Interdisciplinary in approach, the book covers both clinical and experimental aspects of the subject. In the past, metalbased compounds were widely used in the treatment of disease conditions, but the lack of clear. The impact of the selected complexes on the reduction of tumor volume was determined. We have been studying the therapeutic potential of metal complexes with enhanced stability in solutions under physiological conditions with the objective of discovering metal complexes. To evaluate the in vivo anti cancer activities of these complexes, the ligand 1 and its metal complexes 2, 7 and 9 were tested against solid tumors. New trends for metal complexes with anticancer activity.
Gquadruplex dna targeted metal complexes acting as. Toward multitargeted platinum and ruthenium drugsa new. Synthesis, characterization, and in vivo anticancer activity. Metal complexes as potential imaging agents and anticancer drugs. Synthesis of novel platinum complexes showing potential as. This book presents a critical overview of the present status of metal complexes in cancer chemotherapy. Pubmed this perspective covers the recent contributions of the che laboratory to the development of transition metal based anticancer complexes, including gold, platinum, ruthenium and iron complexes. Medicinal inorganic chemistry has been stimulating largely by the success of the anticancer drug, cisplatin. Present and future present and future although cisplatin is currently holding its wellestablished position in the list of drugs used in cancer therapy the. One of the major disadvantages associated to these copperii complexes is their instability in the presence. Platinumamine complexes and their anti cancer activities on free shipping on qualified orders. Transition metal complexes and their application in drugs. Various diseases and their treatment depend on the metabolism of inorganic constituents.
The serendipitous discovery of the antitumor activity of cisdiamminodichloroplatinumii cisplatin by barnett rosenberg in the 1960s is a landmark in metallodrugbased chemotherapy. Many complexes containing a variety of amines have been synthesized. The complexes that illustrate the prominent strategies utilized in the development of. This work was motivated by the observation that no. Inorganic and organometallic transition metal complexes with biological molecules and living cells provides a complete overview of this important research area that is perfect for both newcomers and expert researchers in the field. Part of the developments in oncology book series dion, volume 17. The therapeutic use of metal complexes in cancer and leukemia are reported from the sixteenth century. With contributions from global leaders in the field, this book will serve as a. Metal complexes in cancer treatment metal complexes have a higher position in medicinal chemistry.
Gold coordination complexes as anticancer agents bentham. Ruthenium has numerous properties that qualify it as an antineoplastic drug contender. Late transition metal complexes that bear nheterocyclic carbene nhc ligands have seen a speedy growth in their use as both, metal based drug candidates and potentially active homogeneous catalysts in a plethora of cc and cn bond forming reactions. The discovery of the excellent antitumour activity of cisplatin 1 has drawn attention to the potential for activity exploration amongst other inorganic compounds 26. The compounds offer the potential of reduced toxicity and can be tolerated in vivo.
Recent progress on the unique features of nextgeneration targeted metal based anticancer agents, including supramolecular coordination complexes used for both therapy and drug delivery, promise a bright future beyond the benefits of pure cytotoxic activity. One of the most successful is cisdiamminedichloroplatinumii, which is an active anti tumor agent at low concentration. Markedly, the biochemical action of cu complexes with nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs nsaids has been studied. Non platinum metal complexes as anticancer drugs request pdf. Metal complexes have shown interesting preclinical and clinical results as antitumor drugs and platinum compounds are well established in current cancer chemotherapy. Metal complexes of pharmaceutical substances intechopen. Due to their reactivity, metals are tightly regulated under normal conditions and aberrant metal ion concentrations are associated with various pathological disorders, including cancer. Some uses of transition metal complexes as anticancer and antihiv agents raymond waiyin sun, diklung ma, ella laiming wong and chiming che received 3rd april 2007, accepted 4th june 2007 first published as an advance article on the web 18th september 2007 doi. Through concise chapters written and edited by esteemed experts, this book brings together a comprehensive. Metal complexes in cancer therapy an update from drug design perspective umar ndagi, ndumiso mhlongo, mahmoud e soliman molecular modelling and drug design research group, school of health sciences, university of kwazulunatal, westville, durban, south africa abstract. This chapter introduces three broad aspects of metals in medicine.
Viva voce examination university of madras interaction of copperii complexes of bi and tridentate ligands with dna and their antiproliferative effects on osteosarcoma cancer cell s rajalakshmi chemical laboratory 2. Here, we explored the therapeutic potential of diethyldithiocarbamate ddc, pyrithione pyr, plumbagin plum, 8hydroxyquinoline 8hq, clioquinol cq copper complexes in a panel of cancer cell lines that differ in their sensitivity to platins. The effect of the labile ligand or leaving group in metal complexes has also been extensively studied. Copper complexes as anticancer agents bentham science. Some other issues with simple chiral imines synthesized in our lab are also outlined. Metal compound provides opportunities for building structures with defined properties. Various metal complexes are currently used as therapeutic agents e.
Transition metal complexes as drugs and chemotherapeutic agents. It is well known that metal ions present in complexes accelerate the drug action and the efficacy of the organic therapeutic agents 12. They promise to provide alternatives to platinumbased drugs for anticancer therapy. Metal ionophores an emerging class of anticancer drugs. Precious metal nheterocyclic carbenecarbaboranyl complexes. Current interest in cu complexes is stemming from their potential use as antimicrobial, antiviral, anti inflammatory, antitumor agents, enzyme inhibitors, or chemical nucleases. Although these complexes, especially cisplatin, have been crucial in the fight against cancer, there are major drawbacks associated with their use 1,2. Drugs for the treatment of cancer include ones that can act on structural proteins, enzymes and nucleic acids. However, the platinum based treatment of tumoral diseases is massively hampered by severe side effects and resistance development. Metal complexes other than platinumbased ones have emerged as potential cancer fighters.
Through concise chapters written and edited by esteemed experts, this book brings together a comprehensive treatment of the area previously only available through. In addition, efflux of anticancer drugs such as cisplatin employs specific. The design of metal complexes as anticancer drugs springerlink. Many metal containing compounds, especially those of transition metals, are coordination complexes. This prototypical anticancer drug remains one of the most effective chemotherapeutic agents in clinical use. Organometallic complexes can act as biocatalysts for modulating the redox state of cancer cells. Mar 11, 2005 from the foregoing and, more importantly, from the contents of the various chapters, the reader will gain an appreciation of the very real role metal based drugs play in modern medicine and of the considerable effort being devoted to the development of novel complexes with greater efficacy as therapeutic and diagnostic agents. To date, platinumbased therapeutics still dominate as clinical drugs for the treatment of cancer. Pairing pain medicine with metal ions to battle cancer. Over the past few decades, transition metal complexes have attracted considerable attention in medicinal inorganic chemistry, especially as synthetic metallonucleases and metal based anticancer drugs that are able to bind to dna under physiological conditions.
Nov 15, 2015 copperii complexes as anticancer agents 1. Metal complexes in tumor diagnosis and as anticancer agents is devoted solely to the vital research area concerning metal complexes in cancer diagnosis and therapy. Some use of transition metal complexes as anticancer and antihiv agents. Proteomic approaches in understanding action mechanisms of.
Currently a number of heterocyclic compounds are available commercially as anticancer drugs and great efforts have been put to the identification of novel anticancer targets for novel anticancer drug discovery. Transition metal based complexes hold several advantages. Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, and in vitro anticancer activity of copperii complexes of. Ruthenium anticancer drugs are coordination complexes of ruthenium complexes that have anticancer properties. Applications of coordination complexes johnson matthey. Metal complexes in cancer therapy an update from drug. Rational design of anticancer platinumiv prodrugs shuren zhang, xiaoyong wang and zijian guo 6. Metal ions are known to bind with nucleic acids and thereby alter their conformation and biological function. This forms the foundation for the modern era of the metalbased anticancer drugs. Jul 21, 2017 insensitivity to platinum, either through inherent or acquired resistance, is a major clinical problem in the treatment of many solid tumors. Some of the platinumbased antitumor drugs like cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin, have several disadvantages including side effects, cisplatinresistant tumors, limited solubility in aqueous media, and so on. A coordination complex consists of a central atom or ion, which is usually metallic and is called the coordination centre, and a surrounding array of bound molecules or ions, that are in turn known as ligands or complexing agents. The compounds inhibited to a limited extent the selenoenzyme thioredoxin reductase, suggested as an important target for anticancer metal. This section will mainly focus on dnainteractive agents.
For this reason, efforts have been made to search for novel solutions. Metal based anticancer drugs are among the most successful therapeutic agents, as evidenced by the frequent prescription of selected platinum and arsenic compounds to patients. Platinum drugs, such as cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin. Metal complexes in medicine with a focus on enzyme inhibition. Anticancer potential of metal thiosemicarbazone complexes. Development and action of anticancer agents of the series metal ions in life sciences centers on biological, medicinal inorganic chemistry. Coordination chemistry provides better opportunities to use metal. Metal based anticancer agents covers the interdisciplinary world of inorganic drug discovery and development by introducing the most prominent compound classes based on different transition metals, discussing emerging.
Since 1979, when cisplatin entered clinical trials, there has been continuing interest in alternative metal based drugs. Development and action of anticancer agents of the series metal ions in life sciences centers on biological, medicinal. The heme group is metal complex, with iron as central metal atom, which bind or release molecular oxygen. Significant progresses have been made in the inorganic and organic chemistry up to the present concerning the synthesis, characterization, and application of the metal complexes of pharmaceutical substances. The pharmacological efficiencies of metal complexes depend on the nature of the metal ions and the ligands. Home books basic concepts viewed from frontier in inorganic coordination chemistry. Novel metals and metal complexes as platforms for cancer therapy. Many metal coordination complexes have been investigated as potential anti cancer drugs with a rich diversity of effects and toxicity 1. Transition metal complexes and their application in drugs and cosmetics article pdf available in journal of chemical and pharmaceutical research vol 3. The various oxidation states, different mechanism of action, and the ligand substitution kinetics of ruthenium compounds give them advantages over platinumbased complexes, thereby making them suitable for use in biological applications. This had led to a multitude of complexes with wideranging biomedical applications. Metalbased anticancer drugs are among the most successful.
A new era of metalbased drugs started in the 1960s, heralded by the discovery of potent platinumbased complexes, commencing with cisplatin h. This book will be a valuable resource for academic researchers and professionals from a range of pharmaceutical and chemical industries, particularly those involved in the development of new and less toxic anticancer metallo drugs, and in the field of environmental and toxicological chemistry. Farrell concentrates on pt anticancer drugs and, in particular, the differing interactions of mono, di and trinuclear complexes with dna and the differing antitumour effects this may produce. Platinum complexes are widely used anticancer drugs. Kluwer academic publishers, 1989 medical 291 pages.
A number of books dealing with the biological activity, particularly the therapeutic activity, of metal complexes have been published in recent years. New generations of metal chemotherapeutics offer the prospect of combating platinum. These include severe patient side effects due to the lack of cancer cell selectivity and only. Ruthenium compounds are highly regarded as potential drug candidates.
While platinumbased compounds have served as very successful anti cancer drugs, they have several limitations including their side effects, as well as ineffectiveness against certain types of cancer. Some uses of transition metal complexes as anticancer and. On the medicinal chemistry of gold complexes as anticancer drugs. And studies have found that nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs nsaids work against certain cancers and boost the activity of other drugs. This chapter highlights the state of the art on metal complexes in cancer. From the wide range of fields in which these coordination compounds find their application, many efforts were focused on the study of their importance in the biological processes. Platinum ii complexes has been used as anti cancer drugs since long, among them cisplatin has proven to be a highly effective chemotherapeutic agent for treating various types of cancers1. It is declared in the literature that different ligands and different complexes synthe. Inorganic and organometallic transition metal complexes. For these reasons, coordination complexes, either as drugs or prodrugs, become very attractive probes as potential anticancer agents. A coordination complex whose centre is a metal atom is called a. This thesis describes the potential use of silveri complexes of 9anthracenecarboxylic 9acah and imidazoles as new antimicrobial and anticancer drugs. Nonplatinum complexes like fe, pd, ru, cu, bi, zn, etc. Platinum complexes which are most studied metal complexes due to their importance as adjuvant therapy of cancers aiming to induce tumorcelldeath.
Cnhc bond was found to be stable when the compounds were reacted with biomolecules. Bismuth drugs as antimicrobial agents runming wang, hongyan li, tiffany kayan ip and hongzhe sun 7. Gquadruplex dna targeted metal complexes acting as potential. Publishersupplied data offering an authoritative and timely account by twentynine internationally recognized experts, metal ions in biological systems. In the past, metal based compounds were widely used in the treatment of disease conditions, but the lack of clear. Cisplatin is regarded as one of the most effective drugs, even if severe toxicities and drug resistance phenomena limit its clinical use. Anticancer drugs, metal ion complex, transition metal compound.
One of the most notable successes for inorganic drugs has been the effectiveness of platinum complexes against. Copperii complexes bearing nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs nsaids are known to potently kill cancer stem cells cscs, a subpopulation of tumour cells with high metastatic and relapse fidelity. Full text metal complexes in cancer therapy an update. Recent advances, however, are pointing to new ways to destroy cancer cells. The report includes details about their versatile coordination patterns, biological activity in cancer. The design of an effective anticancer agent is a complicated game that must encompass not only the drugs inherent inhibitory properties but also its delivery, dosage, and residence time in vivo. Molybdenum complexes of the anticancer drug 6mercaptopurine. Metal nheterocyclic carbene complexes in medicinal chemistry ingo ott 5. Interest in the field has been promoted by the clinical use of a number of precious metal complexes, including platinum anticancer, gold antiarthritis and silver. Metal based antitumor drugs play a relevant role in antiblastic chemotherapy.
In the past, the focus of the national cancer institutes nci efforts has been principally directed towards the acquisition and screening of diverse ranges of organic compounds to identify new leads. Many cytotoxic metal complexes target dna because of its importance in replication and cell viability. Platinum antitumor complexes the potential of metal based anticancer agents has only been fully realized and explored since the landmark discovery of the biological activity of cisplatin cisdiamminedichloroplatinumii or cisddp. Organometallic anticancer compounds journal of medicinal. Full text metal complexes in cancer therapy an update from drug. Antibodybased therapy and hormonebased treatments also exist. Coordinated metal ions with nsaids provide advantages over the drugs themselves. Understanding the mechanism of action of these metal based drugs is for the design of more effective drugs. The medicinal chemistry of anticancer drugs is broad topic. No ruthenium anticancer drug has been commercialized. Jan 14, 2019 we can now readily manipulate and finetune their properties. The metal ionbase interaction depends on the nature of both metal and bases.
Metal complexes in cancer therapy an update from drug design. Farrell, deals with the use of metal complexes as drugs and chemotherapeutic agents. Metal complexes in tumor diagnosis and as anticancer. Research has shown significant progress in utilization of transition metal complexes as drugs to treat several human diseases. Working from basic chemical principles, metals in medicine presents a complete and methodical. Phosphorus, sulfur, and silicon and the related elements 2019, 61, 19. Some use of transition metal complexes as anti cancer and anti hiv agents. Silveri complexes as antimicrobial and anticancer drugs. The solid tumors were induced by subcutaneous sc injection of ehrlich ascites carcinoma eac cells in mice. Our work has influenced clinical outcomes by revealing the. Goldi and goldiii complexes, the last isostructural and isoelectronic with platinumii complexes, are potentially attractive as anticancer agents.
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