ArticleJournal of materials chemistry. B2016
Light-Sensitive Ruthenium Complex-Loaded Cross-linked Polymeric Nanoassemblies for the Treatment of Cancer.
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- Ligand Rigidity Steers the Selectivity and Efficiency of the Photosubstitution Reaction of Strained Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complexes.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2023Article
- Encapsulation of Ru(II) Polypyridine Complexes for Tumor-Targeted Anticancer Therapy.BME frontiers · 2023Review
- Polymeric Nanosystems Applied for Metal-Based Drugs and Photosensitizers Delivery: The State of the Art and Recent Advancements.Pharmaceutics · 2022Review
- Intraligand Excited States Turn a Ruthenium Oligothiophene Complex into a Light-Triggered Ubertoxin with Anticancer Effects in Extreme Hypoxia.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2022Article
- Fine-Feature Modifications to Strained Ruthenium Complexes Radically Alter Their Hypoxic Anticancer ActivityPhotochemistry and photobiology · 2022Article
- Light-responsive and Protic Ruthenium Compounds Bearing Bathophenanthroline and Dihydroxybipyridine Ligands Achieve Nanomolar Toxicity towards Breast Cancer Cells.Photochemistry and photobiology · 2022Article
- The Development of Ru(II)-Based Photoactivated Chemotherapy Agents.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Biological activities of polypyridyl-type ligands: implications for bioinorganic chemistry and light-activated metal complexes.Current opinion in chemical biology · 2021Review
- Critical discussion of the applications of metal complexes for 2-photon photodynamic therapy.Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry · 2020Review
- The synthesis, characterization, DNA/BSA/HSA interactions, molecular modeling, antibacterial properties, andRSC advances · 2020Article
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- Development of Halofluorochromic Polymer Nanoassemblies for the Potential Detection of Liver Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Tumors Using Experimental and Computational Approaches.Pharmaceutical research · 2017Article
- The development of anticancer ruthenium(ii) complexes: from single molecule compounds to nanomaterials.Chemical Society reviews · 2017Review
- Comparison of Dialysis- and Solvatofluorochromism-Based Methods to Determine Drug Release Rates from Polymer Nanoassemblies.Pharmaceutical research · 2017Article
- An Overview Of Photosubstitution Reactions Of Ru(II) Imine Complexes And Their Application In Photobiology And Photodynamic Therapy.Inorganica chimica acta · 2017Article
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Abstract
This work focuses on improving the efficacy of photoactivatable Ru complexes for photodynamic therapy by employing cross-linked nanoassemblies (CNAs) as a delivery approach. The effects of complex photoactivation, hydrophobicity, and solution ionic strength and pH on complex loading and release from CNAs were analyzed. The cell cytotoxicity of CNA formulations was similar to free Ru complexes despite reduced or eliminated DNA interactions. The release rate and the amount of each Ru complex released (%) varied inversely with complex hydrophobicity, while the effect of solution ionic strength was dependent on complex hydrophobicity. Premature release of two photoactivatable prodrugs prior to irradiation was believed to account for higher activity in cells studies compared to DNA interaction studies; however, for photostable
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