title: Anti-tumor properties of the organometallic complex cis-dimethylbis[sulfinylbis[methane]-S]platinum(II).
abstract: The water-soluble organometallic complex cis-[Pt(Me)2(Me2SO)2] (Me = methyl; Me2SO = dimethyl sulfoxide) (cis-dimethyl platinum(II); CDMP) was evaluated for its toxicity on the rat and for its efficacy against two tumors of this animal: the Yoshida ascites sarcoma and the T8 sarcoma of Guérin. The lethal dose for 50% of normal animals was 46.4 mg/kg; the predominant toxic effects were loss of weight, decrease in leukocytes and necrosis of the kidneys after i.v. or of the liver after i.p. administration. Doses of drug varying from 2 to 40 mg/kg were administered once by i.p., i.v., i.m. and intra-tumor (i.t.) route from 1 to 7 days after i.p. injection of 10(6) Yoshida ascites sarcoma cells and s.c. implantation of approximately 300 mg of T8 sarcoma of Guérin. The compound showed anti-tumor activity increasing both the average life span and survival of the rats. A comparison between the therapeutic properties of the title complex with those of cis-[PtCl2(NH3)2] (CDDP) reveals that cis-dimethyl platinum(II) exhibits the same anti-tumor activity associated with 6 times reduced toxicity.
authors.affiliation: Institut of General Pathology, University of Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fimiani
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Minniti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use / Q000633:toxicity; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D005260:Female; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000633:toxicity; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012517:Sarcoma, Yoshida / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds; C075496:dimethylbis(sulfinylbis(methane)-S)platinum(II); D002945:Cisplatin