Abstract
Since the discovery by Rosenberg and collaborators of the antitumor activity of cisplatin 35 years ago, three platinum antitumor drugs (cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin) have enjoyed a huge clinical and commercial hit. Ever since the initial discovery of the anticancer activity of cisplatin, major efforts have been devoted to elucidate the biochemical mechanisms of antitumor activity of cisplatin in order to be able to rationally design novel platinum based drugs with superior pharmacological profiles. In this report we attempt to provide a current picture of the known facts pertaining to the mechanism of action of the drug, including those involved in drug uptake, DNA damage signals transduction, and cell death through apoptosis or necrosis. A deep knowledge of the biochemical mechanisms, which are triggered in the tumor cell in response to cisplatin injury not only may lead to the design of more efficient platinum antitumor drugs but also may provide new therapeutic strategies based on the biochemical modulation of cisplatin activity.
Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
Title: Biochemical Mechanisms of Cisplatin Cytotoxicity
Volume: 7 Issue: 1
Author(s): Victoria Cepeda, Miguel A. Fuertes, Josefina Castilla, Carlos Alonso, Celia Quevedo and Jose M. Perez
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Keywords: Cisplatin, cancer, DNA, apoptosis, necrosis
Abstract: Since the discovery by Rosenberg and collaborators of the antitumor activity of cisplatin 35 years ago, three platinum antitumor drugs (cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin) have enjoyed a huge clinical and commercial hit. Ever since the initial discovery of the anticancer activity of cisplatin, major efforts have been devoted to elucidate the biochemical mechanisms of antitumor activity of cisplatin in order to be able to rationally design novel platinum based drugs with superior pharmacological profiles. In this report we attempt to provide a current picture of the known facts pertaining to the mechanism of action of the drug, including those involved in drug uptake, DNA damage signals transduction, and cell death through apoptosis or necrosis. A deep knowledge of the biochemical mechanisms, which are triggered in the tumor cell in response to cisplatin injury not only may lead to the design of more efficient platinum antitumor drugs but also may provide new therapeutic strategies based on the biochemical modulation of cisplatin activity.
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Cepeda Victoria, Fuertes A. Miguel, Castilla Josefina, Alonso Carlos, Quevedo Celia and Perez M. Jose, Biochemical Mechanisms of Cisplatin Cytotoxicity, Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry 2007; 7 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/187152007779314044
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/187152007779314044 |
Print ISSN 1871-5206 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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