Two ruthenium(I1) complexes, characterised by the presence of dimethylsulphoxide ligands, were investigated in comparison to cisplatin on mouse P388 leukaemia and on a subline made resistant to cisplatin (P388DDP). Both cis- and trans-RuC12(DMSO)., significantly prolonged the survival time of leukaemic mice, independently of the tumour line used. Unlike cisplatin, the prolongation of life-span of tumour-bearing hosts caused by ruthenium complexes was not supported by a parallel inhibition of the number of tumour cells in the treated hosts, as evidenced by tumour cell count in the peritoneal cavity and by vjvo-viva bioassays of blood samples and of whole brains. Thus, cj+ and trans-R~Cl~(DMS0)~ appear capable of preventing leukaemic spread into the central nervous system also when the number of tumour cells in the peritoneal cavity and in the blood stream is as high as in untreated controls. When the drug-induced DNA damage was investigated by modifying double stranded DNA and identifying the lesions able to inhibit DNA synthesis in vitro, trans-RuCl,(DMSO), and, to a lesser extent, &RuCl,(DMSO), formed blocking lesions at the same sites of cisplatin; nevertheless, the mechanism of antitumour activity of ruthenium complexes appears to be different from that of cisplatin for the absence of any relationship between cytotoxicity and prevention of leukaemic dissemination into the central nervous system. These data indicate that the activity of cjs- and trans-RuCl,(DMSO), on the P388 leukaemia is characterised by the lack of cross-resistance with cisplatin and by the alteration of the metastasising behaviour of leukaemic cells which lose their natural capacity to invade the central nervous system. EurJ Cancer, Vol. 29A, No. 13, pp. 1873-1879,1993.

Anti-leukaemic action of RuCl2 (DMSO)4 isomers and prevention of brain involvement on P388 leukaemia and on P388/DDP subline

COLUCCIA, Mauro;BOCCARELLI, Angelina;
1993-01-01

Abstract

Two ruthenium(I1) complexes, characterised by the presence of dimethylsulphoxide ligands, were investigated in comparison to cisplatin on mouse P388 leukaemia and on a subline made resistant to cisplatin (P388DDP). Both cis- and trans-RuC12(DMSO)., significantly prolonged the survival time of leukaemic mice, independently of the tumour line used. Unlike cisplatin, the prolongation of life-span of tumour-bearing hosts caused by ruthenium complexes was not supported by a parallel inhibition of the number of tumour cells in the treated hosts, as evidenced by tumour cell count in the peritoneal cavity and by vjvo-viva bioassays of blood samples and of whole brains. Thus, cj+ and trans-R~Cl~(DMS0)~ appear capable of preventing leukaemic spread into the central nervous system also when the number of tumour cells in the peritoneal cavity and in the blood stream is as high as in untreated controls. When the drug-induced DNA damage was investigated by modifying double stranded DNA and identifying the lesions able to inhibit DNA synthesis in vitro, trans-RuCl,(DMSO), and, to a lesser extent, &RuCl,(DMSO), formed blocking lesions at the same sites of cisplatin; nevertheless, the mechanism of antitumour activity of ruthenium complexes appears to be different from that of cisplatin for the absence of any relationship between cytotoxicity and prevention of leukaemic dissemination into the central nervous system. These data indicate that the activity of cjs- and trans-RuCl,(DMSO), on the P388 leukaemia is characterised by the lack of cross-resistance with cisplatin and by the alteration of the metastasising behaviour of leukaemic cells which lose their natural capacity to invade the central nervous system. EurJ Cancer, Vol. 29A, No. 13, pp. 1873-1879,1993.
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