Versatile delivery systems for non-platinum metal-based anticancer therapeutic agents

Y Gou, GJ Huang, J Li, F Yang, H Liang - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Platinum-based anticancer drugs currently available in the market are associated with
severe side effects. Therefore, extensive research has been performed to design and …

Anticancer ruthenium (III) complexes and Ru (III)-containing nanoformulations: An update on the mechanism of action and biological activity

C Riccardi, D Musumeci, M Trifuoggi, C Irace… - Pharmaceuticals, 2019 - mdpi.com
The great advances in the studies on metal complexes for the treatment of different cancer
forms, starting from the pioneering works on platinum derivatives, have fostered an …

Encapsulation of Gold-Based Anticancer Agents in Protease-Degradable Peptide Nanofilaments Enhances Their Potency

Y Marciano, V Del Solar, N Nayeem… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We investigated the use of amphiphilic, protease-cleavable peptides as encapsulation
moieties for hydrophobic metallodrugs, in order to enhance their bioavailability and …

Polyurethane–polyurea hybrid nanocapsules as efficient delivery systems of anticancer Ir (III) metallodrugs

J Bonelli, E Ortega-Forte, G Vigueras… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Cyclometalated Ir (III) complexes hold great promise as an alternative to platinum
metallodrugs for the therapy and diagnosis of cancer. However, their low aqueous solubility …

Gold nanoparticles assisted co-delivery of nisin and doxorubicin against murine skin cancer

S Preet, SK Pandey, K Kaur, S Chauhan… - Journal of drug delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Effective anticancer therapies are required to overcome limitations of conventional
chemotherapy. Current study demonstrated successful preparation of stable gold …

Improvement in the pharmacological profile of copper biological active complexes by their incorporation into organic or inorganic matrix

M Badea, V Uivarosi, R Olar - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Every year, more Cu (II) complexes are proven to be biologically active species, but very few
are developed as drugs or entered in clinical trials. This is due to their poor water solubility …

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles functionalized with a dialkoxide diorganotin (IV) compound: In search of more selective systems against cancer cells

D Díaz-García, L Sommerova, A Martisova… - Microporous and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN) have been functionalized with the polyamino ligand
N 1-(3-trimethoxysilylpropyl) diethylenetriamine to give the material MSN-DETATMS (M1) …

From the Discovery of Targets to Delivery Systems: How to Decipher and Improve the Metallodrugs' Actions at a Molecular Level

I Iacobucci, S La Manna, I Cipollone, V Monaco… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Metals are indispensable for the life of all organisms, and their dysregulation leads to
various disorders due to the disruption of their homeostasis. Nowadays, various transition …

Nanoencapsulation of a ruthenium (ii) complex with triazolopyrimidine in liposomes as a tool for improving its anticancer activity against melanoma cell lines

M Fandzloch, A Jaromin, M Zaremba-Czogalla… - Dalton …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Two types of ruthenium (II) complexes containing 1, 2, 4-triazolo [1, 5-a] pyrimidines of the
general formulas [RuCl2 (dmso) 3 (L)]((1)–(3)) and [RuCl2 (dmso) 2 (L) 2]((4)–(6)), where L …

Polymeric nanosystems applied for metal-based drugs and photosensitizers delivery: the state of the art and recent advancements

KCF Dantas, JS Rosário, PP Silva-Caldeira - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nanotechnology-based approaches for targeting the delivery and controlled release of
metal-based therapeutic agents have revealed significant potential as tools for enhancing …