Novel C,N-chelate rhodium(III) and iridium(III) antitumor complexes incorporating a lipophilic steroidal conjugate and their interaction with DNA.
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The novel steroidal conjugates [M(η(5)-C(5)Me(5))Cl(LEV-ppy)] (M = Rh (1) and Ir (2)) bearing the lipophilic levonorgestrel group 17-α-[2-phenylpyridyl-4-ethynyl]-19-nortestosterone (LEV-ppy), where the chelating ligand is N and C-bound, have been prepared and characterized. Both compounds are more active than cisplatin (about 6-fold) in T47D (breast cancer) at 48 h incubation time. On the other hand, very low resistance factors (RF) of 1 and 2 in A2780cisR (cisplatin-resistant ovarian carcinoma) at 48 h were observed (RF = 0.9 and 1.1, respectively). The iridium steroidal compound 2 is twice as active as the non-steroidal analogue 2', whose promising anticancer activity has recently been reported by Sadler. Theoretical DFT calculations on complexes 1 and 2 at the B3LYP-D/def2-TZVP-ecp level of theory show that the strongest bond to the metal atom is the η(5)-interaction to the Cp* ligand and that both of them feature a rather strong metal-chlorine bond. The new steroidal conjugates 1 and 2 are able to bind to DNA according to Hoechst 33258 displacement experiments and ESI-TOF MS spectrometry studies. Complexes 1 and 2 are also cathepsin B inhibitors, an enzyme implicated in a number of cancer related events.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Dalton transactions
دوره 41 41 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012