Unconventional Anticancer Metallodrugs and Strategies to Improve their Pharmacological Profile
A special issue of Inorganics (ISSN 2304-6740). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioinorganic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2018) | Viewed by 75704
Special Issue Editor
Interests: medicinal inorganic chemistry; anticancer and antimicrobial compounds; synthetic organometallic chemistry; mode of action; gold-based heterometallic compounds; homogeneous catalysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
For the past forty years, metal-based drugs have been widely used for the treatment of cancer. Cisplatin and follow-up drugs carboplatin (ParaplatinTM) and oxaliplatin (EloxatinTM) have been the gold standard for metallodrugs in clinical settings as antineoplastic agents. While effective, these drugs (either alone or in combination therapy) have faced a number of clinical challenges resulting from their limited spectrum of activity, high toxicity leading to significant side effects, resistance, poor water solubility, low bioavailability and short circulating time. In the past ten years, various unconventional non-platinum metal-based agents have emerged as a potential alternative for cancer treatment. These compounds are highly effective and selective in cancers resistant to cisplatin and other chemotherapeutic agents. Research in this area has recently exploded with a relevant number of patents and clinical trials, in addition to reports in scientific journals. Furthermore, in parallel to the synthesis of coordination and organometallic compounds comprising many different metals and unconventional platinum-based derivatives, researchers are focused in optimizing mechanistic and pharmacological features of promising drug candidates. This Special Issue aims to highlight the latest advances in anticancer metallodrugs with a focus on unconventional anticancer agents, as well as novel activation, targeting and delivery strategies aimed at improving their pharmacological profile.
Prof. Dr. Maria ContelGuest Editor
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Keywords
- unconventional anticancer metallodrugs
- novel delivery strategies
- novel activation and targeting strategies
- mechanistic studies
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