{"title":"Selective tumor accumulation as a route to precision medicine for platinum anticancer drugs","authors":"Erica J. Peterson, Nicholas P. Farrell","doi":"10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2026.113267","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This brief review summarizes our work showing that glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are mediators of platinum complex cellular accumulation. Especially, there is an inverse relationship whereby charged polynuclear platinum complexes exemplified by BBR3464 and BBR3571 show enhanced tumor accumulation and antitumor efficacy in presence of a high level of GAGs whereas the inverse relationship occurs for the neutral mononuclear carboplatin. These results add to our understanding of the tumor uptake of platinum anticancer drugs and suggest avenues toward precision medicine for platinums based on patient stratification.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":364,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry","volume":"279 ","pages":"Article 113267"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2000,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0162013426000565","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2026/2/20 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This brief review summarizes our work showing that glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are mediators of platinum complex cellular accumulation. Especially, there is an inverse relationship whereby charged polynuclear platinum complexes exemplified by BBR3464 and BBR3571 show enhanced tumor accumulation and antitumor efficacy in presence of a high level of GAGs whereas the inverse relationship occurs for the neutral mononuclear carboplatin. These results add to our understanding of the tumor uptake of platinum anticancer drugs and suggest avenues toward precision medicine for platinums based on patient stratification.
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The Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry is an established international forum for research in all aspects of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. Original papers of a high scientific level are published in the form of Articles (full length papers), Short Communications, Focused Reviews and Bioinorganic Methods. Topics include: the chemistry, structure and function of metalloenzymes; the interaction of inorganic ions and molecules with proteins and nucleic acids; the synthesis and properties of coordination complexes of biological interest including both structural and functional model systems; the function of metal- containing systems in the regulation of gene expression; the role of metals in medicine; the application of spectroscopic methods to determine the structure of metallobiomolecules; the preparation and characterization of metal-based biomaterials; and related systems. The emphasis of the Journal is on the structure and mechanism of action of metallobiomolecules.