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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-2-19
pubmed:abstractText
Ruthenium compounds have gained large interest for their potential application as chemotherapeutic agents, and in particular the complexes of the type (X)[trans-RuCl4(dmso-S)L] (X = HL or Na, NAMI-A or NAMI, respectively, for L = imidazole) are under investigation for their antimetastatic properties. The NAMI(-A)-like compounds are prodrugs that hydrolyze in vivo, and the investigation of their hydrolytic properties is therefore important for determining the nature of the potential active species. The NAMI-A-type Ru(III) complex 1, (Hdmtp)[trans-RuCl4(dmso-S)(dmtp)] (dmtp is 5,7-dimethyl[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine), and the corresponding sodium analogue 2, (Na)[trans-RuCl4(dmso-S)(dmtp)], were synthesized. The hydrolyses of 1 and 2 in water as well as in buffered solutions were studied, and the first hydrolysis product, [mer-RuCl3(H2O)(dmso-S)(dmtp)].H2O (3), was isolated and characterized. The molecular structures of 1 and 3 were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses and prove the importance of the hydrogen-bonding properties of dmtp to stabilize hydrolysis products. In vitro 1 (a) is not cytotoxic on tumor cells, following challenges from 1 to 72 h and concentrations up to 100 microM, (b) inhibits matrigel invasion at 0.1 mM and MMP-9 activity with an IC50 of about 1 mM, and (c) is devoid of pronounced effects on cell distribution among cell cycle phases. In vivo compound 1, similar to NAMI-A, significantly inhibits metastasis growth in mice bearing advanced MCa mammary carcinoma tumors. In the lungs, 1 is significantly less concentrated than NAMI-A, whereas no differences between these two compounds were found in other organs such as tumor, liver, and kidney. However, 1 caused edema and necrotic areas on liver parenchyma that are more pronounced than those caused by NAMI-A. Conversely, glomerular and tubular changes on kidney are less extensive than with NAMI-A. In conclusion, 1 confirms the excellent antimetastatic properties of this class of NAMI-A-type compounds and qualifies as an interesting alternative to NAMI-A for treating human cancers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-2623
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1110-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Hydrolysis, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Mammary Neoplasms, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Matrix Metalloproteinase 9, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Molecular Structure, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Neoplasm Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Organometallic Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Ruthenium, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:14971891-Tissue Distribution
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Synthesis and chemical-pharmacological characterization of the antimetastatic NAMI-A-type Ru(III) complexes (Hdmtp)[trans-RuCl4(dmso-S)(dmtp)], (Na)[trans-RuCl4(dmso-S)(dmtp)], and [mer-RuCl3(H2O)(dmso-S)(dmtp)] (dmtp = 5,7-dimethyl[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine).
pubmed:affiliation
Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. a.velders@chem.leidenuniv.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't