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Research Results in Pharmacology 7(4): 81-88 UDC 547.1: 615.2 DOI 10.3897/rrpharmacology. 7.71455
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Impact of organotin compounds on the growth of epidermoid Lewis carcinoma
Margarita A. Dodokhova1, Andrei V. Safronenko1, Inga M. Kotieva1, Margarita S. Alkhuseyn-Kulyaginova1, Dmitry B. Shpakovsky2, Elena R. Milaeva2
1 Rostov-on-Don Medical University, 29 Nakhichevansky Pereulok, Rostov-on-Don 344022, Russia
2 Faculty of Chemistry, Moscow State University, 3 Leninskie Gory, Bldg. 1 Moscow 119991, Russia
Corresponding author: Margarita A. Dodokhova (dodohova@mail.ru)
Academic editor: Mikhail Korokin ♦ Received 12 July 2021 ♦ Accepted 25 September 2021 ♦ Published 20 December 2021
Citation: Dodokhova MA, Safronenko AV, Kotieva IM, Alkhuseyn-Kulyaginova MS, Shpakovsky DB, Milaeva ER (2021) Impact of organotin compounds on the growth of epidermoid Lewis carcinoma. Research Results in Pharmacology 7(4): 81-88. https://doi. org/10.3897/rrpharmacology. 7.71455
Abstract
Introduction: Search for new compounds with a broad antitumor and antimetastatic potency due to multiple targeting remains important in medicinal chemistry, pharmacology and oncology. We report the efficacy of hybrid organotin agents bis-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylthiolate) dimethyltin (Me3) and (3,5-di-ferf-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylthi-olate) triphenyltin (Me5).
Materials and methods: The compounds were administered to mice bearing the spontaneously metastatic epidermoid Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC). The efficacy of the treatment was evaluated by mean life span, percentage of tumor growth inhibition, number of lung metastases, frequency of metastasis, tumor weight 21 days after tumor cell inoculation, and a degree of lung damage according to the method of D. Tarin and J.E. Price.
Results and discussion: For new organotin compounds containing an antioxidant protective fragment of 2,6-di-tert-bu-tylphenol, moderate antitumor and pronounced antimetastatic effects were revealed in the Lewis model of epidermoid lung carcinoma; more active for Me5. Some features of the development of the process of metastasis were recorded with the introduction of various doses of hybrid organotin compounds.
Conclusion: Substances Me3 and Me5 possess specific activity on the model under investigation, which allows one to suggest these organotins as promising series of antitumor and antimetastatic agents with multiple targeting mode of action.
Keywords
organotin compounds, anticancer drugs, epidermoid Lewis lung carcinoma, antioxidants.
Introduction
The number of patients with verified diagnosis of cancer is permanently growing, at an annual rate of 1.5-2.5%. Official documents state that the share of patients with newly diagnosed disease at stages HI-TV remains high (Kaprin et al. 2019, 2020). This cohort is traditionally treated with
chemotherapy that frequently fails. This dictates the search for new drugs potent against primary as well as metastatic tumors. In particular, new drugs are aimed at tumor dissemination, a process that makes the disease fatal (Kho-lodenko et al. 2013). Organotin compounds are unique in this sense because they act on a variety of intracellular targets including DNA (Arshad et al. 2016). Furthermore,
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oiganotin compounds are agonists of retinoid X receptors (RXR), thereby interefering with gene transcription (Naka-nishi et al. 2008). Also, organotin agents can interact with biological membranes incluidng mitochondria (Davies et al. 1982). Finally, the pro-oxidant effect of organotin compounds results in apoptosis (Fickova et al. 2015).
Tin derivatives R2SnX2 that carry two organic moieties R are known to be anti-metabolic whereas tri-substitut-ed derivatives R3SnX transport the hydroxyde ion across the mitochondrial membrane. Imnportantly, R3SnX with three Sn-C bonds are the most cytotoxic. Compoudnds with aryl groups are less potent than those with alkyl moieties. The X group in RnSnX4-n organotin compounds can influence the activity (Antonenko et al. 2018).
Testing of organotin compounds in vivo is frequently limited by indiscriminate toxicity, with kidneys, lever and brain as the most vulnerable organs due to their intensive metabolism The LD50 values after oral administration in Wistar rats normally do not exceed 150 mg/kg (Verginad-is et al. 2010; Metsios et al. 2018). We therefore investigated the hybrid organotin compounds containing the bio-active tin fragment and an antioxidant protecting moiety.
The choice of 2,6-di-tret-butylphenol group is based on our previous studies that demonstrated a potent antioxidant property of this group as well as an antitumor efficacy of substituted phenol derivatives (Gaynutdinov et al. 2018; Menshchikova et al. 2018). 2,6-di-tret-butylphenols are bio-mimetics of natural antioxidants (a-tocopherol). These spatially limited phenols, being acceptors of free radicals, have been widely applied as inhibitors of free-radical processes.
Organotin compounds bis-(3,5-di-trei-butyl-4-hydroxy-phenylthiolate) dimethyltin (Me3) and (3,5-di-tert-bu-tyl-4-hydroxyphenylthiolate) triphenyltin (Me5) were selected on the basis of safety from the series of tin organic compounds with various structures of R. The OECD protocols (OECD, 2001; OECD, 2008) were used for the selection. Me3 and Me5 showed the best safety parameters, that is, the mean lethal dose after a single bolus oral administration in Wistar rats was > 2 g/kg and 950 mg/kg, respectively (Dodokhova et al. 2021). These parameters place Me3 to class V, and Me5 to class IV toxicity. Therefore, a high antitumor potential and structural characteristics of hybrid molecules make them promising antitumor and anti-metastatic drug candidates.
The aim of our study is to evaluate the antitumor and antimetastatic effect of the organotin compound bis-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylthiolate) dimethyltin (Me3) and (3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylthiolate) triphenyltin (Me5) in the Lewis epidermoid lung carcinoma (LLC) model.
Materials and methods
Compounds under study
The structures of bis-(3,5-di-/re/-butyl-4-hydroxyp-henylthiolate) dimethyltin (Me3) and (3,5-di-fer/-bu-
tyl-4-hydroxyphenylthiolate) triphenyltin (Me5) are shown in Figure 1. Synthesis of Me3 and Me5 has been described earlier (Mukhatova et al. 2013; Shpakovsky et al. 2014).
Figure 1. Structural formulas of Me3 (bis-(3,5-di-£ref-bu-tyl-4-hydroxyphenylthiolate) dimethyltin) and Me5 (3,5-di-ferf-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylthiolate) triphenyltin). Note: 'Bu - tret-butyl, Me - methyl, Ph - phenyl.
Animals
Female C57Bl/6 mice (21-22 g, 8 weeks old) were obtained from Rappolovo Nursery (Leningrad Region, Russia). After a 14-day quarantine, the animals were examined, standardized and randomized for experimental cohorts. The animals with abnormalities were excluded from the experiments. The animals were kept in the facility at Rostov-on-Don Medical University according to The European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals Used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes. The study was approved by The Ethical Committee of Rostov-on-Don Medical University, minutes №.10/20, of May 28, 2020).
Experimental design
We used LLC (tumor strain collection of Blokhin Cancer Center, Moscow) for evaluation of antitumor potency of Me3 and Me5. This tumor is characterized by a high frequency of metastasis; the macroscopic metastases are visible for a quantitative and qualitative analysis. LLC is useful for experimental therapy since its drug sensitivity profile is reminiscent of human solid tumors (Dyigay et al. 2010). Lungs are the primary sites of LLC metasta-sizing. The strain was obtained from the bank of tumor materials of N.N. Blokhin Scientific Research Institute for Experimental Diagnostics and Therapy of Tumors, Russian Cancer Research Center. The strain was routinely propagated in vivo by intrafemoral inoculation of 0.3 ml freshly dissected tumor in saline. Tumors after 3-4 passages were inoculated into the right axillary region (Ostro-vskaya et al. 2018). Two days after the inoculations, the mice were injected with Me3 or Me5 i.p. daily for 5 consecutive days (Sofina et al. 1980). For both substances, the test was carried out according to the scheme used for the primary study of potential anticancer drugs in a wide range of doses. Single bolus doses varied from 30 mg/kg to 100 mg/kg, with the total doses reaching 150-500 mg/ kg. The control cohort was injected with 1% aqueous gelatin solution (vehicle) in similar doses and modes. Each cohort consisted of 12 mice.
At the first stage of the experiment (screening), the lifetime of animals was recorded after injecting Me3 and Me5 in a wide range of doses. The animals were observed daily until their natural death. At the second stage of the study, 21 days after the inoculation of tumor material, the animals were euthanized on a guillotine. The postmortem examination was carried out according to the well-known method (Koptyaeva et al. 2018). On the 15th day after the end of the administration of the organotin compounds, the following parameters were determined: weight of the tumor, percentage of the tumor growth inhibition, the number of lung metastases per mouse, the frequency of tumor metastasis, the index of inhibition of metastasis, the degree of lung damage according to the method of D. Tarin and J.E. Price (Tarin and Price 1979; Habriev 2005). Table 1 presents the an-
Table 1. Grouping and Treatment of LLC Transplant Bearing Mice
Treatment Cohorts
Me3, 30 mg/kg* (150 mg/kg)** 1, 1a
Me3, 50 mg/kg (250 mg/kg) 2, 2a
Me3, 75 mg/kg (375 mg/kg) 3, 3a
Me3, 100 mg/kg (500 mg/kg) 4, 4a
Me5, 30 mg/kg (150 mg/kg) 5, 5a
Me5, 50 mg/kg (250 mg/kg) 6, 6a
Me5, 75 mg/kg (375 mg/kg) 7, 7a
Me5, 100 mg/kg (500 mg/kg) 8
Vehicle 9, 9a
Note: * - single dose; ** - total dose (single dose * 5 days); Me3 -bis-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylthiolate) dimethyltin; Me5 - (3,5-di-tert-bu-tyl-4-hydroxyphenylthiolate) triphenyltin.
imal cohorts and treatment regimens for group 1-9 and group 1a-9a.
The group 8a was excluded due to general toxicity in group 8.
Formulas for assessment of therapeutic efficacy are the following:
THIm, % =
(Mc x Me) Mc
x 100%
where Mc and Me are mean tumor masses in the control (vehicle) and experimental cohorts;
FM,% = qmeL x 100%
q t
where qmet is the number of mice with lung nodes, and qt is the total number of animals in the group;
= (FMc x KMc) - (FMe x KMe) x !000%
(FMc x KMc)
where FMc and FMe are frequencies of lung metastasis in control and experimental cohorts, respectively, KMc and KMe are mean numbers of lung nodes in the control and experimental groups, respectively.
Two series of experiments were conducted: firstly, we studied the life expectancy of animals (T, days) during treatment with Me3 or Me5, using the doses indicated
in Table 1. The mice were observed until death (cohorts 1-9). At this stage, the most appropriate doses were selected. At the second stage of the experiment, the animals were euthanized on the 21st day (cohorts 1a-9a); a pathoanatomic study was conducted in accordance with (Koptyaeva et al. 2018). After 15 days of treatment, tumor mass (M, g), TGI (%), average number of metastatic nodes in the lungs per animal (q), metastasis frequency (FM, %), metastasis inhibition index (MI, %) and a degree of lung damage were evaluated (Tarin and Price 1979; Khabriev 2005).
Tarin & Price criteria included the number and diameter of metastatic nodes: 0 - no nodes; 1 - (LCP-1) < 10 nodes, d > 1 mm; 2 (LCP-2) - 10-30 nodes, d > 1 mm; 3 (LCP-3) - > 0 nodes, no merge; 4 (HCP-4) - up to 100 nodes; 5 (HCP-5)>100 nodes and/or merged metastases.
Statistical analysis
Data are expressed as mean±standard error. The normality of data distribution was assessed by Anderson-Darling test, and Student's t-test was used for comparison of the experimental groups vs the control cohort. Differences > 95% were considered statistically significant.
Results and discussion
First, we tested the life span of mice bearing LLC transplants. As shown in Figure 2, Me3 and Me5 (total dose of 150 mg/kg) caused no significant changes of this parameter. Dose escalation showed that the most efficient dose was 375 mg/kg for Me3 and 250 mg/kg for Me5. At the latter dose, the biggest increase of life span was 29.5%. Further dose escalation caused an adverse effect: 16.75% and 24.9%, respectively, at 375 mg/kg of Me5. The earliest time of death was day 21 after tumor transplantation. This time point was used for euthanasia at the next step of experiments.
We next tested the effects of Me3 and Me5 on the primary and metastatic LLC foci (Figs 3, 4 and Tables 2, 3). Frequency of metastasis was 100%, that is, all tumor bearing animals had lung metastases. Me3 (150 mg/kg) had no significant effect on the primary tumor sites and metastatic nodes; therefore we considered this dose inefficient. In contrast, Me5 at the same dose decreased the number of metastatic nodes by 24.6% (stage II of met-astatic lung injury according to Tarin & Price). Also, we observed a tendency to a shrinkage of the primary tumor.
Me3 (group 2a) and Me5 (6a) (single doses of 50 mg/ kg) caused 11.9% and 28% TGI, respectively. FM decreased by 17% and 68%, respectively, accompanied by a sizeable decrease in the amount of lung nodes. For Me5, the total dose of 250 mg/kg was the most efficient. In group 3a, the antitumor efficacy was dosep-dependent, with maximum TGI 23.72% and FM 34.7%.
Gross anatomical examinations revealed no significant features.
Figure 2. Influence of Ме3 and Ме5 on the average life span of animals (mice - females of the C57B1/6 line). Note: ALS - average life span of animals; Me3 - bis-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylthiolate) dimethyltin; Me5 - (3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphen-ylthiolate) triphenyltin.
Figure 3. Effects of Ме3 and Ме5 on the primary tumor weight. Note: Me3 - bis-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylthiolate) di-methyltin; Me5 - (3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylthiolate) triphenyltin.
Figure 4. Effects of Ме3 and Ме5 on the number of metastatic nodes. Note: Me3 - bis-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylthiolate) dimethyltin; Me5 - (3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylthiolate) triphenyltin.
With the introduction of Me3 in a total dose of 500 mg/ kg and Me3 in a total dose of 375 mg/kg of the organotin compound, a pronounced toxic effect was observed, which was not accompanied, however, by the death of
animals during the days of the treatment or immediately after its termination. The introduction of organotin compound in such high doses led to the activation of the tumor process at all stages of its development: early and more
Table 2. Efficacy of Antitumor and Anti-metastatic Treatment with Me3 and Me5 on Day 21 After LLC Transplantation
Parameters Cohorts Tumor growth Frequency of Metastatic
inhibition, % metastasis, % inhibition, %
1а (Ме3 150 mg/kg) 4.3 100 4.5
11.86 100
2а (Ме3 250 mg/kg) р < 0.05 17
23.72 100 34.7
3а (Ме3 375 mg/kg) р < 0.05 р < 0.05
-19.4 100 23.4
4а (Ме3 500 mg/kg) р < 0.05 р < 0.05
8 100 24.6
5а (Ме5 150 mg/kg) р < 0.05 р < 0.05
28 100 68
6а (Ме5 250 mg/kg) р < 0.05 р < 0.05
-18.2 100 -8.6
7а (Ме5 375 mg/kg) р < 0.05 р < 0.05
9а (vehicle) - 100 -
Note: Me3 - bis-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylthiolate) dimethyltin; Me5 -(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylthiolate) triphenyltin.
Table 3. Efficacy of Me3 and Me5 on LLC Metastasis by Tarin&Price Criteria
% lung metastasis
Cohort Low colonization High colonization
1 2 3 4 5
1 (Ме3 150 mg/kg) 0 100 0 0 0
2 (Ме3 250 mg/kg) 0 100 0 0 0
3 (Ме3 375 mg/kg) 0 100 0 0 0
4 (Ме3 500 mg/kg) 0 100 0 0 0
5 (Ме5 150 mg/kg) 0 100 0 0 0
6 (Ме5 250 mg/kg) 58 42 0 0 0
7 (Ме5 375 mg/kg) 0 100 0 0 0
8 (vehicle) 0 75 25 0 0
Note: LCP - low colonization potential; HCP - high colonization potential; Me3 - bis-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylthiolate) dimethyltin; Me5 -(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylthiolate) triphenyltin.
pronounced metastasis, as well as dissemination to places atypical for Lewis epidermoid carcinoma and, as a consequence, early death of animals (a decrease in the average life expectancy below the control values). The peculiar course of malignant neoplasm was observed in the animals of Group 4a: despite the antimetastatic effect (23.4%), the growth of the primary focus was stimulated by 19.4%. In our opinion, it is with the size of the solid tumor that a significant decrease in the life span of animals in this group is associated. In Group 7a (Me5), when dissecting the animals, a more aggressive development (bifocal growth) of the tumor process was noted, with activation of the growth of a solid tumor and dissemination of tumor nodes into atypical zones: kidneys, uterus, pericardium, etc.
We used an established model of LLC transplants for evaluation of antitumor and anti-metastatic efficacies of dimethyl- and triphenyl derivatives of tin carrying the protective 2,6-di-tret-butylphenol fragment. Transplanted tumor of Lewis epidermoid carcinoma of mice is representative. It can spontaneously metastasize to the lungs with subcutaneous inoculation. Due to the high growth rate of the primary tumor, it can spread very quickly. To estimate the effects of dimethyl- and triphenyl derivatives of tin compounds containing a protective fragment of
2,6-di-tert-butylphenol on the multistep process of tumor progression, including metastasis, we used the parameters of life span.
The spread of malignant cells from primary tumors and their formation of new tumor colonies in distant tissues involve a multi-stage process known as the invasion-metastasis cascade (Markina et al. 2018). It is this process that determines a degree of tumor malignancy, life expectancy and the efficiency of treatment. It should be noted that we administered the tested the agents 48 h after tumor inoculation aiming to address the issue of prophylaxis of metastasis.
The molecular design of Me3 and Me5 presumes the introduction of 2,6-di-tret-butylphenol fragment, which makes the compounds safer and less cardiotoxic (Dodok-hova et al. 2021) than similar compounds. Moreover, this modification made it possible to escalate the total tolerated dose up to 500 mg/kg. Therefore the resulting compounds combine the antitumor properties with the moiety for attenuation of general toxicity. Generally, the ratio of specific effect and general toxicity determines the possibility of using this substance as a drug.
For further development of a potential drug, it is necessary to characterize possible molecular targets and mechanisms of specific action, which have yet to be determined completely. For the biotransformation of Me3 and Me5 in the liver, hydrolysis with the formation of RSH (R = 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) and Me2Sn(OH)2/ Ph,SnOH, leading to the accumulation of a biocidal fragment containing Sn (IV) and a free antioxidant group.
Organotin compounds with different ligand groups showed a variety of activities in vitro and in vivo (Milae-va et al. 2021). Previously, we reported their significant prooxidant effects (Milaeva et al. 2006). The formation of reactive organic radicals R^ can trigger chain reactions of substrate oxidation. Oxidative stress leads to the damage of membranes, including the mitochondrial ones, which is the cause of metabolic disorders. The level of free radical oxidation in organs and tissues can increase because of an increase of the active oxygen metabolites generation as well as an insufficient efficiency of antioxidant systems. The 2,6-di-tret-butylphenol fragment can regulate the balance between pro- and anti-oxidant systems in the cell. Such a dual structure of the hybrid organotin compounds molecule will allow us to apply the organotin compounds as anticancer drug candidates alone and in combinations with conventional chemotherapeutics.
The role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in cancer biology is dubious. A moderate ROS increase can promote the tumor growth, whereas highly elevated ROS would overcome the antioxidant defense and lead to oxi-dative damage of lipids, proteins, and DNA. ROS levels correlate with tumor aggressiveness and negative prognosis (Milaeva et al. 2019). Such a multidirectional manner is associated with a plethora of factors, including the structure of antioxidant compounds, specific properties of metabolic products, origin of the tumor model and gender of tumor bearing animals (Mendelsohn et al. 2014; Mar-tinovich et al. 2020).
A significant anti-metastatic effect, which is non-lin-early dependent on the dose presumes the roles for the balance of oxidation/reduction, mitochondrial permeability and swelling (Le Gal et al. 2015; Durnova et al. 2019; Puzakov et al. 2019), and immune surveillance. Antioxidants based on spatially limited phenols stabilize the organs with a high metabolism, thereby attenuating the met-astatic activity. Tumor progression leads to hypoxia and exhaustion of antioxidant resources of the cell. These factors play a role in the effects analyzed in the present study.
Conclusions
Bis-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylthio) dimethyltin (Me3) and (3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylthio) trip-henyltin (Me5), administered intraperitoneally, reduce the metastatic process in the lungs on a mouse LLC tumor
model. The efficacy of the compounds on the primary tumors was less pronounced. Mechanisms are complex and remain to be elucidated; they include direct cytocidal effect, as well as a disbalance between oxidation and reduction. Our results provide evidence in favor of antitumor drug candidates based on organotin compounds.
Funding
This study was funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant 20-03-00471) and Russian Science Foundation (Grant 19-13-00084).
Conflict of interests
Authors declare no conflict of interests.
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Author contributions
■ Margarita A. Dodokhova, PhD in Medicine, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedicine and Psychophysio-logy, Rostov-on-Don Medical University, e-mail: dodohova@mail.ru, ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3104-827X. This author implemented the experiments, analyzed the results, formulated the conclusions and wrote the manuscript.
■ Andrei V. Safronenko, Dr. habil. of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head, Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Rostov-on-Don Medical University, e-mail: andrejsaf@mail.ru, ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4625-6186. This author designed the idea of the study and formulated its concept.
■ Inga M. Kotieva, Dr. habil. of Medical Sciences, Professor, Department of Pathophysiology, Rostov-on-Don Medical University, e-mail: kukulik70@mail.ru, ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2796-9466. This author designed the idea of the study and formulated its concept.
■ Margarita S. Alkhuseyn-Kulyaginova,, Research Assistant, Chair of Chemistry, Rostov-on-Don Medical University, e-mail: rita.kuljaginva@rambler.ru, ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5123-5289. This author performed experiments and analyzed data.
■ Dmitry B. Shpakovsky, PhD, Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Bioorganoelement Chemistry, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Fine Organic Synthesis at the Faculty of Chemistry, Moscow State University, e-mail: dmshpak@mail.ru, ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7824-3382. This author synthesized the compounds tested in the study.
■ Elena R. Milaeva, Dr. habil. of Chemicsl Sciences, Professor, Head, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Fine Organic Synthesis at the Faculty of Chemistry, Moscow State University, e-mail: helenamilaeva@mail.ru, ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5489-3866. This author supervised the entire study from the idea to conclusions.
