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Thangavel SK, Mohamed Kasim MS, Rengan R. Promoting the Anticancer Activity with Multidentate Furan-2-Carboxamide Functionalized Aroyl Thiourea Chelation in Binuclear Half-Sandwich Ruthenium(II) Complexes. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:7520-7539. [PMID: 38590210 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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A new set of binuclear arene ruthenium complexes [Ru2(p-cymene)2(k4-N2OS)(L1-L3)Cl2] (Ru2L1-Ru2L3) encompassing furan-2-carboxamide-based aroylthiourea derivatives (H2L1-H2L3) was synthesized and characterized by various spectral and analytical techniques. Single-crystal XRD analysis unveils the N^O and N^S mixed monobasic bidentate coordination of the ligands constructing N, S, Cl/N, O, and Cl legged piano stool octahedral geometry. DFT analysis demonstrates the predilection for the formation of stable arene ruthenium complexes. In vitro antiproliferative activity of the complexes was examined against human cervical (HeLa), breast (MCF-7), and lung (A549) cancerous and noncancerous monkey kidney epithelial (Vero) cells. All the complexes are more efficacious against HeLa and MCF-7 cells with low inhibitory doses (3.86-11.02 μM). Specifically, Ru2L3 incorporating p-cymene and -OCH3 fragments exhibits high lipophilicity, significant cytotoxicity against cancer cells, and lower toxicity on noncancerous cells. Staining analysis indicates the apoptosis-associated cell morphological changes expressively in MCF-7 cells. Mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) analyses reveal that Ru2L3 can raise ROS levels, reduce MMP, and trigger mitochondrial dysfunction-mediated apoptosis. The catalytic oxidation of glutathione (GSH) to its disulfide form (GSSG) by the complexes may simultaneously increase the ROS levels, alluding to their observed cytotoxicity and apoptosis induction. Flow cytometry determined the quantitative classification of late apoptosis and S-phase arrest in MCF-7 and HeLa cells. Western blotting analysis confirmed that the complexes promote apoptosis by upregulating Caspase-3 and Caspase-9 and downregulating BCL-2. Molecular docking studies unfolded the strong binding affinities of the complexes with VEGFR2, an angiogenic signaling receptor, and BCL2, Cyclin D1, and HER2 proteins typically overexpressed on tumor cells.
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- Sathiya Kamatchi Thangavel
- Centre for Organometallic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620 024, India
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- Centre for Organometallic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620 024, India
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Abirami A, Devan U, Ramesh R, Antony Joseph Velanganni A, Małecki JG. Exploring the cytotoxicity of dinuclear Ru(II) p-cymene complexes appended N, N'-bis(4-substituted benzoyl)hydrazines: insights into the mechanism of apoptotic cell death. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:5167-5179. [PMID: 38380977 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt04234k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2024]
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Cancer is a perilous life-threatening disease, and attempts are constantly being made to create multinuclear transition metal complexes that could lead to the development of potential anticancer medications and administration procedures. Hence, this work aims to design, synthesize, characterize, and assess the anticancer efficacy of ruthenium p-cymene complexes incorporating N,N'-bis(4-substituted benzoyl)hydrazine ligands. The formation of the new complexes (Ru2H1-Ru2H3) has been thoroughly established by elemental analysis, and FT-IR, UV-vis, NMR, and HR-MS spectral techniques. The solid-state molecular structures of the complexes Ru2H1 and Ru2H3 have been determined using the SC-XRD study, which confirms the N, O, and Cl-legged piano stool pseudo-octahedral geometry of each ruthenium(II) ion. The stability of these complexes in the solution state and their lipophilicity profile have been determined. Furthermore, the title complexes were tested for their in vitro anticancer activity against cancerous H460 (lung cancer cells), SkBr3 (breast cancer cells), HepG2 (liver cancer cells), and HeLa (cervical cancer cells) along with non-cancerous (HEK-293) cells. The IC50 results revealed that complex Ru2H3 exhibits potent activity against the proliferation of all four cancer cells and outscored the effect of the standard metallodrug cisplatin. This may be attributed to the presence of a couple of lipophilic electron-donating methoxy groups in the ligand scaffold and also the ruthenium(II) p-cymene motifs. Advantageously, all the complexes (Ru2H1-Ru2H3) displayed cytotoxic specificity only towards cancerous cells by leaving the off-target non-cancerous cells undamaged. Acridine orange/ethidium bromide (AO/EB) staining, Hoechst 33342, mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), and reactive oxygen species (ROS) staining assays were used to investigate the apoptotic pathway and ROS levels in mitochondria. The results of western blot analysis confirmed that the complexes triggered apoptosis through an intrinsic mitochondrial pathway by upregulating Bax and downregulating Bcl-2 proteins. Finally, the extent of apoptosis triggered by the complex Ru2H3 was quantified with the aid of flow cytometry using the Annexin V-FITC/propidium iodide (PI) double-staining technique.
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- Arunachalam Abirami
- Centre for Organometallic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli - 620 024, India.
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli - 620 024, India
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- Centre for Organometallic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli - 620 024, India.
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli - 620 024, India
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- Department of Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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Pete S, Roy N, Kar B, Paira P. Construction of homo and heteronuclear Ru(II), Ir(III) and Re(I) complexes for target specific cancer therapy. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Flint KL, Huang DM, Linder-Patton OM, Sumby CJ, Keene FR. Synthesis of Triple‐Stranded Diruthenium(II) Compounds. Eur J Inorg Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202200225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Kate L. Flint
- The University of Adelaide Chemistry 5005 Adelaide AUSTRALIA
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- The University of Adelaide Chemistry 5005 Adelaide AUSTRALIA
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Wu S, Wu Z, Ge Q, Zheng X, Yang Z. Antitumor activity of tridentate pincer and related metal complexes. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:5254-5273. [PMID: 34059868 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob00577d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Pincer complexes featuring tunable tridentate ligand frameworks are one of the most actively studied classes of metal-based complexes. Currently, growing attention is devoted to the cytotoxicity of pincer and related metal complexes. The antiproliferative activity of numerous pincer complexes has been reported. Pincer tridentate ligand scaffolds show different coordination modes and offer multiple options for directed structural modifications. This review summarizes the significant progress in the research studies of the antitumor activity of pincer and related platinum(ii), gold(iii), palladium(ii), copper(ii), iron(iii), ruthenium(ii), nickel(ii) and some other metal complexes, in order to provide a reference for designing novel metal coordination drug candidates with promising antitumor activity.
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- Shulei Wu
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment Responsive Drug Research, Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular Target New Drug Study, Institute of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Affiliated Nanhua Hospital, University of South China, 28 Western Changsheng Road, Hengyang 421001, Hunan, PR China.
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment Responsive Drug Research, Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular Target New Drug Study, Institute of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Affiliated Nanhua Hospital, University of South China, 28 Western Changsheng Road, Hengyang 421001, Hunan, PR China.
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment Responsive Drug Research, Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular Target New Drug Study, Institute of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Affiliated Nanhua Hospital, University of South China, 28 Western Changsheng Road, Hengyang 421001, Hunan, PR China.
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment Responsive Drug Research, Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular Target New Drug Study, Institute of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Affiliated Nanhua Hospital, University of South China, 28 Western Changsheng Road, Hengyang 421001, Hunan, PR China.
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment Responsive Drug Research, Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular Target New Drug Study, Institute of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Affiliated Nanhua Hospital, University of South China, 28 Western Changsheng Road, Hengyang 421001, Hunan, PR China.
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Attia AS, Alfallous KA, El-Shahat M. A novel quinoxalinedione-bicapped tri-ruthenium carbonyl cluster [Ru3(μ-H)2(CO)6(μ3-HDCQX)2]: synthesis, characterization, anticancer activity and theoretical investigation of Ru–Ru and Ru–Ligand bonding interactions. Polyhedron 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2020.114889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sudhindra P, Ajay Sharma S, Roy N, Moharana P, Paira P. Recent advances in cytotoxicity, cellular uptake and mechanism of action of ruthenium metallodrugs: A review. Polyhedron 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2020.114827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Fogagnolo M, Bergamini P, Marchesi E, Marvelli L, Gambari R, Lampronti I. Polytopic carriers for platinum ions: from digalloyl depside to tannic acid. NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj01352h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Multinuclear platinum complexes of the natural antioxidant tannic acid and its aglycone part methyl digallate can be prepared via an environmentally friendly, solvent-free process exploiting the convenient precursor [PtCO3(Me2SO-S)2].
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- Marco Fogagnolo
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche
- Università degli Studi di Ferrara
- 44121 Ferrara
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche
- Università degli Studi di Ferrara
- 44121 Ferrara
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche
- Università degli Studi di Ferrara
- 44121 Ferrara
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche
- Università degli Studi di Ferrara
- 44121 Ferrara
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biotecnologie
- Sezione di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare
- Università degli Studi di Ferrara
- 44121 Ferrara
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biotecnologie
- Sezione di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare
- Università degli Studi di Ferrara
- 44121 Ferrara
- Italy
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Srivastava P, Shukla M, Kaul G, Chopra S, Patra AK. Rationally designed curcumin based ruthenium(ii) antimicrobials effective against drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:11822-11828. [PMID: 31215556 DOI: 10.1039/c9dt01650c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Two new curcumin containing octahedral ruthenium(ii) polypyridyl complexes, viz. [Ru(NN)2(cur)](PF6) [NN = bpy (1), phen (2)], were designed to explore the antimicrobial activity against ESKAPE pathogens, especially with the Gram-positive drug resistant S. aureus. Solid-state structural characterization by single-crystal X-ray crystallography shows the RuII-center in a distorted octahedral {RuN4O2} geometry. The tested compounds showed significant inhibitory activity and high selectivity (MIC = 1 μg mL-1, SI = 80) against a wide variety of methicillin and vancomycin-resistant S. aureus strains. Compound 1 exhibited strong anti-biofilm activity (48% reduction of biofilm) at 10× MIC compared to the other approved drugs. The murine model of Staphylococcus infection significantly reduced the mean bacterial counts when treated with complex 1 compared to vancomycin, demonstrating its antimicrobial potential in vivo.
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- Payal Srivastava
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Asadi Z, Nasrollahi N, Golchin M. A water-soluble metal–organic coordination polymer of Zn(II) Schiff base complex in interaction with DNA: diagnosing the mode of binding by in vitro studies. JOURNAL OF THE IRANIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s13738-019-01716-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Guan S, Pan T, Zhang Y, Zeng Z, Mu L, Zhu D, Chang B, Zheng K, Qian J, Xie Q, Mei W, Tang W, Bai M. Synthesis, DNA-binding, and antitumor activity of polypyridyl-ruthenium(II) complexes [Ru(L)2(DClPIP)] (L = bpy, phen; DClPIP = 2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-f][1, 10]phenanthroline). J COORD CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2019.1630614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Shouhai Guan
- Department of Vascular Interventional Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Vascular Interventional Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Vascular Interventional Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Vascular Interventional Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Vascular Interventional Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Vascular Interventional Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Vascular Interventional Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Vascular Interventional Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Vascular Interventional Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Vascular Interventional Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Vascular Interventional Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Xiao H, Yan L, Dempsey EM, Song W, Qi R, Li W, Huang Y, Jing X, Zhou D, Ding J, Chen X. Recent progress in polymer-based platinum drug delivery systems. Prog Polym Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2018.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Li X, Gorle AK, Sundaraneedi MK, Keene FR, Collins JG. Kinetically-inert polypyridylruthenium(II) complexes as therapeutic agents. Coord Chem Rev 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Njogu EM, Martincigh BS, Omondi B, Nyamori VO. Synthesis, characterization, antimicrobial screening and DNA binding of novel silver(I)-thienylterpyridine and silver(I)-furylterpyridine complexes. Appl Organomet Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/aoc.4554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Eric M. Njogu
- School of Chemistry and Physics; University of KwaZulu-Natal; Westville Campus, Private Bag X54001 Durban 4000 South Africa
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- School of Chemistry and Physics; University of KwaZulu-Natal; Westville Campus, Private Bag X54001 Durban 4000 South Africa
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- School of Chemistry and Physics; University of KwaZulu-Natal; Westville Campus, Private Bag X54001 Durban 4000 South Africa
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- School of Chemistry and Physics; University of KwaZulu-Natal; Westville Campus, Private Bag X54001 Durban 4000 South Africa
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Milutinović MM, Elmroth SKC, Davidović G, Rilak A, Klisurić OR, Bratsos I, Bugarčić ŽD. Kinetic and mechanistic study on the reactions of ruthenium(ii) chlorophenyl terpyridine complexes with nucleobases, oligonucleotides and DNA. Dalton Trans 2018; 46:2360-2369. [PMID: 28139789 DOI: 10.1039/c6dt04254f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In this study, we investigated the ability of Ru(ii) polypyridyl complexes to act as DNA binders. The substitution reactions of three Ru(ii) chlorophenyl terpyridine complexes, i.e. [Ru(Cl-Ph-tpy)(en)Cl]Cl (1), [Ru(Cl-Ph-tpy)(dach)Cl]Cl (2) and [Ru(Cl-Ph-tpy)(bpy)Cl]Cl (3) (Cl-Ph-tpy = 4'-(4-chlorophenyl)-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine, en = 1,2-diaminoethane, dach = 1,2-diaminocyclohexane, bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine), with a mononucleotide guanosine-5'-monophosphate (5'-GMP) and oligonucleotides such as fully complementary 15-mer and 22-mer duplexes with a centrally located GG-binding site for DNA, and fully complementary 13-mer duplexes with a centrally located GG-binding site for RNA were studied quantitatively by UV-Vis spectroscopy. Duplex RNA reacts faster with complexes 1-3 than duplex DNA, while shorter duplex DNA (15mer GG) reacts faster compared with 22mer GG duplex DNA. The measured enthalpies and entropies of activation (ΔH≠ > 0, ΔS≠ < 0) support an associative mechanism for the substitution process. 1H NMR spectroscopy studies performed on complex 3 demonstrated that after the hydrolysis of the Cl ligand, it is capable to interact with guanine derivatives (i.e., 9-methylguanine (9MeG) and 5'-GMP) through N7, forming monofunctional adducts. The molecular structure of the cationic compound [Ru(Cl-Ph-tpy)(bpy)Cl]Cl (3) was determined in the solid state by X-ray crystallography. The interactions of 1-3 with calf thymus (CT) and herring testes (HT) DNA were examined by stopped-flow spectroscopy, in which HT DNA was sensibly more reactive than CT DNA. The reactivity towards the formation of Ru-DNA adducts was also revealed by a gel mobility shift assay, showing that complexes 1 and 2 have a stronger DNA unwinding ability compared to complex 3. Overall, the complexes with bidentate aliphatic diamines proved to be superior to those with bpy in terms of capability to bind to the here studied biomolecules.
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- Milan M Milutinović
- University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Science, R. Domanovića 12, P. O. Box 60, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia. and Lund University, Biochemistry and Structural Biology, KILU, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Lund University, Biochemistry and Structural Biology, KILU, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- University of Kragujevac, Clinic for Cardiology, Clinical Center Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia
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- University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Science, R. Domanovića 12, P. O. Box 60, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
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- University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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- I.N.N., Dept. of Physical Chemistry, NCSR "Demokritos", 15310 Ag. Paraskevi, Athens, Greece
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- University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Science, R. Domanovića 12, P. O. Box 60, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
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Jayakumar T, Hsu CY, Khamrang T, Hsia CH, Hsia CW, Manubolu M, Sheu JR. Possible Molecular Targets of Novel Ruthenium Complexes in Antiplatelet Therapy. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19061818. [PMID: 29925802 PMCID: PMC6032250 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19061818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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In oncotherapy, ruthenium (Ru) complexes are reflected as potential alternatives for platinum compounds and have been proved as encouraging anticancer drugs with high efficacy and low side effects. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are mutually considered as the number one killer globally, and thrombosis is liable for the majority of CVD-related deaths. Platelets, an anuclear and small circulating blood cell, play key roles in hemostasis by inhibiting unnecessary blood loss of vascular damage by making blood clot. Platelet activation also plays a role in cancer metastasis and progression. Nevertheless, abnormal activation of platelets results in thrombosis under pathological settings such as the rupture of atherosclerotic plaques. Thrombosis diminishes the blood supply to the heart and brain resulting in heart attacks and strokes, respectively. While currently used anti-platelet drugs such as aspirin and clopidogrel demonstrate efficacy in many patients, they exert undesirable side effects. Therefore, the development of effective therapeutic strategies for the prevention and treatment of thrombotic diseases is a demanding priority. Recently, precious metal drugs have conquered the subject of metal-based drugs, and several investigators have motivated their attention on the synthesis of various ruthenium (Ru) complexes due to their prospective therapeutic values. Similarly, our recent studies established that novel ruthenium-based compounds suppressed platelet aggregation via inhibiting several signaling cascades. Our study also described the structure antiplatelet-activity relationship (SAR) of three newly synthesized ruthenium-based compounds. This review summarizes the antiplatelet activity of newly synthesized ruthenium-based compounds with their potential molecular mechanisms.
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- Thanasekaran Jayakumar
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan.
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- Department of Chemistry, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong 793022, India.
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43212, USA.
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
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Lazarević T, Rilak A, Bugarčić ŽD. Platinum, palladium, gold and ruthenium complexes as anticancer agents: Current clinical uses, cytotoxicity studies and future perspectives. Eur J Med Chem 2017; 142:8-31. [PMID: 28442170 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 270] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Revised: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Metallodrugs offer potential for unique mechanism of drug action based on the choice of the metal, its oxidation state, the types and number of coordinated ligands and the coordination geometry. This review illustrates notable recent progress in the field of medicinal bioinorganic chemistry as many new approaches to the design of innovative metal-based anticancer drugs are emerging. Current research addressing the problems associated with platinum drugs has focused on other metal-based therapeutics that have different modes of action and on prodrug and targeting strategies in an effort to diminish the side-effects of cisplatin chemotherapy. Examples of metal compounds and chelating agents currently in clinical use, clinical trials or preclinical development are highlighted.
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- Tatjana Lazarević
- University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medicine, S. Marković 69, 34000, Kragujevac, Serbia
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- University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Science, R. Domanovića 12, P. O. Box 60, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
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- University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Science, R. Domanovića 12, P. O. Box 60, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
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Milutinović MM, Rilak A, Bratsos I, Klisurić O, Vraneš M, Gligorijević N, Radulović S, Bugarčić ŽD. New 4′-(4-chlorophenyl)-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine ruthenium(II) complexes: Synthesis, characterization, interaction with DNA/BSA and cytotoxicity studies. J Inorg Biochem 2017; 169:1-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2016.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Revised: 10/06/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Das B, Ezzedinloo L, Bhadbhade M, Bucknall MP, Colbran SB. Strategic design of a ruthenium catalyst for both CO2 reduction and H2O oxidation: the electronic influence of the co-ligands. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:10006-10009. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cc06294j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A new ruthenium(ii) complex capable of catalysing both CO2 reduction and water oxidation was designed and synthesised.
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- Biswanath Das
- School of Chemistry
- The University of New South Wales
- Sydney
- Australia
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- School of Chemistry
- The University of New South Wales
- Sydney
- Australia
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- Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre
- The University of New South Wales
- Sydney
- Australia
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- Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre
- The University of New South Wales
- Sydney
- Australia
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Nikolić S, Ćirić I, Roller A, Lukeš V, Arion VB, Grgurić-Šipka S. Conversion of hydrazides into N,N′-diacylhydrazines in the presence of a ruthenium( ii)–arene complex. NEW J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj00965h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Formation of new tetradentate bridging ligands isolated as diruthenium(ii)-p-cymene complexes was realised in situ starting from [RuCl2(η6-p-cymene)]2 and hydrazides.
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- Stefan Nikolić
- Inovative Centre
- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Belgrade
- 11 000 Belgrade
- Serbia
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- Inovative Centre
- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Belgrade
- 11 000 Belgrade
- Serbia
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Vienna
- 1090 Vienna
- Austria
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics
- Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
- SK-812 37 Bratislava
- Slovakia
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Vienna
- 1090 Vienna
- Austria
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Alfonso S, González S, Higuera-Padilla AR, Vidal A, Fernández M, Taylor P, Urdanibia I, Reiber A, Otero Y, Castro W. A new complex of copper-phosphole. Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of biological activity. Inorganica Chim Acta 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2016.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Synthesis, characterization and anticancer activity studies of ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes on A549 cells. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2016; 161:295-303. [PMID: 27288660 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2016.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Revised: 06/03/2016] [Accepted: 06/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Four new ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes [Ru(N-N)2(bddp)](ClO4)21-4 (N-N=dmb: 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine 1, bpy: 2,2'-bipyridine 2, phen: 1,10-phenanthroline 3 and dmp: 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline 4, bddp=benzilo[2,3-b]-1,4-diazabenzo[i]dipyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine) were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, ESI-MS and (1)H NMR. The cytotoxicity in vitro of the complexes against BEL-7402, HeLa, MG-63 and A549 cell lines was investigated by MTT method. The complexes show high cytotoxic activity toward the selected cell lines with an IC50 value ranging from 5.3±0.6 to 15.7±3.6μM. The apoptosis was studied with acridine orange (AO)/ethdium bromide (EB) and Hoechst 33258 staining methods. The cellular uptake was investigated with DAPI staining method. The reactive oxygen species (ROS) and mitochondrial membrane potential were performed under fluorescent microscope and flow cytometry. The complexes can induce an increase in the ROS levels and a decrease in the mitochondrial membrane potential. The comet assay was studied with fluorescent microscope. The percentage in apoptotic and necrotic cells and cell cycle arrest were assayed by flow cytometry. The effects of the complexes on the expression of caspases and Bcl-2 family proteins were studied by western blot analysis. The results show that the complexes induce apoptosis in A549 cells through an ROS-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction pathway, which was accompanied by regulating the expression of Bcl-2 family proteins.
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Liu SH, Zhu JW, Xu HH, Wang Y, Liu YM, Liang JB, Zhang GQ, Cao DH, Lin YY, Wu Y, Guo QF. Protein-binding, cytotoxicity in vitro and cell cycle arrest of ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2016; 161:77-82. [PMID: 26956530 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2016.02.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2015] [Revised: 01/29/2016] [Accepted: 02/28/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The cytotoxic activity of two Ru(II) complexes against A549, BEL-7402, HeLa, PC-12, SGC-7901 and SiHa cell lines was investigated by MTT method. Complexes 1 and 2 show moderate cytotoxicity toward BEL-7402 cells with an IC50 value of 53.9 ± 3.4 and 39.3 ± 2.1 μM. The effects of the complexes inducing apoptosis, cellular uptake, reactive oxygen species and mitochondrial membrane potential in BEL-7402 cells have been studied by fluorescence microscopy. The percentages of apoptotic and necrotic cells and cell cycle arrest were studied by flow cytometry. The BSA-binding behaviors were investigated by UV/visible and fluorescent spectra.
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- Si-Hong Liu
- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510180, PR China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510180, PR China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510180, PR China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510180, PR China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510180, PR China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510180, PR China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510180, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510180, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510180, PR China
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- Department of Oncology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510180, PR China.
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510180, PR China.
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Ferreira BJML, Brandão P, Meireles M, Martel F, Correia-Branco A, Fernandes DM, Santos TM, Félix V. Synthesis, structural characterization, cytotoxic properties and DNA binding of a dinuclear copper(II) complex. J Inorg Biochem 2016; 161:9-17. [PMID: 27157979 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2016.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2015] [Revised: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In this study a novel dinuclear copper(II) complex with adenine and phenanthroline has been synthesized and its structure determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. In the dinuclear complex [Cu₂(μ-adenine)₂(phen)₂(H2O)2](NO3)4·0.5H2O (phen=1,10-phenanthroline) (1) the two Cu(II) centres exhibit a distorted square pyramidal coordination geometry linked by two nitrogen donors from adenine bridges leading to a Cu-Cu distance of 3.242(3)Å. Intramolecular and intermolecular π⋯π interactions as well as an H-bonding network were observed. The antitumor capacity of the complex has been tested in vitro against human cancer cell lines, cervical carcinoma (HeLa) and colorectal adenocarcinoma (Caco-2), by metabolic tests, using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl-tetrazolium bromide as reagent. The complex 1 has remarkable low IC50 values of 0.87±0.06μM (HeLa) and 0.44±0.06μM (Caco-2), when compared with values for cisplatin against the same cell lines. The interaction of complex 1 with calf thymus DNA (CT DNA) was further investigated by absorption and fluorescence spectroscopic methods. A binding constant of 5.09×10(5)M(-1) was obtained from UV-vis absorption studies.
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- B J M Leite Ferreira
- Departamento de Química, CICECO, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Departamento de Química, CICECO, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Faculdade de Medicina do Porto e I3S, Universidade do Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Faculdade de Medicina do Porto e I3S, Universidade do Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
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- Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, REQUIMTE/LAQV, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Departamento de Química, CICECO, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Departamento de Química, CICECO, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; Departamento de Química, IBIMED and CICECO, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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Zhu JW, Liu SH, Zhang GQ, Xu HH, Wang YX, Wu Y, Liu YM, Wang Y, Liang JB, Guo QF. Anticancer Activity Studies of Ruthenium(II) Complex Toward Human Osteosarcoma HOS Cells. J Membr Biol 2016; 249:483-92. [PMID: 27007877 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-016-9889-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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A new Ru(II) complex [Ru(dmp)2(NMIP)](ClO4)2 (dmp = 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline, NMIP = 2'-(2″-nitro-3″,4″-methylenedioxyphenyl)imidazo[4',5'-f][1,10]-phenanthroline) was synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, ESI-MS and (1)H NMR. The cytotoxic activity of the complex against MG-63, U2OS, HOS, and MC3T3-e1 cell lines was investigated by MTT method. The complex shows moderate cytotoxicity toward HOS (IC50 = 35.6 ± 2.6 µM) and MC3T3-e1 (IC50 = 41.6 ± 2.8 µM) cell lines. The morphological studies show that the complex can induce apoptosis in HOS cells and cause an increase of reactive oxygen species levels and a decrease in the mitochondrial membrane potential. The cell cycle distribution demonstrates that the complex inhibits the cell growth at S phase. Additionally, the antitumor activity in vivo reveals that the complex can induce a decrease in tumor weight.
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- Jian-Wei Zhu
- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510180, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510180, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510180, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510180, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510180, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510180, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510180, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510180, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510180, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510180, People's Republic of China.
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Gorle AK, Li X, Primrose S, Li F, Feterl M, Kinobe RT, Heimann K, Warner JM, Keene FR, Collins JG. Oligonuclear polypyridylruthenium(II) complexes: selectivity between bacteria and eukaryotic cells. J Antimicrob Chemother 2016; 71:1547-55. [PMID: 26945708 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkw026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to: (i) determine the in vitro activities of a series of di-, tri- and tetra-nuclear ruthenium complexes (Rubbn, Rubbn-tri and Rubbn-tetra) against a range of Gram-positive and -negative bacteria and compare the antimicrobial activities with the corresponding toxicities against eukaryotic cells; and (ii) compare MIC values with achievable in vivo serum concentrations for the least toxic ruthenium complex. METHODS The in vitro activities were determined by MIC assays and time-kill curve experiments, while the toxicities of the ruthenium complexes were determined using the Alamar blue cytotoxicity assay. A preliminary pharmacokinetic study was undertaken to determine the Rubb12 serum concentration in mice as a function of time after administration. RESULTS Rubb12, Rubb12-tri and Rubb12-tetra are highly active, with MIC values of 1-2 mg/L (0.5-1.5 μM) for a range of Gram-positive strains, but showed variable activities against a panel of Gram-negative bacteria. Time-kill experiments indicated that Rubb12, Rubb12-tri and Rubb12-tetra are bactericidal and kill bacteria within 3-8 h. The di-, tri- and tetra-nuclear complexes were ∼50 times more toxic to Gram-positive bacteria and 25 times more toxic to Gram-negative strains, classified as susceptible, than to liver and kidney cells. Preliminary pharmacokinetic experiments established that serum concentrations higher than MIC values can be obtained for Rubb12 with an administered dose of 32 mg/kg. CONCLUSIONS The ruthenium complexes, particularly Rubb12, have potential as new antimicrobial agents. The structure of the dinuclear ruthenium complex can be readily further modified in order to increase the selectivity for bacteria over eukaryotic cells.
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- Anil K Gorle
- School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
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- School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
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- College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia Centre for Biodiscovery and Molecular Development of Therapeutics, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia
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- School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
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- College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia Centre for Biodiscovery and Molecular Development of Therapeutics, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia
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- College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia Centre for Biodiscovery and Molecular Development of Therapeutics, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia
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- Centre for Biodiscovery and Molecular Development of Therapeutics, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia College of Marine & Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia
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- College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia Centre for Biodiscovery and Molecular Development of Therapeutics, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia
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- Centre for Biodiscovery and Molecular Development of Therapeutics, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia College of Science, Technology and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia School of Physical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
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- School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
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Is matching ruthenium with dithiocarbamato ligands a potent chemotherapeutic weapon in oncology? Future Med Chem 2016; 8:211-26. [PMID: 26807601 DOI: 10.4155/fmc.15.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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In the last years, several metal-based compounds have been designed and biologically investigated worldwide in order to obtain chemotherapeutics with a better toxicological profile and comparable or higher antiblastic activity than the clinically-established platinum-based drugs. In this context, researchers have addressed their attention to alternative nonplatinum derivatives able to maximize the anticancer activity of the new drugs and to minimize the side effects. Among them, a number of ruthenium complexes have been developed, including the compounds NAMI-A and KP1019, now in clinical trials. Here, we report the results collected so far for a particular class of ruthenium complexes - the ruthenium(II/III)-dithiocarbamates - which proved more potent than cisplatin in vitro, even at nanomolar concentrations, against a wide panel of human tumor cell lines.
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Pandrala M, Sundaraneedi MK, Ammit AJ, Woodward CE, Wallace L, Keene FR, Collins JG. Differential Anticancer Activities of the Geometric Isomers of Dinuclear Iridium(III) Complexes. Eur J Inorg Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201501069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Lai SH, Jiang GB, Yao JH, Li W, Han BJ, Zhang C, Zeng CC, Liu YJ. Cytotoxic activity, DNA damage, cellular uptake, apoptosis and western blot analysis of ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complex against human lung decarcinoma A549 cell. J Inorg Biochem 2015; 152:1-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2015.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2015] [Revised: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 08/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Zhang Y, Lai L, Cai P, Cheng GZ, Xu XM, Liu Y. Synthesis, characterization and anticancer activity of dinuclear ruthenium(ii) complexes linked by an alkyl chain. NEW J CHEM 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5nj00582e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Anticancer activity of three novel ruthenium complexes was studied and the cytotoxicity increased with the increase of the amount of methylene in the bridging ligands.
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- Yan Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences
- Wuhan University
- Wuhan
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering
- Yangtze University
- Jingzhoun
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences
- Wuhan University
- Wuhan
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences
- Wuhan University
- Wuhan
- China
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- Cancer Center
- Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University
- Wuhan
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences
- Wuhan University
- Wuhan
- China
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