Developing an Arene Binuclear Ruthenium(II) Complex to Induce Ferroptosis and Activate the cGAS-STING Pathway: Targeted Inhibiting Growth and Metastasis of Triple Negative Breast Cancer

To effectively inhibit the growth and metastasis of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), we developed a high-efficiency and low-toxicity arene ruthenium (Ru) complex based on apoferritin (AFt). To achieve this, we optimized a series of Ru(II) 1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-diformaldehyde thiosemicarbazone...

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Main Author: Gang Xu (219455) (author)
Other Authors: Qiongyue Liang (12453129) (author), Lijuan Gao (5093777) (author), Shihang Xu (16510992) (author), Weicong Luo (10464160) (author), Qiuming Wu (19928931) (author), Jingyuan Li (53885) (author), Zhenlei Zhang (2585365) (author), Hong Liang (116853) (author), Feng Yang (132135) (author)
Published: 2024
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Summary:To effectively inhibit the growth and metastasis of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), we developed a high-efficiency and low-toxicity arene ruthenium (Ru) complex based on apoferritin (AFt). To achieve this, we optimized a series of Ru(II) 1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-diformaldehyde thiosemicarbazone complexes by studying their structure−activity relationships to obtain an arene binuclear Ru(II) complex (C5) with significant cytotoxicity and high accumulation in the mitochondria of tumor cells. Subsequently, a C5-AFt nanoparticle (NPs) delivery system was constructed. We found that the C5/C5-AFt NPs effectively inhibited TNBC growth and metastasis with few side effects. The C5-AFt NPs improved the anticancer and targeting abilities of C5 in vivo. Moreover, we confirmed the mechanism by which C5/C5-AFt NPs inhibit tumor growth and metastasis via mitochondrial damage-mediated ferroptosis and activation of the cGAS-STING pathway.