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Progress in Chemistry 2018, Vol. 30 Issue (10): 1548-1556 DOI: 10.7536/PC180610 Previous Articles   Next Articles

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Application of Phosphorescent Cyclometalated Iridium(Ⅲ) Complexes in Cancer Treatment

Liang He1, Caiping Tan1, Qian Cao1, Zongwan Mao1,2*   

  1. 1. School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China;
    2. College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricutural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
  • Received: Revised: Online: Published:
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    The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 21231007, 21701195) and the Guangdong Natural Science Foundation(No. 2017A030310278).
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Due to the excellent phosphorescent properties, the coordinatively saturated and substitutionally inert cyclometalated iridium(Ⅲ) complexes have been widely used in biological imaging and biosensing. In recent years, the application of this kind of iridium(Ⅲ) complexes in cancer treatment has attracted wide attention due to its anticancer efficacy and novel mechanisms. Recent advances of phosphorescent cyclometalated iridium(Ⅲ) complexes of the formula [Ir(C^N)2(N^N)]+ in anticancer chemotherapy and photodynamic therapy (PDT) are reviewed in this article. The iridium(Ⅲ) complexes targeting different organelles or as protein-protein interactions inhibitors or being applied in one-photon and two-photon PDT are summarized and discussed, which provides guidance for the development of new metal-based anticancer drugs. Finally, the development and application of phosphorescent cyclometalated iridium(Ⅲ) complexes in cancer treatment is discussed and prospected.
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Organelle-targeted phosphorescent anticancer cyclometalated iridium (Ⅲ) complexes
2.1 Mitochondria-targeted
2.2 Lysosome-targeted
2.3 Other organelles-targeted
3 Cyclometalated iridium(Ⅲ) complexes as protein-protein interactions inhibitors
4 Cyclometalated iridium(Ⅲ) complexes used in photodynamic therapy(PDT)
4.1 Mechanisms
4.2 One-photon PDT
4.3 Two-photon PDT
5 Conclusion and outlook
Key words: iridium complex, phosphorescence, anticancer, photodynamic therapy, theranostic

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