Research Article

Synthesis and Antitumor Activity of a GSH Inert Bisphosphonate Platinum (II) Complex

Table 3

Cellular uptake of DBPP in U2OS after 24, 48, and 72 h of incubationa.

Concentration (μM)Pt content (μg/106 cells)
24 h48 h72 h

50.00.6 ± 0.50.8 ± 0.91.3 ± 0.9
100.01.4 ± 0.53.7 ± 0.55.0 ± 0.3

aTreating U2OS cells with cisplatin (10.0 μM) for 24 h resulted in 2.6 ± 0.2 μg/106 cells concentration of cellular platinum.