Proliferative and anti-proliferative effects of titanium- and iron-based metallocene anti-cancer drugs

Vessieres, A., Plamont, M.-A., Cabestaing, C., Claffey, J., Dieckmann, S., Hogan, M., Mueller-Bunz, H., Strohfeldt, K. A. and Tacke, M. (2009) Proliferative and anti-proliferative effects of titanium- and iron-based metallocene anti-cancer drugs. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry , 694 (6). pp. 874-879. ISSN 0022-328X doi: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2008.11.071

Abstract/Summary

In previous work we have found that Cp2TiCl2 and its corresponding deriv. of tamoxifen, Titanocene tamoxifen, show an unexpected proliferative effect on hormone dependent breast cancer cells MCF-7. In order to check if this behavior is a general trend for titanocene derivs. we have tested two other titanocene derivs., Titanocene Y and Titanocene K, on this cell line. Interestingly, these two titanocene complexes behave in a totally different manner. Titanocene K is highly proliferative on MCF-7 cells even at low concns. (0.5 .mu.M), thus behave almost similarly to Cp2TiCl2. This proliferative effect is also obsd. in the presence of bovine serum albumin (BSA). In contrast, Titanocene Y alone has almost no effect on MCF-7 at a concn. of 10 .mu.M, but exhibits a significant dose dependent cytotoxic effect of up to 50% when incubated with BSA (20-50 .mu.g/mL). This confirms the crucial role played by the binding to serum proteins in the expression of the in vivo, cytotoxicity of the titanocene complexes. From the hydridolithiation reaction of 6-p-anisylfulvene with LiBEt3H followed by transmetallation with iron dichloride [bis-[(p-methoxy-benzyl)cyclopentadienyl]iron(II)] (Ferrocene Y) was synthesized. This complex, which was characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, contains the robust ferrocenyl unit instead of Ti assocd. with easily leaving groups such as chlorine and shows only a modest cytotoxicity against MCF-7 or MDA-MB-231 cells.

Additional Information	Fourth International Symposium on Bioorganometallic Chemistry (ISBOMC’08)
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Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > School of Pharmacy > Medicinal Chemistry Research Group
Additional Information	Fourth International Symposium on Bioorganometallic Chemistry (ISBOMC’08)
Publisher	Elsevier B.V.
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