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Süss-Fink, Georg

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Süss-Fink, Georg
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Professeur ordinaire
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georg.suess-fink@unine.ch
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https://libra.unine.ch/handle/123456789/385

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  • Publication
    Accès libre
    Combined arene ruthenium porphyrins as chemotherapeutics and photosensitizers for cancer therapy
    (2009)
    Schmitt, Frédéric
    ;
    Govindaswamy, Padavattan
    ;
    Zava, Olivier
    ;
    Süss-Fink, Georg 
    ;
    Juillerat-Jeanneret, Lucienne
    ;
    Therrien, Bruno 
    Mononuclear 5-(4-pyridyl)-10,15,20-triphenylporphyrin and 5-(3-pyridyl)-10,15,20-triphenylporphyrin as well as tetranuclear 5,10,15,20-tetra(4-pyridyl)porphyrin (tetra-4-pp) and 5,10,15,20-tetra(3-pyridyl)porphyrin) (tetra-3-pp) arene ruthenium(II) derivatives (arene is C6H5Me or p-PriC6H4Me) were prepared and evaluated as potential dual photosensitizers and chemotherapeutics in human Me300 melanoma cells. In the absence of light, all tetranuclear complexes were cytotoxic (IC50 ≤ 20 μM), while the mononuclear derivatives were not (IC50 ≥ 100 μM). Kinetic studies of tritiated thymidine and tritiated leucine incorporations in cells exposed to a low concentration (5 μM) of tetranuclear p-cymene derivatives demonstrated a rapid inhibition of DNA synthesis, while protein synthesis was inhibited only later, suggesting arene ruthenium–DNA interactions as the initial cytotoxic process. All complexes exhibited phototoxicities toward melanoma cells when exposed to laser light of 652 nm. At low concentration (5 μM), LD50 of the mononuclear derivatives was between 5 and 10 J/cm2, while for the tetranuclear derivatives LD50 was approximately 2.5 J/cm2 for the [Ru4 (η6-arene)4 (tetra-4-pp)Cl8] complexes and less than 0.5 J/cm2 for the [Ru4 (η6-arene)4 (tetra-3-pp)Cl8] complexes. Examination of cells under a fluorescence microscope revealed the [Ru4 (η6-arene)4 (tetra-4-pp)Cl8] complexes as cytoplasmic aggregates, whereas the [Ru4(η6-arene)4(tetra-3-pp)Cl8] complexes were homogenously dispersed in the cytoplasm. Thus, these complexes present a dual synergistic effect with good properties of both the arene ruthenium chemotherapeutics and the porphyrin photosensitizer.
  • Publication
    Accès libre
    Sawhorse-type diruthenium tetracarbonyl complexes containing porphyrin-derived ligands as highly selective photosensitizers for female reproductive cancer cells
    (2009)
    Schmitt, Frédéric
    ;
    Auzias, Mathieu
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    Štěpnička, Petr
    ;
    Sei, Yoshihisa
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    Yamaguchi, Kentaro
    ;
    Süss-Fink, Georg 
    ;
    Therrien, Bruno 
    ;
    Juillerat-Jeanneret, Lucienne
    Diruthenium tetracarbonyl complexes of the type [Ru2 (CO)4(μ2-η2-O2CR)2L2] containing a Ru–Ru backbone with four equatorial carbonyl ligands, two carboxylato bridges, and two axial two-electron ligands in a sawhorse-like geometry have been synthesized with porphyrin-derived substituents in the axial ligands [1: R is CH3, L is 5-(4-pyridyl)-10,15,20-triphenyl-21,23H-porphyrin], in the bridging carboxylato ligands [2: RCO2H is 5-(4-carboxyphenyl)-10,15,20-triphenyl-21,23H-porphyrin, L is PPh3; 3: RCO2H is 5-(4-carboxyphenyl)-10,15,20-triphenyl-21,23H-porphyrin, L is 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphatricyclo[3.3.1.1]decane], or in both positions [4: RCO2H is 5-(4-carboxyphenyl)-10,15,20-triphenyl-21,23H-porphyrin, L is 5-(4-pyridyl)-10,15,20-triphenyl-21,23H-porphyrin]. Compounds 1–3 were assessed on different types of human cancer cells and normal cells. Their uptake by cells was quantified by fluorescence and checked by fluorescence microscopy. These compounds were taken up by human HeLa cervix and A2780 and Ovcar ovarian carcinoma cells but not by normal cells and other cancer cell lines (A549 pulmonary, Me300 melanoma, PC3 and LnCap prostate, KB head and neck, MDAMB231 and MCF7 breast, or HT29 colon cancer cells). The compounds demonstrated no cytotoxicity in the absence of laser irradiation but exhibited good phototoxicities in HeLa and A2780 cells when exposed to laser light at 652 nm, displaying an LD50 between 1.5 and 6.5 J/cm2 in these two cell lines and more than 15 J/cm2 for the others. Thus, these types of porphyric compound present specificity for cancer cell lines of the female reproductive system and not for normal cells; thus being promising new organometallic photosensitizers.