Design of Photoactivatable Metallodrugs: Selective and Rapid Light-induced Ligand Dissociation from Half-Sandwich [Ru([9]aneS3)(N\u2013N')(py)]2+ Complexes

Autor: Giulio Ragazzon, Ioannis Bratsos, Luca Salassa, Abraha Habtemariam, Ruth J. McQuitty, Guy J. Clarkson, Peter J. Sadler, RAGAZZON, GIULIO, ALESSIO, ENZO
Přispěvatelé: Giulio Ragazzon, Ioannis Bratso, Enzo Alessio, Luca Salassa, Abraha Habtemariam, Ruth J. McQuitty, Guy J. Clarkson, Peter J. Sadler, Giulio, Ragazzon, Ioannis, Bratso, Alessio, Enzo, Luca, Salassa, Abraha, Habtemariam, Ruth J., Mcquitty, Guy J., Clarkson, Peter J., Sadler, Ragazzon, Giulio
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Inorg. Chim. Acta 2012, 393, 230-238..
ISSN: 0020-1693
Popis: The synthesis of the inert Ru(II) half-sandwich coordination compounds, [Ru([9]aneS 3 )(bpy)(py)][PF 6 ] 2 (1, [9]aneS 3 = 1,4,7-trithiacyclononane, bpy = 2,2 0 -bipyridine, py = pyridine), [Ru([9]aneS 3 )(en)(py)][PF 6 ] 2 (2, en = 1,2-diaminoethane), and [Ru([9]aneN 3 )(en)(dmso-S)][PF 6 ] 2 (3, [9]aneN 3 = 1,4,7-triazacyclo- nonane), is reported along with the X-ray crystal structure of 1. We investigated whether these com- plexes have photochemical properties which might make them suitable for use as pro-drugs in photochemotherapy. Complexes 1 and 2 underwent rapid (minutes) aquation with dissociation of the pyridine ligand in aqueous solution when irradiated with blue light (k = 420 or 467 nm). The photode- composition of 3 was much slower. All complexes readily formed adducts with 9-ethylguanine (9-EtG) when this model nucleobase was present in the photolysis solution. Similarly, complex 1 formed adducts with the tripeptide glutathione (GSH), but only when photoactivated. HPLC and MS studies of 1 showed that irradiation promoted rapid formation of 1:1 (major) and 1:2 (minor) adducts of the oligonucleotide d(ATACATGCTACATA) with the fragment {Ru([9]aneS 3 )(bpy)} 2+ . Density functional theory (DFT) calcula- tions and time-dependent DFT reproduced the major features of the absorption spectra and suggested that the lowest-lying triplet state with 3 MLCT character, which is readily accessible via intersystem cross- ing, might be responsible for the observed dissociative behavior of the excited states. These complexes are promising for further study as potential photochemotherapeutic agents.
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