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Adhikari S, Nath P, Das A, Datta A, Baildya N, Duttaroy AK, Pathak S. A review on metal complexes and its anti-cancer activities: Recent updates from in vivo studies. Biomed Pharmacother 2024; 171:116211. [PMID: 38290253 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2024.116211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024] Open
Abstract
Research into cancer therapeutics has uncovered various potential medications based on metal-containing scaffolds after the discovery and clinical applications of cisplatin as an anti-cancer agent. This has resulted in many metallodrugs that can be put into medical applications. These metallodrugs have a wider variety of functions and mechanisms of action than pure organic molecules. Although platinum-based medicines are very efficient anti-cancer agents, they are often accompanied by significant side effects and toxicity and are limited by resistance. Some of the most studied and developed alternatives to platinum-based anti-cancer medications include metallodrugs based on ruthenium, gold, copper, iridium, and osmium, which showed effectiveness against many cancer cell lines. These metal-based medicines represent an exciting new category of potential cancer treatments and sparked a renewed interest in the search for effective anti-cancer therapies. Despite the widespread development of metal complexes touted as powerful and promising in vitro anti-cancer therapeutics, only a small percentage of these compounds have shown their worth in vivo models. Metallodrugs, which are more effective and less toxic than platinum-based drugs and can treat drug-resistant cancer cells, are the focus of this review. Here, we highlighted some of the most recently developed Pt, Ru, Au, Cu, Ir, and Os complexes that have shown significant in vivo antitumor properties between 2017 and 2023.
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- Suman Adhikari
- Department of Chemistry, Govt. Degree Collage, Dharmanagar, Tripura (N) 799253, India.
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- Department of Human Physiology, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar, West Tripura 799022, India
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- Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education (CARE), Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute (CHRI), Chennai 603103, India
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- Department of Botany, Ambedkar College, Fatikroy, Unakoti 799290, Tripura, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Milki High School, Milki, Malda 732209, India
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- Department of Nutrition, Institute of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway.
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- Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education (CARE), Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute (CHRI), Chennai 603103, India
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Liu T, Pan C, Shi H, Huang T, Huang YL, Deng YY, Ni WX, Man WL. Cytotoxic cis-ruthenium(III) bis(amidine) complexes. Dalton Trans 2023. [PMID: 37000490 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt00328k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/01/2023]
Abstract
In chemotherapy, the search for ruthenium compounds as alternatives to platinum compounds is proposed because of their unique properties. However, the geometry effect of ruthenium complexes is sparely investigated. In this paper, we report the synthesis of a series of bis(acetylacetonato)ruthenium(III) complexes bearing two amidines (1-) in a cis configuration. These complexes are highly cytotoxic against various cancer cell lines, including a cisplatin-resistant cell line. In vitro studies suggested that the representative complex can induce cell cycle G0/G1 phase arrest, decrease the mitochondrial membrane potential, elevate the intracellular reactive oxygen species level, and cause DNA damage and caspase-mediated mitochondrial pathway apoptosis in NCI-H460 cells. In vivo, it can effectively inhibit tumor xenograft growth in nude mouse models with no body weight loss. In combination with the reported trans-bis(amidine)ruthenium(III) complexes, we found that ruthenium(III) bis(amidine) complexes could be cytotoxic in both trans and cis geometries, which is in contrast to platinum-based compounds.
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- Tao Liu
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, P.R. China.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, P.R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, P.R. China.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, P.R. China.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, P.R. China.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, P.R. China.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, P.R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, P.R. China.
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(Salen)osmium(VI) nitrides catalyzed glutathione depletion in chemotherapy. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.108153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Huang C, Huang W, Ji P, Song F, Liu T, Li M, Guo H, Huang Y, Yu C, Wang C, Ni W. A Pyrazolate Osmium(VI) Nitride Exhibits Anticancer Activity through Modulating Protein Homeostasis in HepG2 Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232112779. [PMID: 36361570 PMCID: PMC9656236 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232112779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Interest in the third-row transition metal osmium and its compounds as potential anticancer agents has grown in recent years. Here, we synthesized the osmium(VI) nitrido complex Na[OsVI(N)(tpm)2] (tpm = [5-(Thien-2-yl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl]methanol), which exhibited a greater inhibitory effect on the cell viabilities of the cervical, ovarian, and breast cancer cell lines compared with cisplatin. Proteomics analysis revealed that Na[OsVI(N)(tpm)2] modulates the expression of protein-transportation-associated, DNA-metabolism-associated, and oxidative-stress-associated proteins in HepG2 cells. Perturbation of protein expression activity by the complex in cancer cells affects the functions of the mitochondria, resulting in high levels of cellular oxidative stress and low rates of cell survival. Moreover, it caused G2/M phase cell cycle arrest and caspase-mediated apoptosis of HepG2 cells. This study reveals a new high-valent osmium complex as an anticancer agent candidate modulating protein homeostasis.
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- Chengyang Huang
- Department of Physiology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, China
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, China
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- Department of Physiology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, China
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- Department of Physiology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, China
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- Department of Physiology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, China
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Ye M, Huang WQ, Li ZX, Wang CX, Liu T, Chen Y, Hor CHH, Man WL, Ni WX. Osmium(VI) nitride triggers mitochondria-induced oncosis and apoptosis. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:2468-2471. [PMID: 35024704 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc05148b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We report a new osmium(VI) nitrido complex bearing a nonplanar tetradentate ligand with potent anticancer activity. This complex causes mitochondrial damage, which induces liver cancer cell death via oncosis and apoptosis. This is the first osmium-based anticancer candidate that induces oncosis.
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- Meng Ye
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, P. R. China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, P. R. China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, P. R. China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, P. R. China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, HKSAR, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, HKSAR, P. R. China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, P. R. China
- Clinical Research Centre, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, P. R. China
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Stüker T, Xia X, Beckers H, Riedel S. High-Spin Iron(VI), Low-Spin Ruthenium(VI), and Magnetically Bistable Osmium(VI) in Molecular Group 8 Nitrido Trifluorides NMF 3. Chemistry 2021; 27:11693-11700. [PMID: 34043842 PMCID: PMC8457171 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Pseudo‐tetrahedral nitrido trifluorides N≡MF3 (M=Fe, Ru, Os) and square pyramidal nitrido tetrafluorides N≡MF4 (M=Ru, Os) were formed by free‐metal‐atom reactions with NF3 and subsequently isolated in solid neon at 5 K. Their IR spectra were recorded and analyzed aided by quantum‐chemical calculations. For a d2 electron configuration of the N≡MF3 compounds in C3v symmetry, Hund's rule predict a high‐spin 3A2 ground state with two parallel spin electrons and two degenerate metal d(δ)‐orbitals. The corresponding high‐spin 3A2 ground state was, however, only found for N≡FeF3, the first experimentally verified neutral nitrido FeVI species. The valence‐isoelectronic N≡RuF3 and N≡OsF3 adopt different angular distorted singlet structures. For N≡RuF3, the triplet 3A2 state is only 5 kJ mol−1 higher in energy than the singlet 1A′ ground state, and the magnetically bistable molecular N≡OsF3 with two distorted near degenerate 1A′ and 3A“ electronic states were experimentally detected at 5 K in solid neon.
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- Tony Stüker
- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Anorganische Chemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Fabeckstr. 34/36, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Anorganische Chemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Fabeckstr. 34/36, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Anorganische Chemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Fabeckstr. 34/36, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Anorganische Chemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Fabeckstr. 34/36, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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