Scholarship 18/09856-9 - Metalofármacos, Antineoplásicos - BV FAPESP
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New studies of synthesis, characterization and antitumor activity of Pd(II) and Pt(II) complexes with S-allyl-L-cysteine

Grant number: 18/09856-9
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
Start date until: July 01, 2018
End date until: June 30, 2019
Field of knowledge:Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Inorganic Chemistry
Principal Investigator:Pedro Paulo Corbi
Grantee:Mariana Mazzo Quintanilha
Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Studies focused on the development of new metallodrugs have increased considerably in recent years due to the potential of application of such compounds in the medical field. These applications come from their structural characteristics and forms of interaction with biomolecules. Among some of the metals used in medicine are palladium and platinum, which in recent studies have shown to be promising in the synthesis of complexes with different biological activities. A good strategy in the synthesis of new metallodrugs is to combine the already known activities of some metals with those of bioactive ligands that can act in an additive or synergistic way in the treatment of a certain disease. Amino acids are a class of molecules that have biological activities of interest in the development of new agents with potential application in medicine. Furthermore, they are versatile from the point of view of coordination chemistry. In this project, the chosen ligand was S-allyl-L-cysteine, or deoxyaliin. This amino acid is present in foods consumed daily as garlic and onion, and there are reports in the literature about its biological activities, including antiproliferative action on some types of tumor cells. In our research group, this amino acid has been studied for more than a decade in the preparation of metal complexes and in the evaluation of its biological activities. Thus, the objective of this project is to re-synthesize the Pd(II) complex with deoxyaliin and carry out the synthesis and characterization of its novel Pt(II) analogue, in order to evaluate its activities on tumor cells. In this way, it will be possible to compare the activities of the Pt(II) complex with those already described about the Pd(II) one. (AU)

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
QUINTANILHA, MARIANA MAZZO; SCHIMITD, BIANCA ALVES; COSTA, ADAO MARCOS FERREIRA; NAKAHATA, DOUGLAS HIDEKI; SIMONI, DEBORAH DE ALENCAR; CLAVIJO, JUAN CARLOS TENORIO; PEREIRA, DOUGLAS HENRIQUE; MASSABNI, ANTONIO CARLOS; LUSTRI, WILTON ROGERIO; CORBI, PEDRO PAULO. A novel water-soluble platinum(II) complex with the amino acid deoxyalliin: synthesis, crystal structure, theoretical studies and investigations about its antibacterial activity. Journal of Molecular Structure, v. 1236, . (13/08293-7, 15/20882-3, 18/09860-6, 18/09856-9, 18/12590-0, 15/09833-0, 18/12062-4, 17/11485-6)

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