7. MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY OF GOLD ANTICANCER METALLODRUGS
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Angela Casini
Abstract
Since ancient times gold and its complexes have been used as therapeutics against different diseases. In modern medicine gold drugs have been applied for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, however, recently other medical applications have come into the focus of inorganic medicinal chemistry. This chapter provides a non-comprehensive overview of key developments in the field of gold anticancer drugs. Exciting findings on gold(I) and gold(III) complexes as antitumor agents are summarized together with a discussion of relevant aspects of their modes of action.
Abstract
Since ancient times gold and its complexes have been used as therapeutics against different diseases. In modern medicine gold drugs have been applied for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, however, recently other medical applications have come into the focus of inorganic medicinal chemistry. This chapter provides a non-comprehensive overview of key developments in the field of gold anticancer drugs. Exciting findings on gold(I) and gold(III) complexes as antitumor agents are summarized together with a discussion of relevant aspects of their modes of action.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- About the Editors v
- Historical Development and Perspectives of the Series vii
- Preface to Volume 18 ix
- Contents xiii
- Contributors to Volume 18 xix
- Titles of Volumes 1–44 in the Metal Ions in Biological Systems Series xxiii
- Contents of Volumes in the Metal Ions in Life Sciences Series xxv
- 1. CISPLATIN AND OXALIPLATIN: OUR CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR ACTIONS 1
- 2. POLYNUCLEAR PLATINUM COMPLEXES. STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY AND DNA BINDING 43
- 3. PLATINUM(IV) PRODRUGS 69
- 4. METALLOGLYCOMICS 109
- 5. THE DECEPTIVELY SIMILAR RUTHENIUM(III) DRUG CANDIDATES KP1019 AND NAMI-A HAVE DIFFERENT ACTIONS. WHAT DID WE LEARN IN THE PAST 30 YEARS? 141
- 6. MULTINUCLEAR ORGANOMETALLIC RUTHENIUM-ARENE COMPLEXES FOR CANCER THERAPY 171
- 7. MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY OF GOLD ANTICANCER METALLODRUGS 199
- 8. COORDINATION COMPLEXES OF TITANIUM(IV) FOR ANTICANCER THERAPY 219
- 9. HEALTH BENEFITS OF VANADIUM AND ITS POTENTIAL AS AN ANTICANCER AGENT 251
- 10. GALLIUM COMPLEXES AS ANTICANCER DRUGS 281
- 11. NON-COVALENT METALLO-DRUGS: USING SHAPE TO TARGET DNA AND RNA JUNCTIONS AND OTHER NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURES 303
- 12. NUCLEIC ACID QUADRUPLEXES AND METALLO-DRUGS 325
- 13. ANTITUMOR METALLODRUGS THAT TARGET PROTEINS 351
- 14. METALLOINTERCALATORS AND METALLOINSERTORS: STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS FOR DNA RECOGNITION AND ANTICANCER ACTIVITY 387
- 15. IRON AND ITS ROLE IN CANCER DEFENSE: A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD 437
- 16. COPPER COMPLEXES IN CANCER THERAPY 469
- 17. TARGETING ZINC(II) SIGNALLING TO PREVENT CANCER 507
- SUBJECT INDEX 531
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- About the Editors v
- Historical Development and Perspectives of the Series vii
- Preface to Volume 18 ix
- Contents xiii
- Contributors to Volume 18 xix
- Titles of Volumes 1–44 in the Metal Ions in Biological Systems Series xxiii
- Contents of Volumes in the Metal Ions in Life Sciences Series xxv
- 1. CISPLATIN AND OXALIPLATIN: OUR CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR ACTIONS 1
- 2. POLYNUCLEAR PLATINUM COMPLEXES. STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY AND DNA BINDING 43
- 3. PLATINUM(IV) PRODRUGS 69
- 4. METALLOGLYCOMICS 109
- 5. THE DECEPTIVELY SIMILAR RUTHENIUM(III) DRUG CANDIDATES KP1019 AND NAMI-A HAVE DIFFERENT ACTIONS. WHAT DID WE LEARN IN THE PAST 30 YEARS? 141
- 6. MULTINUCLEAR ORGANOMETALLIC RUTHENIUM-ARENE COMPLEXES FOR CANCER THERAPY 171
- 7. MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY OF GOLD ANTICANCER METALLODRUGS 199
- 8. COORDINATION COMPLEXES OF TITANIUM(IV) FOR ANTICANCER THERAPY 219
- 9. HEALTH BENEFITS OF VANADIUM AND ITS POTENTIAL AS AN ANTICANCER AGENT 251
- 10. GALLIUM COMPLEXES AS ANTICANCER DRUGS 281
- 11. NON-COVALENT METALLO-DRUGS: USING SHAPE TO TARGET DNA AND RNA JUNCTIONS AND OTHER NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURES 303
- 12. NUCLEIC ACID QUADRUPLEXES AND METALLO-DRUGS 325
- 13. ANTITUMOR METALLODRUGS THAT TARGET PROTEINS 351
- 14. METALLOINTERCALATORS AND METALLOINSERTORS: STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS FOR DNA RECOGNITION AND ANTICANCER ACTIVITY 387
- 15. IRON AND ITS ROLE IN CANCER DEFENSE: A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD 437
- 16. COPPER COMPLEXES IN CANCER THERAPY 469
- 17. TARGETING ZINC(II) SIGNALLING TO PREVENT CANCER 507
- SUBJECT INDEX 531
