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ArticleCommunications chemistry2022

A platinum(IV) prodrug strategy to overcome glutathione-based oxaliplatin resistance.

Philipp Fronik, Michael Gutmann, Petra Vician, Mirjana Stojanovic, Alexander Kastner, Petra Heffeter, Christine Pirker, Bernhard K Keppler, Walter Berger, Christian R Kowol

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Article in Communications chemistry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Philipp Fronik *University of Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Waehringer Strasse 42, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Michael Gutmann *Center of Cancer Research and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Borschkegasse 8a, 1090, Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2253-4578
Petra VicianCenter of Cancer Research and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Borschkegasse 8a, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Mirjana StojanovicCenter of Cancer Research and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Borschkegasse 8a, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Alexander KastnerUniversity of Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Waehringer Strasse 42, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Petra HeffeterCenter of Cancer Research and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Borschkegasse 8a, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Christine PirkerCenter of Cancer Research and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Borschkegasse 8a, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Bernhard K KepplerUniversity of Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Waehringer Strasse 42, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Walter BergerCenter of Cancer Research and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Borschkegasse 8a, 1090, Vienna, Austria. walter.berger@meduniwien.ac.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0014-1658
Christian R KowolUniversity of Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Waehringer Strasse 42, 1090, Vienna, Austria. christian.kowol@univie.ac.at.
Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna · ATUniversity of Vienna · ATLudwig Boltzmann Institute for Cardiovascular Research · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF FG 3Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (Austrian Research Promotion Agency) FG3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical efficacy of oxaliplatin is frequently limited by severe adverse effects and therapy resistance. Acquired insensitivity to oxaliplatin is, at least in part, associated with elevated levels of glutathione (GSH). In this study we report on an oxaliplatin-based platinum(IV) prodrug, which releases L-buthionine-S,R-sulfoximine (BSO), an inhibitor of glutamate-cysteine ligase, the rate-limiting enzyme in GSH biosynthesis. Two complexes bearing either acetate (BSO-OxOAc) or an albumin-binding maleimide (BSO-OxMal) as second axial ligand were synthesized and characterized. The in vitro anticancer activity of BSO-OxOAc was massively reduced in comparison to oxaliplatin, proving its prodrug nature. Nevertheless, the markedly lower intracellular oxaliplatin uptake in resistant HCT116/OxR cells was widely overcome by BSO-OxOAc resulting in distinctly reduced resistance levels. Platinum accumulation in organs of a colorectal cancer mouse model revealed higher tumor selectivity of BSO-OxMal as compared to oxaliplatin. This corresponded with increased antitumor activity, resulting in significantly enhanced overall survival. BSO-OxMal-treated tumors exhibited reduced GSH levels, proliferative activity and enhanced DNA damage (pH2AX) compared to oxaliplatin. Conversely, pH2AX staining especially in kidney cells was distinctly increased by oxaliplatin but not by BSO-OxMal. Taken together, our data provide compelling evidence for enhanced tumor specificity of the oxaliplatin(IV)/BSO prodrug.

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PMCPMC9814792
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