Issue 34, 2018

New Ru(ii) complex for dual photochemotherapy: release of cathepsin K inhibitor and 1O2 production

Abstract

A new complex, [Ru(tpy)(dppn)(Cbz-Leu-NHCH2CN)]2+ (1, tpy = 2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine, dppn = benzo[i]dipyrido[3,2-a:2′,3′-c]phenazine) was synthesized and its photochemical properties were investigated. This complex undergoes photorelease of the Cbz-Leu-NHCH2CN ligand, a known cathepsin K inhibitor, with a quantum yield, Φ450, of 0.0012(4) in water (λirr = 450 nm). In addition, 1 sensitizes the production of singlet oxygen upon visible light irradiation with quantum yield, ΦΔ, of 0.64(3) in CH3OH. The photophysical properties of 1 were compared with those of [Ru(tpy)(bpy)(Cbz-Leu-NHCH2CN)]2+ (2, bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine), [Ru(tpy)(dppn)(CH3CN)]2+ (3), and [Ru(tpy)(bpy)(CH3CN)]2+ (4) to evaluate the effect of the release of the Cbz-Leu-NHCH2CN inhibitor relative to the CH3CN ligand, as well as the role of dppn as the bidentate ligand for 1O2 production instead of bpy. Nanosecond transient absorption spectroscopy confirms the formation of the long-lived dppn-centered 3ππ* state in 1 and 3 with a maximum at ∼540 nm and τ ∼20 μs in deaerated acetonitrile. Complexes 1 and 3 are able to cause photoinduced damage to DNA (λirr ≥ 395 nm), whereas 2 and 4 do not photocleave DNA under similar experimental conditions. These results suggest that 1 is a promising agent for dual activity, both releasing a drug and producing singlet oxygen, and is poised to exhibit enhanced biological activity in phototochemotherapy upon irradiation with visible light.

Graphical abstract: New Ru(ii) complex for dual photochemotherapy: release of cathepsin K inhibitor and 1O2 production

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 ⵎⴰⵕ 2018
Accepted
01 ⵎⴰⵢ 2018
First published
09 ⵎⴰⵢ 2018

Dalton Trans., 2018,47, 11851-11858

New Ru(II) complex for dual photochemotherapy: release of cathepsin K inhibitor and 1O2 production

T. N. Rohrabaugh, K. A. Collins, C. Xue, J. K. White, J. J. Kodanko and C. Turro, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 11851 DOI: 10.1039/C8DT00876K

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