Issue 16, 2020

Naproxen platinum(iv) hybrids inhibiting cycloxygenases and matrix metalloproteinases and causing DNA damage: synthesis and biological evaluation as antitumor agents in vitro and in vivo

Abstract

Cycloxygenases (COXs) and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in the tumor microenvironment (TME) are tightly related to the progression of cancers. Here, naproxen as a potent inhibitor of both COX and MMP was combined with platinum(IV) to construct hybrids as antitumor agents. Compound 2 with comparable or even superior activities to that of cisplatin, oxaliplatin, and carboplatin, great potential for reversing drug resistance, and superior tumor targeting properties was screened out as a lead compound. Moreover, compound 2 possessed potent tumor growth inhibition capability in vivo, which was comparable to that of oxaliplatin, and displayed rather lower side effects than the platinum(II) reference drugs. The naproxen platinum(IV) complex could easily undergo reduction and liberate the platinum(II) complex and naproxen as well as exert a multifunctional antitumor mechanism: (i) the liberated platinum(II) fragment would cause serious DNA injury; (ii) naproxen would inhibit COX-2 and decrease tumor-associated inflammation; and (iii) the naproxen platinum(IV) complex exhibited remarkable MMP-9 inhibition in tumor tissues. These antitumor functions can help reduce the growth and metastasis of malignancy.

Graphical abstract: Naproxen platinum(iv) hybrids inhibiting cycloxygenases and matrix metalloproteinases and causing DNA damage: synthesis and biological evaluation as antitumor agents in vitro and in vivo

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Feb 2020
Accepted
15 Mar 2020
First published
17 Mar 2020

Dalton Trans., 2020,49, 5192-5204

Naproxen platinum(IV) hybrids inhibiting cycloxygenases and matrix metalloproteinases and causing DNA damage: synthesis and biological evaluation as antitumor agents in vitro and in vivo

Y. Chen, Q. Wang, Z. Li, Z. Liu, Y. Zhao, J. Zhang, M. Liu, Z. Wang, D. Li and J. Han, Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 5192 DOI: 10.1039/D0DT00424C

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