Effects of diethyldithiocarbamate (ddtc) on the plasma biotransformations of tetrachloro(d,i-trans)-1,2-diaminocyclohexaneplatinum(iv) (tetraplatin) in fischer 344 rats

We have studied the effects of diethyldithiocarbamate (DDTC) on the biotransformations of toxic doses of tetrachloro (d,l-trans)1,2-diaminocyclohexaneplatinum(IV) (tetraplatin) in Fischer 344 rats. In animals not treated with DDTC, tetraplatin was rapidly converted to dichloro(d,I-trans)1,2-diaminocyclohexaneplatinum(II) [PtCl₂(dach]. Subsequent biotransformations included the transient formation of the (d,I-trans)1,2-diaminocyclohexane-aquachloroplatinum(II) [Pt(H₂O)(Cl)(dach)]+ complex, followed by formation of the platinum (Pt)-methionine and either Pt-cysteine or Pt-ornithine complexes. Significant amounts of free (d,I-trans) 1,2-diaminocyclohexane (dach) were observed in plasma as a result of intracellular trans-labilization reactions. DDTC caused a marked decrease in both total and protein-bound platinum in the circulation. A significant increase in the plasma concentration of free dach was also observed as a result of formation of the Pt(DDTC)₂ complex. Some of the free dach could have arisen from intracellular reactions with DDTC, but the displacement of platinum from plasma proteins was more than sufficient to account for the increase in free dach in the circulation. DDTC treatment also decreased plasma concentrations of tetraplatin, PtCl₂(dach), [Pt(H₂O)(Cl)(dach)]⁺, the Pt-methionine complex, and one unidentified biotransformation product, but had no effect on the Pt-cysteine (or Pt-ornithine) complex. These effects of DDTC on protein-bound platinum and low-molecular-weight biotransformation products in plasma may contribute to the decrease in tetraplatin toxicity seen in DDTC-treated rats.     

Effects of newly synthesised platinum(ii) complexes on mitochondrial functions

Protease deficient recA431 mutants of Escherichia coli are defective in their capacity for induction of SOS responses and were intermediate in their sensitivities to ultraviolet light (UV) and cis-platinum(II)diamminodichloride (cis-PDD). Survival after treatment determined as colony forming ability was greater in rec⁺ strains and decreased in recA13 mutants which are defective in both recA proteolytic and recombination capabilites. In contrast, recA431 mutants were as sensitive to N-methyl-N′-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (NTG) as the recA13 cells. When cells carried either the pKM101 or N3 plasmid, survival after treatment with the three mutagens was increased. Presence of these plasmids in cells also resulted in hypermutagenicity as indicated by reversion of the argE3 mutation using a modified Ames test. Mutagenesis by NTG and cis-PDD was increased, as was survival of cells treated with UV light, cis-PDD and NTG in both recA⁺ and recA431 (protease deficient) strains. No plasmid mediated enhancement of mutagenesis or cell survival was observed in recA13 mutants. Thus, the ability of the plasmids to enhance cell survival and mutagenesis was dependent on recombination proficiency of the recA gene product and not its regulatory proteolytic activity. Unlike UV or NTG, presence of one of these plasmids was needed to detect reversion of the argE3 mutation by cis-PDD.     

Macrocylic thioether-esters and thioether-thioesters and their palladium, platinum and silver complexes

Preparations by the high dilution method are reported for seven macrocyclic thioether-esters and thioether-thioesters (L1–;L7). Yields in these reactions between thiodiglycolyl dichloride and appropriate ,ω-diols or dithiols range from 10 to 51%. The compounds are characterized by ¹H and ¹³C NMR, IR and high resolution mass spectroscopy. They react with salts of Pd(II), Pt(II) and Ag(I) to form complexes of which MX₂·L2, (M = Pt, X = Cl; M = Pd, X = Cl, Br, I, SCN), [Pd(L2)₂][CF₃SO₃]₂·H₂O and [Ag(L5)₂][CF₃SO₃]·C₂H₅OH have been isolated and characterized by elemental analysis, IR and NMR spectroscopy. NMR spectra indicate reversible dissociation of the ligand occurs in dimethyl sulfoxide solvent for PdCl₂·L2 but not for the Pt analogue. For PtCl₂·L2, spectra indicate that the ligand is undergoing a conformational ‘wag’ about its pair of equivalent sulfurs. These remain bound to the metal while the unique sulfur moves from the apical position of the coordination sphere to a non-coordinated situation. Simultaneously, inversions at the bound sulfurs are occurring.     

Ion-pair mechanism in square planar substitution. Reactivity of cationic platinum (II) complexes with negatively charged nucleophiles in solvents of high, medium and low polarity

The rates of displacement of dimethyl sulfoxide from the cation [Pt(phen) (CH₃) (Me₂SO)]⁺ by a series of uncharged and negatively charged nucleophiles have been measured in a methanol/water (19:1 vol./vol.) mixture. The starting complex and the reaction products were characterized either as solids or in solution by their IR and ¹H NMR spectra. The substitution reactions take place by way of a direct bimolecular attack of the ligand on the substrate. The sequence of reactivity observed is as expected on the basis of a nucleophilicity scale relevant for + 1 charged substrates ([Pt(en) (NH₃)Cl]⁺ used as standard). The difference of reactivity between the first (t-BuNH₂) and the last (SeCN⁻) members of the series spans five orders of magnitude. The value measured for the nucleophilic discrimination (1.55) is the highest found so far for cationic substrates. This is a result of the easy transfer of some of the electron density brought in by the incoming ligand into the ancillary ligands. When the reaction is carried out in a series of protic and dipolar aprotic solvents, using chloride ion as nucleophile, the rate of formation of [Pt (phen) (CH₃)Cl] is dominated by the extent of solvation of Cl⁻, as measured by its values of the Gibbs molar energy of transfer Δ_tG⁰. Conductivity measurements at 25°C in dichloromethane were fitted to the Fuoss equation and the values of the dissociation constants K_d for the ion pairs were calculated as follows: 2.27 × 10⁻⁵ M for Bu₄NCl, 2.75 × 10⁻⁵ M for Bu₄NSCN and 17.05 × 10⁻⁵ M for [Pt(phen) (CH₃) (Me₂SO)]PF₆. The pseudo-first-order rate constants k_obs for the reactions with Bu₄NCl, Bu₄NBr, Bu₄NSCN and Bu₄NI showed a curvilinear dependence on the concentration of the salt which levels off very soon (at concentrations higher than 0.005 M the kinetics are zero order in [Bu₄NX]). On addition of the inert electrolyte Bu₄NPF₆ the rates slow down and the kinetics follow the rate law k_obs = kK_ip[Bu₄NX]/[Bu₄NPF₆] + K_ip[Bu₄NX]). These findings fit well with a reaction scheme which involves a pre-equilibrium K_ip between ion pairs, followed by unimolecular substitution within the contact ion pair [Pt(phen) (CH₃) (Me₂SO)X]_ip. Values of the equilibrium constants K_ip for ion-pair exchange and of the internal substitution rates k were derived. The latter showed that the discrimination in reactivity between Cl⁻, Br⁻, SCN⁻ and I⁻ is greatly reduced with respect to aqueous solutions. The reason behind this may be desolvation of the ions coupled to the fact that a contact ion pair is already at a certain distance along the reaction coordinate in the direction of the transition state. Applications of the special salt effect and of ion pairing to synthesis are discussed.     

Reactions of the haloalcohols HO(CH2)nCl (n = 2, 3) with platinum(II) - alkynyl and -alkyne complexes. X-ray crystal structure of trans-[Pt(Me) {C(OCH2CH2Cl) (CH2Ph)} (PPh3)2] [BF4]

The chloro complexes trans-[Pt(Me)(Cl)(PPh₃)₂], after treatment with AgBF₄, react with 1-alkynes HC---C---R in the presence of NEt₃ to afford the corresponding acetylide derivatives trans-[Pt(Me) (C---C---R) (PPh₃)₂] (R = p-tolyl (1), Ph (2), C(CH₃)₃ (3)). These complexes, with the exception of the t-butylacetylide complex, react with the chloroalcohols HO(CH₂)_nCl (n = 2, 3) in the presence of 1 equiv. of HBF₄ to afford the alkyl(chloroalkoxy)carbene complexes trans-[Pt(Me) {C[O(CH₂)_nCl](CH₂R) } (PPh₃)₂][BF₄] (R = p-tolyl, N = 2 (4), N = 3 (5); R=Ph, N = 2 (6)). A similar reaction of the bis(acetylide) complex trans-[Pt(C---C---Ph)₂(PMe₂Ph)₂] with 2 equiv. HBF₄ and 3-chloro-1-propanol affords trans-[Pt(C---CPh) {C(OCH₂CH₂CH₂Cl)(CH₂Ph) } (PMe₂Ph)₂][BF₄] (7). T alkyl(chloroalkoxy)-carbene complex trans-[Pt(Me) {C(OCH₂CH₂Cl)(CH₂Ph) } (PPh₃)₂][BF₄] (8) is formed by reaction of trans-[Pt(Me)(Cl)(PPh₃)₂], after treatment with AgBF₄ in HOCH₂CH₂Cl, with phenylacetylene in the presence of 1 equiv. of n-BuLi. The reaction of the dimer [Pt(Cl)(μ-Cl)(PMe₂Ph)]₂ with p-tolylacetylene and 3-chloro-1-propanol yields cis-[PtCl₂{C(OCH₂CH₂CH₂Cl)(CH₂C₆H₄-p-Me}(PMe₂Ph)] (9). The X-ray molecular structure of (8) has been determined. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, space group Pna2₁, with a = 11.785(2), B = 29.418(4), C = 15.409(3) Å, V = 4889(1) ų and Z = 4. The carbene ligand is perpendicular to the Pt(II) coordination plane; the PtC(carbene) bond distance is 2.01(1) Å and the short C(carbene)-O bond distance of 1.30(1) Å suggests extensive electronic delocalization within the Pt---C(carbene)---O moietry.     

Chemistry in environmentally benign media Part 1. Synthesis and characterization of 1,2-bis[bis(hydroxymethyl)phosphino]ethane (‘HMPE’). X-ray structure of [Pt{(HOH2C)2PCH2CH2P(CH2OH)2}2](Cl)2

The water-soluble bisphosphine, 1,2-bis(bis(hydroxymethyl)phosphino)ethane (1), was synthesized in near quantitative yield by the reaction of bisphosphine, H₂PCH₂CH₂PH₂, with an aqueous formaldehyde in the presence of K₂PtCl₄. The reaction of this water-soluble bisphosphine 1 with cis-Pt(COD)Cl₂ affords the mononuclear bischelate complex, [Pt{(HOH₂C)₂PCH₂CH₂P(CH₂OH)₂}₂](Cl)₂ (2), in near quantitative yield. The new ligand and complex have been characterized spectroscopically and the structure of the metal complex, 2, was determined by X-ray crystallography. The Pt(II) complex 2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbca(a=14.623(1), B=16.216(2), C=9.319(4) Å) with Z=4. The final R value is 0.024.     

Enhancement of aromatic amino acid-nucleic acid base stacking interaction by metal coordination to base: fluorescence study on a tryptophan-Pt(II)-guanine ternary complex

In order to investigate the effect of the Pt(II) ion on the stacking interaction between tryptophan and a guanine base, the quenching of Trp fluorescence was monitored for some systems in the absence and presence of the metal ion, and the association constants were obtained by the analysis of Eadie-Hofstee plots. All spectral data suggested that the stacking interaction is enhanced by the Pt(II) coordination to the guanine N7 atom. The result indicates the importance of the metal ion as a bookmark in the specific recognition of a nucleic acid base by an aromatic amino acid residue.     

Photoreactivity of buckminsterfullerene-bis(triphenylphosphite)platinum(0) induced by metal-to-ligand charge transfer excitation

The complex C₆₀Pt[P(OPh)₃]₂ displays C₆₀ ππ^* intraligand bands in the UV-Vis region and a long-wavelength absorption at λ_max = 770 nm which is assigned to a metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) transition from platinum to fullerene. The irradiation of the complex leads to the population of the reactive MLCT state and subsequently to the dissociation (C₆₀Pt[P(OPh)₃]₂ → C₆₀ + Pt[P(OPh)₃]₂) in the primary photochemical step. Product formation takes place by the interception of Pt[P(OPh)₃]₂ with suitable scavengers such as CHCl₃ or O₂.     

铜川汉族人群38个Y-STR基因座多态性调查

Y染色体上的短串联重复序列（Y chromosome short tandem repeats, Y-STRs）在法医鉴定,尤其是混合斑中男性成分的检测分析和家系排查中具有重要作用。随着Y-STR试剂盒的不断推出和数据库的建立,国内外针对不同地区和群体的Y-STR多态性研究日益增多,而有关铜川汉族Y-STR研究鲜有报道。基于此,采用YfilerTM Platinum复合扩增试剂盒对陕西铜川汉族669名无关男性个体进行38个Y-STR基因座遗传多态性调查,并探索铜川地区汉族与其他群体之间的遗传关系。调查共检出657种单倍型,单倍型多样性和识别能力分别为0.999 937 345和0.982 1。38个Y-STR基因座共检出428个等位基因,基因多样性值在0.108 9（DYS645）~0.969 9（DYS385）。群体遗传分析中,多维尺度分析（multi-dimensional scaling, MDS）和系统发育树分析结果显示铜川汉族与其他地区的汉族群体遗传距离更近。综上,研究结果中38个Y-STR基因座在铜川汉族群体中具有较高的遗传多态性,适合铜川地区法庭科学应用。     

Interactions of Platinum and Ruthenium Coordination Complexes with Pancreatic Phospholipase A2 and Phospholipids Investigated by MALDI TOF Mass Spectrometry

Phospholipase A₂ is involved in propagation of inflammatory processes and carcinogenesis through its role in phospholipid metabolism, and release of arachidonic acid and lysophospholipids. Recent findings on correlation between elevated PLA₂ activity and metastatic cancer render this enzyme an attractive target for cancer therapy. On the other hand, due to a broad range of oxidation states under physiological conditions and a high affinity for protein binding, platinum and ruthenium coordination complexes are promising candidates for PLA₂ inhibitors. In this article, we discuss the interactions of Pt and Ru coordination complexes with PLA₂ and phospholipids, as well as the application of MALDI‐TOF mass spectrometry for screening PLA₂ inhibitors. Owing to the ability of this technique to simultaneously detect and monitor changes in substrate and product concentrations, the inhibitor mechanisms of both Pt and Ru complexes with various ligands were determined.