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Cen JH, Xie QH, Guo GH, Xu SY, Liu ZY, Liao YH, Zhong XP, Liu HY. Construction of 5-Fluorouracil and Gallium Corrole Conjugates for Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy. J Med Chem 2024; 67:9054-9068. [PMID: 38781403 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00249] [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: 05/25/2024]
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Molecular hybridization is a well-established strategy for developing new drugs. In the pursuit of promising photosensitizers (PSs) with enhanced photodynamic therapy (PDT) efficiency, a series of novel 5-fluorouracil (5FU) gallium corrole conjugates (1-Ga-4-Ga) were designed and synthesized by hybridizing a chemotherapeutic drug and PSs. Their photodynamic antitumor activity was also evaluated. The most active complex (2-Ga) possesses a low IC50 value of 0.185 μM and a phototoxic index of 541 against HepG2 cells. Additionally, the 5FU-gallium corrole conjugate (2-Ga) exhibited a synergistic increase in cytotoxicity under irradiation. Excitedly, treatment of HepG2 tumor-bearing mice with 2-Ga under irradiation could completely ablate tumors without harming normal tissues. 2-Ga-mediated PDT could disrupt mitochondrial function, cause cell cycle arrest in the sub-G1 phase, and activate the cell apoptosis pathway by upregulating the cleaved PARP expression and the Bax/Bcl-2 ratios. This work provides a useful strategy for the design of new corrole-based chemo-photodynamic therapy drugs.
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- Jing-He Cen
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
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- Molecular Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Infectious Diseases, Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510091, China
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- Molecular Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Infectious Diseases, Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510091, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
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Cen JH, Xie QH, Guo GH, Gao LJ, Liao YH, Zhong XP, Liu HY. Azide-modified corrole phosphorus complexes for endoplasmic reticulum-targeted fluorescence bioimaging and effective cancer photodynamic therapy. Eur J Med Chem 2024; 265:116102. [PMID: 38176359 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.116102] [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: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 12/24/2023] [Accepted: 12/24/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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Study on corrole photosensitizers (PSs) for photodynamic therapy (PDT) has made remarkable progress. Targeted delivery of PSs is of great significance for enhancing therapeutic efficiency, decreasing the dosage, and reducing systemic toxicity during PDT. The development of PSs that can be specifically delivered to the subcellular organelle is still an attractive and challenging work. Herein, we synthesize a series of azide-modified corrole phosphorus and gallium complex PSs, in which phosphorus corrole 2-P could not only precisely target the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) with a Pearson correlation coefficient (PCC) up to 0.92 but also possesses the highest singlet oxygen quantum yields (ΦΔ = 0.75). This renders it remarkable PDT activity at a very low dosage (IC50 = 23 nM) towards HepG2 tumor cell line while ablating solid tumors in vivo with excellent biosecurity. Furthermore, 2-P exhibits intense red fluorescence (ΦF = 0.25), outstanding photostability, and a large Stokes shift (190 nm), making it a promising fluorescent probe for ER. This study provides a clinically potential photosensitizer for cancer photodynamic therapy and a promising ER fluorescent probe for bioimaging.
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- Jing-He Cen
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- Molecular Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Infectious Diseases, Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510091, China.
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- Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China.
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Taniguchi M, Lindsey JS, Bocian DF, Holten D. Comprehensive review of photophysical parameters (ε, Φf, τs) of tetraphenylporphyrin (H2TPP) and zinc tetraphenylporphyrin (ZnTPP) – Critical benchmark molecules in photochemistry and photosynthesis. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2020.100401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The rapid expansion of photoredox catalysis and artificial photosynthesis has garnered renewed interest in the field of photochemistry. While porphyrins have been widely utilized for a variety of photochemical applications, corrole photochemistry remains underexplored, despite an exponential growth in corrole chemistry. Indeed, less than 4% of all corrole-related publications have studied the photochemistry of these molecules. Since corroles exhibit chemical properties that are distinct from porphyrins and related macrocycles, it is likely that this divergence would also be observed in their photochemical properties. This review provides a comprehensive summary of the extant corrole photochemistry literature. Corroles primarily serve as photosensitizers that transfer energy or an electron to molecular oxygen to form singlet oxygen or superoxide, respectively. While both of these reactive oxygen species can be used to drive chemical reactions, they can also be exploited for photodynamic therapy to treat cancer and other diseases. Although direct photochemical activation of metal–ligand bonds has been less explored, corroles mediate a variety of transformations, particularly oxygen atom transfer reactions. Together, these examples illustrate the diversity of corrole photochemistry and suggest that there are many additional applications yet to be discovered.
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- Christopher M. Lemon
- Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science , Department of Molecular and Cell Biology , and California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley , CA, 94720, USA
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Sun YM, Jiang X, Liu ZY, Liu LG, Liao YH, Zeng L, Ye Y, Liu HY. Hydroxy-corrole and its gallium(III) complex as new photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy against breast carcinoma. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 208:112794. [PMID: 32916313 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2020] [Revised: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Three mono-hydroxy corroles 1-3 and their gallium(III) complexes Ga1-3 were synthesized, and their photodynamic antitumour activities towards breast cancer cells were investigated. All corroles showed excellent cytotoxicity against the MDA-MB-231 and 4T1 cell lines upon light irradiation at 625 nm. Ga3 exhibited excellent phototoxicity and selectivity against MDA-MB-231 cells, with an IC50 of 0.06 ± 0.03 μM and a selective index value of 1338.83 (relative to human normal Huvec cells). The performance of Ga3 was even better than that of the clinical photodynamic therapy drug m-THPC. A preliminary mechanistic investigation revealed that corrole 3 and Ga3 were mainly located in the cytoplasm. Upon irradiation, they could generate intracellular reactive oxygen to destroy the mitochondrial membrane potential and arrest the cell cycle at the sub-G1 phase. Flow cytometry revealed that corrole 3 and Ga3 induced cancer cell apoptosis after photodynamic treatment. Corrole 3 and Ga3 displayed negligible cytotoxicity in the dark. These results suggest that corrole 3 and Ga3 are promising candidates for use in the photodynamic therapy of breast cancer.
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- Yan-Mei Sun
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- Molecular Diagnosis & Treatment of Central Infectious Diseases, Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510091, China
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- Foresea Life Insurance Guangzhou General Hospital, Guangzhou, 511300, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China.
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Alizadeh A, Farajpour B, Mohammadi SS, Sedghi M, Naderi‐Manesh H, Janiak C, Knedel T. Design and Synthesis of Coumarin‐Based Pyrazolopyridines as Biocompatible Fluorescence Dyes for Live‐Cell Imaging. ChemistrySelect 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202002289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Abdolali Alizadeh
- Department of Chemistry Tarbiat Modares University P. O. Box 14115-175 Tehran Iran
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- Department of Chemistry Tarbiat Modares University P. O. Box 14115-175 Tehran Iran
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- Department of Nanobiotechnology/Biophysics Tarbiat Modares University P. O. Box 14115-175 Tehran Iran
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- Department of Nanobiotechnology/Biophysics Tarbiat Modares University P. O. Box 14115-175 Tehran Iran
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- Department of Nanobiotechnology/Biophysics Tarbiat Modares University P. O. Box 14115-175 Tehran Iran
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- Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, I 40225 Düsseldorf
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- Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, I 40225 Düsseldorf
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- Xiao Jiang
- Department of Chemistry, Joint Laboratory of SCUT and Bawei CorporationSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- Department of Chemistry, Joint Laboratory of SCUT and Bawei CorporationSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- Department of Chemistry, Joint Laboratory of SCUT and Bawei CorporationSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- Department of ChemistryMichigan State University East Lansing Michigan
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The photodynamic activity and toxicity evaluation of 5,10,15-tris(ethoxylcarbonyl)corrole phosphorus(V) in vivo and in vitro. Eur J Med Chem 2019; 163:779-786. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Revised: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Cai F, Xia F, Guo Y, Zhu W, Fu B, Liang X, Wang S, Cai Z, Xu H. “Off–on–off” type of selectively pH-sensing 8-hydroxyquinoline-substituted gallium(iii) corrole. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9nj04544a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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We herein reported the synthesis and pH sensing property of a novel gallium corrole derivatives based on 8-hydroxyquinoline. Ga-corrole derivative showed good fluorescent response upon changing the pH values in the wide region of pH 1 to 12.
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- Fangjian Cai
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources
- College of Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-Based Green Fuels and Chemicals
- Nanjing Forestry University
- Nanjing 210037
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu University
- Zhenjiang 212013
- P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources
- College of Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-Based Green Fuels and Chemicals
- Nanjing Forestry University
- Nanjing 210037
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu University
- Zhenjiang 212013
- P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources
- College of Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-Based Green Fuels and Chemicals
- Nanjing Forestry University
- Nanjing 210037
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu University
- Zhenjiang 212013
- P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources
- College of Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-Based Green Fuels and Chemicals
- Nanjing Forestry University
- Nanjing 210037
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources
- College of Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-Based Green Fuels and Chemicals
- Nanjing Forestry University
- Nanjing 210037
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources
- College of Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-Based Green Fuels and Chemicals
- Nanjing Forestry University
- Nanjing 210037
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