<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ramu, Vadde</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gill, Martin R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jarman, Paul J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Turton, David</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thomas, Jim A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Das, Amitava</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Smythe, Carl</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cytostatic ruthenium(II)-platinum(II) bis(terpyridyl) anticancer complex that blocks entry into sphase by up-regulating p27(KIP1)</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chemistry-A European Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">antitumor agents</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cytostatic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">p27KIP1</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">platinum drugs</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ruthenium terpyridine</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JUN</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">25</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">POSTFACH 101161, 69451 WEINHEIM, GERMANY</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">21</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9185-9197</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Cytostatic agents that interfere with specific cellular components to prevent cancer cell growth offer an attractive alternative, or complement, to traditional cytotoxic chemotherapy. Here, we describe the synthesis and characterization of a new binuclear Ru-II-Pt-II complex [Ru(tpy)(tpypma)Pt(Cl)(DMSO)](3+) (tpy=2,2:6,2-terpyridine and tpypma=4-([2,2:6,2-terpyridine]-4-yl)-N-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)aniline), VR54, which employs the extended terpyridine tpypma ligand to link the two metal centres. In cell-free conditions, VR54 binds DNA by non-intercalative reversible mechanisms (K-b=1.3x10(5)M(-1)) and does not irreversibly bind guanosine. Cellular studies reveal that VR54 suppresses proliferation of A2780 ovarian cancer cells with no cross-resistance in the A2780CIS cisplatin-resistant cell line. Through the preparation of mononuclear Ru-II and Pt-II structural derivatives it was determined that both metal centres are required for this anti-proliferative activity. In stark contrast to cisplatin, VR54 neither activates the DNA-damage response network nor induces significant levels of cell death. Instead, VR54 is cytostatic and inhibits cell proliferation by up-regulating the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27(KIP1) and inhibiting retinoblastoma protein phosphorylation, which blocks entry into Sphase and results in G1 cell cycle arrest. Thus, VR54 inhibits cancer cell growth by a gain of function at the G1 restriction point. This is the first metal-coordination compound to demonstrate such activity.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">25</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Foreign&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5.771</style></custom4></record></records></xml>