Anti-prostate cancer activity of 8-hydroxyquinoline-2-carboxaldehyde-thiosemicarbazide copper complexes in vivo by bioluminescence imaging

Fang Xie, Huawei Cai, Fangyu Peng

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Abstract

Copper 8-hydroxyquinoline-2-carboxaldehyde-thiosemicarbazide complex (CuHQTS) is a copper complex with strong anticancer activity against cisplatin-resistant neuroblastoma and prostate cancer cells in vitro by cell proliferation assay or fluorescent microscopic imaging. This study aimed to evaluate anti-prostate cancer activity of CuHQTS in vivo by bioluminescence imaging (BLI) and tumor size measurement, using athymic nu/nu mice implanted with prostate cancer cells carrying luciferase reporter gene (Luc-PC3). Growth of Luc-PC3 cells (1 × 10 5 cells) implanted in athymic nu/nu mice treated with CuHQTS for 2 weeks was suppressed by measurement of luciferase signals (6.18 × 10 7 to 5.36 × 10 7  p/s/cm 2 /sr) with BLI, compared with luciferase signals of Luc-PC3 cells (4.66 × 10 7 to 1.51 × 10 8 p/s/cm 2 /sr, p < 0.05) in the mice treated with normal saline of placebo control. Moreover, the size of PC-3 xenograft tumor (126.5 ± 34.2 mm 3 ) in athymic nu/nu mice treated with CuHQTS was significantly smaller than the size of PC-3 xenograft tumor (218.6 ± 48.0 mm 3 , p < 0.05) in athymic nu/nu mice treated with normal saline of placebo control, suggesting in vivo tumor growth inhibition activity of CuHQTS on prostate cancer. The findings of this study support further investigation of CuHQTS as a promising new anticancer agent for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer refractory to anticancer drugs currently available.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)949-956
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
Volume23
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1 2018

Keywords

  • Anticancer copper complex
  • Bioluminescence Imaging
  • CuHQTS
  • Prostate cancer

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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