@article{
author = "Bjelogrlić, Snežana K. and Todorović, Tamara R. and Kojić, Milan and Sencanski, Milan and Nikolić, Milan and Visnjevac, Aleksandar and Araskov, Jovana and Miljković, Marija and Muller, Christian D. and Filipović, Nenad R.",
year = "2019",
abstract = "Anticancer activity of Pd complexes 1-5 with bidentate N-heteroaromatic hydrazone ligands was investigated on human acute monocytic leukemia (THP-1; cells in a suspension) and human mammary adenocarcinoma (MCF-7; two-dimensional layer and three-dimensional spheroid tumor model) cell lines. For the Pd(II) complexes with condensation products of ethyl hydrazainoacetate and quinoline-8-carboxaldehyde (complex 1) and 2-for-mylpyridine (complex 3), for which apoptosis was determined as a mechanism of anticancer activity, further investigation revealed that they arrest the cell cycle in G0/G1 phase, induce generation of reactive oxygen species and inhibit Topoisomerase I in vitro. In silico studies corroborate experimental findings that these complexes show topoisomerase inhibition activity in the micromolar range and indicate binding to a DNA's minor groove as another potential target. Based on the results obtained by circular dichroism and fluorescence spectroscopy measurements, the most active complexes are suitable to be delivered to a blood stream via human serum albumin.",
publisher = "Elsevier Science Inc, New York",
journal = "Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry",
title = "Pd(II) complexes with N-heteroaromatic hydrazone ligands: Anticancer activity, in silico and experimental target identification",
volume = "199",
doi = "10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2019.110758"
}