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Title: | Biologic Activity of a Dinuclear Pd(II)-Spermine Complex Toward Human Breast Cancer | Authors: | Fiuza, Sónia M. Holy, Jon Carvalho, Luís A. E. Batista de Marques, Maria P. M. |
Keywords: | Androstadienes; Antineoplastic Agents; Breast Neoplasms; Cell Line, Tumor; Cell Proliferation; Cytoskeleton; DNA Damage; Female; Humans; Organometallic Compounds; Palladium; Protein Kinase Inhibitors; Spermine | Issue Date: | 2011 | Serial title, monograph or event: | Chemical Biology & Drug Design | Volume: | 77 | Issue: | 6 | Abstract: | A dinuclear palladium-based complex (Pd(2) -Spm) was synthesized and compared with cisplatin (cDDP) on two different human breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231) as well as toward an untransformed cell line (BJ fibroblasts). The results obtained show that Pd(2) -Spm is more effective against the estrogen receptors [ER(-)] cell line MDA-MB-231, while cDDP displayed better results for the ER(+) MCF-7 cell line. It was shown that, like cDDP, Pd(2) -Spm triggers phosphorylation of H2AX, indicating that this compound damages DNA. Apart from DNA, Pd(2) -Spm also targets the cytoskeleton having a greater impact on cell morphology than cDDP. Pd(2) -Spm and cDDP have opposite antiproliferative activities in the presence of the PI3K inhibitor wortmannin. Furthermore, Pd(2) -Spm at an optimized concentration displays a rapid antiproliferative effect as opposed to cDDP, which seems to have a slower kinetics. The results point to a distinct mechanism of action for each of these complexes, which may explain their synergistic action when coadministrated. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/45097 | DOI: | 10.1111/j.1747-0285.2011.01081.x 10.1111/j.1747-0285.2011.01081.x |
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Appears in Collections: | FCTUC Ciências da Vida - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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