Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 26, Issue 16, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules26165010
Keywords
triorganotin(IV) butyrates; colon cancer; histone acetylation; apoptosis; ER stress; HDAC inhibitors
Funding
- Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Italy [FFR_D08_PELLERITO, FFR-D15_GIULIANO]
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Organotin(IV) compounds are a class of non-platinum metallo-conjugates with antitumor properties. Among them, triorganotin(IV) butyrate (BT2) shows high efficacy in colon cancer cells by inducing G2/M cell cycle arrest, ER stress, and apoptotic cell death. Furthermore, BT2 can decrease histone acetylation levels and prevent acetylation induced by other HDAC inhibitors, suggesting its potential as an epigenetic modulator in colon cancer treatment.
Organotin(IV) compounds are a class of non-platinum metallo-conjugates exhibiting antitumor activity. The effects of different organotin types has been related to several mechanisms, including their ability to modify acetylation protein status and to promote apoptosis. Here, we focus on triorganotin(IV) complexes of butyric acid, a well-known HDAC inhibitor with antitumor properties. The conjugated compounds were synthesized and characterised by FTIR spectroscopy, multi-nuclear (H-1, C-13 and Sn-119) NMR, and mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). In the triorganotin(IV) complexes, an anionic monodentate butyrate ligand was observed, which coordinated the tin atom on a tetra-coordinated, monomeric environment similar to ester. FTIR and NMR findings confirm this structure both in solid state and solution. The antitumor efficacy of the triorganotin(IV) butyrates was tested in colon cancer cells and, among them, tributyltin(IV) butyrate (BT2) was selected as the most efficacious. BT2 induced G2/M cell cycle arrest, ER stress, and apoptotic cell death. These effects were obtained using low concentrations of BT2 up to 1 mu M, whereas butyric acid alone was completely inefficacious, and the parent compound TBT was poorly effective at the same treatment conditions. To assess whether butyrate in the coordinated form maintains its epigenetic effects, histone acetylation was evaluated and a dramatic decrease in acetyl-H3 and -H4 histones was found. In contrast, butyrate alone stimulated histone acetylation at a higher concentration (5 mM). BT2 was also capable of preventing histone acetylation induced by SAHA, another potent HDAC inhibitor, thus suggesting that it may activate HDACs. These results support a potential use of BT2, a novel epigenetic modulator, in colon cancer treatment.
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