M, Komlev AS, Beloglazkin AA, Borisov RS, Zyk NV, Majouga AG, Beloglazkina EK. Structurally similar mixed-valent coordination compounds formed during the interaction of bis-5-pyridylmethylene-2-thioimidazolone with CuBr2 и CuCl2. Polyhedron 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2022.115998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Fuior A, Cebotari D, Haouas M, Marrot J, Espallargas GM, Guérineau V, Touboul D, Rusnac RV, Gulea A, Floquet S. Synthesis, Structures, and Solution Studies of a New Class of [Mo 2O 2S 2]-Based Thiosemicarbazone Coordination Complexes. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:16547-16560. [PMID: 35601294 PMCID: PMC9118386 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c00705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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This paper deals with the synthesis, structural studies, and behavior in solution of unprecedented coordination complexes built by the association of a panel of 14 representative thiosemicarbazone ligands with the cluster [Mo2O2S2]2+. These complexes have been thoroughly characterized both in the solid state and in solution by XRD and by NMR, respectively. In particular, HMBC 1H{15N} and 1H DOSY NMR experiments bring important elements for understanding the complexes' behavior in solution. These studies demonstrate that playing on the nature and the position of various substituents on the ligands strongly influences the coordination modes of the ligands as well as the numbers of isomers in solution, mainly 2 products for the majority of complexes and up to 5 for some of them.
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- Arcadie Fuior
- Institut
Lavoisier de Versailles, CNRS UMR 8180, Univ. Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Université Paris-Saclay, 45 av. des Etats-Unis, 78035 Cedex Versailles, France
- State
University of Moldova, Chişinău 2009, Republic of Moldova
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- Institut
Lavoisier de Versailles, CNRS UMR 8180, Univ. Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Université Paris-Saclay, 45 av. des Etats-Unis, 78035 Cedex Versailles, France
- State
University of Moldova, Chişinău 2009, Republic of Moldova
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- Institut
Lavoisier de Versailles, CNRS UMR 8180, Univ. Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Université Paris-Saclay, 45 av. des Etats-Unis, 78035 Cedex Versailles, France
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- Institut
Lavoisier de Versailles, CNRS UMR 8180, Univ. Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Université Paris-Saclay, 45 av. des Etats-Unis, 78035 Cedex Versailles, France
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- Institut
de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR2301, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Cedex Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut
de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR2301, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Cedex Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- State
University of Moldova, Chişinău 2009, Republic of Moldova
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- State
University of Moldova, Chişinău 2009, Republic of Moldova
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- Institut
Lavoisier de Versailles, CNRS UMR 8180, Univ. Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Université Paris-Saclay, 45 av. des Etats-Unis, 78035 Cedex Versailles, France
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Ferraro MG, Piccolo M, Misso G, Santamaria R, Irace C. Bioactivity and Development of Small Non-Platinum Metal-Based Chemotherapeutics. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14050954. [PMID: 35631543 PMCID: PMC9147010 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14050954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2022] [Revised: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Countless expectations converge in the multidisciplinary endeavour for the search and development of effective and safe drugs in fighting cancer. Although they still embody a minority of the pharmacological agents currently in clinical use, metal-based complexes have great yet unexplored potential, which probably hides forthcoming anticancer drugs. Following the historical success of cisplatin and congeners, but also taking advantage of conventional chemotherapy limitations that emerged with applications in the clinic, the design and development of non-platinum metal-based chemotherapeutics, either as drugs or prodrugs, represents a rapidly evolving field wherein candidate compounds can be fine-tuned to access interactions with druggable biological targets. Moving in this direction, over the last few decades platinum family metals, e.g., ruthenium and palladium, have been largely proposed. Indeed, transition metals and molecular platforms where they originate are endowed with unique chemical and biological features based on, but not limited to, redox activity and coordination geometries, as well as ligand selection (including their inherent reactivity and bioactivity). Herein, current applications and progress in metal-based chemoth are reviewed. Converging on the recent literature, new attractive chemotherapeutics based on transition metals other than platinum—and their bioactivity and mechanisms of action—are examined and discussed. A special focus is committed to anticancer agents based on ruthenium, palladium, rhodium, and iridium, but also to gold derivatives, for which more experimental data are nowadays available. Next to platinum-based agents, ruthenium-based candidate drugs were the first to reach the stage of clinical evaluation in humans, opening new scenarios for the development of alternative chemotherapeutic options to treat cancer.
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- Maria Grazia Ferraro
- BioChemLab, Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy; (M.G.F.); (M.P.); (R.S.)
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- BioChemLab, Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy; (M.G.F.); (M.P.); (R.S.)
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- Department of Precision Medicine, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy
- Correspondence: (G.M.); (C.I.)
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- BioChemLab, Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy; (M.G.F.); (M.P.); (R.S.)
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- BioChemLab, Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy; (M.G.F.); (M.P.); (R.S.)
- Correspondence: (G.M.); (C.I.)
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Abdel-Rahman LH, Shaker S. Adam M, Al-Zaqri N, Shehata MR, El-Sayed Ahmed H, Mohamed SK. Synthesis, characterization, biological and docking studies of ZrO(II), VO(II) and Zn(II) complexes of a halogenated tetra-dentate Schiff base. ARAB J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2022.103737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Sharma S. A, N. V, Kar B, Das U, Paira P. Target-specific mononuclear and binuclear rhenium( i) tricarbonyl complexes as upcoming anticancer drugs. RSC Adv 2022; 12:20264-20295. [PMID: 35919594 PMCID: PMC9281374 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra03434d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Metal complexes have gradually been attracting interest from researchers worldwide as potential cancer therapeutics. Driven by the many side effects of the popular platinum-based anticancer drug cisplatin, the tireless endeavours of researchers have afforded strategies for the design of appropriate metal complexes with minimal side effects compared to cisplatin and its congeners to limit the unrestricted propagation of cancer. In this regard, transition metal complexes, especially rhenium-based complexes are being identified and highlighted as promising cancer theranostics, which are endowed with the ability to detect and annihilate cancer cells in the body. This is attributed the amazing photophysical properties of rhenium complexes together with their ability to selectively attack different organelles in cancer cells. Therefore, this review presents the properties of different rhenium-based complexes to highlight their recent advances as anticancer agents based on their cytotoxicity results. In this review, rhenium-based complexes are highlighted as promising cancer theranostics, which are endowed with the ability to detect and annihilate cancer cells in the body.![]()
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- Ajay Sharma S.
- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore-632014, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore-632014, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore-632014, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore-632014, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore-632014, Tamil Nadu, India
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Safety and Efficacy Evaluation In Vivo of a Cationic Nucleolipid Nanosystem for the Nanodelivery of a Ruthenium(III) Complex with Superior Anticancer Bioactivity. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13205164. [PMID: 34680314 PMCID: PMC8534243 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13205164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Simple Summary The availability of selective, effective, and safe anticancer agents is a major challenge in the field of cancer research. As part of a multidisciplinary research project, in recent years our group has proposed an original class of nanomaterials for the delivery of new anticancer drugs based on ruthenium(III) complexes. In cellular models, these nanosystems have been shown to be effective in counteracting growth and proliferation of human breast cancer cells. Compared to conventional metallochemotherapeutics such as platinum-based agents whose clinical practice is associated with serious undesirable effects, ruthenium complexes share improved biochemical profiles making them more selective towards cancer cells and less cytotoxic to healthy cells. Their combination with biocompatible nanocarriers further enhances these promising features, as here showcased by our research carried out in an animal model which underscores the efficacy and safety in vivo of one of our most promising ruthenium-based nanosystems. Abstract Selectivity and efficacy towards target cancer cells, as well as biocompatibility, are current challenges of advanced chemotherapy powering the discovery of unconventional metal-based drugs and the search for novel therapeutic approaches. Among second-generation metal-based chemotherapeutics, ruthenium complexes have demonstrated promising anticancer activity coupled to minimal toxicity profiles and peculiar biochemical features. In this context, our research group has recently focused on a bioactive Ru(III) complex—named AziRu—incorporated into a suite of ad hoc designed nucleolipid nanosystems to ensure its chemical stability and delivery. Indeed, we proved that the structure and properties of decorated nucleolipids can have a major impact on the anticancer activity of the ruthenium core. Moving in this direction, here we describe a preclinical study performed by a mouse xenograft model of human breast cancer to establish safety and efficacy in vivo of a cationic Ru(III)-based nucleolipid formulation, named HoThyRu/DOTAP, endowed with superior antiproliferative activity. The results show a remarkable reduction in tumour with no evidence of animal suffering. Blood diagnostics, as well as biochemical analysis in both acute and chronic treated animal groups, demonstrate a good tolerability profile at the therapeutic regimen, with 100% of mice survival and no indication of toxicity. In addition, ruthenium plasma concentration analysis and tissue bioaccumulation were determined via appropriate sampling and ICP-MS analysis. Overall, this study supports both the efficacy of our Ru-containing nanosystem versus a human breast cancer model and its safety in vivo through well-tolerated animal biological responses, envisaging a possible forthcoming use in clinical trials.
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Golub P, Antalik A, Veis L, Brabec J. Machine Learning-Assisted Selection of Active Spaces for Strongly Correlated Transition Metal Systems. J Chem Theory Comput 2021; 17:6053-6072. [PMID: 34570505 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Active space quantum chemical methods could provide very accurate description of strongly correlated electronic systems, which is of tremendous value for natural sciences. The proper choice of the active space is crucial but a nontrivial task. In this article, we present a neural network-based approach for automatic selection of active spaces, focused on transition metal systems. The training set has been formed from artificial systems composed of one transition metal and various ligands, on which we have performed the density matrix renormalization group and calculated the single-site entropy. On the selected set of systems, ranging from small benchmark molecules up to larger challenging systems involving two metallic centers, we demonstrate that our machine learning models could predict the active space orbitals with reasonable accuracy. We also tested the transferability on out-of-the-model systems, including bimetallic complexes and complexes with ligands, which were not involved in the training set. Also, we tested the correctness of the automatically selected active spaces on a Fe(II)-porphyrin model, where we studied the lowest states at the DMRG level and compared the energy difference between spin states or the energy difference between conformations of ferrocene with recent studies.
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- Pavlo Golub
- J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejskova 3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejskova 3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejskova 3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejskova 3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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Zhou L, Liu H, Liu K, Wei S. Gold Compounds and the Anticancer Immune Response. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:739481. [PMID: 34588987 PMCID: PMC8473785 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.739481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Gold compounds are not only well-explored for cytotoxic effects on tumors, but are also known to interact with the cancer immune system. The immune system deploys innate and adaptive mechanisms to protect against pathogens and prevent malignant transformation. The combined action of gold compounds with the activated immune system has shown promising results in cancer therapy through in vivo and in vitro experiments. Gold compounds are known to induce innate immune responses; however, these responses may contribute to adaptive immune responses. Gold compounds play the role of a major hapten that acts synergistically in innate immunity. Gold compounds support cancer cell antigenicity and promote anti-tumor immune response by inducing the release of CRT, ATP, HMGB1, HSP, and NKG2D to enhance immunogenicity. Gold compounds affect various immune cells (including suppressor regulatory T cells), inhibit myeloid derived suppressor cells, and enhance the function and number of dendritic cells. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have potential for improving the effect of immunotherapy and reducing the toxicity and side effects of the treatment process. Thus, AuNPs provide an ideal opportunity for exploring the combination of anticancer gold compounds and immunotherapeutic interventions.
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- Ling Zhou
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Dorairaj DP, Lin YF, Haribabu J, Murugan T, Narwane M, Karvembu R, Neelakantan MA, Kao CL, Chiu CC, Hsu SCN. Binding mode transformation and biological activity on the Ru(II)-DMSO complexes bearing heterocyclic pyrazolyl ligands. J Inorg Biochem 2021; 223:111545. [PMID: 34303108 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2021.111545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Three Ru(II)-DMSO complexes (1-3) containing 2-(3-pyrazolyl)pyridine (PzPy), 2-pyrazol-3-ylfuran (PzO), or 2-pyrazol-3-ylthiophene (PzS) ligand, were synthesized and characterized. The monodentate coordination of the heterocyclic pyrazolyl ligand (PzPy) with Ru(II) ion via N atom was confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Complex 1 could be converted to the known η2-bidentate PzPy complex cis(Cl), cis(S)-[RuCl2(PzPy)(DMSO)2] (4) under reflux conditions. The mechanism underlying binding mode transformation was studied by 1H NMR spectroscopy and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The binding abilities of the complexes (1-4) with calf-thymus (CT) DNA and bovine serum albumin (BSA) were investigated using spectroscopic and molecular docking techniques. Among the four Ru(II) complexes, complexes 1 and 3 inhibited the long-term proliferation of human breast cancer cells, whereas complexes 2 and 4 did not inhibit their proliferation to a considerable extent. Interestingly, complexes 1 and 3 did not induce significant cell death but rather attenuated the clonogenicity of breast cancer cells by upregulating reactive oxygen species (ROS), endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and autophagic stress.
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- Dorothy Priyanka Dorairaj
- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Drug Development and Value Creation Research Centre, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan; Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 620 015, India
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- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Drug Development and Value Creation Research Centre, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan; Department of Fragrance and Cosmetic Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Drug Development and Value Creation Research Centre, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan; Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 620 015, India
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- Chemistry Research Centre, National Engineering College, K.R. Nagar, Kovilpatti, 628503 Thoothukudi District, Tamilnadu, India
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- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Drug Development and Value Creation Research Centre, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 620 015, India
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- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Drug Development and Value Creation Research Centre, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Department of Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.
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- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Drug Development and Value Creation Research Centre, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Department of Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.
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Pyrazole-based trinuclear and mononuclear complexes: synthesis, characterization, DNA interactions and cytotoxicity studies. TRANSIT METAL CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11243-021-00466-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Hopff SM, Wang Q, Frias C, Ahrweiler M, Wilke N, Wilke N, Berkessel A, Prokop A. A metal-free salalen ligand with anti-tumor and synergistic activity in resistant leukemia and solid tumor cells via mitochondrial pathway. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2021; 147:2591-2607. [PMID: 34213662 PMCID: PMC8310854 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-021-03679-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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PURPOSE Since the discovery of the well-known cis-platin, transition metal complexes are highly recognized as cytostatic agents. However, toxic side effects of the metal ions present in the complexes may pose significant problems for their future development. Therefore, we investigated the metal-free salalen ligand WQF 044. METHODS DNA fragmentations in leukemia (Nalm6) and solid tumor cells (BJAB, MelHO, MCF-7, RM82) proved the apoptotic effects of WQF 044, its overcoming of resistances and the cellular pathways that are affected by the substance. The apoptotic mechanisms finding were supported by western blot analysis, measurement of the mitochondrial membrane potential and polymerase chain reactions. RESULTS A complex intervention in the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis with a Bcl-2 and caspase dependence was observed. Additionally, a wide range of tumors were affected by the ligand in a low micromolar range in-vitro. The compound overcame multidrug resistances in P-gp over-expressed acute lymphoblastic leukemia and CD95-downregulated Ewing's sarcoma cells. Quite remarkable synergistic effects with vincristine were observed in Burkitt-like lymphoma cells. CONCLUSION The investigation of a metal-free salalen ligand as a potential anti-cancer drug revealed in promising results for a future clinical use.
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- Sina M Hopff
- Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Municipal Clinics of Cologne, Children's Hospital of the City Cologne, Amsterdamer Straße 59, 50735, Cologne, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstraße 4, 50939, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Municipal Clinics of Cologne, Children's Hospital of the City Cologne, Amsterdamer Straße 59, 50735, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Municipal Clinics of Cologne, Children's Hospital of the City Cologne, Amsterdamer Straße 59, 50735, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Municipal Clinics of Cologne, Children's Hospital of the City Cologne, Amsterdamer Straße 59, 50735, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Municipal Clinics of Cologne, Children's Hospital of the City Cologne, Amsterdamer Straße 59, 50735, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstraße 4, 50939, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Municipal Clinics of Cologne, Children's Hospital of the City Cologne, Amsterdamer Straße 59, 50735, Cologne, Germany
- Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Helios Clinic Schwerin, Wismarsche Straße 393-397, 19055, Schwerin, Germany
- Medical School Hamburg (MSH), University of Applied Sciences and Medical University, Am Kaiserkai 1, 20457, Hamburg, Germany
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Almeida JDC, Silva RT, Zanetti RD, Moreira MB, Portes MC, Polloni L, de Vasconcelos Azevedo FV, Von Poelhsitz G, Pivatto M, Netto AV, Ávila VDMR, Manieri KF, Pavan FR, Da Costa Ferreira AM, Guerra W. DNA interactions, antitubercular and cytotoxic activity of heteroleptic CuII complexes containing 1,10-phenanthroline. J Mol Struct 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.130234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Pacheco M, Alvarez N, Cuevas A, Romerosa A, Lloret F, Kremer C. Crystal structure and magnetic study of the complex salt [RuCp(PTA) 2-μ-CN-1κ C:2κ N-RuCp(PTA) 2][Re(NO)Br 4(EtOH) 0.5(MeOH) 0.5]. Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun 2021; 77:749-754. [PMID: 34513024 PMCID: PMC8382050 DOI: 10.1107/s2056989021006381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A new RuII-ReII complex salt, μ-cyanido-κ2 C:N-bis-[(η5-cyclo-penta-dien-yl)bis(3,5,7-tri-aza-phosphaadamantane-κP)ruthenium(II)] tetra-bromido-(ethanol/methanol-κO)nitrosylrhenate(II), [Ru(CN)(C5H5)2(C6H12N3P)4][ReBr4(NO)(CH4O)0.5(C2H6O)0.5] or [RuCp(PTA)2-μ-CN-1κC:2κ2 N-RuCp(PTA)2][Re(NO)Br4(EtOH)0.5(MeOH)0.5] (PTA = 3,5,7-tri-aza-phosphaadaman-tane) was obtained and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, elemental analysis and infrared spectroscopy. The title salt was obtained by liquid-liquid diffusion of methanol/DMSO solutions of (NBu4)[Re(NO)Br4(EtOH)] and [(PTA)2CpRu-μ-CN-1κC:2κ2 N-RuCp(PTA)2](CF3SO3). The RuII and ReII independent moieties correspond to a binuclear and mononuclear complex ion, respectively. A deep geometrical parameter analysis was performed, and no significant differences were found with earlier reports containing similar mol-ecules. The magnetic properties were investigated in the temperature range 2.0-300 K, and the complex behaves as a quasi-magnetically isolated spin doublet with weak anti-ferromagnetic inter-actions.
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- Mario Pacheco
- Area Quimica Inorganica, Facultad de Quimica, Universidad de la República, 11800, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Area Quimica Inorganica, Facultad de Quimica, Universidad de la República, 11800, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Area Quimica Inorganica, Facultad de Quimica, Universidad de la República, 11800, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Area de Quimica Inorganica-CIESOL, Universidad de Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular, Universidad de Valencia, C/ Catedratico Jose, Beltran 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Area Quimica Inorganica, Facultad de Quimica, Universidad de la República, 11800, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Păunescu E, Boubaker G, Desiatkina O, Anghel N, Amdouni Y, Hemphill A, Furrer J. The quest of the best - A SAR study of trithiolato-bridged dinuclear Ruthenium(II)-Arene compounds presenting antiparasitic properties. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 222:113610. [PMID: 34144354 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A structure activity relationship (SAR) study of a library of 56 compounds (54 ruthenium and 2 osmium derivatives) based on the trithiolato-bridged dinuclear ruthenium(II)-arene scaffold (general formula [(η6-arene)2Ru2(μ2-SR)3]+, symmetric and [(η6-arene)2Ru2(μ2-SR1)2(μ2-SR2)]+, mixed, respectively) is reported. The 56 compounds (of which 34 are newly designed drug candidates) were synthesized by introducing chemical modifications at the level of bridge thiols, and they were grouped into eight families according to their structural features. The selected fittings were guided by previous results and focused on a fine-tuning of the physico-chemical and steric properties. Newly synthesized complexes were characterized by NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and elemental analysis, and four single-crystal X-ray structures were obtained. The in vitro biological assessment of the compounds was realized by applying a three-step screening cascade: (i) evaluation of the activity against Toxoplasma gondii RH strain tachyzoites expressing β-galactosidase (T. gondii-β-gal) grown in human foreskin fibroblast monolayers (HFF) and assessment of toxicity in non-infected HFF host cells; (ii) dose-response assays using selected compound, and (iii) studies on the effects in murine splenocytes. A primary screening was performed at 1 and 0.1 μM, and resulted in the selection of 39 compounds that inhibited parasite proliferation at 1 μM by more than 95% and reduced the viability of HFF by less than 49%. In the secondary screening, dose-response assays showed that the selected compounds exhibited half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) values for T. gondii-β-gal between 0.01 μM and 0.45 μM, with 30 compounds displaying an IC50 lower than 0.1 μM. When applied to non-infected HFF monolayers at 2.5 μM, 8 compounds caused more than 90% and 31 compounds more than 30% viability impairment. The tertiary screening included 14 compounds that did not cause HFF viability loss higher than 50% at 2.5 μM. These derivatives were assessed for potential immunosuppressive activities. First, splenocyte viability was assessed after treatment of cells with concanavalin A (ConA) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) with compounds applied at 0.1 and 0.5 μM. Subsequently, the 5 compounds exhibiting the lowest splenocyte toxicity were further evaluated for their potential to inhibit B and T cell proliferation. Overall, compound 55 [(η6-p-MeC6H4Pri)2Ru2(μ2-SC6H4-o-CF3)2(μ2-SC6H4-p-OH)]Cl exhibited the most favorable features, and will be investigated as a scaffold for further optimization in terms of anti-parasitic efficacy and drug-like properties.
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- Emilia Păunescu
- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Länggass-Strasse 122, 3012, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Länggass-Strasse 122, 3012, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Länggass-Strasse 122, 3012, Bern, Switzerland; Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Université de la Manouba, Institution de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles, École Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire de Sidi Thabet, Sidi Thabet, 2020, Tunisia
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- Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Länggass-Strasse 122, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
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Sharma P, Sarma P, Frontera A, Barceló-Oliver M, Verma AK, Sarma B, Barthakur T, Bhattacharyya MK. Energetically significant cooperative π-stacked ternary assemblies in Ni(II) phenanthroline compounds involving discrete water clusters: Anticancer activities and theoretical studies. J Mol Struct 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.129486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Fan YR, Wang BJ, Jia DG, Yang XB, Huang Y. Synthesis, electrochemistry, DNA binding and in vitro cytotoxic activity of tripodal ferrocenyl bis-naphthalimide derivatives. J Inorg Biochem 2021; 219:111425. [PMID: 33831713 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2021.111425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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A series of tripodal ferrocenyl bis-naphthalimide derivatives were synthesized and characterized. All of the bis-naphthalimide derivatives exhibited good DNA binding ability which was confirmed by ethidium bromide (EB) displacement experiment and ultraviolet (UV)-visible absorption titration. And the binding mode of these compounds was proved to be a hybrid binding mode by experiments. The cytotoxicity of synthesized compounds against 4 different human cancer cell lines (EC109, BGC823, SGC7901 and HEPG2) was evaluated by thiazolyl blue tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. All of the bis-naphthalimide derivatives exhibited good anticancer activity than the positive control drug (amonafide), which was due to the promotion of reactive oxygen species (ROS) level in test cancer cells by the reversible one-electron redox process of ferrocenyl bis-naphthalimide derivatives. Although there was no obvious relationship between the binding constants and the chain length, the structure cytotoxicity relationship revealed that the linker of n = 3, m = 1 was the best choice for the tested tripodol bis-naphthalimide derivatives. SYNOPSIS: A series of tripodal ferrocenyl bis-naphthalimide derivatives were synthesized to study the DNA binding ability and the cytotoxicity induced by reactive oxygen species. All of the compounds exhibited good DNA binding ability. And the structure cytotoxicity relationship revealed that the structure of 5h was the best choice.
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- Yan-Ru Fan
- Key Laboratory of Hui Ethnic Medicine Modernization, Ministry of Education, Ningxia Engineering and Technology Research Center of Characteristic Chinese Medicine Modernization, College of Pharmacy, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Hui Ethnic Medicine Modernization, Ministry of Education, Ningxia Engineering and Technology Research Center of Characteristic Chinese Medicine Modernization, College of Pharmacy, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Hui Ethnic Medicine Modernization, Ministry of Education, Ningxia Engineering and Technology Research Center of Characteristic Chinese Medicine Modernization, College of Pharmacy, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, PR China
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- Southwest University, Rongchang Campus, Chongqing 402460, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Hui Ethnic Medicine Modernization, Ministry of Education, Ningxia Engineering and Technology Research Center of Characteristic Chinese Medicine Modernization, College of Pharmacy, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, PR China.
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Design and biological evaluations of mono- and di-nuclear copper(II) complexes: Nuclease activity, cytotoxicity and apoptosis. Polyhedron 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2020.114880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Jana NC, Jagličić Z, Brandão P, Adak S, Saha A, Panja A. A novel triple aqua-, phenoxo- and carboxylato-bridged dinickel( ii) complex, its magnetic properties, and comparative biomimetic catalytic studies with analogous dinickel( ii) complexes. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj00708d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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A unique triply bridged dinickel(ii) complex and two doubly bridged dinickel(ii) complexes are reported, and their magnetic properties and comparative biomimetic catalytic performances are studied.
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- Narayan Ch. Jana
- Department of Chemistry
- Panskura Banamali College
- Panskura RS
- India
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- Institute of Mathematics
- Physics and Mechanics & Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering
- University of Ljubljana
- 1000 Ljubljana
- Slovenia
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- Department of Chemistry
- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials
- University of Aveiro
- 3810-193 Aveiro
- Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry
- Panskura Banamali College
- Panskura RS
- India
- Department of Chemistry
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- Department of Chemistry
- Jadavpur University
- Kolkata-700032
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Panskura Banamali College
- Panskura RS
- India
- Department of Chemistry
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Pal M, Musib D, Roy M. Transition metal complexes as potential tools against SARS-CoV-2: an in silicoapproach. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj04578k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Screening of selected transition metal-based antiviral agents,in silico, predicted the potential inhibition of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) of SARS-CoV-2 which emerged as the potential drug candidate for COVID-19.
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- Maynak Pal
- Department of Chemistry
- National Institute of Technology Manipur
- Imphal
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- National Institute of Technology Manipur
- Imphal
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- National Institute of Technology Manipur
- Imphal
- India
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Cheu EL, Huxham LA, Patrick BO, Ezhova MB, James BR. Aqueous chemistry of ruthenium(II) complexes containing dimethylsulfoxide, and a chelated disulfoxide ligand or a cyclotetrathia ligand. Inorganica Chim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2020.119866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Guk D, Naumov A, Krasnovskaya O, Tafeenko V, Moiseeeva A, Pergushov V, Melnikov M, Zyk N, Majouga A, Belolglazkina E. Three types of copper derivatives formed by CuCl 2·2H 2O interaction with ( Z)-3-aryl-2-(methylthio)-5-(pyridine-2-ylmethylene)-3,5-dihydro-4 H-imidazol-4-ones. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:14528-14535. [PMID: 33048098 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt02817g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The reactions of (Z)-3-aryl-2-(methylthio)-5-(pyridine-2-ylmethylene)-3,5-dihydro-4H-imidazol-4-ones (3) with CuCl2·2H2O in the presence of a reducing solvent (alcohol or dimethylformamide (DMF)) produce three types of Cu-containing compounds: two Cu complexes with a composition of CuII(3)Cl2 (4) and CuI(3)Cl (5) as well as a salt (3 + H)+CuICl2- (6) in a 4 : 5 : 6 ratio depending on the substituent at the N(3) nitrogen atom of the ligand moiety. In non-reducing solvents (dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and CHCl3/acetone), only complexes 4 were formed, All three Cu derivatives (4, 5, and 6) were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, UV/vis spectroscopy, and electrochemistry data. Convenient electrochemical and UV-vis spectral criteria were recorded, which made it possible to distinguish between the different Cu-containing compounds. Based on the electron spectroscopy and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) data, a possible scheme for the formation of compounds 4-6 was proposed, including the initial coordination of copper(ii) chloride with an organic ligand, the subsequent reduction of the resulting complex 4 by DMF with the formation of salt 6, and the further transition of salt 6 into the complex 5.
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- Dmitry Guk
- Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Leninskie gory 1-3, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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- Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Leninskie gory 1-3, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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- Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Leninskie gory 1-3, Moscow 119991, Russia. and National University of Science and Technology "MISiS", Leninskiy pr. 4, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Leninskie gory 1-3, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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- Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Leninskie gory 1-3, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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- Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Leninskie gory 1-3, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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- Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Leninskie gory 1-3, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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- Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Leninskie gory 1-3, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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- Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Leninskie gory 1-3, Moscow 119991, Russia. and National University of Science and Technology "MISiS", Leninskiy pr. 4, Moscow 119991, Russia and Chemistry Department, Dmitry Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Miusskaya sq. 9, Moscow 125047, Russia
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- Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Leninskie gory 1-3, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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Liu B, Gao Y, Jabed MA, Kilina S, Liu G, Sun W. Lysosome Targeting Bis-terpyridine Ruthenium(II) Complexes: Photophysical Properties and In Vitro Photodynamic Therapy. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2020; 3:6025-6038. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c00647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [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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- Bingqing Liu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108-6050, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108-6050, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108-6050, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108-6050, United States
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Liu R, Yan H, Jiang J, Li J, Liang X, Yang D, Pan L, Xie T, Ma Z. Synthesis, Characterization, Photoluminescence, Molecular Docking and Bioactivity of Zinc (II) Compounds Based on Different Substituents. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25153459. [PMID: 32751372 PMCID: PMC7436059 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25153459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Six new zinc(II) complexes were prepared by the reaction of ZnBr2 or ZnI2 with 4′-(substituted-phenyl)-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine compounds, bearing p-methylsulfonyl (L1), p-methoxy (L2) and p-methyl (L3), which were characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, NMR and single crystal X-ray diffraction. The antiproliferative properties against Eca-109, A549 and Bel-7402 cell lines and the cytotoxicity test on RAW-264.7 of these compounds were monitored using a CCK-8 assay, and the studies indicate that the complexes show higher antiproliferative activities than cisplatin. The interactions of these complexes with CT-DNA and proteins (BSA) were studied by UV-Vis, circular dichroism (CD) and fluorescent spectroscopy, respectively. The results indicate that the interaction of these zinc(II) complexes with CT-DNA is achieved through intercalative binding, and their strong binding affinity to BSA is fulfilled through a static quenching mechanism. The simulation of the complexes with the CT-DNA fragment and BSA was studied by using molecular docking software. It further validates that the complexes interact with DNA through intercalative binding mode and that they have a strong interaction with BSA.
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- Rongping Liu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, Guangxi, China; (R.L.); (J.J.); (J.L.); (X.L.)
- National Engineering Research Center for Non-Food Biorefinery, State Key Laboratory of Non-Food Biomass and Enzyme Technology, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning 530004, Guangxi, China
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- School of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, Guangxi, China;
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, Guangxi, China; (R.L.); (J.J.); (J.L.); (X.L.)
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, Guangxi, China; (R.L.); (J.J.); (J.L.); (X.L.)
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, Guangxi, China; (R.L.); (J.J.); (J.L.); (X.L.)
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Marine Natural Products and Combinatorial Biosynthesis Chemistry, Guangxi Beibu Gulf Marine Research Center, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning 530004, Guangxi, China;
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- National Engineering Research Center for Non-Food Biorefinery, State Key Laboratory of Non-Food Biomass and Enzyme Technology, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning 530004, Guangxi, China
- Correspondence: (L.P.); (T.X.); (Z.M.); Tel.: +86-0771-250-3980 (L.P.)
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- School of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, Guangxi, China;
- Correspondence: (L.P.); (T.X.); (Z.M.); Tel.: +86-0771-250-3980 (L.P.)
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, Guangxi, China; (R.L.); (J.J.); (J.L.); (X.L.)
- Correspondence: (L.P.); (T.X.); (Z.M.); Tel.: +86-0771-250-3980 (L.P.)
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Odachowski M, Marschner C, Blom B. A review on 1,1-bis(diphenylphosphino)methane bridged homo- and heterobimetallic complexes for anticancer applications: Synthesis, structure, and cytotoxicity. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 204:112613. [PMID: 32784095 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2020] [Revised: 06/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Herein, we review developments in synthesis, structure, and biological (anti-cancer) activities of 1,1-bis(diphenylphosphino)methane (dppm) bridged homo- and heterobimetallic systems of the type LmM(μ2-dppm)M'Ln (M and M' are transition metals which may be different or the same and Ln,m are co-ligands) since the first such reported bimetallic system in 1987 until the present time (2020). As the simplest diphosphine, dppm enables facile formation of bimetallic complexes, where, given the short spacer between the PPh2 groups, close spatial proximity of the metal centres is ensured. We concentrate on complexes bearing no M-M interaction and contrast biological activities of these complexes with mononuclear counterparts and positive control agents such as cisplatin, in an attempt to elucidate patterns in the biological activities of these complexes.
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- Matylda Odachowski
- Maastricht Science Programme, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University, Kapoenstraat 2, PO Box 616, 6200, MD, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010, Graz, Austria
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- Maastricht Science Programme, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University, Kapoenstraat 2, PO Box 616, 6200, MD, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
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Fadzen CM, Wolfe JM, Zhou W, Cho CF, von Spreckelsen N, Hutchinson KT, Lee YC, Chiocca EA, Lawler SE, Yilmaz OH, Lippard SJ, Pentelute BL. A Platinum(IV) Prodrug-Perfluoroaryl Macrocyclic Peptide Conjugate Enhances Platinum Uptake in the Brain. J Med Chem 2020; 63:6741-6747. [PMID: 32410451 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Effective delivery to the brain limits the development of novel glioblastoma therapies. Here, we introduce conjugation between platinum(IV) prodrugs of cisplatin and perfluoroaryl peptide macrocycles to increase brain uptake. We demonstrate that one such conjugate shows efficacy against glioma stem-like cells. We investigate the pharmacokinetics of this conjugate in mice and show that the amount of platinum in the brain after treatment with the conjugate is 15-fold greater than with cisplatin after 5 h.
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- Colin M Fadzen
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.,The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Harvey Cushing Neuro-Oncology Laboratories, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Harvey Cushing Neuro-Oncology Laboratories, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.,Department of Neurosurgery, Center for Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne 50937 Cologne, Germany
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- Harvey Cushing Neuro-Oncology Laboratories, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Harvey Cushing Neuro-Oncology Laboratories, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Harvey Cushing Neuro-Oncology Laboratories, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.,The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Devi SP, Singh RKH, Sujata W, Joshi DD. Synthesis, DNA binding and antimicrobial studies on rhodium(II) complexes of dicyandiamide. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2020; 39:923-942. [PMID: 32126860 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2020.1722164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The synthesis and characterization on four rhodium(II) complexes with the formula [Rh2(CH3COO)2(AMUH)2(dcda)2](CH3COO)2(1),[Rh2(CH3COO)2(AEUH)2(dcda)2](CH3COO)2(2),[Rh2(CH3COO)2(APrnUH)2(dcda)2](CH3COO)2(3),[Rh2(CH3COO)2(ABnUH)2(dcda)2](CH3COO)2(4), where AMUH = 1-amidino-O-methylurea, AEUH = 1-amidino-O-ethylurea, APrnUH = 1-amidino-O-n-propylurea, ABnUH = 1-amidino-O-n-butylurea, dcda = dicyandiamide are reported. The complexes were prepared by the reaction of dicyandiamide with rhodium(II) acetate in methanol (1), ethanol (2), n-propanol (3) and n-butanol (4) respectively and characterized by various techniques such as C, H, N analysis, FTIR, UV-Visible, EPR, conductance, SEM, EDX, powder XRD pattern and mass spectral studies. The interaction studies of the complexes with CT-DNA suggested the non-intercalative mode of binding for these complexes. The antimicrobial activity of the complexes against the tested microorganisms viz. Bacillus subtilis, Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, using the standard antibiotics streptomycin as positive control is also reported.
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- S Pramodini Devi
- Department of Chemistry, Standard College, Imphal, Manipur, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Imphal, Manipur, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Imphal, Manipur, India
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Malarz K, Zych D, Kuczak M, Musioł R, Mrozek-Wilczkiewicz A. Anticancer activity of 4′-phenyl-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridines – behind the metal complexation. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 189:112039. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Revised: 01/03/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Heterobimetallic Ru(μ-dppm)Fe and homobimetallic Ru(μ-dppm)Ru complexes as potential anti-cancer agents. J Organomet Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2019.120934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Rubio AR, Fidalgo J, Martin-Vargas J, Pérez-Arnaiz C, Alonso-Torre SR, Biver T, Espino G, Busto N, García B. Biological activity and photocatalytic properties of a naphthyl-imidazo phenanthroline (HNAIP) ligand and its [Ir(ppy) 2(HNAIP)]Cl and [Rh(ppy) 2(HNAIP)]Cl complexes. J Inorg Biochem 2019; 203:110885. [PMID: 31731049 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2019.110885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Revised: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 10/07/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The synthesized 2-(hydroxy-1-naphtyl)imidazo-[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline (HNAIP) ligand and its new iridium ([Ir(ppy)2(HNAIP)]Cl) and rhodium ([Rh(ppy)2(HNAIP)]Cl) complexes, being ppy = 2-phenylpiridinate, show cytotoxic effects in SW480 (colon adenocarcinoma) and A549 (epithelial lung adenocarcinoma) cells. They all are cytotoxic in the tested cell lines. HNAIP and [Rh(ppy)2(HNAIP)]+ are the most cytotoxic, whereas [Ir(ppy)2(HNAIP)]+ displays negligible cytotoxicity towards A549 cells and moderate activity towards SW480. The interaction of all three compounds with Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA), l-glutathione reduced (GSH), nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) and DNA was studied to explain the differences found in terms of cytotoxicity. None of them are able to interact with BSA, thus excluding bioavailability due to plasma protein interaction as the possible differentiating factor in their biological activity. By contrast, small differences have been observed regarding DNA interaction. In addition, taking advantage of the emission properties of these molecules, they have been visualized in the cytoplasmic region of A549 cells. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) experiments show, in turn, that the internalization ability follow the sequence [Rh(ppy)2(HNAIP)]+ > [Ir(ppy)2(HNAIP)]+ > cisplatin. Therefore, it seems clear that the cellular uptake by tumour cells is the key factor affecting the different cytotoxicity of the metal complexes and that this cellular uptake is influenced by the hydrophobicity of the studied complexes. On the other hand, preliminary catalytic experiments performed on the photo-oxidation of GSH and some amino acids such as l-methionine (Met), l-cysteine (Cys) and l-tryptophan (Trp) provide evidence for the photocatalytic activity of the Ir(III) complex in this type of reactions.
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- Ana R Rubio
- Departamento de Química, Universidad de Burgos, Plaza Misael Bañuelos s/n, 09001 Burgos, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad de Burgos, Plaza Misael Bañuelos s/n, 09001 Burgos, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad de Burgos, Plaza Misael Bañuelos s/n, 09001 Burgos, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad de Burgos, Plaza Misael Bañuelos s/n, 09001 Burgos, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología y Ciencia de los Alimentos, Universidad de Burgos, Plaza Misael Bañuelos s/n, 09001 Burgos, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad de Burgos, Plaza Misael Bañuelos s/n, 09001 Burgos, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad de Burgos, Plaza Misael Bañuelos s/n, 09001 Burgos, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad de Burgos, Plaza Misael Bañuelos s/n, 09001 Burgos, Spain.
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Riccardi C, Musumeci D, Trifuoggi M, Irace C, Paduano L, Montesarchio D. Anticancer Ruthenium(III) Complexes and Ru(III)-Containing Nanoformulations: An Update on the Mechanism of Action and Biological Activity. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2019; 12:E146. [PMID: 31561546 PMCID: PMC6958509 DOI: 10.3390/ph12040146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2019] [Revised: 09/22/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The great advances in the studies on metal complexes for the treatment of different cancer forms, starting from the pioneering works on platinum derivatives, have fostered an increasingly growing interest in their properties and biomedical applications. Among the various metal-containing drugs investigated thus far, ruthenium(III) complexes have emerged for their selective cytotoxic activity in vitro and promising anticancer properties in vivo, also leading to a few candidates in advanced clinical trials. Aiming at addressing the solubility, stability and cellular uptake issues of low molecular weight Ru(III)-based compounds, some research groups have proposed the development of suitable drug delivery systems (e.g., taking advantage of nanoparticles, liposomes, etc.) able to enhance their activity compared to the naked drugs. This review highlights the unique role of Ru(III) complexes in the current panorama of anticancer agents, with particular emphasis on Ru-containing nanoformulations based on the incorporation of the Ru(III) complexes into suitable nanocarriers in order to enhance their bioavailability and pharmacokinetic properties. Preclinical evaluation of these nanoaggregates is discussed with a special focus on the investigation of their mechanism of action at a molecular level, highlighting their pharmacological potential in tumour disease models and value for biomedical applications.
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- Claudia Riccardi
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia 21, I-80126 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia 21, I-80126 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia 21, I-80126 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, I-80131 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia 21, I-80126 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia 21, I-80126 Naples, Italy.
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Correa RS, Bomfim LM, Oliveira KM, Moreira DR, Soares MB, Ellena J, Bezerra DP, Batista AA. Ru(II) complexes containing uracil nucleobase analogs with cytotoxicity against tumor cells. J Inorg Biochem 2019; 198:110751. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2019.110751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2019] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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