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  • Title: High cytotoxicity of vanadium(IV) complexes with 1,10-phenanthroline and related ligands is due to decomposition in cell culture medium.
    Author: Le M, Rathje O, Levina A, Lay PA.
    Journal: J Biol Inorg Chem; 2017 Jul; 22(5):663-672. PubMed ID: 28374136.
    Abstract:
    Cytotoxic effects of Metvan (cis-[VIVO(OSO3)(Me2phen)2], where Me2phen = 4,7-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) and its analogues with 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) and 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy) ligands in cultured human lung cancer (A549) cells have been re-investigated in conjunction with reactivity of the V(IV) complexes in neutral aerated aqueous solutions and in cell culture medium. All the V(IV) complexes underwent rapid oxidation to the corresponding V(V) species (cis-[VV(O)2L2]+), followed by release of free ligands (shown by electrospray mass spectrometry). Decomposition of V(IV) complexes in cell culture medium within minutes at 310 K was confirmed by UV-Vis and EPR spectroscopies. High cytotoxicities (low μM or sub-μM IC50 range in 72 h assays) were observed for the phen and Me2phen complexes, but they were not different from that of the corresponding free ligands, which confirmed that the original V(IV) complexes played no significant role in the observed biological activities. The cytotoxicities of the ligands were most likely due to their complexation of redox-active essential metal ions, such as Cu(II) and Fe(II), in the medium, and their increased cellular uptake, leading to oxidative stress-related cell death. These results emphasize the need to assess the stability of metal-based drugs under the conditions of biological assays, particularly when biologically active ligands, such as 1,10-phenanthroline and its derivatives, are used. These ligands have high systemic toxicities in vivo and their release in the GI tract and blood makes the complexes unsuitable for use as anti-cancer drugs.
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