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ISBN: 978-83-60043-10-3 - eurobic9

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Eurobic9, 2-6 September, 2008, Wrocław, Poland<br />

P209. Cytotoxicity, Cellular Uptake and DNA Binding Mode of a New<br />

Dinuclear Platinum(II) Complex<br />

L. Zerzankova a , J. Kasparkova a , N.P. Farrell b , V. Brabec a<br />

a<br />

Institute of Biophysics ASCR, v.v.i., Kralovopolska 135, CZ-612 65, Brno, Czech Republic<br />

e-mail: zerzankova@ibp.cz<br />

b<br />

Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, <strong>10</strong>01 West Main Street, Virginia-232 84,<br />

Richmond, United States<br />

One concept of designing new platinum drugs is based on the observation that carrier amine ligands of cisplatin<br />

can modulate its anticancer properties. This concept has resulted in a new structural analog of cisplatin -<br />

oxaliplatin that is currently used in the clinic. Another series of antitumor platinum compounds is based on<br />

polynuclear geometry. From this large family, the sub-class [{PtCl(NH3)2}2µ-(H2N-Y-NH2)] n+ , where the<br />

bridging linker contains a diamine, polyamine or a third coordination sphere, was chosen for clinical<br />

development. We examined the biological properties of novel dinuclear Pt II complex BBR36<strong>10</strong>-DACH (figure<br />

1). In this compound, the structural features of two classes of the platinum compounds with proven antitumor<br />

activity are combined, namely DACH carrier ligands and polynuclear platinum geometry with a polyamine<br />

linker. DNA binding mode of this new complex was analyzed by biophysical and biochemical methods. These<br />

modifications have been compared with the cytotoxicity and mutagenicity of this new complex in several tumor<br />

cell lines, cellular uptake and inhibition of DNA synthesis. The results show that the new complex coordinates<br />

DNA in a unique way, different from that of mononuclear analog as well as from that of dinuclear spermine<br />

complex. These results are also consistent with the observation that the new dinuclear complex shows different<br />

biological properties in human tumor cell lines.<br />

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