title: cis-bis(pyridine)platinum(II) organoamides with unexpected growth inhibition properties and antitumor activity.
abstract: The platinum(II) organoamides [Pt(NRCH2)2L2] (L = pyridine (py), R = p-HC6F4, C6F5,p-IC6F4,p-CIC6F4,p-C6F5C6F4; L = 4-methylpyridine, R = p-HC6F4) and [Pt(NRCH2CH2NR')(py)2] (R = p-HC6F4, R' = C6F5, p-BrC6F4, or p-MeC6F4) inhibit the growth of murine L1210 leukemia cells in culture with ID50 values for continuous exposure in the range 0.6-2.7 microM. Representative complexes are also active against L1210 cells in 2-h pulse exposures, as well as against the cisplatin-resistant variant L1210/DDP and human colonic carcinoma cell lines HT 29 and BE. Three complexes [Pt(NRCH2)2L2] (R = p-HC6F4, C6F5, or p-IC6F4) have good activity (T/C greater than or equal to 180%) against P388 leukemia in mice, and all other compounds tested are active except when R = p-C6F5C6F4, L = py. Although the molecular basis of the biological activity of these complexes is not known, the observation of good activity for amineplatinum(II) compounds with no hydrogen substituents on the nitrogen donor atoms introduces a new factor in the anticancer behavior of platinum(II) complexes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Webster
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Deacon
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Buxton
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Hillcoat
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Roos
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Wakelin
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds