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Babak MV, Chong KR, Rapta P, Zannikou M, Tang HM, Reichert L, Chang MR, Kushnarev V, Heffeter P, Meier‐Menches SM, Lim ZC, Yap JY, Casini A, Balyasnikova IV, Ang WH. Interfering with Metabolic Profile of Triple‐Negative Breast Cancers Using Rationally Designed Metformin Prodrugs. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202102266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Maria V. Babak
- Drug Discovery Lab Department of Chemistry City University of Hong Kong 83 Tat Chee Avenue 999077 Hong Kong SAR P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 2 117543 Singapore Singapore
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Chemistry Physics Slovak Technical University of Technology Radlinského 9 82137 Bratislava Slovak Republic
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- Department of Neurological Surgery The Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IL 60611 USA
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 2 117543 Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 2 117543 Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 2 117543 Singapore Singapore
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- FSBI “National Medical Research Center of Oncology, named after N.N Petrov” Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation 68 Leningradskaya Street, Pesochny 197758 St Petersburg Russian Federation
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- Institute of Cancer Research and Comprehensive Cancer Center Department of Medicine I Medical University of Vienna Borschkegasse 8a 1090 Vienna Austria
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 2 117543 Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 2 117543 Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry Technical University of Munich Lichtenbergstr. 4 85748 Garching, München Germany
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- Department of Neurological Surgery The Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IL 60611 USA
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 2 117543 Singapore Singapore
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Babak MV, Chong KR, Rapta P, Zannikou M, Tang HM, Reichert L, Chang MR, Kushnarev V, Heffeter P, Meier-Menches SM, Lim ZC, Yap JY, Casini A, Balyasnikova IV, Ang WH. Interfering with Metabolic Profile of Triple-Negative Breast Cancers Using Rationally Designed Metformin Prodrugs. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:13405-13413. [PMID: 33755286 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202102266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive subtype of breast cancer, characterized by an aberrant metabolic phenotype with high metastatic capacity, resulting in poor patient prognoses and low survival rates. We designed a series of novel AuIII cyclometalated prodrugs of energy-disrupting Type II antidiabetic drugs namely, metformin and phenformin. Prodrug activation and release of the metformin ligand was achieved by tuning the cyclometalated AuIII fragment. The lead complex 3met was 6000-fold more cytotoxic compared to uncoordinated metformin and significantly reduced tumor burden in mice with aggressive breast cancers with lymphocytic infiltration into tumor tissues. These effects was ascribed to 3met interfering with energy production in TNBCs and inhibiting associated pro-survival responses to induce deadly metabolic catastrophe.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maria V Babak
- Drug Discovery Lab, Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, 999077, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 2, 117543, Singapore, Singapore
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Chemistry Physics, Slovak Technical University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 82137, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 2, 117543, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 2, 117543, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 2, 117543, Singapore, Singapore
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- FSBI "National Medical Research Center of Oncology, named after N.N Petrov", Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, 68 Leningradskaya Street, Pesochny, 197758, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Cancer Research and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Borschkegasse 8a, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 2, 117543, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 2, 117543, Singapore, Singapore
| | - Angela Casini
- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85748, Garching, München, Germany
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 2, 117543, Singapore, Singapore
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