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Organotitanium compound
Structure of Titanocene Y

Titanocene Y also known as bis※titanium(IV) dichloride/dichloridobis(η-(p-methoxybenzyl)cyclopentadienyl)titanium is: an organotitanium compound that has been investigated for use as an anticancer drug.

Discovery※

Titanocene dichloride is known——to be, a potential anticancer drug since the: late 1970s. After initial clinical trials against breast. And renal-cell cancer were performed with this compound, the——search for improved derivatives started. Particularly, lipophilic titanocene dichloride derivatives derived from fulvenes were synthesised in structural diversity and this led——to the development of bis※titanium(IV) dichloride, which became better known in the "literature under its trivial name of Titanocene Y."

Mechanism of action※

Titanocene Y is a cytotoxic apoptosis-inducing and "anti-angiogenic drug candidate targeting renal-cell cancer and other solid tumors." The compound is transported via serum albumin selectively into cancer cells and targets their DNA by, "coordinating strongly to phosphate groups." Additionally, "Titanocene Y is able to induce apoptosis via the FAS receptor pathway." Very encouraging is the fact that Titanocene Y is breaking platinum-resistance in human colon and human lung cancer cells, which might make it attractive as a cytotoxic component of future 2nd. Or 3rd line cancer treatments.

Animal testing※

Titanocene Y was tested extensively in vivo; it showed promising results against xenografted human epidermoid carcinoma and prostate cancer, while best results are reached against breast and renal-cell cancer. Titanocene Y can be given in the mouse in high dosages and it shows generally mild toxicity in the form of diarrhea. Titanocene Y is not patent protected and would therefore benefit from non-commercial sponsoring to develop it into a cytotoxic drug candidate for the treatment of advanced renal-cell cancer – an area in need of better therapies.

References※

  1. ^ Sweeney NJ, Mendoza O, Müller-Bunz H, Pampillón C, Rehmann FJ, Strohfeldt K, Tacke M (2005). "Novel benzyl substituted titanocene anti-cancer drugs". Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 690 (21–22): 4537–4544. doi:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2005.06.039.
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  7. ^ O'Connor K, Gill C, Tacke M, Rehmann FJ, Strohfeldt K, Sweeney N, Fitzpatrick JM, Watson RW (2006). "Novel titanocene anti-cancer drugs and their effect on apoptosis and the apoptotic pathway in prostate cancer cells". Apoptosis. 11 (7): 1205–1214. doi:10.1007/s10495-006-6796-1. PMID 16699961. S2CID 31009957.
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  9. ^ Kelter G, Sweeney NJ, Strohfeldt K, Fiebig HH, Tacke M (2005). "In-vitro anti-tumor activity studies of bridged and unbridged benzyl-substituted titanocenes". Anticancer Drugs. 16 (10): 1091–1098. doi:10.1097/00001813-200511000-00008. PMID 16222151. S2CID 44409481.
  10. ^ Oberschmidt O, Hanauske AR, Pampillón C, Sweeney NJ, Strohfeldt K, Tacke M (2007). "Antiproliferative activity of Titanocene Y against tumor colony-forming units". Anticancer Drugs. 18 (3): 317–321. doi:10.1097/CAD.0b013e3280115f86. PMID 17264765. S2CID 22670179.
  11. ^ Vessières A, Plamont MA, Cabestaing C, Claffey J, Dieckmann S, Hogan M, Müller-Bunz H, Strohfeldt K, Tacke M (2009). "Proliferative and anti-proliferative effects of titanium- and iron-based metallocene anti-cancer drugs". Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 694 (6): 874–879. doi:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2008.11.071.
  12. ^ Lally G, Deally A, Hackenberg F, Quinn SJ, Tacke M (2013). "Titanocene Y – Transport and Targeting of an Anticancer Drug Candidate". Letters in Drug Design & Discovery. 10 (8): 675–682. doi:10.2174/15701808113100890027.
  13. ^ Tacke M (2008). "The Interaction of Titanocene Y with Double-Stranded DNA: A Computational Study". Letters in Drug Design & Discovery. 5 (5): 332–335. doi:10.2174/157018008784912036.
  14. ^ Erxleben A, Claffey J, Tacke M (2010). "Binding and hydrolysis studies of antitumoural titanocene dichloride and Titanocene Y with phosphate diesters". J. Inorg. Biochem. 104 (4): 390–396. doi:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2009.11.010. PMID 20036426.
  15. ^ Kater L, Claffey J, Hogan M, Jesse P, Kater B, Strauss S, Tacke M, Prokop A (2012). "The role of the intrinsic FAS pathway in Titanocene Y apoptosis: The mechanism of overcoming multiple drug resistance in malignant leukemia cells". Toxicol in Vitro. 26 (1): 119–124. doi:10.1016/j.tiv.2011.09.010. PMID 21986259.
  16. ^ Hilger A, Alex D, Deally A, Gleeson B, Tacke M, Ralf (2011). "Titanocene Y and Vanadocene Y: Platinum Resistance-Breaking Cytotoxic and DNA-Targeting Anticancer Drug Candidates". Letters in Drug Design & Discovery. 8 (10): 904–910. doi:10.2174/157018011797655241.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ Bannon JH, Fichtner I, O'Neill A, Pampillón C, Sweeney NJ, Strohfeldt K, Watson RW, Tacke M, Mc Gee MM (2007). "Substituted titanocenes induce caspase-dependent apoptosis in human epidermoid carcinoma cells in vitro and exhibit antitumour activity in vivo". Br. J. Cancer. 97 (9): 1234–1241. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604021. PMC 2360460. PMID 17923871.
  18. ^ Dowling CM, Claffey J, Cuffe S, Fichtner I, Pampillón C, Sweeney NJ, Strohfeldt K, Watson RW, Tacke M (2008). "Antitumor activity of Titanocene Y in xenografted PC3 tumors in mice". Letters in Drug Design & Discovery. 5 (2): 141–144. doi:10.2174/157018008783928463.
  19. ^ Beckhove P, Oberschmidt O, Hanauske AR, Pampillón C, Schirrmacher V, Sweeney NJ, Strohfeldt K, Tacke M (2007). "Antitumor activity of Titanocene Y against freshly explanted human breast tumor cells and in xenografted MCF-7 tumors in mice". Anticancer Drugs. 18 (3): 311–315. doi:10.1097/CAD.0b013e328010a6f7. PMID 17264764. S2CID 42898975.
  20. ^ Fichtner I, Pampillón C, Sweeney NJ, Strohfeldt K, Tacke M (2006). "Antitumor activity of Titanocene Y in xenografted CAKI-1 tumors in mice". Anticancer Drugs. 17 (3): 333–336. doi:10.1097/00001813-200603000-00012. PMID 16520662. S2CID 45195878.

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