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Cellular transport mechanisms of Cytotoxic metallodrugs: an overview beyond cisplatin

Spreckelmeyer, Sarah, Orvig, Chris and Casini, Angela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1599-9542 2014. Cellular transport mechanisms of Cytotoxic metallodrugs: an overview beyond cisplatin. Molecules 19 (10) , pp. 15584-15610. 10.3390/molecules191015584

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Abstract

The field of medicinal inorganic chemistry has grown consistently during the past 50 years; however, metal-containing coordination compounds represent only a minor proportion of drugs currently on the market, indicating that research in this area has not yet been thoroughly realized. Although platinum-based drugs as cancer chemotherapeutic agents have been widely studied, exact knowledge of the mechanisms governing their accumulation in cells is still lacking. However, evidence suggests active uptake and efflux mechanisms are involved; this may be involved also in other experimental metal coordination and organometallic compounds with promising antitumor activities in vitro and in vivo, such as ruthenium and gold compounds. Such knowledge would be necessary to elucidate the balance between activity and toxicity profiles of metal compounds. In this review, we present an overview of the information available on the cellular accumulation of Pt compounds from in vitro, in vivo and clinical studies, as well as a summary of reports on the possible accumulation mechanisms for different families of experimental anticancer metal complexes (e.g., Ru Au and Ir). Finally, we discuss the need for rationalization of the investigational approaches available to study metallodrug cellular transport.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Published Online
Status: Published
Schools: Chemistry
Subjects: Q Science > QD Chemistry
Publisher: MDPI
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 18 April 2016
Date of Acceptance: 22 September 2014
Last Modified: 05 May 2023 22:41
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/79296

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