Research Article

Polyanionic Biopolymers for the Delivery of Pt(II) Cationic Antiproliferative Complexes

Table 1

Antiproliferative activity (IC50 values, μM) after 72 h continuous treatment and cellular accumulation (AR, 4 h, 10 μM) of cisplatin, complex 3, and its conjugate 3-DS.

Complex IC50 (μM)AR
(A2780)
A2780HCT 116BR95MG06MM98MM98R

Cisplatin0.46 ± 0.112.32 ± 0.356.2 ± 0.94.1 ± 1.53.2 ± 119.4 ± 2.8 (6.1)0.62 ± 0.12
30.12 ± 0.020.76 ± 0.091.32 ± 0.020.72 ± 0.140.86 ± 0.122.09 ± 0.06 (2.4)4.81 ± 1.08
3-DS0.20 ± 0.041.19 ± 0.022.13 ± 0.291.03 ± 0.091.83 ± 0.113.46 ± 0.36 (1.9)3.03 ± 0.57

Data are means ± SD of at least three independent experiments performed in triplicate. Data in brackets are the resistance factor RF = IC50 (MM98R)/IC50 (MM98). The AR value of 3-DS was compared to that of free 3 by means of the two-sample -test ( < 0.5).