Oxamusplatin: a cytotoxic Pt(ii) complex of a nitrogen mustard with resistance to thiol based sequestration displays enhanced selectivity towards cancer

Autor: Arindam Mukherjee, Moumita Maji, Subhendu Karmakar, Ruturaj, Arnab Gupta
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Dalton Transactions. 49:2547-2558
ISSN: 1477-9234
1477-9226
DOI: 10.1039/c9dt04269e
Popis: Pt(II) drugs and nitrogen mustards display severe side effects, poor tumour selectivity and face growing resistance by cancer cells due to sequestration by the thiol-containing molecules (viz. glutathione (GSH) and the copper ATPases like ATP7A/7B). ATP7A and ATP7B sequester Pt(II) complexes which contribute to the dose inefficacy and resistance. Incorporation of bulky ligands and chelating leaving groups may prevent deactivation by thiols. In this work, we have synthesised four new Pt(II) complexes (3-6) of two carrier ligands, bis(2-hydroxyethyl)pyridylmethylamine (L1) and bis(2-chloroethyl)pyridylmethylamine (L2) with oxalato and cyclobutanedicarboxylato leaving groups. Among the four new complexes (3-6) the Pt(II) complex of L2 with oxalato leaving group (5, termed as, “oxamusplatin”) is cytotoxic. 'Oxamusplatin' is more resistant than cisplatin or oxaliplatin towards hydrolysis, thiol binding and sequestration by ATP7B. It targets cellular DNA and is capable of disrupting the microtubule network in the cytoskeleton. Oxamusplatin demonstrates better selectivity than oxaliplatin towards cancerous cells. It is ca. 4-10 times greater cytotoxic towards metastatic prostate carcinoma (DU-145, IC(50) = 21 ± 1 µM) and ca. 10-24 times greater cytotoxic towards breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7, IC(50) = 8.1 ± 0.8 µM) compared to the three noncancerous cells investigated.
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