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Muslim M, Ahmad M, Arish M, Alam MJ, Alarifi A, Afzal M, Sepay N, Ahmad S. 5-Hydroxyisophthalic acid and neocuproine containing copper(II) complex as a promising cytotoxic agent: Structure elucidation, topology, Hirshfeld surface, DFT calculations, and molecular docking analysis. J Mol Struct 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.133879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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González-Ballesteros MM, Mejía C, Ruiz-Azuara L. Metallodrugs, an approach against invasion and metastasis in cancer treatment. FEBS Open Bio 2022; 12:880-899. [PMID: 35170871 PMCID: PMC9063434 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.13381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Cancer is a heterogeneous and multifactorial disease that causes high mortality throughout the world; therefore, finding the most effective therapies is a major research challenge. Currently, most anticancer drugs present a limited number of well‐established targets, such as cell proliferation or death; however, it is important to consider that the worse progression of cancer toward pathological stages implies invasion and metastasis processes. Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry (MIC) is a young area that deals with the design, synthesis, characterization, preclinical evaluation, and mechanism of action of new inorganic compounds, called metallodrugs. The properties of metallic ions allow enriching of strategies for the design of new drugs, enabling the adjustment of physicochemical and stereochemical properties. Metallodrugs can adopt geometries, such as tetrahedral, octahedral, square planar, and square planar pyramid, which adjusts their arrangement and facilitates binding with a wide variety of targets. The redox properties of some metal ions can be modulated by the presence of the bound ligands to adjust their interaction, thereby opening a range of mechanisms of action. In this regard, the mechanisms of action that trigger the biological activity of metallodrugs have been generally identified by: (a) coordination of the metal to biomolecules (for instance, cisplatin binds to the N7 in DNA guanine, as Pt‐N via coordination of the inhibition of enzymes); (b) redox‐active; and (c) ROS production. For this reason, a series of metallodrugs can interact with several specific targets in the anti‐invasive processes of cancer and can prevent metastasis. The structural base of several metal compounds shows great anticancer potential by inhibiting the signaling pathways related to cancer progression. In this minireview, we present the advances in the field of antimetastatic effects of metallodrugs.
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- Mauricio M González-Ballesteros
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Nuclear, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 3000, Ciudad de México, CP, 04510, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro, C.P, 76230, México
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Nuclear, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 3000, Ciudad de México, CP, 04510, Mexico
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Leite CM, Honorato J, Martin ACBM, Silveira RG, Colombari FM, Amaral JC, Costa AR, Cominetti MR, Plutín AM, de Aguiar D, Vaz BG, Batista AA. Experimental and Theoretical DFT Study of Cu(I)/ N, N-Disubstituted- N'-acylthioureato Anticancer Complexes: Actin Cytoskeleton and Induction of Death by Apoptosis in Triple-Negative Breast Tumor Cells. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:664-677. [PMID: 34928593 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Six complexes with the general formula [Cu(acylthioureato)(PPh3)2] were synthesized and characterized using spectroscopic techniques (IR, UV/visible, and 1D and 2D NMR), mass spectrometry, elemental analysis, and X-ray diffraction. Interpretation of the in vitro cytotoxicity data of Cu(I) complexes took into account their stability in cell culture medium. DFT calculations showed that NMR properties, such as the shielding of carbon atoms, are affected by relativistic effects, supported by the ZORA Hamiltonian in the theoretical calculations. Additionally, the calculation of the energies of the frontier molecular orbitals predicted that the structural changes of the acylthiourea ligands did not cause marked changes in the reactivity descriptors. All complexes were cytotoxic to the evaluated tumor cell lines [MDA-MB-231 (triple-negative breast cancer, TNBC), MCF-7 (breast cancer), and A549 (lung cancer)]. In the MDA-MB-231 cell line, complex 1 significantly altered the cytoskeleton of the cells, reducing the density and promoting the condensation of F-actin filaments. In addition, the compound caused an increase in the percentage of cells in the fragmented DNA region (sub-G0) and induced cell death via the apoptotic pathway starting at the IC50 concentration. Taken together, the results show that complex 1 has cytotoxic and apoptotic effects on TNBC cells, which is a cell line originating from an aggressive, difficult-to-treat breast cancer.
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- Celisnolia M Leite
- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar, São Carlos, São Paulo 13565-905, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar, São Carlos, São Paulo 13565-905, Brazil
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- Instituto Federal Goiano, Campus Ceres, Ceres, Goiás 76300000, Brazil
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- Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais, Laboratório Nacional de Biorrenováveis, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar, São Carlos, São Paulo 13565-905, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar, São Carlos, São Paulo 13565-905, Brazil
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- Departamento de Gerontologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar, São Carlos, São Paulo 13565-905, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntesis Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de La Habana - UH, Habana 10400, Cuba
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiania, Goiás 74690900, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiania, Goiás 74690900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar, São Carlos, São Paulo 13565-905, Brazil
- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiania, Goiás 74690900, Brazil
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Resendiz-Acevedo K, García-Aguilera ME, Esturau-Escofet N, Ruiz-Azuara L. 1H -NMR Metabolomics Study of the Effect of Cisplatin and Casiopeina IIgly on MDA-MB-231 Breast Tumor Cells. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:742859. [PMID: 34926572 PMCID: PMC8671756 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.742859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The knowledge of the metabolic processes of designed metallodrugs for cancer treatment is an area that has been not profoundly studied. Casiopeina IIgly (CasIIgly), which belongs to the Casiopeínas® family, is a copper (II) coordination compound that has shown good biological activity against several cancer cells, low toxicity in normal cells, and antineoplastic activity in in vivo murine and xenografted models. In this work we employed a triple-negative highly metastatic breast carcinoma line (MDA-MB-231), which is one of the cancer types with a great mortality index, for 1H-NMR metabolomic analysis using cisplatin and CasIIgly, in order to quantify the effect of metallodrugs in the metabolic profile of this cell tumor line as a consequence of treatment at different times. Our findings indicate that cisplatin mainly contributes to phospholipid biosynthesis while CasIIgly affects processes such as carbohydrates and nucleotides metabolism. Also, we observed that CasIIgly treatment has an important and fast effect over MDA-MB-231 cell metabolism, which makes it a good alternative for treatment in this type of cancer.
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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Arjmand F, Sharma S, Parveen S, Toupet L, Yu Z, Cowan JA. Copper(ii) l/d-valine-(1,10-phen) complexes target human telomeric G-quadruplex motifs and promote site-specific DNA cleavage and cellular cytotoxicity. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:9888-9899. [PMID: 32638779 PMCID: PMC7433390 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt01527j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Chiral l-/d-valine-(1,10-phen)-Cu(ii) complexes that target G-quadruplex DNA were synthesized and thoroughly characterized by UV-vis, IR, EPR, ESI-MS, elemental analysis and single crystal X-ray spectroscopy. Complexes 1a and 1b crystallized in the monoclinic P21/c and C2 space groups, respectively. On the basis of Wolfe-Shimer analyses, the binding affinities of 1a and 1b with G-quadruplex telomeric DNA were determined, and 1a exhibited significantly higher binding as compared to 1b. Site selective cleavage of G4-DNA was demonstrated by employing the time-dependent PAGE assay, with 1a exhibiting a significantly higher cleavage rate from A1 to G22 (4.32 (±0.13) μM h-1) than 1b (4.29 (±0.11) μM h-1). The DNA cleavage profile demonstrated that both complexes perform non-random double-strand cleavage by following first-order kinetics (kobs = 0.9432 min-1 for 1a and kobs = 0.6574 min-1 for 1b). Molecular docking simulations were performed with both parallel and anti-parallel topologies of the quadruplex to provide a clear insight on G-quadruplex-complex interactions. Complexes 1a and 1b were found to interact strongly at the minor groove cavity of the quadruplex with preferential selectivity for the parallel vs. anti-parallel quadruplex. The cytotoxic activities of complexes 1a and 1b were evaluated on a few notably important human cancer cell lines, viz, breast (MCF-7), pancreatic strains (BxPC3, AsPC1) and liver (Huh7) by an MTT assay. Both 1a and 1b exhibited pronounced cytotoxic activity with remarkably low IC50 values (1-3 μM) for all tested cancer strains.
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- Farukh Arjmand
- Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India.
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- Institut de Physique de sRennes, UMR 625, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu Bat. 11 A, 263 av. Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Correia I, Borovic S, Cavaco I, Matos CP, Roy S, Santos HM, Fernandes L, Capelo JL, Ruiz-Azuara L, Pessoa JC. Evaluation of the binding of four anti-tumor Casiopeínas® to human serum albumin. J Inorg Biochem 2017; 175:284-297. [PMID: 28806645 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2017.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Revised: 07/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The metal complexes designated by Casiopeínas® are mixed-ligand CuII-compounds some of them having promising antineoplastic properties. We report studies of binding of Cu(glycinato)(4,7-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) (Cas-II-Gly (1)), Cu(acetylacetonato)(4,7-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) (Cas-III-Ea (2)), Cu(glycinato)(4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine) (Cas-IV-Gly (3)) and Cu(acetylacetonato)(4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine) (Cas-III-ia (4)) to human serum albumin (HSA) by circular dichroism (CD), Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and fluorescence spectroscopy. The results indicate that HSA may bind up to three molecules of the tested Casiopeínas. This is confirmed by inductively coupled plasma - atomic absorption spectroscopy measurements of samples of HSA-Casiopeínas after passing by adequate size-exclusion columns. The binding of Cas-II-Gly to HSA was also confirmed by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometric experiments. In the physiological range of concentrations the Casiopeínas form 1:1 adducts with HSA, with conditional binding constants of ca. 1×109 (1), 4×107 (2), 1×106 (3) and 2×105 (4), values determined from the CD spectra measured, and the fluorescence emission spectra indicates that the binding takes place close to the Trp214 residue. Overall, the data confirm that these Casiopeínas may bind to HSA and may be transported in blood serum by this protein; this might allow some selective tumor targeting, particularly in the case of Cas-II-Gly. In this work we also discuss aspects associated to the reliability of the frequently used methodologies to determine binding constants based on the measurement of fluorescence emission spectra of solutions containing low concentrations of proteins such as HSA and BSA, by titrations with solutions of metal complexes.
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- Isabel Correia
- Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal; University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Faculty of Pharmacy Novi Sad, Trg Mladenaca 5, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal; Departamento de Química e Farmácia, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal; Department of Chemistry, Ananda Chandra College, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India
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- UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; PROTEOMASS Scientific Society, Madan Park, Rua dos Inventores, 2825-152 Caparica, Portugal
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- UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; PROTEOMASS Scientific Society, Madan Park, Rua dos Inventores, 2825-152 Caparica, Portugal
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- UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; PROTEOMASS Scientific Society, Madan Park, Rua dos Inventores, 2825-152 Caparica, Portugal
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- Facultad de Química, Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Nuclear, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México DF 04510, Mexico
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal.
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Khan RA, de Almeida A, Al-Farhan K, Alsalme A, Casini A, Ghazzali M, Reedijk J. Transition-metal norharmane compounds as possible cytotoxic agents: New insights based on a coordination chemistry perspective. J Inorg Biochem 2016; 165:128-135. [PMID: 27453532 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2016.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2016] [Revised: 06/25/2016] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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New first-row transition-metal compounds with the ligand norharmane (9H-Pyrido[3,4-b]indole; Hnor) are reported. The compounds have the general formula [M(LL)(Hnor)(NO3)2](MeOH)0-1 (M=Co, Ni, Cu, Zn; LL=2,2'-bipyridyl (bpy), 1,10-phenanthroline (phen)) and have been characterized by physical and analytical methods. X-ray structural analysis revealed that the compound of formula [Cu(phen)(Hnor)(NO3)2], (1) has a distorted 6-coordinated octahedrally-based geometry, with a planar-based [CuN3O] core, where Cu-L varies between 1.99 and 2.04Å and two weak axial CuO contacts (2.209 and 2.644Å) from two different nitrates. Based on spectroscopic similarities, the other compounds appear to have the same or very similar coordination geometries. The compounds showed clear cell growth inhibitory effects in two different cancer cell lines in vitro, with the copper and zinc complexes being the most toxic and in fact almost comparable to cisplatin. Flow-cytometry analysis confirmed induction of apoptosis in cancer cells treated with the compounds. Interestingly, co-incubation of the cells with metal complexes and CuCl2 induced an increase in the cytotoxic effects, most likely due to the conversion of the metal compounds in the corresponding, and most active, copper analogues.
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- Rais Ahmad Khan
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics, Toxicology and Targeting, Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; Cardiff School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park place, Cardiff CF10 3A, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
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