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Synthesis, structure, properties and biological behaviour of the complex [RuIV (H2L) CI2] 2H2O (H4L- 1,2-cyclohexanediamminetetraacetic acid)

Vilaplana, Rosario A.; Castiñeiras, A.; González Vílchez, Francisco

Abstract

The highly water-soluble ruthenium complex [Ru(H2L)Cl 2]·2H2O, in which H4L is the sequestering ligand trans-l,2-cyclohexanediamminetetraacetic acid (cdta) has been synthesized, structurally characterized and its properties studied. The X-ray crystallographic study shows that the chelating coordinated ligand is tetradentate while the ruthenium environment is octahedral and slightly distorted, with two chloride anions coordinated in cis positions. Potentiometric, conductimetric and infrared studies confirm the presence of two free carboxylic groups, while electronic and voltammetric studies show that the central ion is Ru(IV). The testing of the cytotoxic activity of this complex against three different human cancer cell lines indicates that [Ru(H 2L)Cl2]·2H2O shows a remarkable and selective antiproliferative effect against the human uterine neck carcinoma HeLa and the malign adenocarcinoma ADLD, showing only a discrete turnout cell inhibition activity against colon adenocarcinoma HT-29. The important antiprotiferative behaviour of complex against the human adenocarcinoma ADLD, indicates that [Ru(H2L)Cl2]·2H2O might be considered as potential antineoplastic compound.

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Syn hesis, S uc u e, P ope ies And Biological Beha iou O The Complex [Ru i (HL) CI] 2HO (H4L- 1,2-Cyclohexanediammine e aace ic Acid) Rosa io A. Vilaplana," A. Cas i lei as b and F ancisco Gonzb.lez-Vilchez aDepa amen o de Quimica Ino gdnica, Secci6n de Quimica Bioino gdnica, Facul ad de Quimica, Ap do. Co eos 553, E-41071 Se illa, Spain. hDepa amen o de Quhnica Ino gdnica, Facul ad de Fa macia, Uni e sidad de San iago de Compos ela, E- 15 782 San iago de Compos ela, Spain GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT The oc ahed al complex [Ru(Hzcd a)CI2]’2H20 con ains Ru(IV) su ounded by wo ni ogen a oms, N(I) and N(2), and wo chlo ide ions c/s o each o he , all in he equa o ial plane. Two oxygen a oms, O(11) and O(21) a e loca ed in ans axial oc ahed al posi ions. The complex shows ema kable in i o and in i o ac i i y agains di e en ca cinomas. Cll OI 1 o whom co espondence should be add essed; phone: +34 95 4557159; ax: +34 95 4557081; e-mail: [email p o ec ed] 275 Vol. 2, Nos. 3-4, 2004 Syn hesis, S uc u e, P ope ies and Biological Beha iou O he Complex ABSTRACT The highly wa e -soluble u henium complex [Ru(H2L)CI2]’2H20, in which H4L is he seques e ing ligand ans-l,2-cyclohexanediammine e aace ic acid (cd a) has been syn hesized, s uc u ally cha ac e ized and i s p ope ies s udied. The X- ay c ys allog aphic s udy shows ha he chela ing coo dina ed ligand is e aden a e while he u henium en i onmen is oc ahed al and sligh ly dis o ed, wi h wo chlo ide anions coo dina ed in cis posi ions. Po en iome ic, conduc ime ic and in a ed s udies con i m he p esence o wo ee ca boxylic g oups, while elec onic and ol amme ic s udies show ha he cen al ion is Ru(IV). The es ing o he cy o oxic ac i i y o his complex agains h ee di e en human cance cell lines indica es ha [Ru(H2L)CIz].2HzO shows a ema kable and selec i e an ip oli e a i e e ec agains he human u e ine neck ca cinoma HeLa and he malign adenoca cinoma ADLD, showing only a disc e e u nou cell inhibi ion ac i i y agains colon adenoca cinoma HT-29. The impo an an ip o i e a i e beha iou o complex agains he human adenoca cinoma ADLD, indica es ha [Ru(HL)CI].2HzO migh be conside ed as po en ial an ineoplas ic compound. INTRODUCTION Me al-based an i umou d ugs cons i u e in ou days a b oad esea ch a ea o inc easing in e es /1-4/. Conc e ely, cispla in, cis- [P (N H3)2C12], ca bopla in [cis-diammine- I, -cyclobu anedica boxyla o- pla inum(II)] and oxalipla in [ ans-(R,R)-l,2-diamminecyclohexaneoxala opla inum (II)], a e cu en ly being used clinically /5-10/. Howe e , he p oblem o bo h acqui ed and inhe en esis ance o umou cells p esen s a main limi a ion o he mo e widesp ead clinical use o pla inum complexes/3,7,9/. In he hope o o e coming hese limi a ions, o he pla inum-based an i umou d ugs ha e been syn hesized and es ed o an i umou ac i i y/11-15/. Fu he mo e, new an icance d ugs con aining ansi ion me al ions o he han pla inum /16/ha e been also assayed. Possible ad an ages may in ol e di e en coo dina ion geome ies, se e al me al-ion oxida ion s a es and biological a ge s o he han DNA. In he design o hese new d ugs, u henium complexes ha e aised g ea in e es /17-24/. As an example, he an i umou ac i i y o he highly wa e soluble complex H[Ru(H2L)CI]-4H20 (H4L: 1,2- p opylenediammine-N,N,N’,N’- e aace ic acid, pd a) has been e alua ed in i o and in i o/23,25/. This complex apidly binds o se um p o eins p oducing s able adduc s in which he co e Ru(lII)(pd a) is p obably bound o his idines on he p o ein su ace/26-28/. On he o he hand, he complex damages nuclea DNA, inhibi s DNA ecogni ion and s imula es NADPH oxidase and a espi a o y bu s in phagocy ic neu ophils and elici s phospho yla ion o y osine esidues/25,29/. Ano he in e es ing ligand is he po en ial hexaden a e seques e ing agen ans-l,2- cyclohexanediammine e aace ic acid (cd a), in which he e hylenediammine g oup o ed a has been eplaced by he he e ocyclic moie y ans-l,2-cyclohexanediammine. The ligand cd a is widely used nowadays in a ied applica ions, i.e., as de oxi ie o hea y me als ha con amina e pa ien s/30/, o use in endodon ics /31/, o ex ac ion o pec in polyme s /32/ and o sepa a ion and quan i a ion by se e al echniques o 276 Rosa io A. Vilaplana e al. Bio&o ganic Chem& y and Applica ions ino ganic ions and anionic me al complexes/33/. Al hough he me al complexes o med by cd a a e known om ime ago/34/, ecen li e a u e has shown new syn hesis p ocedu es and impo an p ope ies o new isola ed complexes. Conc e ely, hose o med by cd a wi h Cu(ll) and Ni(ll) ha e been s udied by X- ay pho oelec on spec oscopy and X- ay c ys al di ac ion s udies /35,36/ and in e es ing esul s on he s uc u e, elec ochemis y, kine ics, pKa alues and in luence o chela e e ec s on he wa e -exchange mechanisms o complexes cd a/Fe(lll)/Fe(ll)/ ha e been epo ed /37,38/. Resea ch on he o ma ion cons an s and dissocia ion kine ic o cd a/lan hanide(lll)/ complexes /39,40/ as well as solu ion s udies and de e mina ion o he c ys al s uc u es o cd a complexes o med wi h he i alen ions o AI, Ga, In and Sc /41/ha e been also published. The esea ch de eloped so a on pla inum-g oup me al complexes o med wi h cd a conce ns i s he he X- ay c ys allog aphic s udy o he dip o ona ed ligand and i s complexes wi h [PdCI4] 2- and [P CI4] 2 sal s /42a/. Addi ionally, he eac ion kine ic p ocesses in ol ed in he o ma ion o Pd(ll) and P (ll) complexes o di e en composi ion wi h amminepolyca boxyla e ligands (i.e., {(H6L)[Pd/P CI4]} o [Pd(H2L)]) we e also s udied/42b/. Dini ogen complexes o med be ween Ru(ll) and cd a we e isola ed and cha ac e ized/42c/. On he o he hand, p omising esul s we e ob ained in he i s s udy de eloped on he an i umou ac i i y o new Pd(ll)(cd a) complexes/42d/. Di e en Ru(lll) complexes such as [Ru(H4L)CI] 3-n and [Ru(HL)Ci]3"-I), we e syn hesized and cha ac e ized by analy ical and elec ochemical echniques/43/. Finally, educ ion o molecula ni ogen o ammonia in aqueous solu ion unde ambien condi ions occu s in he p esence o an illumina ed RuO2/P /CdS sys em; his eac ion is ca alysed by se e al Ru(ll) complexes as, o example, [Ru(cd a)N] 2-/44/. As a esul o he a ac i e esea ch in p og ess on biological p ope ies o complexes o med by Ru(lll) wi h amminepolyca boxylic ligands, as well as he absence o s uc u al and an i umou ac i i y o Ru(cd a) complexes, we p esen in his pape he syn hesis, cha ac e iza ion by chemical and spec oscopic echniques, x- ay c ys al s uc u e and biological beha iou o he wa e -soluble complex [Ru(HzL)CI].2H:O (I), in which he ligand cd a (H4L) is ac ing as e aden a e molecule/45/. Ou esul s demons a e ha he complex con ains Ru(IV) and shows ac i i y agains se e al in i o and in i o umou s. This esea ch open a new way o he medical and pha maceu ical de elopmen o po en ial an ineoplas ic complexes o med by he chela ing agen cd a wi h pla inum me als. EXPERIMENTAL X- ay c ys allog aphy A p isma ic yellow-ambe c ys al o compound was moun ed (glass ibe ) on an En a Nonius CAD4 au oma ic di ac ome e /46/ and 2388 unique e lec ions we e measu ed. Cell cons an s and o ien a ion ma ix o da a collec ion we e ob ained by leas -squa es e inemen o he 20 alues o 25 e lec ions. In ensi ies o 3123 e lec ions wi hin he ange 2 <20 <50 we e measu ed and collec ed a 293 K using monoch oma ic MoK, adia ion (2 0.71073 A) and he a/20 scan echnique. In ensi ies we e co ec ed o Lo en z and pola iza ion e ec s/47/and 2388 {(1>2o->(I)} we e conside ed as obse ed. A semiempi ical 277 Vol. 2, Nos. 3-4, 2004 Syn hesis, S uc u e, P ope ies and Biological Beha iou O he Complex abso p ion co ec ion (q-scans) was made/48/. The s uc u e was sol ed by he Pa e son me hod/49/ and subsequen di e ence Fou ie maps, and e ined on F by a ull ma ix leas -squa es p ocedu e using aniso opic displacemen pa ame e s/50/. All hyd ogen a oms we e loca ed in di e ence map and included as ixed con ibu ions iding on a ached a oms wi h iso opic he mal pa ame e s 1.2 imes hose o hei ca ie .a oms. The H a oms o wo wa e molecules, O(1) and O(2), we e no loca ed. The e o e, he con ibu ion o he densi y o a diso de ed wa e molecule was sub ac ed om he measu ed s uc u e ac o s wi h use o he SQUEEZE op ion /51/. Subsequen e inemen hen con e ged wi h R ac o s and pa ame e e o s signi ican ly be e han o all a emp s o model he sol en diso de . The Flack x pa ame e (absolu e s uc u e pa ame e ) was calcula ed o be 0.05(6) o he p esen s uc u e and 0.95(6) o he in e ed s uc u e, hus p o iding s ong e idence ha he absolu e s uc u e has been assigned co ec ly/52/. C i e ia o a sa is ac o y comple e analysis we e he a ios o ms shi o s anda d de ia ion less han 0.001 and no signi ican ea u es in inal di e ence maps. A omic sca e ing ac o s, om "In e na ional Tables o C ys allog aphy"/53/. Molecula g aphics, om PLATON /51/and SCHAKAL/54/. Chemicals Hyd a ed u henium (III) chlo ide (Sigma) was dissol ed in e hanol and e luxed o 30 min. A e concen a ion o d yness, he compound was s o ed unde CaCI_ (RuCI3). The ligand cd a was used as pu chased (Sigma). All o he chemicals and sol en s we e analy ical g ade eagen p oduc s. Analy ical, po en iome ic and conduc ime ic s udies Elemen al mic oanalyses we e pe o med a he Mic oanaly ical Labo a o y o he Ba celona Uni e si y. Me al con en was de e mined by a omic abso p ion spec oscopy using a Pe kin Elme 2380 model, a 10 mA and 349.9 im. Hyd a ion wa e molecules we e de e mined by he mal analysis. Po en iome ic and conduc ime ic s udies we e ca ied ou wi h a C ison Mic oTT 2022 i ime e , p o ided wi h au obu e e Mic obu 2030. Aqueous solu ions o he complex (50-100 mg/100 ml) we e i a ed agains a 30 mM NaOH solu ion. Elec ical conduc ime y o he same solu ion was pe o med on a C ison 525 conduc ime e . Elec onic and in a ed spec oscopy The elec onic spec a o solu ions we e eco ded on a Jasco V550 spec ome e in e aced wi h a PC. IR spec a we e eco ded on an FT-IR Jasco 300E ins umen in he 200-4000 cm - ange, using ei he Nujol mulls suppo ed be ween polye hylene pla es o KB pelle s. Vol ammme ic s udies Cyclic oi amme y measu emen s we e ca ied ou using a P ince on Applied Resea ch analyse . A 278 Rosa io A. l,71al)lana e aL Bioinol2,anic Chem& y and Applica ions glassy ca bon elec ode was used as wo king elec ode on aqueous solu ions (NaCIO4 0.15 M) o complex a concen a ions anging be ween 1.0 and 6.0 mM. Po en ials we e measu ed agains a sa u a ed (NaC1) calomel elec ode (SCE) as e e ence elec ode. Vol ammog ams (CV) we e ob ained a po en ial alues be ween +1.5 and -1.5 V. Scan a e was equal o 50 m V/s. Biological in i o and in i o assays Complex was dissol ed in a mixed 1:1 DMSO:H20 solu ion and used as concen a ed s ock solu ion om which dilu ed solu ions (I/10 dil / ion ac o ) we e p epa ed and added o g owing cul u e medium o each one o he cellula ypes included in he s udy. The in i o assays we e done agains h ee di e en human cance cell cul u es: malignan melanoma (ADLD), u e ine neck ca cinoma (HeLa) and colon adenoca cinoma (HT-29). Fo de e mina ion o pla ing e iciency and colo ime ic eading, we p epa ed pla es o 24 and 96 wells, espec i ely, ha we e hen inocula ed wi h 5,000 o 30,000 cells/well. A e 24 h om he inocula ion, di e en concen a ions o he es ing p oduc we e added o he cance cells. A e 48 h o he named addi ion, he cells we e washed and hen ixed. Finally, he colo ing and eading o he pla es we e ca ied ou . In all cases we de e mined he numbe o cells a he beginning (To ), jus be o e he addi ion o he es ing p oduc s (To) and 48 h la e (T con ols and T es s), acco ding o Scheme 1. The an i umou ac i i y o was es ed in i o agains Eh lich asci ic umou (EAT), he in ape i oneally-implan ed P388 lymphocy ic leukemia and he sub enal capsule ( ansplan ed human mamma y ca cinoma) MX-I xenog a . The expe imen s we e pe o med acco ding o he NIH p o ocols a ONI Cen e, Mad id, Spain. CD2F emale mice wi h weigh s wi hin a 3 g alue ange and a minimum weigh o 18 g we e used o all expe imen s excep o MX-1 ca cinoma, whe e a hymic swiss mice we e used (4 g alue ange and weigh o 17 g). The es g oups was o med by 6 animals and con ol g oup by 12. Syn hesis o he complex [RuV(HL)CI].2HO [1] Solid cd a (228 mg, 1.0 mmol) was added o a clea solu ion o RuCI3 (0.230 mg, 1.1 e ool) dissol ed in a 50 ml o HCI 0.1 M, while s i ing. The deep ed mix u e was in oduced in o a sealed p essu e eac o and hea ed o 16 h a 120C in elec ic o en. A e cooling, he pink- ed ob ained solu ion was slowly concen a ed o abou 5 ml by e apo a ion a oom empe a u e. Yellow-ambe p isma ic c ys als sui able o X- ay di ac ion s udies we e eco e ed and he solid analysed. Two hyd a ion wa e molecules pe mol o compound we e ound by he mal analysis. Anal. (%), Calc. o C4H2008N2CI2Ru’2H20: C, 30.4; H, 4.5; N, 5.1; CI, 12.8; Ru, 18.3. Found: C, 30.6; H, 4.1; N, 5.3; CI, 12.2; Ru, 17.9. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION X- ay s uc u e Table p esen s a summa y o he ele an c ys al da a and e inemen esul s o complex I. The 279 Vol. 2, Nos. 3-4, 2004 Syn hesis, S uc u e, P ope ies and Biological Beha iou O he Complex Table 1 C ys al da a and s uc u e e inemen o [Ru(H2cd a)Cl2].2H20 Iden i ica ion code Empi ical o mula Fo mula weigh Tempe a u e Waeleng h C ys al sys em, space g oup Uni cell dimensions Volume Z, Calcula ed densi y bso p ion coe icien F (000) C ys al size T..he a ange o da a collec ion Limi ing indices Re lec ions collec ed / unique Comple eness o he a 27.44 ?cbso p ion co ec ion Max.. and ain. ansmission Re inemen me hod Da a / es ain s / pa ame e s Goodness-o - i on Final R indices [I>2sigma(1)] R ndices (all da a) _bsolu e s uc u e pa ame e La ges di . peak and hole udc a Cl4 H24 C12 .|2 O10 Ru 552.32 293 (2) K 0.71073 A Hexagonal, P6(5) (No. 170) a 13. 567 (2) A b 13. 567 (2) A c 22. 286(6) A 3552.5(12) A^3 alpha 90 deg. be a 90 deg. gamma 120 deg. 6, i. 549 .Mg/m" 3 0. 935 mm"-I 1680 0.40 x 0.34 x 0.20 mm 1.73 o 27.44 deg. -14<=h<=0, 0<=k<=17, 0<=!<=28 3123 / 2779 [R(in ) 0.0103] i00.0 % Psi .-scans 0.8350 and 0.7061 Full-ma ix leas -squa es on 2779 / ! / 271 0.943 R1 0.0498, wR2 0.0518 R1 0.0498, wR2 0.0518 0.05(6) 0.515 and -0.380 e.A-3 molecula s uc u e ob ained by X- ay di ac ion analysis is shown in Fig. along wi h he numbe ing o a oms in he molecule. The e aden a e chela ing ligand (cd a) con ains wo ee ca boxylic g oups and is bonded o he cen al ion by wo ni ogen a oms, N(l) and N(2), and wo chlo ide anions cis o each o he , sha ing he equa o ial plane wi h he ni ogen a oms. The emaining coo dina ion posi ions a e occupied by wo oxygen a oms, O(11) and O(21), om coo dina ed ca boxyla e g oups, si ua ed in ans axial oc ahed al posi ions ha comple e in his way he oc ahed al coo dina ion sphe e a ound u henium a om. 280 Rosa io A. Vilaplana e al. .Bioino ganic Chemis y and Applica ions CI1 O12 O11 Rul Cl2 N2 O 22, N1 Fig. 1" O14 0,13 View o he molecula s uc u e o complex showing he oc ahed al en i onmen o he u henium cen al ion. Table 2 p esen s selec ed bonds leng hs and angles o complex 1. As expec ed, he chlo ide coo dina ed ions a e loca ed much u he om he u henium a om (2.37 A) han he wo ni ogen a oms (2.11 / and 2.13 A). A possible explana ion is ela ed o he no able nucleophilic cha ac e o he chela ing ligand ha induces a no able inc easing o he dis ance Ru-CI. Fu he mo e, he bulky chela ing ligand migh be he o igin o he sligh educ ion obse ed in he CI-Ru-CI angle alue (91.4), in compa ison wi h he same angle in cispla in (91.9). These wo e ec s ha e also been ound in simila complexes wi h o he aminopolyca boxylic ligands, i.e., Ru(ed a)CI2 [22] and Ru(pd a)Cb, [23]. Clea ly, he dis ance Ru-O(I 1) is sho e (2.03 /) han he dis ance Ru-O(21) (2.07 /). As a consequence, he oc ahed al con igu a ion a ound u henium a om is sligh ly dis o ed (Fig. I) wi h angles 281 Vol. 2, Nos. 3-4, 2004 Syn hesis, S uc u e, P ope ies and Biological Beha iou O he Complex Table 2 Selec ed bond leng hs [A] and angles [deg] o [Ru(H2cd a)Cl2].2H20 Ru (I) -O(II) 2. 028 (3) Ru (i) -O (21) 2.070 (3) Ru (i) -I., (I) 2.108 (2) Ru (i) -l.I (2) 2. 128 (2) Ru (!) -CI (2) 2.3658(9) Ru (I) -el (I) 2.3723(8) 0 (ll)-Ru (I)-O (21) o (11) -Ru (I) - , (i) o (21) - u ([) -u O (II) -Ru (l) -I.-| (’2) 0 (21 -Ru ! -n (2) I- (i) -Ru (i) -l,I (2) o (I l -Ru (I) -cl. (2) O (2.) -Ru (I) -CI {2) I.i (I) -Ru (I) -el (2) I.I (2) -Ru (I) -CI (2) O (ll)-Ru (1)-Cl (i) O(21)-Ru (i) -CI (i) I..I ()-Ru ()-Cl () II(2)-Ru (1)-Cl (I) C1 (2) -Ru (1)-CI (1) 173.48 (8) 80.72(9) 94.89(8) 95.57 79.14(i0) 84.54(8) 93.05(7) 91.97(7) 92.69(7) 170.39(8) 91.83(6) 92.21(6) 171.69(8) 92.57(6) 9.1.39(3) signi ican ly educed om ideal oc ahed al alues, i.e., N(I)-Ru-N(2), 84.5; O(1 I)-Ru-N(I), 80.7 and 0(2 I)-Ru-N(2), 79.1 . I is impo an o ema k ha he nonbonding CI...C1 dis ance (bi e) in compound (3.35 A), is di ec ly co ela ed wi h he dis ance be ween adjacen o p oximal coo dina ion si es in biological a ge s such as DNA. This bi e dis ance is iden ical o ha o cispla in, and co esponds o he sepa a ion be ween wo app op ia e DNA-nucleobase dono a oms, his ac enabling c oss-linking o ma ion a e in e ac ion o complex wi h DNA inside he cell/29/. in he packing, he molecules o complex a e assembled in a 3D-ne wo k by in e molecula hyd ogen bonding ha in ol es wo pai s o oxygen a oms, O(13)...O(24), 2.65 /l and O(23)...O(14z), 2.67 A (symme y ans o ma ions; 1: x-y+ 1, x, z-l/6 and 2: y, -x+y+ 1, z+ 1/6), as ound in simila cd a complexes /42a/, i.e., he hyd oxyl g oups o he non-coo dina ed ca boxylic moie y ac as hyd ogen-a om dono s while he ca bonyl g oups a e he hyd ogen-a om accep o s in hese associa ions (Fig. 2). In addi ion, he wo wa e molecules loca ed be ween neighbou ing molecula uni s a e also H-bonded o oxygen ca boxyla o g oups {O(1)...O(213), 2.89/l and O(2)...O(113), 2.87 A (symme y ans o ma ions; 3: y, -x+y, z+l/6)}. This H- bonded pa e n can be desc ibed as a ne wo k o sup amolecula helices. In he c di ec ion he packing gene a es a six old sc ew axis and pa allel channels (Fig. 3), wi h ca i ies o adius 2.15 A. These channels a e hyd ophilic because he oxygen a oms o ca boxylic moie ies and hose o wa e molecules poin owa ds he ca i ies. 282 Rosa io A. Vilaplana e al. Bioino ganic Chemis ), and Applica ions Fig. 2: Packing d awing iew o showing he assembling o molecules in a 3D-ne wo k by in ennolecula hyd ogen bonding in ol ing wo pai s o oxygen a oms. 283 VoL 2. Nos. 3-4, 2004 Syn hesis, S uc u e, P ope ies and Biological Beha iou ()./’ he Complex The in i o an i umou ac i i y o complex agains EAT and P388 umou s was e alua ed a se e al ea men doses in he ange 20--240 mg/kg body weigh . The he apeu ic ac i i y o he complex was ob ained om he T/C pe cen age which is desc ibed as T/C% (100) x mean li e span o ea ed mice/mean li e span o un ea ed mice; u nou ee su i o s we e excluded. The minimum alue o T/C o mode a e ac i i y is 120 (EAT and P388 umou s); i T/C > 125 he complex is conside ed a candida e o u he an i umou assays. T/C alues equi ed o ac i i y in MX-1 xenog a umou mus be lowe han 20 (T/C <20). Fo EAT, a T/C (%) o 350 was ob ained (25 mg/kg) and he comple e emission o he u nou obse ed a a dose o 50 mg/kg. The oxic .dose (LDs0) was equal o 100 mg/kg. In he case o he lymphocy ic leukemia P388, a T/C(%) alue o 140 was ob ained (60-120 mg/kg) while in MX-I xenog a ca cinoma, his pa ame e was equal o 16 a a dose o 240 mg/kg. These esul s e idence a no able and speci ic an ip oli e a i e e ec o complex [Ru(HzL)CI2]’2H20 agains he human umou cell lines ADLD and HeLa, wi h selec i e and impo an cy o oxic p ope ies in bo h cases. The in i o an i umou ac i i y is also ema kable in he s udied u nou s. A u he in es iga ion o he an ineoplas ic ac i i y o his new po en ial u henium d ug agains o he ypes o u nou is ad isable. 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