title: Novel bis-platinum complexes endowed with an improved pharmacological profile.
abstract: Multinuclear platinum complexes are characterized by a peculiar DNA binding mode and higher cytotoxic potency than the mononuclear complexes, and efficacy against a wide range of preclinical tumor models. To reduce the high irreversible plasma protein binding and improve the chemical and metabolic drug stability, novel bis-platinum complexes were designed starting from the parent compound CT-3610. The novel second-generation bis-platinum complexes utilize alkylcarboxylate as leaving groups to improve their pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profiles, thus overcoming the limitations of the previously developed multinuclear compounds. The selected compounds [CT-47518 and CT-47463, respectively (bis-capronate) platinum and (bis-butyrate) platinum], have similar in vitro degradation kinetics in human and murine plasma and, above all, an increased stability when compared to CT-3610, particularly in human plasma. In addition, both compounds exhibited a marked cytotoxic potency as compared with cisplatin and oxaliplatin. Interestingly, they were capable of overcoming resistance mediated by DNA mismatch repair defects in different cellular models. The complexes showed marked antitumor efficacy in Pt-refractory tumor xenografts, with remarkable activity in terms of tumor growth inhibition and tumor growth delay. The improved stability profile in human plasma compared to early bis- and triplatinum complexes together with the marked activity in cellular systems as well as in in vivo models, make CT-47518 and CT-47463 attractive candidates for further development.
authors.affiliation: Preclinical Chemotherapy and Pharmacology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan,Italy.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gatti
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Perego
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leone
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Apostoli
authors.forename: Nives
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Carenini
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Corna
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Allievi
authors.forename: Ulla
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bastrup
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De Munari
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Di Giovine
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nicoli
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grugni
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Natangelo
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pardi
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pezzoni
authors.forename: Jack W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zunino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000494:pharmacology; D018736:DNA Adducts / Q000378:metabolism; D053843:DNA Mismatch Repair; D015195:Drug Design; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D004355:Drug Stability; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000077150:Oxaliplatin; D023041:Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D018736:DNA Adducts; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds; D000077150:Oxaliplatin; D002945:Cisplatin