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Book of Abstracts - Ruhr-Universität Bochum

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OP-10<br />

ISBOMC `10 5.7 – 9.7. 2010 <strong>Ruhr</strong>-<strong>Universität</strong> <strong>Bochum</strong><br />

Synthesis, characterization and antiproliferative activity <strong>of</strong> a series <strong>of</strong> Pt(IV)<br />

complexes: a QSAR approach to their cytotoxicity<br />

Domenico Osella, a Paola Gramatica, b Ester Papa, b Mara Luini, b Elena Monti, b Marzia B. Gariboldi, b<br />

Mauro Ravera, a Elisabetta Gabano, a and Luca Gaviglio a<br />

a University <strong>of</strong> Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”, Department <strong>of</strong> Environmental and Life Sciences,<br />

Viale Michel 11, 15121, Alessandria, Italy. b Department <strong>of</strong> Structural and Functional Biology,<br />

University <strong>of</strong> Insubria, Via A. da Giussano 10, 21052 Busto Arsizio (VA), Italy. E-mail:<br />

domenico.osella@mfn.unipmn.it<br />

Octahedral Pt(IV) complexes are usually supposed to behave as antitumor pro-drugs: most <strong>of</strong> them can<br />

be reduced by the hypoxic environment <strong>of</strong> the tumour tissue to square planar Pt(II) via a two electron<br />

reduction and loss <strong>of</strong> axial ligands. Both axial and equatorial ligands play an important role in setting<br />

the redox potential into the biological window and modulating the lipophilicity <strong>of</strong> Pt(IV) complexes,<br />

whereas the two carrier groups (N-based) determine the antiproliferative potency <strong>of</strong> the drug.<br />

A large series <strong>of</strong> Pt(IV) complexes containing different ligands was synthesized, characterized<br />

and tested for in vitro antitumor activity against ovarian carcinoma, A2780, and colon<br />

adenocarcinoma, HCT116, cell lines.<br />

A quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) analysis was performed on this series <strong>of</strong> Pt(IV)<br />

complexes to find a relationship among cytotoxicity (IC50), reduction peak potential (Ep), partition<br />

coefficient (log Po/w) and theoretical molecular descriptors. The whole set <strong>of</strong> descriptors was used as<br />

an input set for modeling, in order to identify different structural features <strong>of</strong> Pt(IV) complexes related<br />

to the in vitro cytotoxicity.<br />

In the resulting models, a lipophilic descriptor (i.e log Po/w or number <strong>of</strong> secondary sp 3 carbon atoms,<br />

nCs) plus an electronic descriptor (Ep, number <strong>of</strong> oxygen atoms, nO, or total polar surface area,<br />

TPSA(NO)) is necessary for the optimal modeling. This results support the general findings that the<br />

biological behavior <strong>of</strong> Pt(IV) complexes is related to their uptake, reduction, and structure <strong>of</strong> the<br />

corresponding Pt(II) metabolites.<br />

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