An Investigation to Study the Role of Novel Rhenium Compounds on Endometrial Uterine Cancer Cell Lines

Abstract

Endometrial cancer of the uterus is highly maslignant with an increase rate of morbidity and mortality in both childbearing age and postmenopausal women. Rhenium compounds have been shown to have therapeutic properties against various cancers both in vitro cell lines and in vivo animal models. In this in vitro study, we investigated the effects of a novel group of Rhenium ligands on a uterine cancer cell line. Our initial results showed that these compounds are cytotoxic, induces apoptosis and prevents tubulin polymerization in these uterine cancer cell lines, we also found these novel Rhenium compounds to be noncytocidal to healthy human blood lymphocyte cells, thus proving their safety and efficacy in future translational studies.