Next generation gold drugs and probes: chemistry and biomedical applications

RT Mertens, S Gukathasan, AS Arojojoye… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The gold drugs, gold sodium thiomalate (Myocrisin), aurothioglucose (Solganal), and the
orally administered auranofin (Ridaura), are utilized in modern medicine for the treatment of …

[HTML][HTML] Highlights of new strategies to increase the efficacy of transition metal complexes for cancer treatments

E Giorgi, F Binacchi, C Marotta, D Cirri, C Gabbiani… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although important progress has been made, cancer still remains a complex disease to
treat. Serious side effects, the insurgence of resistance and poor selectivity are some of the …

[HTML][HTML] Protein metalation by medicinal gold compounds: identification of the main features of the metalation process through ESI MS experiments

A Geri, L Massai, L Messori - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Gold compounds form a new class of promising anticancer agents with innovative modes of
action. It is generally believed that anticancer gold compounds, at variance with clinically …

Large Protein Assemblies for High-Relaxivity Contrast Agents: The Case of Gadolinium-Labeled Asparaginase

G Licciardi, D Rizzo, M Salobehaj, L Massai… - Bioconjugate …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Biologics are emerging as the most important class of drugs and are used to treat a large
variety of pathologies. Most of biologics are proteins administered in large amounts, either …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical modification of Auranofin yields a new family of anticancer drug candidates: the gold (I) phosphite analogues

D Cirri, A Geri, L Massai, M Mannelli, T Gamberi… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
A panel of four novel gold (I) complexes, inspired by the clinically established gold drug
auranofin (1-Thio-β-D-glucopyranosatotriethylphosphine gold-2, 3, 4, 6-tetraacetate), was …

Taming the Biological Activity of Pd(II) and Pt(II) Complexes with Triazolato “Protective” Groups: 1H, 77Se Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and X-ray Crystallographic …

VVL Müller, PV Simpson, K Peng, U Basu… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The biological activity of Pd (II) and Pt (II) complexes toward three different cancer cell lines
as well as inhibition of selenoenzyme thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) was modulated in an …

Thioredoxin system in colorectal cancer: Its role in carcinogenesis, disease progression, and response to treatment

NA Abdullah, NFM Hashim, NM Zakuan, CJ Xin - Life Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
The thioredoxin system is essential for many physiological processes, including the
maintenance of redox signalling pathways. Alterations in the activity, expression and …

[HTML][HTML] Cytotoxic auranofin analogues bearing phosphine, arsine and stibine ligands: A study on the possible role of the ligand on the biological activity

E Giorgi, M Mannelli, T Gamberi, M Durante… - Journal of Inorganic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Three gold (I) linear compounds, sharing the general formula [AuI (LPh 3)], have been
synthesized and characterized. The nature of the ligand has been modified by moving down …