Title

Synthesis, aggregation and cellular investigations of porphyrin- cobaltacarborane conjugates

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-19-2007

Abstract

A new series of porphyrincobaltacarborane conjugates (1-5) that contain four to sixteen carborane clusters per porphyrin macrocycle, were prepared in excellent yields (90-97%) by means of a ring-opening reaction of the zwitterionic cobaltacarborane [3,3′Co(8-C4H8O 2-1 ,2-C2B9H10)( l′,2′C2B9H11)]. The X-ray structure of one conjugate (3) is presented. The aggregation properties of these conjugates were investigated by using absorption and fluorescence spectrophotometry, and the stages of microcrystal formation were captured by using atomic force microscopy. All conjugates werefound to aggregate in aqueous solutions, to form a broad dispersity of particle sizes. The cellular uptake, cytotoxicity, and preferential sites of subcellular localization of this series of conjugates were evaluated in human carcinoma HEp2 cells. The extent of conjugate cellular uptake depends on the number of cobaltacarborane units at the porphyrin periphery, their distribution, and the conjugate aggregation behavior. Conjugates 2 and 4, bearing either two adjacent or three 3,5-dicobaltacarboranephenyl groups, accumulated the most within HEp2 cells and are, therefore, the most promising boron neutron capture therapy agents. All conjugates showed very low darkand photo-toxicity, probably due to their strong tendency for aggregation in aqueous solutions, and localized subcellularly within vesicles that correlated, to some extent, with the cell lysosomes. © 2007 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Chemistry - A European Journal

First Page

9035

Last Page

9042

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