| Literature DB >> 26206503 |
Margot Schikora1, Alexander Reznikov2, Liudmila Chaykovskaya2, Olga Sachinska2, Lubov Polyakova2, Andriy Mokhir3.
Abstract
We tested cytotoxicity of aminoferrocene-based prodrugs towards human androgen-responsive and unresponsive prostate cancer cell lines LNCaP and DU-145 correspondingly. Two prodrugs were selected, which are both activated at elevated concentrations of ROS with generation of quinone methide (antioxidant system inhibitor) and iron-containing compounds (N-benzylaminoferrocene (prodrug 1) and Fe salts (2)). We observed that only prodrug 1 is active against the selected prostate cancer cells (IC50=11-27 μM) and its activity correlates with the high cell-membrane permeability and increased production of intracellular ROS.Entities:
Keywords: Aminoferrocene; Iron; Prodrug; Prostate cancer; Reactive oxygen species
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26206503 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.07.013
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Med Chem Lett ISSN: 0960-894X Impact factor: 2.823