Qiu-Ming Li , Xiao-Qiong Huang , Qing Su , Ju-Mei Zhang, Li-Qin Qin, Ming-Xiong Tan, Qi-Pin Qin
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We designed, synthesized, and fully characterized four cyclometalated iridium(III) coordination compounds that were coordinated with two cyclometalated 2-phenylpyridine (H-PPY1) or 3-methyl-2-phenylpyridine (H-PPY2) ligands and two primary ligands functionalized with robustine (H-Rob1) or 8-hydroxyquinoline (H-Rob2): [Ir(Rob1)(PPY1)<sub>2</sub>]·CH<sub>3</sub>OH (<strong>Ro1</strong>), [Ir(Rob1)(PPY2)<sub>2</sub>]·CH<sub>3</sub>OH (<strong>Ro2</strong>), [Ir(Rob2)(PPY1)<sub>2</sub>] (<strong>Ro3</strong>), and [Ir(Rob2)(PPY2)<sub>2</sub>] (<strong>Ro4</strong>). A Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK8) assay was performed to evaluate their antiproliferative capacity against CPDC-resistant ovarian SK-OV-3/DDP (crSK3) and ovarian SK-OV-3 (SK3) cancer cells as well as liver HL-7702 normal human cells. The H-Rob1 modified complexes <strong>Ro1</strong> and <strong>Ro2</strong> were not cytotoxic against HL-7702 cells but were more cytotoxic against crSK3 cancer cells than <strong>Ro3</strong>, CPDC, and <strong>Ro4</strong>. <strong>Ro2</strong> and <strong>Ro4</strong> reduced the mitochondrial respiration complexes I and IV (Rm1, Rm4) as well as energy generation, and they ultimately induced mitophagy apoptosis. This suggests that <strong>Ro2</strong> and <strong>Ro4</strong> have potential as highly potent anticancer agents for specific mitochondria-targeting drugs able to kill crSK3 cells. 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Cyclometalated iridium(III)–robustine coordination compounds as highly potent anticancer agents
Cisplatin (CPDC) is a platinum coordination complex and a highly potent anticancer agent, but its toxic side effects has led researchers to search for alternative complexes using non-platinum metals. We designed, synthesized, and fully characterized four cyclometalated iridium(III) coordination compounds that were coordinated with two cyclometalated 2-phenylpyridine (H-PPY1) or 3-methyl-2-phenylpyridine (H-PPY2) ligands and two primary ligands functionalized with robustine (H-Rob1) or 8-hydroxyquinoline (H-Rob2): [Ir(Rob1)(PPY1)2]·CH3OH (Ro1), [Ir(Rob1)(PPY2)2]·CH3OH (Ro2), [Ir(Rob2)(PPY1)2] (Ro3), and [Ir(Rob2)(PPY2)2] (Ro4). A Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK8) assay was performed to evaluate their antiproliferative capacity against CPDC-resistant ovarian SK-OV-3/DDP (crSK3) and ovarian SK-OV-3 (SK3) cancer cells as well as liver HL-7702 normal human cells. The H-Rob1 modified complexes Ro1 and Ro2 were not cytotoxic against HL-7702 cells but were more cytotoxic against crSK3 cancer cells than Ro3, CPDC, and Ro4. Ro2 and Ro4 reduced the mitochondrial respiration complexes I and IV (Rm1, Rm4) as well as energy generation, and they ultimately induced mitophagy apoptosis. This suggests that Ro2 and Ro4 have potential as highly potent anticancer agents for specific mitochondria-targeting drugs able to kill crSK3 cells. In particular, Ro2 greatly inhibited the growth of a SK3-tumor model (ca. 60.4%) in vivo.
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