N-heterocyclic carbene iron complexes as anticancer agents: In vitro and in vivo biological studies
dc.citation.title | Molecules | es |
dc.citation.volume | 26 | |
dc.creator | Lenis-Rojas, Oscar A. | |
dc.creator | Cordeiro, Sandra | |
dc.creator | Horta-Meireles, Marta | |
dc.creator | Araujo Fernández, Jhonathan Angel | |
dc.creator | Fernández Vila, Sabela | |
dc.creator | Rubiolo, Juan Andrés | |
dc.creator | Cabezas-Sainz, Pablo | |
dc.creator | Sanchez, Laura | |
dc.creator | Fernandes, Alexandra R. | |
dc.creator | Royo, Beatriz | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-25T18:24:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-25T18:24:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-09-12 | |
dc.description | Cisplatin and its derivatives are commonly used in chemotherapeutic treatments of cancer, even though they suffer from many toxic side effects. The problems that emerge from the use of these metal compounds led to the search for new complexes capable to overcome the toxic side effects. Here, we report the evaluation of the antiproliferative activity of Fe(II) cyclopentadienyl complexes bearing n-heterocyclic carbene ligands in tumour cells and their in vivo toxicological profile. The in vitro antiproliferative assays demonstrated that complex Fe1 displays the highest cytotoxic activity both in human colorectal carcinoma cells (HCT116) and ovarian carcinoma cells (A2780) with IC50 values in the low micromolar range. The antiproliferative effect of Fe1 was even higher than cisplatin. Interestingly, Fe1 showed low in vivo toxicity, and in vivo analyses of Fe1 and Fe2 compounds using colorectal HCT116 zebrafish xenograft showed that both reduce the proliferation of human HCT116 colorectal cancer cells in vivo. | es |
dc.description.fil | Fil: Lenis-Rojas, Oscar A. Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA); Portugal. | es |
dc.description.fil | Fil: Cordeiro, Sandra. NOVA University. Departamento Ciências da Vida. NOVA School of Science and Technology. UCIBIO; Portugal. | es |
dc.description.fil | Fil: Cordeiro, Sandra. NOVA University. NOVA School of Science and Technology. Institute for Health and Bioeconomy; Portugal. | es |
dc.description.fil | Fil: Horta-Meireles, Marta. Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA); Portugal. | es |
dc.description.fil | Fil: Araujo Fernández, Jhonathan Angel. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Facultad de Veterinaria. Departamento de Zoología Genética y Antropología Física; Spain. | es |
dc.description.fil | Fil: Araujo Fernández, Jhonathan Angel. University of Campinas. Department of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine. School of Medical Sciences. Laboratory of Zebrafish; Brazil. | es |
dc.description.fil | Fil: Fernández Vila, Sabela. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Facultad de Veterinaria. Departamento de Zoología Genética y Antropología Física; Spain. | es |
dc.description.fil | Fil: Rubiolo, Juan Andrés. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Facultad de Veterinaria. Departamento de Zoología Genética y Antropología Física; Spain. | es |
dc.description.fil | Fil: Rubiolo, Juan Andrés. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Centro Científico y Tecnológico Acuario del Río Paraná; Argentina. | es |
dc.description.fil | Fil: Cabezas-Sainz, Pablo. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Facultad de Veterinaria. Departamento de Zoología Genética y Antropología Física; Spain. | es |
dc.description.fil | Fil: Sanchez, Laura. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Facultad de Veterinaria. Departamento de Zoología Genética y Antropología Física; Spain. | es |
dc.description.fil | Fil: Sanchez, Laura. Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela. Preclinical Animal Models Group; Spain. | es |
dc.description.fil | Fil: Fernandes, Alexandra R. NOVA University. Departamento Ciências da Vida. NOVA School of Science and Technology. UCIBIO; Portugal. | es |
dc.description.fil | Fil: Fernandes, Alexandra R. NOVA University. NOVA School of Science and Technology. Institute for Health and Bioeconomy; Portugal. | es |
dc.description.fil | Fil: Royo, Beatriz. Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA); Portugal. | es |
dc.description.sponsorship | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT): Project MOSTMICRO-ITQB, UIDB/04612/2020, UIDP/04612/2020, Project LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-007660 | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit (UCIBIO): FCT UIDP/04378/2020, UIDB/04378/2020 | |
dc.format | application/pdf | |
dc.format.extent | 1-14 | es |
dc.identifier.issn | 1420-3049 | es |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2133/23256 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | es |
dc.publisher | MDPI | es |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26185535 | |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/18/5535 | |
dc.rights | openAccess | es |
dc.rights.holder | Lenis-Rojas, Oscar A. | es |
dc.rights.holder | Cordeiro, Sandra | es |
dc.rights.holder | Horta-Meireles, Marta | es |
dc.rights.holder | Araujo Fernández, Jhonathan Angel | es |
dc.rights.holder | Fernández Vila, Sabela | es |
dc.rights.holder | Rubiolo, Juan Andrés | es |
dc.rights.holder | Cabezas-Sainz, Pablo | es |
dc.rights.holder | Sanchez, Laura | es |
dc.rights.holder | Fernandes, Alexandra R. | es |
dc.rights.holder | Royo, Beatriz | es |
dc.rights.text | Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | es |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | N-heterocyclic carbene | es |
dc.subject | Iron(II)–NHC complexes | es |
dc.subject | Anticancer activity | es |
dc.subject | Zebrafish | es |
dc.title | N-heterocyclic carbene iron complexes as anticancer agents: In vitro and in vivo biological studies | es |
dc.type | publishedVersion | |
dc.type | article | |
dc.type | artículo | |
dc.type.collection | articulo | |
dc.type.version | publishedVersion |