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de Araujo-Neto JH, Guedes APM, Leite CM, Moraes CAF, Santos AL, Brito RDS, Rocha TL, Mello-Andrade F, Ellena J, Batista AA. "Half-Sandwich" Ruthenium Complexes with Alizarin as Anticancer Agents: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:6955-6969. [PMID: 37099760 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/28/2023]
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Upon exploration of the chemistry of the combination of ruthenium/arene with anthraquinone alizarin (L), three new complexes with the general formulas [Ru(L)Cl(η6-p-cymene)] (C1), [Ru(L)(η6-p-cymene)(PPh3)]PF6 (C2), and [Ru(L)(η6-p-cymene)(PEt3)]PF6 (C3) were synthesized and characterized using spectroscopic techniques (mass, IR, and 1D and 2D NMR), molar conductivity, elemental analysis, and X-ray diffraction. Complex C1 exhibited fluorescence, such as free alizarin, while in C2 and C3, the emission was probably quenched by monophosphines and the crystallographic data showed that hydrophobic interactions are predominant in intermolecular contacts. The cytotoxicity of the complexes was evaluated in the MDA-MB-231 (triple-negative breast cancer), MCF-7 (breast cancer), and A549 (lung) tumor cell lines and MCF-10A (breast) and MRC-5 (lung) nontumor cell lines. Complexes C1 and C2 were more selective to the breast tumor cell lines, and C2 was the most cytotoxic (IC50 = 6.5 μM for MDA-MB-231). In addition, compound C1 performs a covalent interaction with DNA, while C2 and C3 present only weak interactions; however, internalization studies by flow cytometry and confocal microscopy showed that complex C1 does not accumulate in viable MDA-MB-231 cells and is detected in the cytoplasm only after cell permeabilization. Investigations of the mechanism of action of the complexes indicate that C2 promotes cell cycle arrest in the Sub-G1 phase in MDA-MB-231, inhibits its colony formation, and has a possible antimetastatic action, impeding cell migration in the wound-healing experiment (13% of wound healing in 24 h). The in vivo toxicological experiments with zebrafish indicate that C1 and C3 exhibit the most zebrafish embryo developmental toxicity (inhibition of spontaneous movements and heartbeats), while C2, the most promising anticancer drug in the in vitro preclinical tests, revealed the lowest toxicity in in vivo preclinical screening.
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- João Honorato de Araujo-Neto
- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Carlos, São Paulo 13566-590, Brazil
- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo 13565-905, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo 13565-905, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Carlos, São Paulo 13566-590, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo 13565-905, Brazil
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- Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás 74605-050, Brazil
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- Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás 74605-050, Brazil
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- Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás 74605-050, Brazil
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- Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás 74605-050, Brazil
- Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia (IFG), Goiânia, Goiás 74055-110, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Carlos, São Paulo 13566-590, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo 13565-905, Brazil
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Alves KM, Honorato J, Lião LM, Velozo-Sa VS, Guedes APM, Dutra JDL, Ayalla AP, Ellena J, Batista AA, Gonçalves PJ. meso-Tetra-(4-pyridyl)porphyrin/palladium(II) complexes as anticancer agents. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:16254-16264. [PMID: 34730147 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt01850g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This study reports the synthesis, structural characterization and cytotoxic activity of four new palladium/pyridylporphyrin complexes, with the general formula {TPyP[PdCl(P-P)]4}(PF6)4, where P-P is 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane (dppe), 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane (dppp), 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane (dppb) or 1,1'-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (dppf). The complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, and by FT-IR, UV/Vis, 1H and 31P{1H} NMR (1D/2D) spectroscopy. The slow evaporation of a methanolic solution of {TPyP[PdCl(dppb)]4}(PF6)4 (in an excess of NaBF4 salt) resulted in single crystals suitable for X ray diffraction, allowing the determination of the tridimensional structure of this complex, which crystallized in the P21/a space group. The cytotoxicity of the complexes against MDA-MB-231 (breast cancer cells) and MCF-10A (non-tumor breast cancer cells), was determined by the colorimetric MTT method, which revealed that all four complexes show selective indexes close to 1.2, lower than that of cisplatin for the same cells (12.12). The interaction of the complexes with CT-DNA was evaluated by UV-visible and viscosity measurements and it was determined that the complexes interact moderately with CT-DNA, probably by H-bonding/π-π stacking and electrostatic interactions.
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- Kamilla M Alves
- Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia - GO, Brazil.
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- Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos - SP, Brazil. .,São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, São Carlos - SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia - GO, Brazil.
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia - GO, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos - SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos - SP, Brazil.
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- São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, São Carlos - SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia - GO, Brazil. .,Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos - SP, Brazil.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia - GO, Brazil. .,Institute of Physics, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia - GO, Brazil.
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Leite CM, de Araujo-Neto JH, Corrêa RS, Colina-Vegas L, Martínez-Otero D, Martins PR, Silva CG, Batista AA. On the Cytotoxicity of Chiral Ruthenium Complexes Containing Sulfur Amino Acids against Breast Tumor Cells (MDA-231 and MCF-7). Anticancer Agents Med Chem 2021; 21:1172-1182. [PMID: 32838726 DOI: 10.2174/1871520620666200824114816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2020] [Revised: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Breast cancer is one of the most common types among women. Its incidence progressively increases with age, especially after age 50. Platinum compounds are not efficient in the treatment of breast cancer, highlighting the use of other metals for the development of new chemotherapeutic agents. OBJECTIVE This paper aims to obtain three new ruthenium compounds that incorporate sulfur amino acids in their structures and to investigate their cytotoxic activity in breast tumor cell lines. METHODS Complexes with general formula [Ru(AA)(dppb)(bipy)] (complexes 1 and 2) or [Ru(AA)(dppb) (bipy)]PF6 (complex 3), where AA = L-cysteinate (1), D-penicillaminate (2), and L-deoxyalliinate (3), dppb = 1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane and 2,2´-bipyridine, were obtained from the cis-[RuCl2(dppb)(bipy)] precursor. The cytotoxicity of the complexes on MDA-MB-231 (triple negative human breast cancer); MCF-7 (double positive human breast cancer) and V79 (hamster lung fibroblast) was performed by the MTT (4,5- dimethylthiazol-2-yl-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) method. The control agent was the cisplatin, which is a commercially available drug for cancer treatment. RESULTS In complexes (1) and (2), the ligands are coordinated to the metal center by nitrogen and sulfur atoms, while in complex (3), coordination is through the oxygen and nitrogen atoms. These suggestions are based on the infrared and 31P{1H} NMR data. For complexes (1) and (2), their X-ray structures were determined confirming this suggestion. The three complexes are stable in a mixture of DMSO (80%) and biological medium (20%) for at least 48h and presented cytotoxicity against the MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 tumor cells with reasonable selectivity indexes. CONCLUSION Our work demonstrated that ruthenium complexes containing sulfur amino acids, bipyridines and bisphosphines showed cytotoxicity against the MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 cancer cell lines, in vitro, and that they interact weakly with the DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) and the HSA (Human Serum Albumin) biomolecules.
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- Celisnolia M Leite
- Departamento de Quimica, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos-UFSCar, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Quimica, ICEB, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto - UFOP, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Instituto de Quimica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul-UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Centro Conjunto de Investigacion en Quimica Sustentable, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico-UNAM, Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
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- Instituto de Quimica, Universidade Federal de Goias-UFG, Goiania, GO, Brazil
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- Instituto de Quimica, Universidade Federal de Goias-UFG, Goiania, GO, Brazil
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- Instituto de Quimica, Universidade Federal de Goias-UFG, Goiania, GO, Brazil
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Abhijna Krishna R, Dheepika R, Muralisankar M, Nagarajan S. Microwave-assisted synthesis and DNA-binding studies of half-sandwich ruthenium(II) arene complexes containing phenanthroimidazole-triarylamine hybrids. J COORD CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2021.1885650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, India
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Dias JSM, Martins FT, de Araújo Neto JH, Castellano EE, Viana RB, Teixeira JDS, Guimarães ET, Soares MBP, Frazão Barbosa MI, Doriguetto AC. Novel ruthenium( iii) complexes with hydroxybenzophenones: experimental and theoretical characterization and in vitro leishmanicidal activity comparing complexes and ligands. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj06159j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Six ruthenium–benzophenone complexes were synthesized in order to combine the chemistry of two interesting compound classes aiming at medicinal chemistry innovation.
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- Departamento de Física e Informática
- Instituto de Física de São Carlos
- Universidade de São Paulo
- São Carlos-SP
- Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências da Vida
- Universidade do Estado da Bahia
- Salvador-BA
- Brazil
- Instituto Gonçalo Moniz
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Graminha AE, Honorato J, Correa RS, Cominetti MR, Menezes ACS, Batista AA. A novel ruthenium(ii) gallic acid complex disrupts the actin cytoskeleton and inhibits migration, invasion and adhesion of triple negative breast tumor cells. Dalton Trans 2020; 50:323-335. [PMID: 33305766 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt03490h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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This work describes the synthesis of three new ruthenium(ii) complexes with gallic acid and derivatives of the general formula [Ru(L)(dppb)(bipy)]PF6, where L = gallate (GAC), benzoate (BAC), and esterified-gallate (EGA), bipy = 2,2'-bipyridine and dppb = 1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane. The complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, molar conductivity, NMR, cyclic voltammetry, UV-vis and IR spectroscopy, and two of them by X-ray crystallography. Cell viability assays show promising results, indicating higher cytotoxicity of the complexes in MDA-MB-231 cells, a triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cell line, compared with the hormone-dependent MCF-7 cell line. Studies in vitro with the MDA-MB-231 cell line showed that only Ru(BAC) and Ru(GAC) interacted with BSA. Besides that, the Ru(GAC) complex, which has a polyphenolic acid, interacted in an apo-Tf structure and function dependent manner and it was able to inhibit the formation of reactive oxygen species. Ru(GAC) was able to cause damage to the cellular cytoskeleton leading to inhibition of some cellular processes of TNBC cells, such as invasion, migration, and adhesion.
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- Angelica E Graminha
- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar, Rodovia Washington Luís Km 235, CP 676, 13561-901, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
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Graminha AE, Honorato J, Dulcey LL, Godoy LR, Barbosa MF, Cominetti MR, Menezes AC, Batista AA. Evaluation of the biological potential of ruthenium(II) complexes with cinnamic acid. J Inorg Biochem 2020; 206:111021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2020.111021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Revised: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Cunha BN, Luna-Dulcey L, Plutin AM, Silveira RG, Honorato J, Cairo RR, de Oliveira TD, Cominetti MR, Castellano EE, Batista AA. Selective Coordination Mode of Acylthiourea Ligands in Half-Sandwich Ru(II) Complexes and Their Cytotoxic Evaluation. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:5072-5085. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Beatriz N. Cunha
- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos—UFSCar, Rodovia Washington Luís KM 235, CP 676, 13561-901 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
- Instituto Federal Goiano—IFGoiano, Campus Ceres, Rodovia GO-154 KM 03, CP 51, 76300-000 Ceres, GO, Brazil
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- Departamento de Gerontologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos—UFSCar, Rodovia Washington Luís KM 235, CP 676, 13561-901 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntesis Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad dela Habana—UH, Habana 10400, Cuba
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- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos—UFSCar, Rodovia Washington Luís KM 235, CP 676, 13561-901 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
- Instituto Federal Goiano—IFGoiano, Campus Ceres, Rodovia GO-154 KM 03, CP 51, 76300-000 Ceres, GO, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos—UFSCar, Rodovia Washington Luís KM 235, CP 676, 13561-901 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntesis Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad dela Habana—UH, Habana 10400, Cuba
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- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos—UFSCar, Rodovia Washington Luís KM 235, CP 676, 13561-901 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Gerontologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos—UFSCar, Rodovia Washington Luís KM 235, CP 676, 13561-901 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física e Informática, Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo—USP, CP 369, 13560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos—UFSCar, Rodovia Washington Luís KM 235, CP 676, 13561-901 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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Macrae CF, Sovago I, Cottrell SJ, Galek PTA, McCabe P, Pidcock E, Platings M, Shields GP, Stevens JS, Towler M, Wood PA. Mercury 4.0: from visualization to analysis, design and prediction. J Appl Crystallogr 2020; 53:226-235. [PMID: 32047413 PMCID: PMC6998782 DOI: 10.1107/s1600576719014092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1962] [Impact Index Per Article: 490.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The program Mercury, developed at the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, was originally designed primarily as a crystal structure visualization tool. Over the years the fields and scientific communities of chemical crystallography and crystal engineering have developed to require more advanced structural analysis software. Mercury has evolved alongside these scientific communities and is now a powerful analysis, design and prediction platform which goes a lot further than simple structure visualization.
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- Clare F. Macrae
- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK
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- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK
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- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK
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- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK
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- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK
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- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK
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- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK
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- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK
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- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK
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- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK
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- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK
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Velozo-Sá VS, Pereira LR, Lima AP, Mello-Andrade F, Rezende MRM, Goveia RM, Pires WC, Silva MM, Oliveira KM, Ferreira AG, Ellena J, Deflon VM, Grisolia CK, Batista AA, Silveira-Lacerda EP. In vitro cytotoxicity and in vivo zebrafish toxicity evaluation of Ru(ii)/2-mercaptopyrimidine complexes. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:6026-6039. [PMID: 30724926 DOI: 10.1039/c8dt03738h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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In this paper, four new ruthenium complexes, [Ru(N-S)(dppm)2]PF6 (1), [Ru(N-S)(dppe)2]PF6 (2), [Ru(N-S)2(dppp)] (3) and [Ru(N-S)2(PPh3)2] (4) [dppm = 1,1-bis(diphenylphosphino)methane, dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane, dppp = 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane, PPh3 = triphenylphosphine and N-S = 2-mercaptopyrimidine anion] were synthesized and characterized using spectroscopy techniques, molar conductance, elemental analysis, electrochemical techniques and X-ray diffraction. The DNA binding studies were investigated using voltammetry and spectroscopy techniques. The results show that all complexes exhibit a weak interaction with DNA. HSA interaction with the complexes was studied using fluorescence emission spectroscopy, where the results indicate a spontaneous interaction between the species by a static quenching mechanism. The cytotoxicity of the complexes was evaluated against A549, MDA-MB-231 and HaCat cells by MTT assay. Complexes (1) and (2), which are very active against triple negative MDA-MB-231, were subjected to further biological tests with this cell line. The cytotoxic activity triggered by the complexes was confirmed by clonogenic assay. Cell cycle analyses demonstrated marked anti-proliferative effects, especially at the G0/G1 and S phases. The morphological detection of apoptosis and necrosis - HO/PI and Annexin V-FITC/PI assay, elucidated that the type of cell death triggered by these complexes was probably by apoptosis. The in vivo toxicological assessment performed on zebrafish embryos revealed that complexes (1) and (2) did not present embryotoxic or toxic effects during embryonic and larval development showing that they are promising new prototypes of safer and more effective drugs for triple negative breast cancer treatment.
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- Vivianne S Velozo-Sá
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Cytogenetics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Goias-UFG, CEP 74690-900 Goiania, Goias, Brazil.
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Intermolecular Interactions in Functional Crystalline Materials: From Data to Knowledge. CRYSTALS 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst9090478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Intermolecular interactions of organic, inorganic, and organometallic compounds are the key to many composition–structure and structure–property networks. In this review, some of these relations and the tools developed by the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Center (CCDC) to analyze them and design solid forms with desired properties are described. The potential of studies supported by the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD)-Materials tools for investigation of dynamic processes in crystals, for analysis of biologically active, high energy, optical, (electro)conductive, and other functional crystalline materials, and for the prediction of novel solid forms (polymorphs, co-crystals, solvates) are discussed. Besides, some unusual applications, the potential for further development and limitations of the CCDC software are reported.
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da Silva MM, de Camargo MS, Correa RS, Castelli S, De Grandis RA, Takarada JE, Varanda EA, Castellano EE, Deflon VM, Cominetti MR, Desideri A, Batista AA. Non-mutagenic Ru(ii) complexes: cytotoxicity, topoisomerase IB inhibition, DNA and HSA binding. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:14885-14897. [DOI: 10.1039/c9dt01905g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Herein we discuss five ruthenium(ii) complexes with good cytotoxicity against cancer cells.
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- Departamento de Química
- Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto
- Ouro Preto
- Brazil
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- Dipartimentodi Biologia
- UniversitàTorVergatadi Roma
- 00133 Rome
- Italy
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas
- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas
- UNESP
- Araraquara
- Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas
- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas
- UNESP
- Araraquara
- Brazil
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- Instituto de Química de São Carlos
- Universidade de São Paulo
- São Carlos
- Brazil
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- Departamento de Gerontologia
- Universidade Federal de São Carlos
- São Carlos
- Brazil
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- Departamento de Química
- Universidade Federal de São Carlos
- São Carlos
- Brazil
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