title: Uptake of antitumor platinum(II)-complexes by cancer cells, assayed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).
abstract: A systematic study on intracellular Pt uptake and Pt accumulation ratio in breast cancer MCF-7 cell line has been performed on a number of Pt(II)-complexes, namely cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin, clinically employed as antitumor drugs, trans- and cis-[Pt(Cl)2(pyridine)2] and cis-[Pt(Cl)2(pyridine)(5-SO3H-isoquinoline)] complexes, previously investigated also as potential telomerase inhibitors. In particular, long incubation times have been chosen in order to understand the fate of the complexes in the cells. For this purpose, sub-acute drug concentrations must be employed and, therefore, a very sensitive method of analysis like as inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) superior to the widely employed atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) has been adopted. Any relationships among uptake/accumulation and several parameters such as drug structure, lipophilicity, drug concentration and incubation time have been sought and analyzed: the bulk of data point for a passive diffusion mechanism through the cell membrane.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Avanzate, Università del Piemonte Orientale A. Avogadro, Corso Borsalino 54, I-15100 Alessandria, Italy.
authors.forename: AnnaRita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghezzi
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aceto
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cassino
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gabano
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Osella
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D006801:Humans; D020128:Inhibitory Concentration 50; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds