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New cyclometalated gold(III) complexes with a general structure [Au(C^N)(SR) 2 ] or [Au(C^N)Cl(SR)], where C^N is a biphenyl ligand such as 2-( p -tolyl)pyridinate (tpy), 2-phenylpyridinate (ppy) and 2-benzylpyridinate (bzp) (SR = Spym, S(Me) 2 pym, 2-thiouracil (2-TU) and thiourea), and also with ethynyl moieties of the type [Au(C^N)(C≡C-Ar) 2 ] (Ar =  p -toluene and 2-pyridine) have been synthesized. All of them have been characterized, including X-ray studies of complex [Au(bzp)Cl(Spym)], and these studies have permitted to elucidate that leaving chloride ligand is  trans  located to CAr atom. After the full characterization, physicochemical properties were measured by evaluating drug-like water solubility and cell permeability (partition coefficient). All these experiments pointed that our complexes present adequate properties to be used as anticancer drugs. Although not all the complexes showed antiproliferative effects on Caco-2 cells, those that did were more cytotoxic than cisplatin; and complex [Au(tpy)Cl(2-TU)] is even more active than auranofin. In addition to this effectiveness, no evidence of cytotoxic effects was observed on considered normal cells (with the exception of [Au(bzp)Cl(2-TU)]. Further action mechanisms studies were performed using these selective complexes, showing cell cycle arrest on the G2/M phase, a proapoptotic behaviour and also the modification of some genes involved in tumorigenesis. Thus, as a result of this investigation, we present a new family of 17 cyclometalated complexes, 6 of them being selective and possible candidates to be used against colon cancer.

Selective cytotoxicity of cyclometalated gold(III) complexes on Caco-2 cells is mediated by G2/M cell cycle arrest