Imaging of a clickable anticancer iridium catalyst.
Imaging of a clickable anticancer iridium catalyst.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2017.12.019
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发表时间:
2018-03
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
Xiuxiu Wang;Mingli Zhu;F. Gao;Wei Wei-Wei;Yong Qian;Hongke Liu;Jing Zhao
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作者:
Xiuxiu Wang;Mingli Zhu;F. Gao;Wei Wei-Wei;Yong Qian;Hongke Liu;Jing Zhao
Iridium-based anticancer reagents are receiving increasing attention for their high cytotoxicity. Herein, by activating Csingle bondH bonds in the well-known antioxidant α-phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone (PBN), we synthesized and characterized a series of new iridium complexes. Complex 1-AMP exhibited the best antiproliferation activity towards human ovarian cancer A2780 cells. The azide group in complex 1-AMP underwent the Cu(I)-catalysed azide − alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reaction and the resulting fluorescent imaging in cells suggested it mainly accumulated in mitochondria. In comparison, to eliminate cytotoxicity of Cu(I) catalyst, we conducted a reaction between complex 1-AMP and a commercialized dye via strain-promoted alkyne–azide cycloaddition (SPAAC) reaction in live cells, confirming its targeting mainly in the mitochondria. Iridium-based anticancer complexes containing a nitrone ligand and azide group may offer a useful tool to probe the mechanism of metallodrugs.