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Synthesis of a series of novel In(iii) 2,6-diacetylpyridine bis(thiosemicarbazide) complexes: structure, anticancer function and mechanism†
Shanhe Li,Muhammad Hamid Khan,Xiaojun Wang,Meiling Cai,Juzheng Zhang,Ming Jiang,Zhenlei Zhang,Xiao-an Wen,Hong Liang,Feng Yang
Dalton Transactions Pub Date : 11/02/2020 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/D0DT02266G
Abstract

The anticancer function and anticancer mechanism of indium (In) complexes still remain mysterious to date. Furthermore, it is greatly challenging to design a multi-functional metal agent that not only kills cancer cells but also inhibits their invasion and metastasis. Thus, to develop novel next-generation anticancer metal agents, we designed and synthesized a series of novel In(III) 2,6-diacetylpyridine bis(thiosemicarbazide) complexes (C1–C4) for the first time and then investigated their structure–activity relationships with human urinary bladder cancer (T-24) cells. In particular, C4 not only showed higher cytotoxicity to cancer cells and less toxicity toward normal cells relative to cisplatin but also inhibited cell invasion and metastasis of T-24 cells. Interestingly, C4 acted against T-24 cells exhibiting multiple mechanisms: (1) arresting the S-phase of cell cycle via regulation of cytokine kinases, (2) activating the mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis, endoplasmic reticulum-stress-mediated cell death, PERK and c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1 (JNK) cell signaling pathways, and (3) inhibiting the expression of telomerase via the regulation of c-myc and h-TERT proteins. Our results suggested that C4 may be developed as a potential multi-functional and multi-targeting anticancer candidate.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of a series of novel In(iii) 2,6-diacetylpyridine bis(thiosemicarbazide) complexes: structure, anticancer function and mechanism
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