SKOUPILOVÁ, Hana, Martin BARTOŠÍK, Lucia SOMMEROVÁ, Jiří PINKAS, Tomáš VACULOVIČ, Viktor KANICKÝ, Jindřich KARBAN and Roman HRSTKA. Ferrocenes as new anticancer drug candidates: Determination of the mechanism of action. European Journal of Pharmacology. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2020, vol. 867, JAN 15 2020, p. 1-8. ISSN 0014-2999. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2019.172825.
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Original name Ferrocenes as new anticancer drug candidates: Determination of the mechanism of action
Name in Czech Ferrocey jako kandidáti na nová protinádorová léčiva: Stanovení mechanismu účinku
Authors SKOUPILOVÁ, Hana (203 Czech Republic), Martin BARTOŠÍK (703 Slovakia), Lucia SOMMEROVÁ (703 Slovakia), Jiří PINKAS, Tomáš VACULOVIČ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Viktor KANICKÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jindřich KARBAN and Roman HRSTKA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor).
Edition European Journal of Pharmacology, Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2020, 0014-2999.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30104 Pharmacology and pharmacy
Country of publisher Netherlands
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 4.432
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/20:00115228
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2019.172825
UT WoS 000504024800004
Keywords (in Czech) Buněčný příjem; Ferroceny; Rakovina vaječníků; Reaktivní kyslíkové radikály; Transferrinový receptor
Keywords in English Cellular uptake; Ferrocene; Ovarian cancer; Reactive oxygen species; Transferrin; Transferrin receptor
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS., učo 437722. Changed: 23/11/2020 16:10.
Abstract
Chemotherapy plays an essential role in the management of cancer worldwide. However, it is a non-specific treatment limited by major drawbacks, thus identification and testing of new promising molecular structures representing potential drug candidates are urgently needed. In this work, ferrocene complexes as potential antitumor drugs that display cytotoxicity in low micromolar concentrations against ovarian cancer cells A2780 and SK-OV-3 were investigated to identify their mode of action. Their mechanism of cellular accumulation was studied using differential pulse voltammetry and inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry. Their mode of cell death induction was determined by changes in the mitochondrial membrane potential, production of reactive oxygen species and by Annexin V staining. Transferrin receptors were identified as key mediators of intracellular accumulation of ferrocenes and the extent of cellular uptake reflected the anticancer activity of individual compounds. Functional analysis revealed activation of intrinsic apoptosis as a dominant mechanism leading to regulated cell death induced in ovarian cancer cells by ferrocenes. Ferrocenes represent a group of promising sandwich organometallic complexes exerting cytotoxic activity. We suggest their application not only as standalone chemotherapeutics but also as modifying substituents of known drugs to improve their antitumor effects.
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