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Selective hypoxia-cytotoxins based on vanadyl complexes with 3-aminoquinoxaline-2-carbonitrile-N1,N4-dioxide derivatives.

Abstract
A new vanadyl complex with the formula VO(L1)2, where L1=3-amino-6(7)-chloroquinoxaline-2-carbonitrile N(1), N(4)-dioxide, has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses, conductometry, fast atom bombardment mass spectroscopy (FAB-MS) and electronic, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), Raman, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopies. Results were compared with those previously reported for analogous vanadium complexes with other 3-aminoquinoxaline-2-carbonitrile N1,N4-dioxide derivatives as ligands. As an effort to develop novel metal-based selective hypoxia-cytotoxins and to improve bioavailability and pharmacological and toxicological properties of aminoquinoxaline carbonitrile N-dioxides bioreductive prodrugs, the new complex and VO(L)2 complexes, with L=3-amino-6(7)-bromoquinoxaline-2-carbonitrile N1,N4-dioxide (L2) and 3-amino-6(7)-methylquinoxaline-2-carbonitrile N1,N4-dioxide (L3), were subjected to cytotoxic evaluation in V79 cells in hypoxic and aerobic conditions. The complexes resulted in vitro more potent cytotoxins than the free ligands (i.e. potencies P(VO(L1)2)=3.0, P(L1)=9.0 microM) and Tirapazamine (P=30.0 microM) and showed excellent selective cytotoxicity in hypoxia, being no cytotoxic in oxia. In addition, the solubility in hydrophilic solvents resulted significantly higher for the vanadyl complexes than for the free ligands. These results could be indicative that complexation of the quinoxaline-2-carbonitrile N1,N4-dioxide derivatives with vanadium could improve their bioavailability. In addition, a new aspect of the series has been investigated. A detailed comparison of the electrochemical behavior of the free ligands and the complexes has been performed searching for a correlation between reduction potentials of the complexes and their activities and hypoxia selectivities.
AuthorsMarisol Vieites, Pabla Noblía, María H Torre, Hugo Cerecetto, María Laura Lavaggi, Antonio J Costa-Filho, Amaia Azqueta, Adela López de Cerain, Antonio Monge, Beatriz Parajón-Costa, Mercedes González, Dinorah Gambino
JournalJournal of inorganic biochemistry (J Inorg Biochem) Vol. 100 Issue 8 Pg. 1358-67 (Aug 2006) ISSN: 0162-0134 [Print] United States
PMID16698084 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • 3-aminoquinoxaline-2-carbonitrile-N1,N4-dioxide
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Cytotoxins
  • Ligands
  • Nitriles
  • Quinoxalines
  • Vanadates
Topics
  • Antineoplastic Agents (chemical synthesis, chemistry, pharmacology)
  • Cell Hypoxia
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cytotoxins (chemical synthesis, chemistry, pharmacology)
  • Electrochemistry
  • Fibroblasts (drug effects)
  • Ligands
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nitriles (chemical synthesis, chemistry, pharmacology)
  • Quinoxalines (chemical synthesis, chemistry, pharmacology)
  • Vanadates (chemical synthesis, chemistry, pharmacology)

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