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Gambino D, Otero L. Facing Diseases Caused by Trypanosomatid Parasites: Rational Design of Pd and Pt Complexes With Bioactive Ligands. Front Chem 2022; 9:816266. [PMID: 35071192 PMCID: PMC8777014 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.816266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), Chagas disease or American Trypanosomiasis (CD), and leishmaniases are protozoan infections produced by trypanosomatid parasites belonging to the kinetoplastid order and they constitute an urgent global health problem. In fact, there is an urgent need of more efficient and less toxic chemotherapy for these diseases. Medicinal inorganic chemistry currently offers an attractive option for the rational design of new drugs and, in particular, antiparasitic ones. In this sense, one of the main strategies for the design of metal-based antiparasitic compounds has been the coordination of an organic ligand with known or potential biological activity, to a metal centre or an organometallic core. Classical metal coordination complexes or organometallic compounds could be designed as multifunctional agents joining, in a single molecule, different chemical species that could affect different parasitic targets. This review is focused on the rational design of palladium(II) and platinum(II) compounds with bioactive ligands as prospective drugs against trypanosomatid parasites that has been conducted by our group during the last 20 years.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dinorah Gambino
- Área Química Inorgánica, DEC, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Área Química Inorgánica, DEC, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Rodríguez Arce E, Putzu E, Lapier M, Maya JD, Olea Azar C, Echeverría GA, Piro OE, Medeiros A, Sardi F, Comini M, Risi G, Salinas G, Correia I, Pessoa JC, Otero L, Gambino D. New heterobimetallic ferrocenyl derivatives are promising antitrypanosomal agents. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:7644-7658. [PMID: 31049548 DOI: 10.1039/c9dt01317b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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In the search for a more effective chemotherapy for the treatment of Chagas' disease and human African trypanosomiasis, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma brucei parasites, respectively, the use of organometallic compounds may be a promising strategy. In this work, eight new heterobimetallic compounds are described including four 5-nitrofuryl containing thiosemicarbazones as bioactive ligands (HL1-HL4) and dppf = 1,1'-bis(diphenylphosphino) ferrocene as an organometallic co-ligand. Complexes of the formula [MII(L)(dppf)](PF6) with M = Pd or Pt were synthesized and fully characterized in the solid state and in solution, including the determination of the molecular structure of four of them by single crystal X-ray diffraction methods. Most compounds showed activity in the low micromolar or submicromolar range against both parasites, with the platinum compounds being more active than the palladium analogues. Activity was significantly increased by generation of the M-dppf compounds (3-24 fold increase with respect to free ligands HL for T. cruzi and up to 99 fold increase with respect to HL for T. brucei). The inclusion of the organometallic co-ligand also led to lower toxicity in mammalian cells and higher selectivity towards both parasites when compared to the free HL compounds. The complexes interact with DNA and affect the redox metabolism of the parasites. Furthermore, the most active and selective compound of the new series showed no in vivo toxicity in zebrafish embryos.
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- Esteban Rodríguez Arce
- Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Gral. Flores 2124, 11800 Montevideo, Uruguay.
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Rhenium(I) tricarbonyl compounds of bioactive thiosemicarbazones: Synthesis, characterization and activity against Trypanosoma cruzi. J Inorg Biochem 2017; 170:125-133. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2017.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2016] [Revised: 12/29/2016] [Accepted: 01/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Nayak DK, Baishya R, Natarajan R, Sen T, Debnath MC. Tricarbonyl (99m)Tc(i) and Re(i)-thiosemicarbazone complexes: synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation for targeting bacterial infection. Dalton Trans 2016; 44:16136-48. [PMID: 26289802 DOI: 10.1039/c5dt02264a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Methyl, ethyl and phenyl nitrofuryl thiosemicarbazone ligands (, and respectively) were radiolabeled with freshly prepared aqueous solution of a fac[(99m)Tc(CO)3(H2O)3](+) precursor. The radiochemical yield was around 98% as determined by thin layer chromatography and HPLC. The complexes exhibited substantial stability. The corresponding Re(i) complexes were prepared from a Re(CO)5Br precursor to understand the coordination behavior of the ligands against a tricarbonyl rhenium(i) precursor. The rhenium(i) complexes were characterized by means of IR, NMR and mass spectroscopic studies as well as by X-ray crystallography, and correlated with the technetium complexes by means of HPLC studies. Electrochemical reduction of monomeric Re(CO)3-complexes of nitrofuryl ethyl thiosemicarbazone was also studied using cyclic voltammetry. Biodistribution studies of (99m)Tc(CO)3-labeled thiosemicarbazones in rats intramuscularly infected with S. aureus exhibited substantial in vivo stability of the complex and moderate accumulation at the site of focal infection.
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- Dipak Kumar Nayak
- Infectious Disease and Immunology Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR), 4, Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata-700032, India.
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Fernández M, Arce ER, Sarniguet C, Morais TS, Tomaz AI, Azar CO, Figueroa R, Diego Maya J, Medeiros A, Comini M, Helena Garcia M, Otero L, Gambino D. Novel ruthenium(II) cyclopentadienyl thiosemicarbazone compounds with antiproliferative activity on pathogenic trypanosomatid parasites. J Inorg Biochem 2015; 153:306-314. [PMID: 26275470 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2015.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Revised: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/24/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Searching for new prospective antitrypanosomal agents, three novel Ru(II)-cyclopentadienyl compounds, [Ru(η(5)-C5H5)(PPh3)L], with HL=bioactive 5-nitrofuryl containing thiosemicarbazones were synthesized and characterized in the solid state and in solution. The compounds were evaluated in vitro on the blood circulating trypomastigote form of Trypanosoma cruzi (Dm28c strain), the infective form of Trypanosoma brucei brucei (strain 427) and on J774 murine macrophages and human-derived EA.hy926 endothelial cells. The compounds were active against both parasites with IC50 values in the micromolar or submicromolar range. Interestingly, they are much more active on T. cruzi than previously developed Ru(II) classical and organometallic compounds with the same bioactive ligands. The new compounds showed moderate to very good selectivity towards the parasites in respect to mammalian cells. The global results point at [RuCp(PPh3)L2] (L2=N-methyl derivative of 5-nitrofuryl containing thiosemicarbazone and Cp=cyclopentadienyl) as the most promising compound for further developments (IC50T. cruzi=0.41μM; IC50T. brucei brucei=3.5μM). Moreover, this compound shows excellent selectivity towards T. cruzi (SI>49) and good selectivity towards T. brucei brucei (SI>6). In order to get insight into the mechanism of antiparasitic action, the intracellular free radical production capacity of the new compounds was assessed by ESR. DMPO (5,5-dimethyl-1-pirroline-N-oxide) spin adducts related to the bioreduction of the complexes and to redox cycling processes were characterized. In addition, DNA competitive binding studies with ethidium bromide by fluorescence measurements showed that the compounds interact with this biomolecule.
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- Mariana Fernández
- Cátedra de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Cátedra de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Cátedra de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Analítica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Analítica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Programa de Farmacología Molecular y Clínica, ICBM, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Group Redox Biology of Trypanosomes, Montevideo, Uruguay; Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Group Redox Biology of Trypanosomes, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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- Cátedra de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.
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- Cátedra de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.
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Cipriani M, Toloza J, Bradford L, Putzu E, Vieites M, Curbelo E, Tomaz AI, Garat B, Guerrero J, Gancheff JS, Maya JD, Olea Azar C, Gambino D, Otero L. Effect of the Metal Ion on the antiT. cruziActivity and Mechanism of Action of 5-Nitrofuryl-Containing Thiosemicarbazone Metal Complexes. Eur J Inorg Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201402614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Sarniguet C, Toloza J, Cipriani M, Lapier M, Vieites M, Toledano-Magaña Y, García-Ramos JC, Ruiz-Azuara L, Moreno V, Maya JD, Azar CO, Gambino D, Otero L. Water-soluble ruthenium complexes bearing activity against protozoan parasites. Biol Trace Elem Res 2014; 159:379-92. [PMID: 24740394 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-014-9964-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2014] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Parasitic illnesses are major causes of human disease and misery worldwide. Among them, both amebiasis and Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasites, Entamoeba histolytica and Trypanosoma cruzi, are responsible for thousands of annual deaths. The lack of safe and effective chemotherapy and/or the appearance of current drug resistance make the development of novel pharmacological tools for their treatment relevant. In this sense, within the framework of the medicinal inorganic chemistry, metal-based drugs appear to be a good alternative to find a pharmacological answer to parasitic diseases. In this work, novel ruthenium complexes [RuCl2(HL)(HPTA)2]Cl2 with HL=bioactive 5-nitrofuryl containing thiosemicarbazones and PTA=1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane have been synthesized and fully characterized. PTA was included as co-ligand in order to modulate complexes aqueous solubility. In fact, obtained complexes were water soluble. Their activity against T. cruzi and E. histolytica was evaluated in vitro. [RuCl2(HL4)(HPTA)2]Cl2 complex, with HL4=N-phenyl-5-nitrofuryl-thiosemicarbazone, was the most active compound against both parasites. In particular, it showed an excellent activity against E. histolytica (half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50)=5.2 μM), even higher than that of the reference drug metronidazole. In addition, this complex turns out to be selective for E. histolytica (selectivity index (SI)>38). The potential mechanism of antiparasitic action of the obtained ruthenium complexes could involve oxidative stress for both parasites. Additionally, complexes could interact with DNA as second potential target by an intercalative-like mode. Obtained results could be considered a contribution in the search for metal compounds that could be active against multiple parasites.
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- Cynthia Sarniguet
- Cátedra de Química Inorgánica, DEC, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Gral. Flores 2124, C. C. 1157, 11800, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Caputto ME, Fabian LE, Benítez D, Merlino A, Ríos N, Cerecetto H, Moltrasio GY, Moglioni AG, González M, Finkielsztein LM. Thiosemicarbazones derived from 1-indanones as new anti-Trypanosoma cruzi agents. Bioorg Med Chem 2011; 19:6818-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.09.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2011] [Revised: 09/14/2011] [Accepted: 09/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Merlino A, Otero L, Gambino D, Laura Coitiño E. In search of patterns over physicochemical properties and pharmacological activities for a set of [MCl2(thiosemicarbazone)] complexes (M=Pt/Pd): Support for multiple mechanisms of antichagasic action excluding DNA-bonding in vivo? Eur J Med Chem 2011; 46:2639-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2011.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2011] [Revised: 03/14/2011] [Accepted: 03/22/2011] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Pagano M, Demoro B, Toloza J, Boiani L, González M, Cerecetto H, Olea-Azar C, Norambuena E, Gambino D, Otero L. Effect of ruthenium complexation on trypanocidal activity of 5-nitrofuryl containing thiosemicarbazones. Eur J Med Chem 2009; 44:4937-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2009.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2009] [Revised: 08/18/2009] [Accepted: 08/19/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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