KP1019

KP1019 (FFC14A) is a Ru(III)-based anti-metastatic and cytotoxic anti-cancer agent. KP1019 induces DNA damage and apoptosis in cancer cells^[1][2]. In Vitro: KP1019 is internalized by yeast and induces mutations, cell cycle delay, and cell death. KP1019 sensitivity of strains defective in DNA repair is examined, ultimately showing that rad1Δ, rev3Δ, and rad52Δ yeast are hypersensitive to KP1019, suggesting that nucleotide excision repair (NER), translesion synthesis (TLS), and recombination each play a role in drug tolerance^[1].
KP1019 inhibits proliferation of ovarian tumor cells, induces DNA damage and apoptosis in colon carcinoma cells. KP1019 causes interstrand cross-links and bulky DNA adducts in mammalian cell lines^[1]. In Vivo: KP1019 treatment inhibits primary tumour growth in in the model of MCa mammary carcinoma. None of the treatments reduced the development of lung metastatases in this tumour model^[3].