Publications by Olivier Pierre Zava

Ruthenium(II)–arene and triruthenium-carbonyl cluster complexes with new water-soluble phopsphites based on glucose: Synthesis, characterization and antiproliferative activity

Paul Joseph Dyson, Alexey Nazarov, Olivier Pierre Zava

New water-soluble 3,5,6-bicyclophosphite ligands based on glucose modified with uracil, 5-fluorouracil or thymine are reported. The phosphite ligands were subsequently reacted with bis[dichlorido(η6-p-cymene)ruthenium(II)] and trirutheniumdodecacarbonyl to ...

2020

Drug Repurposing Approach Identifies a Synergistic Drug Combination of an Antifungal Agent and an Experimental Organometallic Drug for Melanoma Treatment

Paul Joseph Dyson, Olivier Pierre Zava, Tina Riedel

By screening a drug library comprising FDA approved compounds, we discovered a potent interaction between the antifungal agent haloprogin and the experimental organometallic drug RAPTA-T, to synergistically induce cancer cell killing. The combination of th ...

2018

Protein ruthenation and DNA alkylation: chlorambucil-functionalized RAPTA complexes and their anticancer activity

Paul Joseph Dyson, Christian Hartinger, Alexey Nazarov, Olivier Pierre Zava

Chemotherapeutics for the treatment of tumorigenic conditions that feature novel modes of action are highly sought after to overcome the limitations of current chemotherapies. Herein, we report the conjugation of the alkylating agent chlorambucil to the RA ...

2015

Multinuclear Cytotoxic Metallodrugs: Synthesis and Biological Studies of Novel Bimetallic Titanium-Ruthenium and Gold Complexes

Alexey Nazarov, Angela Casini, Michael Groessl, Olivier Pierre Zava

Springer2014

BODIPY-phosphane as a versatile tool for easy access to new metal-based theranostics

Angela Casini, Olivier Pierre Zava

A new BODIPY-phosphane was synthesized and proved to be a versatile tool for imaging organometallic complexes. It also led to easy access to a new family of theranostics, featuring gold, ruthenium and osmium complexes. The compounds' cytotoxicity was teste ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2013

Synthesis and characterization of a new class of anti-angiogenic agent based on ruthenium clusters

Hubert van den Bergh, Paul Joseph Dyson, Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska, Alexey Nazarov, Michael Groessl, Olivier Pierre Zava, Mathurin Baquié

New triruthenium-carbonyl clusters derivatized with glucose-modified bicyclophosphite ligands have been synthesized. These compounds were found to have cytostatic and cytotoxic activity and depending on the number of bicyclophosphite ligands, and could be ...

Nature Publishing Group2013

Arene ruthenium dichloro complexes containing isonicotinic ester ligands: Synthesis, molecular structure and cytotoxicity

Paul Joseph Dyson, Olivier Pierre Zava

A series of p-cymene ruthenium dichloro complexes containing isonicotinic ester ligands, [(arene) RuCl2NC5H4-4-COO-C6H4-p-O-(CH2)(n)-CH3] (n = 1: 1, n = 3: 2, n = 5: 3, n = 7:4, n = 9: 5, n = 11: 6, n = 13: 7, n = 15: 8), were prepared from p-cymene ruthen ...

Elsevier2013

Arene ruthenium complexes with phosphinoferrocene amino acid conjugates: Synthesis, characterization and cytotoxicity

Paul Joseph Dyson, Olivier Pierre Zava

A series of heterodinuclear p-cymene ruthenium ferrocene complexes, [(eta(6)-p-MeC6H4Pri)RuCl2(Ph(2)Pfc-CONHRCO2Me-kappa P)] (R = (S)-Me: 6, R = (S)-CHMe2: 7, R = (S)-CH2OMe: 8, R = (S)-CH2SMe: 9, R = (S)-CH2CH2CO2Me: 10) have been synthesized from p-cymen ...

Elsevier Science Sa2013

Encapsulation of hydrophobic pyrenyl-cycloplatinate complexes within a water-soluble arene ruthenium metalla-cage

Olivier Pierre Zava

Two hydrophobic pyrenyl-containing cycloplatinate complexes (2-(1-pyrenyl)pyridine)Pt(acac) (Pt-1) and {2-(4-(1-pyrenyl)phenyl)pyridine}Pt(acac) (Pt-2) (acac = acetylacetonato) have been encapsulated in the hexacationic water-soluble metalla-cage [(p-cymen ...

2012

Enhancement of Cytotoxicity by Combining Pyrenyl-Dendrimers and Arene Ruthenium Metallacages

Paul Joseph Dyson, Olivier Pierre Zava

Three generations of pyrenyl bis-MPA dendrimers with two different end-groups, acetonide (pyrG) or alcohol (pyr(Gn center dot OH)) (n = 1-3), were synthesized, and the pyrenyl group of the dendritic molecules was encapsulated in the arene ruthenium metalla ...

2012

Delivery of floxuridine derivatives to cancer cells by water-soluble organometallic-cages

Paul Joseph Dyson, Olivier Pierre Zava

The self-assembly of 2,4,6-tris(pyridin-4-yl)-1,3,5-triazine (tpt) triangular panels with p-cymene (pPr(i)C(6)H(4)Me) ruthenium building blocks and 2,5-dioxydo-1,4-benzoquinonato (dobq) or 5,8-dioxydo-1,4-naphthoquinonato (donq) bridges, in the presence of ...

American Chemical Society2012

Encapsulation of inorganic and organic guest molecules into an organometallic hexacationic arene osmium metalla-prism: Synthesis, characterisation and anticancer activity

Paul Joseph Dyson, Olivier Pierre Zava

The arene osmium metalla-prism (p-cymene)(6)Os-6(donq)(3)(tpt)(2) (2) (donq 5,8-dioxydo-1,4-naphthoquinonato, tpt 2,4,6-tri(pyridin-4-yl)-1,3,5-triazine) has been prepared from the dinuclear arene osmium precursor [(p-cymene)(2)Os-2(donq)Cl-2] ...

Elsevier2012

Thiolato-bridged arene-ruthenium complexes: synthesis, molecular structure, reactivity and anticancer activity of the dinuclear complexes [(arene)2Ru2(SR)2C12]

Paul Joseph Dyson, Olivier Pierre Zava

Treatment of an areneruthenium dichloride dimer with thiols RSH to lead to cationic trithiolato complexes of the type [(arene)2Ru2(SR)3]+ was shown to proceed through the neutral thiolato complexes [(arene)2Ru2(SR)2Cl2], which have been isolated and charac ...

Wiley-Blackwell2012

Highly cytotoxic trithiophenolatodiruthenium complexes of the type [(eta(6)-p-MeC6H4Pr (i) )(2)Ru-2(SC6H4-p-X)(3)](+): synthesis, molecular structure, electrochemistry, cytotoxicity, and glutathione oxidation potential

Paul Joseph Dyson, Olivier Pierre Zava, Mathurin Baquié

A series of cationic dinuclear p-cymene ruthenium trithiophenolato complexes of the type (eta(6)-p-MeC6H4Pr (i) )(2)Ru-2(SC6H4-p-X)(3) (1 X is H, 2 X is Me, 3 X is Ph, 4 X is Br, 5 X is OH, 6 X is NO2, 7 X is OMe, 8 X is CF3, 9 X is F, 10 X is Pr (i) ...

2012

Anthracene-Tethered Ruthenium(II) Arene Complexes as Tools To Visualize the Cellular Localization of Putative Organometallic Anticancer Compounds

Rosario Scopelliti, Paul Joseph Dyson, Wee Han Ang, Julie Risse, Christian Hartinger, Alexey Nazarov, Michael Groessl, Olivier Pierre Zava, Albert Ruggi, Frédéric Schmitt

Anthracene derivatives of ruthenium(II) arene compounds with 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphatricyclo[3.3.1.1]decane (pta) or a sugar phosphite ligand, viz., 3,5,6-bicyclophosphite1,2-O-isopropylidene-alpha-D-glucofuranoside, were prepared in order to evaluate their ...

2012

Encapsulation of Pyrene-Functionalized Poly(benzyl ether) Dendrons into a Water-Soluble Organometallic Cage

Olivier Pierre Zava

Two generations of lipophilic pyrenyl functionalized poly(benzyl ether) dendrimers (P-1 and P-2) have been synthesized. The thermal properties of the two functionalized dendrimers have been investigated, and the pyrenyl group of the dendritic molecules enc ...

2011

Excellent Correlation between Drug Release and Portal Size in Metalla-Cage Drug-Delivery Systems

Paul Joseph Dyson, Olivier Pierre Zava

A series of large cationic hexanuclear metalla-prisms, Ru-6(p-iPrC(6)H(4)Me)(6)(tpt)(2)(donq)(3), Ru-6(p-iPrC(6)H(4)Me)(6)(tpt)(2)(doaq)(3) and Ru-6(p-iPrC(6)H(4)Me)(6)(tpt)(2)(dotq)(3), composed of p-cymene-ruthenium building blocks brid ...

2011

Cellular uptake and subcellular distribution of ruthenium-based metallodrugs under clinical investigation versus cisplatin

Paul Joseph Dyson, Michael Groessl, Olivier Pierre Zava

The cellular uptake and subcellular distribution including adduct formation with genomic DNA and uptake into mitochondria of two ruthenium(III)-based drugs in clinical trials, KP1019 and NAMI-A, and cisplatin, was investigated in cisplatin sensitive and re ...

2011

Thermoresponsive Chlorambucil Derivatives for Tumour Targeting

Paul Joseph Dyson, Alexey Nazarov, Olivier Pierre Zava, Catherine Marie Amélie Clavel, Frédéric Schmitt

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2011

Multinuclear Cytotoxic Metallodrugs: Physicochemical Characterization and Biological Properties of Novel Heteronuclear Gold-Titanium Complexes

Philippe Richard, Angela Casini, Michael Groessl, Olivier Pierre Zava

An unprecedented series of titanocene-gold bi- and trimetallic complexes of the general formula [(eta(5)-C5H5)-(mu-eta(5):kappa(1)-C5H4(CH2)(n)PPh2)TiCl2AuClx](q+) (n = 0, 2, or 4; m = 1, x =1, q = 0 or m = 2, x = 0, q = 1) have been prepared and char ...

2011