Issue 35, 2013

The path for metal complexes to a DNA target

Abstract

The discovery of cisplatin as a therapeutic agent stimulated a new era in the application of transition metal complexes for therapeutic design. Here we describe recent results on a variety of transition metal complexes targeted to DNA to illustrate many of the issues involved in new therapeutic design. We describe first structural studies of complexes bound covalently and non-covalently to DNA to identify potential lesions within the cell. We then review the biological fates of these complexes, illustrating the key elements in obtaining potent activity, the importance of uptake and subcellular localization of the complexes, as well as the techniques used to delineate these characteristics. Genomic DNA provides a challenging but valuable target for new transition metal-based therapeutics.

Graphical abstract: The path for metal complexes to a DNA target

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
08 Jan 2013
Accepted
08 Feb 2013
First published
20 Feb 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 3617-3630

The path for metal complexes to a DNA target

A. C. Komor and J. K. Barton, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 3617 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC00177F

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