Chemistry and biology of three representative gold (III) compounds as prospective anticancer agents

C Gabbiani, MA Cinellu, L Maiore, L Massai… - Inorganica Chimica …, 2012 - Elsevier
Aubipyc, ie [(bipydmb-H) Au (OH)][PF6](where bipydmb-H= deprotonated 6-(1, 1-
dimethylbenzyl)-2, 2′-bipyridine), Auoxo6, ie [(bipy2Me) 2Au2 (μ-O) 2][PF6] 2 (where …

Organogold (III) compounds as experimental anticancer agents: chemical and biological profiles

L Massai, D Cirri, E Michelucci, G Bartoli, A Guerri… - BioMetals, 2016 - Springer
In the last few years gold (III) complexes have attracted growing attention in the medicinal
chemistry community as candidate anticancer agents. In particular some organogold (III) …

Dinuclear gold (III) complexes as potential anticancer agents: Structure, reactivity and biological profile of a series of gold (III) oxo-bridged derivatives

C Gabbiani, A Guerri… - The Open …, 2010 - benthamopen.com
Six homologous gold (III) dinuclear oxo-bridged complexes, of the type [(bipy nR) Au (µ-O) 2
Au (bipy nR)][PF 6] 2, bearing variously substituted 2, 2'-bipyridine ligands (bipy nR= 2, 2' …

Thioredoxin reductase: A target for gold compounds acting as potential anticancer drugs

A Bindoli, MP Rigobello, G Scutari, C Gabbiani… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2009 - Elsevier
The thioredoxin system plays a key role in regulating the overall intracellular redox balance.
It basically comprises the small redox protein thioredoxin (Trx), nicotinamide adenine …

Molecular mechanisms and proposed targets for selected anticancer gold compounds

A Casini, L Messori - Current topics in medicinal chemistry, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Nowadays, gold compounds constitute a family of very promising experimental agents for
cancer treatment. Indeed, several gold (I) and gold (III) compounds were shown to manifest …

Gold (III) complexes with bipyridyl ligands: solution chemistry, cytotoxicity, and DNA binding properties

G Marcon, S Carotti, M Coronnello… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2002 - ACS Publications
Gold (III) compounds generally exhibit significant cytotoxic effects on cancer cell lines and
are of potential interest as antitumor drugs. We report here on the solution chemistry, the …

Proteomics as a tool to disclose the cellular and molecular mechanisms of selected anticancer gold compounds

T Gamberi, A Pratesi, L Messori, L Massai - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Gold compounds form an attractive class of cytotoxic metal compounds of potential
application as anticancer agents. Notably, the mode of action of cytotoxic gold compounds …

Mechanistic studies on two dinuclear organogold(iii) compounds showing appreciable antiproliferative properties and a high redox stability

C Gabbiani, A Casini, G Kelter, F Cocco… - Metallomics, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Two dinuclear oxo-bridged organogold (iii) compounds, namely [(N, N, C) 2Au2 (μ-O)][PF6]
2 (with N, N, CH= 6-(1-methylbenzyl)-2, 2′-bipyridine, Au22O1; or 6-(1, 1-dimethylbenzyl) …

Structural and solution chemistry, antiproliferative effects, and DNA and protein binding properties of a series of dinuclear gold (III) compounds with bipyridyl ligands

A Casini, MA Cinellu, G Minghetti… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2006 - ACS Publications
A series of six dinuclear gold (III) oxo complexes with bipyridyl ligands, of general formula
[Au2 (N, N) 2 (μ-O) 2][PF6] 2 (Auoxo1− Auoxo6)[where N, N= 2, 2 '-bipyridine (1), 4, 4 '-di-tert …

Exploring the biochemical mechanisms of cytotoxic gold compounds: a proteomic study

F Magherini, A Modesti, L Bini, M Puglia… - JBIC Journal of …, 2010 - Springer
We have recently shown that a group of structurally diverse gold compounds are highly
cytotoxic toward a panel of 36 human tumor cell lines through a variety of biochemical …