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- Title
A Maltol‐Containing Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complex as a Potential Anticancer Agent.
- Authors
Notaro, Anna; Jakubaszek, Marta; Koch, Severin; Rubbiani, Riccardo; Dömötör, Orsolya; Enyedy, Éva A.; Dotou, Mazzarine; Bedioui, Fethi; Tharaud, Mickaël; Goud, Bruno; Ferrari, Stefano; Alessio, Enzo; Gasser, Gilles
- Abstract
Cancer is one of the main causes of death worldwide. Chemotherapy, despite its severe side effects, is to date one of the leading strategies against cancer. Metal‐based drugs present several potential advantages when compared to organic compounds and they have gained trust from the scientific community after the approval on the market of the drug cisplatin. Recently, we reported the ruthenium complex ([Ru(DIP)2(sq)](PF6) (where DIP is 4,7‐diphenyl‐1,10‐phenantroline and sq is semiquinonate) with a remarkable potential as chemotherapeutic agent against cancer, both in vitro and in vivo. In this work, we analyse a structurally similar compound, namely [Ru(DIP)2(mal)](PF6), carrying the flavour‐enhancing agent approved by the FDA, maltol (mal). To possess an FDA approved ligand is crucial for a complex, whose mechanism of action might include ligand exchange. Herein, we describe the synthesis and characterisation of [Ru(DIP)2(mal)](PF6), its stability in solutions and under conditions that resemble the physiological ones, and its in‐depth biological investigation. Cytotoxicity tests on different cell lines in 2D model and on HeLa MultiCellular Tumour Spheroids (MCTS) demonstrated that our compound has higher activity than cisplatin, inspiring further tests. [Ru(DIP)2(mal)](PF6) was efficiently internalised by HeLa cells through a passive transport mechanism and severely affected the mitochondrial metabolism.
- Subjects
UNITED States. Food &; Drug Administration; ANTINEOPLASTIC agents; RUTHENIUM; CISPLATIN; BIOLOGICAL transport; DRUG approval; DRUG side effects
- Publication
Chemistry - A European Journal, 2020, Vol 26, Issue 22, p4997
- ISSN
0947-6539
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/chem.201904877