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Couto M, Alamón C, Nievas S, Perona M, Dagrosa MA, Teixidor F, Cabral P, Viñas C, Cerecetto H. Bimodal Therapeutic Agents Against Glioblastoma, One of the Most Lethal Forms of Cancer. Chemistry 2020; 26:14335-14340. [PMID: 32738078 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2020] [Revised: 07/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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About 95 % of people diagnosed with glioblastoma die within five years. Glioblastoma is the most aggressive central nervous system tumour. It is necessary to make progress in the glioblastoma treatment so that advanced chemotherapy drugs or radiation therapy or, ideally, two-in-one hybrid systems should be implemented. Tyrosine kinase receptors-inhibitors and boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT), together, could provide a therapeutic strategy. In this work, sunitinib decorated-carborane hybrids were prepared and biologically evaluated identifying excellent antitumoral- and BNCT-agents. One of the selected hybrids was studied against glioma-cells and found to be 4 times more cytotoxic than sunitinib and 1.7 times more effective than 10 B-boronophenylalanine fructose complex when the cells were irradiated with neutrons.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marcos Couto
- Grupo de Química Orgánica Medicinal, Instituto de Química Biológica (IQB), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225, 11400, Montevideo, Uruguay.,Institut de Ciències dels Materials de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Campus UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Grupo de Química Orgánica Medicinal, Instituto de Química Biológica (IQB), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225, 11400, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Department of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy, National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Radiobiology, CNEA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Institut de Ciències dels Materials de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Campus UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Área de Radiofarmacia, Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares (CIN), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Mataojo 2055, 11400, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Institut de Ciències dels Materials de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Campus UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Grupo de Química Orgánica Medicinal, Instituto de Química Biológica (IQB), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225, 11400, Montevideo, Uruguay.,Área de Radiofarmacia, Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares (CIN), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Mataojo 2055, 11400, Montevideo, Uruguay
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The addition reactions of germylenoid H 2GeAlCl 3 with ethylene: a theoretical investigation. J Mol Model 2017; 23:199. [PMID: 28593344 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-017-3375-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Theoretical calculations using the M062X and QCISD methods were performed on the addition reactions of the aluminum germylenoid H2GeAlCl3 with ethylene. The most two stable structures of germylenoid H2GeAlCl3, i.e., the p-complex and three-membered ring structures, respectively, were employed as reactants. The calculated results indicate that, for the p-complex, H2GeAlCl3 there are two pathways, I and II, of which path I involves just one transition state, while path II involves two transition states between reactants and products. Comparing the reaction barrier heights of path I (44.6 kJ mol-1) and II (37.6 kJ mol-1), the two pathways are competitive, with similar barriers under the same conditions, while for the three-membered ring structure, another two pathways, III and IV, also exist. Path III has one transition state; however, in path IV, two transition states exist. By comparing their barrier heights, path III (barrier height 39.2 kJ mol-1) could occur more easily than path IV (barrier height 92.8 kJ mol-1). Considering solvent effects on these addition reactions, the PCM model and CH2Cl2 solvent were used in calculations, and the calculated results demonstrate that CH2Cl2 solvent is unfavorable for the reactions, except for path II. In CH2Cl2 solvent, paths II and III are more favorable than paths I and IV.
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