Elżbieta Wojdat

Rhodium(III) complexes with polypyridyls and pyrazole and their antitumor activity

Abstract Synthesis and properties of rhodium complexes with nitrogen ligands [RhCl 2 (Hpz) 4 ][RhCl 4 (Hpz) 2 ] ( 1 ), [RhCl 3 (tpy)] ( 2 ), [RhCl 3 (tpta)]·H 2 O ( 3 ) and [Rh(tpy) 2 (Him)]Cl 3 ·3H 2 O ( 4 ), have been described. X-ray structures of complexes 1 – 3 have been determined. IR, UV–Vis and 1 H NMR spectra of the complexes have been discussed. Cytostatic activity of the complexes against HCV29T tumor cells increases in the series: 1 3 2 4 . The cytostatic activity of complex 4 is greater than that of cisplatin. Interaction of the complexes with DNA has been investigated.

Antiproliferative activity in vitro of new malatoplatinum(ll) complexes.

The results of studies on antiproliferative activity in vitro of nine new platinum(II) complexes against cells of eight human and six murine neoplastic cell lines are described. New complexes with the anionic rest originating from enantiomeric forms of hydroxydicarboxylic malic acid were synthesized to obtain agents with increased water solubility and decreased toxicity. Three compounds, coded 1-3, with ethylenediamine as a neutral ligand, showed cytotoxic activity against 12 out of 14 target cell lines. Their cytotoxic activity was similar or even slightly higher than that of the reference carboplatin. The remaining six compounds, coded 4-9, with 1-alkylimidazole as a neutral ligand, revealed rather low cytotoxic activity, and only against the cells of the human bladder cancer cell line Hu1703He, ovarian cancer cell line OAW-42 and mouse leukemia P388. Most of them appeared to be negative against all other cell lines. No compounds, including reference carboplatin, showed any cytotoxicity against the cells of the T47D human breast cancer cell line or B16F-10 mouse melanoma cell line. The results obtained are in accordance with common opinion, i.e. that the presence of neutral amine ligands with NH groups is required for the cytotoxic activity of platinum complexes. Compounds with a primary amine (ethylenediamine) showed higher cytotoxic activity in vitro than complexes with a tertiary amine (1-alkylimidazole).

Human in vitro cell lines verification by minisatellite DNA restriction fragment length polymorphism

Four families of human in vitro cell lines were tested for minisatellite restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) using multilocus probes MZ1.3 and/or 33.15 after digestion of DNA with restriction enzymes HinfI or HaeIII. These results confirmed that (i) the RFLP pattern is relatively stable in established cell lines and, therefore, could be used as a specific marker of a cell line identity, (ii) the use of MZ1.3 and 33.15 probes permits the identification of hybridomas and (iii) one of the cell lines tested, a lymphoblastoid cell line HAJ, may possess a hot spot of mutation.

Expression and activity of multidrug resistance proteins in mature endothelial cells and their precursors: A challenging correlation

Active cellular transporters of harmful agents—multidrug resistance (mdr) proteins—are present in tumor, stem and endothelial cells, among others. While mdr proteins are broadly studied in tumor cells, their role in non-tumor cells and the significance of their action not connected with removal of harmful xenobiotics is less extensively documented. Proper assessment of mdr proteins expression is difficult. Mdr mRNA presence is most often evaluated but that does not necessarily correlate with the protein level. The protein expression itself is difficult to determine; usually cells with mdr overexpression are studied, not cells under physiological conditions, in which a low expression level of mdr protein is often insufficient for detection in vitro. Various methods are used to identify mdr mRNA and protein expression, together with functional tests demonstrating their biological drug transporting activities. Data comparing different methods of investigating expression of mdr mRNAs and their corresponding proteins are still scarce. In this article we present the results of a study concerning mdr mRNA and protein expression. Our goal was to search for the best method to investigate the expression level and functional activity of five selected mdr proteins—MDR1, BCRP, MRP1, MRP4 and MRP5—in established in vitro cell lines of human endothelial cells (ECs) and their progenitors. Endothelial cells demonstrated mdr presence at the mRNA level, which was not always confirmed at the protein level or in functional tests. Therefore, several different assays had to be applied for evaluation of mdr proteins expression and functions in endothelial cells. Among them functional tests seemed to be the most conclusive, although not very specific.