PMID- 26684582 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160826 LR - 20151228 IS - 1873-3344 (Electronic) IS - 0162-0134 (Linking) VI - 155 DP - 2016 Feb TI - Synthesis of platinum complexes with 2-(5-perfluoroalkyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3yl)-pyridine and 2-(3-perfluoroalkyl-1-methyl-1,2,4-triazole-5yl)-pyridine ligands and their in vitro antitumor activity. PG - 92-100 LID - S0162-0134(15)30122-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2015.11.020 [doi] AB - Five new mononuclear Pt(II) complexes with 5-perfluoroalkyl-1,2,4-oxadiazolyl-pyridine and 3-perfluoroalkyl-1,2,4-triazolyl-pyridine ligands are reported. The ligands 2-(5-perfluoroheptyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole-3yl)-pyridine (pfhop), 2-(5-perfluoropropyl)-1,2,4-oxadiazole-3yl)-pyridine (pfpop), 2-(3-perfluoroheptyl-1-methyl-1,2,4-triazole-5yl)-pyridine (pfhtp), 2-(3-perfluoropropyl-1-methyl-1,2,4-triazole-5yl)-pyridine (pfptp) and their complexes [PtCl2(pfhop)2].1.5 DMSO (2a), [PtCl2(pfpop)2].1.5 DMSO (3a), [PtCl2(pfhtp)2].1.5 DMSO (4a), PtCl2(pfhtp) (4b), [PtCl2(pfptp)2].1.5 DMSO (5a) have been synthesized and structurally characterized. The complexes 2a, 3a, 4a and 5a have the same chemical environment of Pt(II) where PtCl2 moieties coordinate two molecules of ligand via N1 atom of pyridine in the case of pfhop and pfpop, and N2 atom of 1,2,4-triazole in the case of pfhtp and pfptp. For 4b, pfhtp behaves as bidentate ligand, coordinating Pt(II) ion via N4 atom of triazole and N1 atom of pyridine. All complexes have been tested in vitro by 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)bromide-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium (MTT) test on four tumor cell lines MCF-7 (human breast cancer), HepG2 (human hepatocellular carcinoma), HCT116 (human colorectal carcinoma). Compounds 2a and 4b showed a dose-dependent anti-proliferative effect against the three tumor cell lines whereas did not affect viability of intestinal normal-like differentiated Caco-2 cells. The cell death of HepG2, MCF-7 and HCT116 induced by the compounds, was considered to be apoptotic by measuring the exposure of phosphatidylserine to the outer membrane and observing the typical apoptotic morphological change by acridine orange (AO)/ethidium bromide (EB) staining. CI - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Rubino, Simona AU - Rubino S AD - Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Universita di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 17, Parco d'Orleans, 90128 Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: simona.rubino@unipa.it. FAU - Pibiri, Ivana AU - Pibiri I AD - Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Universita di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 17, Parco d'Orleans, 90128 Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: ivana.pibiri@unipa.it. FAU - Costantino, Cristina AU - Costantino C AD - Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Universita di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 17, Parco d'Orleans, 90128 Palermo, Italy. FAU - Buscemi, Silvestre AU - Buscemi S AD - Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Universita di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 17, Parco d'Orleans, 90128 Palermo, Italy. FAU - Girasolo, Maria Assunta AU - Girasolo MA AD - Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Universita di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 17, Parco d'Orleans, 90128 Palermo, Italy. FAU - Attanzio, Alessandro AU - Attanzio A AD - Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Universita di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 17, Parco d'Orleans, 90128 Palermo, Italy. FAU - Tesoriere, Luisa AU - Tesoriere L AD - Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Universita di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 17, Parco d'Orleans, 90128 Palermo, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20151201 PL - United States TA - J Inorg Biochem JT - Journal of inorganic biochemistry JID - 7905788 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Fluorescent Dyes) RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (Platinum Compounds) RN - 0 (Pyridines) RN - EN464416SI (Ethidium) RN - F30N4O6XVV (Acridine Orange) RN - NH9L3PP67S (pyridine) SB - IM MH - Acridine Orange/chemistry MH - Antineoplastic Agents/*chemical synthesis/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Apoptosis/drug effects MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Ethidium/chemistry MH - Fluorescent Dyes/chemistry MH - Humans MH - Ligands MH - Platinum Compounds/*chemical synthesis/chemistry/pharmacology MH - Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy MH - Pyridines/*chemistry MH - Spectrophotometry, Infrared OTO - NOTNLM OT - Antitumor activity OT - Mononuclear platinum complexes OT - Perfluoroalkyl heterocyclic ligands EDAT- 2015/12/20 06:00 MHDA- 2016/08/27 06:00 CRDT- 2015/12/20 06:00 PHST- 2015/07/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/11/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/11/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/12/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/12/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/08/27 06:00 [medline] AID - S0162-0134(15)30122-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2015.11.020 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Inorg Biochem. 2016 Feb;155:92-100. doi: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2015.11.020. Epub 2015 Dec 1.