Abstract
Sodium thiosulfate has been utilized as a rescuing agent for relief of the toxic effects of cisplatin and carboplatin. In this work, we characterized the kinetics of reactions of the trans-dichloro-platinum(IV) complexes cis-[Pt(NH3)2Cl4], ormaplatin [Pt(dach)Cl4] and trans-[PtCl2(CN)4]2− (anticancer prodrugs and a model compound) with thiosulfate at biologically important pH. An overall second-order rate law was established for the reduction of trans-[PtCl2(CN)4]2− by thiosulfate, and varying the pH from 4.45 to 7.90 had virtually no influence on the reaction rate. In the reactions of thiosulfate with cis-[Pt(NH3)2Cl4] and with [Pt(dach)Cl4], the kinetic traces displayed a fast reduction step followed by a slow substitution involving the intermediate Pt(II) complexes. The reduction step also followed second-order kinetics. Reductions of cis-[Pt(NH3)2Cl4] and [Pt(dach)Cl4] by thiosulfate proceeded with similar rates, presumably due to their similar configurations, whereas the reduction of trans-[PtCl2(CN)4]2− was about 1,000 times faster. A common reduction mechanism is suggested, and the transition state for the rate-determining step has been delineated. The activation parameters are consistent with transfer of Cl+ from the platinum(IV) center to the attacking thiosulfate in the rate-determining step.
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