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Amide Coupling Reaction for the Synthesis of Bispyridine-based Ligands and Their Complexation to Platinum as Dinuclear Anticancer Agents
Published on: May 28, 2014
New isomeric azine-bridged dinuclear platinum(II) complexes circumvent cross-resistance to cisplatin
Seiji Komeda1, Ganna V Kalayda, Martin Lutz
1Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
Four new isomeric azine-bridged complexes ([(cis-Pt(NH(3))(2)Cl)(2)(mu-pzn)]Cl(2) (1a) (pzn = pyrazine) and its corresponding nitrate salt (1b), [(cis-Pt(NH(3))(2)Cl)(2)(mu-pmn)]Cl(2) (2) (pmn = pyrimidine), and [(cis-Pt(NH(3))(2)Cl)(2)(mu-pdn)](NO(3))(2) (3) (pdn = pyridazine) have been newly synthesized as potential anticancer compounds. These complexes have been characterized by (1)H and (195)Pt NMR spectroscopy, and also the X-ray crystal structure of 1b has been determined. The reactions of 1a, 2, and 3 with guanosine-5'-monophosphate (GMP) have been monitored and kinetically investigated in D(2)O solutions at 310 K using (1)H NMR spectroscopy. Both 1a and 2 react with 2 equiv of GMP to form 1:2 complexes. The reactions involve a stepwise direct substitution of chloride ligands by GMP, with similar reaction rates for both complexes. On the other hand, the reaction of 3 with GMP results in the cleavage of one of the Pt-N(pyridazine) bonds to form an N7,O6-platinated polymer. The reaction products have been separated and have been characterized by (1)H and (195)Pt NMR spectroscopy. A cytotoxicity assay of the azine-bridged complexes (1a, 1b, 2, and 3) has been performed on human tumor cell lines and two L1210 murine leukemia cell lines (one sensitive to and one resistant to cisplatin). In general, the complexes show lower cytotoxicity than cisplatin for the human tumor cell lines except for the IGROV cell line. Their cytotoxicity for the mouse cell lines is comparable to or higher than that of cisplatin. Furthermore, these complexes appeared to largely or partly overcome the cross-resistance to cisplatin. Implications of these findings are discussed in the context of a structure-activity relationship for this class of compounds.
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