Platinum(II) Metallatriangle: Construction, Coassembly with Polypeptide, and Application in Combined Cancer Photodynamic and Chemotherapy

Inorg Chem. 2021 Jun 7;60(11):7627-7631. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00962. Epub 2021 May 11.

Abstract

The development of the supramolecular coordination complex with different shapes and dimensionalities lays the basis for its application in different areas. In this study, a porphyrin-based 3D organo-Pt(II) metallatriangle (MTA) was fabricated through the reported method termed as "coordination driven self-assembly". 31P NMR, 1H NMR, HR-MS, and theoretical calculation were employed to characterize the resultant MTA fully. Furthermore, the fabricated nanocomposite through coassembly of MTA and an amphiphilic polypeptide (PEG-PPT) could generate singlet oxygen (1O2) under the NIR irradiation and release a Pt drug under a low-pH microenvironment. 1O2 and the Pt drug can both damage the cancer cells, which improves the efficiency of cancer therapies. The fabrication of a Pt-porphyrin metallatriangle expands the topological structures, and the Pt-porphyrin metallatriangle can be applied to the combined cancer therapies. Moreover, various stimuli-responsive groups can be modified to the triangle, so a new method is created to develop high-performance biosupramolecular materials.

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Molecular Structure
  • Organoplatinum Compounds / chemical synthesis
  • Organoplatinum Compounds / chemistry
  • Organoplatinum Compounds / pharmacology*
  • Particle Size
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Peptides / pharmacology*
  • Photochemotherapy*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Organoplatinum Compounds
  • Peptides