Overcoming cancer resistance to platinum drugs by inhibiting cholesterol metabolism

Y Wang, L Cai, H Li, H Chen, T Yang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Drug resistance is a serious challenge for platinum anticancer drugs. Platinum complexes
may get over the drug resistance via a distinct mechanism of action. Cholesterol is a key …

Developing an anticancer platinum (II) compound based on the uniqueness of human serum albumin

Z Zhang, J Zhang, T Yang, S Li, G Xu… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
To develop the next-generation Pt drug with remarkable activity and low toxicity to maximally
inhibit tumor growth, we optimized a Pt (II) thiosemicarbazone compound (C4) with …

Novel indole–chalcone derivative-ligated platinum (IV) prodrugs attenuate cisplatin resistance in lung cancer through ROS/ER stress and mitochondrial dysfunction

Z Liu, M Wang, R Huang, T Hu, Y Jing… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Developing multifunctional platinum (IV) prodrugs via integrating bioactive pharmacophores
into one entity is an attractive strategy to ameliorate the defects of platinum (II) drugs. Herein …

Synthesis and anticancer mechanisms of zinc (II)-8-hydroxyquinoline complexes with 1, 10-phenanthroline ancillary ligands

LQ Du, TY Zhang, XM Huang, Y Xu, MX Tan… - Dalton …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Twenty new zinc (II) complexes with 8-hydroxyquinoline (H-Q1–H-Q6) in the presence of 1,
10-phenanthroline derivatives (D1–D10) were synthesized and formulated as [Zn (Q1) 2 …

Human serum albumin-platinum (II) agent nanoparticles inhibit tumor growth through multimodal action against the tumor microenvironment

S Xu, W Luo, M Zhu, L Zhao, L Gao… - Molecular …, 2023 - ACS Publications
To overcome the limitations of traditional platinum (Pt)-based drugs and further improve the
targeting ability and therapeutic efficacy in vivo, we proposed to design a human serum …

Antitumor studies evaluation of triphenylphosphine ruthenium complexes with 5, 7-dihalo-substituted-8-quinolinoline targeting mitophagy pathways

ZF Wang, XQ Huang, RC Wu, Y Xiao… - Journal of Inorganic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Both ruthenium-containing complexes and 8-quinolinoline compounds have emerged as a
potential novel agent for malignant tumor therapy. Here, three triphenylphosphine ruthenium …

Development of clioquinol platinum (IV) conjugates as autophagy-targeted antimetastatic agents

M Zhang, L Li, S Li, Z Liu, N Zhang, B Sun… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A series of autophagy-targeted antimetastatic clioquinol (CLQ) platinum (IV) conjugates
were designed and prepared by incorporating an autophagy activator CLQ into the platinum …

Hydrazylpyridine salicylaldehyde–copper (ii)–1, 10-phenanthroline complexes as potential anticancer agents: synthesis, characterization and anticancer evaluation

Y Chen, Z Ke, L Yuan, M Liang, S Zhang - Dalton Transactions, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We synthesized and analyzed nine unique copper (II) hydrazylpyridine salicylaldehyde and
1, 10-phenanthroline complexes,[Cu (L1a)(phen)](Cugdupt1),[Cu (L2a)(phen)]·(CH3CN) …

Ligustrazine-derived chalcones-modified platinum (IV) complexes intervene in cisplatin resistance in pancreatic cancer through ferroptosis and apoptosis

M Wang, G Cao, J Zhou, J Cai, X Ma, Z Liu… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Developing multitarget platinum (IV) prodrugs is an important strategy to attenuate cisplatin
(CDDP) resistance in tandem with reduced toxicity. Herein, six novel ligustrazine-derived …

[HTML][HTML] Biomimetic formation of silver oxide nanoparticles through Diospyros montana bark extract: Its application in dye degradation, antibacterial and anticancer …

V Sujatha, G Kaviyasri, A Venkatesan… - Journal of King Saud …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Remarkable potential of silver nanoparticles (NPs) makes its use efficient in both
biological as well as industrial applications. Post harvested NPs, free from other hazards …