NAMI-A and KP1019/1339, two iconic ruthenium anticancer drug candidates face-to-face: A case story in medicinal inorganic chemistry

E Alessio, L Messori - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
NAMI-A ((ImH)[trans-RuCl4 (dmso-S)(Im)], Im= imidazole) and KP1019/1339
(KP1019=(IndH)[trans-RuCl4 (Ind) 2], Ind= indazole; KP1339= Na [trans-RuCl4 (Ind) 2]) are …

Speciation of metal drugs, supplements and toxins in media and bodily fluids controls in vitro activities

A Levina, DC Crans, PA Lay - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Studies of metal uptake, metabolism and excretion by single bacterial, yeast, plant and
animal cells is a widespread area of research, yet little is known about the reactivity and …

[HTML][HTML] Metallodrug binding to serum albumin: Lessons from biophysical and structural studies

A Merlino - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Human serum albumin (HSA) plays a major role in the transport of metallodrugs, affecting
pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of these molecules. This work highlights the …

Dinuclear Organoruthenium Complex for Mitochondria-Targeted Near-Infrared Imaging and Anticancer Therapy to Overcome Platinum Resistance

J Wang, Y Zhang, Y Li, E Li, W Ye, J Pan - Inorganic Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
New mononuclear and dinuclear Ru (II) coordination compounds with the 2, 7-
bisbenzoimidazolyl-naphthyridine ligand have been synthesized and characterized by UV …

Heterodinuclear Ru–Pt complexes bridged with 2, 3-bis (pyridyl) pyrazinyl ligands: studies on kinetics, deoxyribonucleic acid/bovine serum albumin binding and …

R Bellam, D Jaganyi, RS Robinson - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
Di-and poly-homo/heteronuclear complexes have great potential as anticancer drugs. Here,
we report their reactivity, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)/bovine serum albumin (BSA) binding …

Controversial role of transferrin in the transport of ruthenium anticancer drugs

A Levina, ARM Chetcuti, PA Lay - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ruthenium complexes are at the forefront of developments in metal-based anticancer drugs,
but many questions remain open regarding their reactivity in biological media, including the …

Application of imaging mass spectrometry approaches to facilitate metal-based anticancer drug research

RFS Lee, S Theiner, A Meibom, G Koellensperger… - Metallomics, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Mass spectrometry imaging is being increasingly used in metal-based anticancer drug
development to study elemental and/or molecular drug distributions in different biological …

Synthesis and antiproliferative activity of benzimidazole-based, trinuclear neutral cyclometallated and cationic, N^ N-chelated ruthenium (ii) complexes

A Welsh, L Rylands, VB Arion, S Prince… - Dalton Transactions, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of 2-phenyl and 2-pyridyl tris-benzimidazole ligands was reacted with the [Ru (p-
cymene) Cl2] 2 dimer to yield the corresponding neutral cyclometallated and cationic …

Advances in element speciation analysis of biomedical samples using synchrotron-based techniques

F Porcaro, S Roudeau, A Carmona, R Ortega - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Synchrotron-radiation X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is a direct method for speciation
analysis with atomic resolution, providing information about the local chemical environment …

Dinuclear RuII(bipy)2 Derivatives: Structural, Biological, and in Vivo Zebrafish Toxicity Evaluation

OA Lenis-Rojas, C Roma-Rodrigues… - Inorganic …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Ruthenium-based drugs exhibit interesting properties as potential anticancer
pharmaceuticals. We herein present the synthesis and characterization of a new family of …