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20th Anniversary of Pharmaceuticals—Recent Advances in Metallodrug Design and Application
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20th Anniversary of Pharmaceuticals—Recent Advances in Metallodrug Design and Application

A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 May 2025) | Viewed by 1653

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Andrew Knight

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Kemecatalytics, New Orleans, LA, USA
Interests: pharmaceutical based agents; inorganic chemistry; antiviral therapies

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The use of metal complexes as drugs has a long and varied history beginning with the use of gold, silver and copper salts for the treatment of various infectious diseases and ailments. In recent times, cis-platin has often been used as a prime example of the serendipitous discovery of a platinum-based coordination complex for the treatment of a number of cancers, and analogs and derivatives of this important complex continue to be studied extensively. Zinc-, ruthenium-, arsenic-, copper- and gold-based complexes have all entered clinical trials as anti-cancer agents in the past few years. Other applications of metal-containing compounds in medicine include metal–macrocycle complexes for photodynamic therapy (PDT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Metals are also essential elements in biology and include cobalt (cobalamin, vitamin B12), iron (hemoglobin) and magnesium (chlorophyll). In recognition of the 20th anniversary of Pharmaceuticals, the journal will publish a collection of both original research articles and reviews in a Special Issue highlighting recent advances in the design and application of metallodrugs in medicine and drug development. Topics include, but are not limited to, metal complexes as anti-cancer drugs, anti-viral and anti-bacterial therapeutics, photoactive compounds, ROS generators and anti-inflammatory agents.

Dr. Andrew Knight
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • metallodrugs
  • metal complexes
  • transition metals
  • anti-viral
  • antibacterial
  • gold
  • silver
  • ruthenium
  • platinum
  • organometallic
  • drug discovery

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The Effects of Seleno-Methionine in Cadmium-Challenged Human Primary Chondrocytes
by Valentina Urzì Brancati, Federica Aliquò, José Freni, Alice Pantano, Erika Galipò, Domenico Puzzolo, Letteria Minutoli, Herbert Ryan Marini, Giuseppe Maurizio Campo and Angela D’Ascola
Pharmaceuticals 2024, 17(7), 936; https://doi.org/10.3390/ph17070936 - 12 Jul 2024
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Cadmium (Cd) is a potentially toxic element able to interfere with cellular functions and lead to disease or even death. Cd accumulation has been demonstrated in cartilage, where it can induce damage in joints. The aim of this study was to evaluate the [...] Read more.
Cadmium (Cd) is a potentially toxic element able to interfere with cellular functions and lead to disease or even death. Cd accumulation has been demonstrated in cartilage, where it can induce damage in joints. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of CdCl2 on primary cultures of human chondrocytes and the possible protective effect of seleno-methionine (Se-Met). Human primary articular chondrocytes were cultured and treated as follows: control groups, cells challenged with 7.5 μM and 10 μM CdCl2 alone, and cells pretreated with 10 and 20 μM Se-Met and then challenged with 7.5 μM and 10 μM CdCl2. Twenty-four hours after incubation, cell viability, histological evaluation with hematoxylin–eosin stain, and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay were performed. Furthermore, reverse transcription-PCR was carried out to evaluate mRNA levels of BAX, BAK1, CASP-3, and CASP-9. After CdCl2 challenge at both doses, a reduced cell viability and an overexpression of BAX, BAK1, CASP-3, and CASP-9 genes, as well as a high number of TUNEL-positive cells, were demonstrated, all parameters becoming higher as the dose of CdCl2 was increased. The pretreatment with Se-Met lowered the expression of all considered genes, improved cell viability and morphological changes, and reduced the number of TUNEL-positive cells. It was concluded that Se-Met plays a protective role against CdCl2-induced structural and functional changes in chondrocytes in vitro, as it improved cell viability and showed a positive role in the context of the apoptotic pathways. It is therefore suggested that a translational, multifaceted approach, with plant-based diets, bioactive functional foods, nutraceuticals, micronutrients, and drugs, is possibly advisable in situations of environmental pollution caused by potentially toxic elements. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue 20th Anniversary of Pharmaceuticals—Recent Advances in Metallodrug Design and Application)
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