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Ueda H, Suzuki M, Sakurai Y, Tanaka T, Aoki S. Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Boron‐Containing Macrocyclic Polyamine Dimers and Their Zinc(II) Complexes for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy. Eur J Inorg Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202100949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Hiroki Ueda
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Tokyo University of Science 2641 Yamazaki, Noda Chiba 278-8510 Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science Kyoto University 2-Asashiro-nishi, Kumatori Osaka 590-0494 Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science Kyoto University 2-Asashiro-nishi, Kumatori Osaka 590-0494 Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Tokyo University of Science 2641 Yamazaki, Noda Chiba 278-8510 Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Tokyo University of Science 2641 Yamazaki, Noda Chiba 278-8510 Japan
- Research Institute for Science and Technology Tokyo University of Science 2641 Yamazaki, Noda Chiba 278-8510 Japan
- Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences Tokyo University of Science 2641 Yamazaki, Noda Chiba 278-8510 Japan
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Ueda H, Suzuki M, Kuroda R, Tanaka T, Aoki S. Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Boron-Containing Macrocyclic Polyamines and Their Zinc(II) Complexes for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy. J Med Chem 2021; 64:8523-8544. [PMID: 34077212 PMCID: PMC8279495 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
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Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT)
is a binary therapeutic method
for cancer treatment based on the use of a combination of a cancer-specific
drug containing boron-10 (10B) and thermal neutron irradiation.
For successful BNCT, 10B-containing molecules need to accumulate
specifically in cancer cells, because destructive effect of the generated
heavy particles is limited basically to boron-containing cells. Herein,
we report on the design and synthesis of boron compounds that are
functionalized with 9-, 12-, and 15-membered macrocyclic polyamines
and their Zn2+ complexes. Their cytotoxicity, intracellular
uptake activity into cancer cells and normal cells, and BNCT effect
are also reported. The experimental data suggest that mono- and/or
diprotonated forms of metal-free [12]aneN4- and [15]aneN5-type ligands are uptaken into cancer cells, and their complexes
with intracellular metals such as Zn2+ would induce cell
death upon thermal neutron irradiation, possibly via interactions
with DNA.
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- Hiroki Ueda
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University, 2-Asashiro-nishi, Kumatori, Osaka 590-0494, Japan
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- Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan.,Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan.,Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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Itoh T, Tamura K, Ueda H, Tanaka T, Sato K, Kuroda R, Aoki S. Design and synthesis of boron containing monosaccharides by the hydroboration of d-glucal for use in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). Bioorg Med Chem 2018; 26:5922-5933. [PMID: 30420329 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2018.10.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Revised: 10/27/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
Abstract
Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is one of the radiotherapies that involves the use of boron-containing compounds for the treatment of cancer. Boron-10 (10B) containing compounds that can accumulate in tumor tissue are expected to be suitable agents for BNCT. We report herein on the design and synthesis of some new BNCT agents based on a d-glucose scaffold, since glycoconjugation has been recognized as a useful strategy for the specific targeting of tumors. To introduce a boryl group into a d-glucose scaffold, we focused on the hydroboration of d-glucal derivatives, which have a double bond between the C1 and C2 positions. It was hypothesized that a C-B bond could be introduced at the C2 position of d-glucose by the hydroboration of d-glucal derivatives and that the products could be stabilized by conversion to the corresponding boronic acid ester. To test this hypothesis, we prepared some 2-boryl-1,2-dideoxy-d-glucose derivatives as boron carriers and evaluated their cytotoxicity and cellular uptake activity to cancer cells, especially under hypoxic conditions.
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- Taiki Itoh
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan; Division of Medical-Science-Engineering Cooperation, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan; Imaging Frontier Center, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan.
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Synthesis of Carborane-Containing Porphyrin Derivatives for the Boron Neutron Capture Therapy of Tumors. TOPICS IN HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/7081_2013_111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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BREGADZE VLADIMIRI, SIVAEV IGORB, GABEL DETLEF, WÖHRLE DIETER. Polyhedral boron derivatives of porphyrins and phthalocyanines. J PORPHYR PHTHALOCYA 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/jpp.544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The synthesis of compounds containing polyhedral boron cages and porphyrin or phthalocyanine units connected covalently in one molecule is reviewed. The importance of these compounds arises, on the one hand, from the use of polyhedral boron derivatives in neutron capture therapy for cancer; on the other hand, porphyrins and phthalocyanines are known as photosensitizers in photodynamic tumor therapy. Current interest in the binding of polyhedral boron compounds to porphyrins and phthalocyanines is due to the observation that porphyrins and phthalocyanines show improved uptake and good persistence in tissues. Medical applications of compounds containing polyhedral boron cages and porphyrin or phthalocyanine units in one molecule are briefly discussed.
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- VLADIMIR I. BREGADZE
- A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov Str. 28, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov Str. 28, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Universität Bremen, PO Box 330440, D-28334 Bremen, Germany
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- Universität Bremen, PO Box 330440, D-28334 Bremen, Germany
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Tumor cell destruction in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is due to the nuclear reaction between (10)B and thermal neutrons. The thermal neutrons have an energy of 0.025 eV, clearly below the threshold energy required to ionize tissue components. However, neutron capture by (10)B produces lithium ion and helium (alpha-particles), which are high linear energy transfer (LET) particles, and dissipate their kinetic energy before traveling one cell diameter (5-9 microm) in biological tissues, ensuring their potential for precise cell killing. BNCT has been applied clinically for the treatment of malignant brain tumors, malignant melanoma, head and neck cancer, and hepatoma using two boron compounds: sodium borocaptate (Na(2)(10)B(12)H(11)SH; Na(2)(10)BSH) and l-p-boronophenylalanine (l-(10)BPA). These low molecular weight compounds are cleared easily from the cancer cells and blood. Therefore, high accumulation and selective delivery of boron compounds into tumor tissues are most important to achieve effective BNCT and to avoid damage of adjacent healthy cells. Much attention has been focused on the liposomal drug delivery system (DDS) as an attractive, intelligent technology of targeting and controlled release of (10)B compounds. Two approaches have been investigated for incorporation of (10)B into liposomes: (1) encapsulation of (10)B compounds into liposomes and (2) incorporation of (10)B-conjugated lipids into the liposomal bilayer. Our laboratory has developed boron ion cluster lipids for application of the latter approach. In this chapter, our boron lipid liposome approaches as well as recent developments of the liposomal boron delivery system are summarized.
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Synthesis of closo-Dodecaboryl Lipids and their Liposomal Formation for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/s12030-008-9000-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Gottumukkala V, Ongayi O, Baker DG, Lomax LG, Vicente MGH. Synthesis, cellular uptake and animal toxicity of a tetra(carboranylphenyl)-tetrabenzoporphyrin. Bioorg Med Chem 2006; 14:1871-9. [PMID: 16298134 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2005.10.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2005] [Revised: 10/20/2005] [Accepted: 10/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A water-soluble nido-carboranyl-tetrabenzoporphyrin has been synthesized in 43% overall yield, by condensation of butanopyrrole with a carboranylbenzaldehyde, followed by metal insertion, oxidation, demetallation and deboronation reactions. This compound accumulated within human glioblastoma T98G cells to a significant higher extent than a structurally related nido-carboranylporphyrin, and localized preferentially in the cell lysosomes. Animal toxicity studies using male and female BALB/c mice revealed that both compounds are non-toxic even at a dose of 160 mg/kg, administered intraperitoneally as a single injection at a concentration of 4 mg/mL. It is concluded that the tetra(carboranylphenyl)-tetrabenzoporphyrin is a promising new sensitizer for the treatment of malignant tumors.
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- Vijay Gottumukkala
- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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Ongayi O, Gottumukkala V, Fronczek FR, Vicente MGH. Synthesis and characterization of a carboranyl-tetrabenzoporphyrin. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2005; 15:1665-8. [PMID: 15745818 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.01.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2004] [Revised: 01/14/2005] [Accepted: 01/19/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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An expeditious synthetic route to a carboranyl-substituted tetrabenzoporphyrin is reported. The absorption and emission spectra of water-soluble tetrabenzoporphyrin 4 are distinct from those of a known carboranylporphyrin (5). Both tetrabenzoporphyrin 4 and porphyrin 5 were found to be non-toxic toward V79 hamster lung fibroblast cells at 300 microM, using an MTT assay. The X-ray structure of a Cu(II)-carboranyl-tetrabenzoporphyrin is presented and discussed.
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- Owendi Ongayi
- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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Basicity parameter of weak organic bases, derived from thermodynamic parameters of their reactions with (tetraphenylporphyrinato)zinc(II). RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2004. [DOI: 10.1007/s11178-005-0090-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Kreimann EL, Miura M, Itoiz ME, Heber E, Garavaglia RN, Batistoni D, Rebagliati RJ, Roberti MJ, Micca PL, Coderre JA, Schwint AE. Biodistribution of a carborane-containing porphyrin as a targeting agent for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy of oral cancer in the hamster cheek pouch. Arch Oral Biol 2003; 48:223-32. [PMID: 12648560 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-9969(02)00210-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) is a bimodal cancer treatment based on the selective accumulation of 10B in tumors and concurrent irradiation with thermalized neutrons. The short-range, high-LET radiation produced by the capture of neutrons by 10B could potentially control tumor while sparing normal tissue if the boron compound targets tumor selectively within the treatment volume. In previous studies, we proposed and validated the hamster cheek pouch model of oral cancer for BNCT studies, proved that absolute and relative uptake of the clinically employed boron compound boronophenylalanine (BPA) would be potentially therapeutic in this model and provided evidence of the efficacy of in vivo BPA-mediated BNCT to control hamster oral mucosa tumors with virtually no damage to normal tissue. We herein present the biodistribution and pharmacokinetics of a lipophilic, carborane-containing tetraphenylporphyrin (CuTCPH) in the hamster oral cancer model. CuTCPH is a novel, non-toxic compound that may be advantageous in terms of selective and absolute delivery of boron to tumor tissues. For potentially effective BNCT, tumor boron concentrations from a new agent should be greater than 30 ppm and tumor/blood and tumor/normal tissue boron concentration ratios should be greater than 5/1 without causing significant toxicity. We administered CuTCPH intraperitoneally (i.p.) as a single dose of 32 microg/g body weight (b.w.) (10 microg B/g b.w.) or as four doses of 32 microg/g b.w. over 2 days. Blood (Bl) and tissues were sampled at 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, and 72 h in the single-dose protocol and at 1-4 days after the last injection in the multidose protocol. The tissues sampled were tumor (T), precancerous tissue surrounding tumor, normal pouch (N), skin, tongue, cheek and palate mucosa, liver, spleen, parotid gland and brain. The maximum mean B ratios for the single-dose protocol were T/N: 9.2/1 (12h) and T/Bl: 18.1/1 (72 h). The B value peaked to 20.7+/-18.5 ppm in tumor at 24h. The multidose protocol maximum mean ratios were T/N: 11.9/1 (3 days) and T/Bl: 235/1 (4 days). Absolute boron concentration in tumor reached a maximum value of 116 ppm and a mean value of 71.5+/-48.3 ppm at 3 days. The fact that absolute and relative B values markedly exceeded the BNCT therapeutic threshold with no apparent toxicity may confer on this compound a therapeutic advantage. CuTCPH-mediated BNCT would be potentially useful for the treatment of oral cancer in an experimental model.
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- Erica L Kreimann
- Department of Radiobiology, National Atomic Energy Commission, Avenida del Libertador 8250, Buenos Aires 1429, Argentina
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Vicente MGH, Nurco DJ, Shetty SJ, Osterloh J, Ventre E, Hegde V, Deutsch WA. Synthesis, dark toxicity and induction of in vitro DNA photodamage by a tetra(4-nido-carboranylphenyl)porphyrin. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. B, BIOLOGY 2002; 68:123-32. [PMID: 12468207 DOI: 10.1016/s1011-1344(02)00383-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The total synthesis of tetra(4-carboranylphenyl)porphyrins 4 and 6 and their zinc(II) complexes 5 and 7 are described. These compounds were characterized by analytical and spectroscopic methods and, in the case of 5, by X-ray crystallography. The water-soluble nido-carboranylporphyrins 6 and 7 were found to have low dark toxicity towards V79 hamster lung fibroblast cells, using a clonogenic assay (50% colony survival, CS(50)>300 microM). Upon light activation nido-carboranylporphyrin 6 effectively induced DNA damage in vitro. Two different methods were used to assess the extent of DNA damage: the super-coiled to nicked DNA and the alkaline Comet assay using human leukemia K562 cells. Significant PDT-induced DNA damage was observed for porphyrin 6 using both assays, compared to light-only and porphyrin-only experiments. It is concluded that this type of nido-carboranylporphyrin is a promising sensitizer for both the boron neutron capture therapy and the photodynamic therapy of tumors.
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- M G H Vicente
- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
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Vicente MGH, Edwards BF, Shetty SJ, Hou Y, Boggan JE. Syntheses and preliminary biological studies of four meso-Tetra[(nido-carboranylmethyl)phenyl]porphyrins. Bioorg Med Chem 2002; 10:481-92. [PMID: 11814833 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(01)00300-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Two meso-tetra[(nido-carboranylmethyl)phenyl]porphyrins (para- and meta-regioisomers) and their corresponding Zn(II) complexes have been synthesized with the aim of studying the effect of carborane distribution and metalation on the biological properties of this series of compounds. In vitro cell toxicity, uptake/efflux, and subcellular localization using rat 9L, mouse B16 and/or human U-373MG cells were evaluated. All four amphiphilic porphyrins display very low cytotoxicities and time- and concentration-dependent uptake by cells, which is influenced by serum proteins. Preliminary subcellular localization studies suggest that one of these compounds localizes in close proximity to the cell nucleus. All four nido-carboranylporphyrins show promise as boron-carriers for the boron neutron capture therapy of cancers, particularly the metal-free nido-carboranylporphyrins 5 and 12, which are able to deliver higher amount of boron to cells in vitro than the corresponding zinc complexes.
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- M Graça H Vicente
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Syntheses of carboncarbon linked carboranylated porphyrins for boron neutron capture therapy of cancer. Tetrahedron Lett 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)01346-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Soloway AH, Tjarks W, Barnum BA, Rong FG, Barth RF, Codogni IM, Wilson JG. The Chemistry of Neutron Capture Therapy. Chem Rev 1998; 98:1515-1562. [PMID: 11848941 DOI: 10.1021/cr941195u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 868] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Albert H. Soloway
- College of Pharmacy, Department of Pathology, and The Comprehensive Cancer Center of The Ohio State University, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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Miura M, Micca PL, Fisher CD, Heinrichs JC, Donaldson JA, Finkel GC, Slatkin DN. Synthesis of a nickel tetracarboranylphenylporphyrin for boron neutron-capture therapy: biodistribution and toxicity in tumor-bearing mice. Int J Cancer 1996; 68:114-9. [PMID: 8895550 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19960927)68:1<114::aid-ijc20>3.0.co;2-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Nickel-2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octaacetic acid-5,10,15,20-tetra-[3-carboranyl-methoxyphenyl]-porphyrin octamethylester (NiTCP) was given in a Cremophor EL, a polyethoxylated castor oil, and propylene glycol emulsion to BALB/c mice bearing transplanted s.c. KHJJ mammary carcinomas. A total dose of 244 microg NiTCP/gram body weight (gbw) (54 microg B/gbw) was given in 6 i.p. injections over a 32 hr period. Observations of behavior and changes in body weight and chemical and hematological blood tests indicated little or no toxicity from NiTCP over a period of 6-90 hr after injections. Boron concentrations near tumor margins were 160-180 microg B/g at 41-90 hr after the last injection. Tumor:normal brain boron concentration ratios reached approx. 10:1 and tumor:blood ratios reached approx. 250:1 after 4 days. There was no evidence of thrombocytopenia or other potentially important toxicities. Our findings place NiTCP among the leading candidates for pre-clinical experiments aimed toward improvement upon the compounds being tested for boron neutron-capture therapy of glioblastoma multiforme.
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- M Miura
- Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973-5000, USA
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