Anticancer properties of a new non-oxido vanadium(IV) complex with a catechol-modified 3,3'-diindolylmethane ligand.

Anticancer properties of a new non-oxido vanadium(IV) complex with a catechol-modified 3,3'-diindolylmethane ligand. J Inorg Biochem. 2019 Feb 13;194:1-6 Authors: Dankhoff K, Ahmad A, Weber B, Biersack B, Schobert R Abstract In order to identify new active drug candidates against cancer diseases we investigated the tumor cell growth inhibition, formation of reactive oxygen species, mitochondrial membrane damage, cell cycle arrest and DNA binding activity of a new bis(triethylammonium) tris[1,1-bis(indol-3-yl)-1-(3,4-catecholate)methane]vanadate(IV) complex. It exhibited significant antiproliferative activity against various cancer cell lines, showed a stronger DNA binding than cisplatin and led to mitochondrial damage, a formation of reactive oxygen species, and a cell cycle arrest in the G2/M phase of cancer cells. PMID: 30784705 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry - Category: Biochemistry Authors: Tags: J Inorg Biochem Source Type: research