Volume 51, Issue 35 pp. 8895-8899
Communication

On the Biological Properties of Alkynyl Phosphine Gold(I) Complexes

Andreas Meyer

Andreas Meyer

Institute of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Beethovenstrasse 55, 38106 Braunschweig (Germany) http://www.pharmchem.tu-bs.de/forschung/ott/

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Prof. Dr. Christoph P. Bagowski

Prof. Dr. Christoph P. Bagowski

Klinik für Innere Medizin, Ernst-Moritz Arndt University Greifswald, Friedrich Löffler Strasse 23a, 17475 Greifswald (Germany)

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Dr. Malte Kokoschka

Dr. Malte Kokoschka

Centre for Electrochemical Sciences-CES, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum (Germany)

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Dr. Maria Stefanopoulou

Dr. Maria Stefanopoulou

Lehrstuhl für Analytische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum (Germany)

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Dr. Hamed Alborzinia

Dr. Hamed Alborzinia

Institut für Pharmazie und Molekulare Biotechnologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, 69120 Heidelberg (Germany)

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Suzan Can

Suzan Can

Institut für Pharmazie und Molekulare Biotechnologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, 69120 Heidelberg (Germany)

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M. Sc. Danielle H. Vlecken

M. Sc. Danielle H. Vlecken

Institute of Biology, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leiden, AL Leiden (The Netherlands)

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Prof. Dr. William S. Sheldrick

Prof. Dr. William S. Sheldrick

Lehrstuhl für Analytische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum (Germany)

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Prof. Dr. Stefan Wölfl

Prof. Dr. Stefan Wölfl

Institut für Pharmazie und Molekulare Biotechnologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, 69120 Heidelberg (Germany)

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Prof. Dr. Ingo Ott

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Ingo Ott

Institute of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Beethovenstrasse 55, 38106 Braunschweig (Germany) http://www.pharmchem.tu-bs.de/forschung/ott/

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First published: 29 July 2012
Citations: 173

Financial support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, project FOR630), the EU, and the state of North Rhine Westphalia in the framework of the HighTech.NRW is gratefully acknowledged.

Graphical Abstract

Golden times for metal-based drugs? Alkynyl triphenylphosphine gold(I) complexes display interesting biological properties and show high potential for future drug development. They are strong inhibitors of the enzyme thioredoxin reductase, trigger antiproliferative effects in tumor cells, and influence tumor cell metabolism, mitochondrial respiration, and angiogenesis in zebrafish embryos.

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