10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00489.s002 Hana Kostrhunova Hana Kostrhunova Juraj Zajac Juraj Zajac Vojtech Novohradsky Vojtech Novohradsky Jana Kasparkova Jana Kasparkova Jaroslav Malina Jaroslav Malina Janice R. Aldrich-Wright Janice R. Aldrich-Wright Emanuele Petruzzella Emanuele Petruzzella Roman Sirota Roman Sirota Dan Gibson Dan Gibson Viktor Brabec Viktor Brabec A Subset of New Platinum Antitumor Agents Kills Cells by a Multimodal Mechanism of Action Also Involving Changes in the Organization of the Microtubule Cytoskeleton American Chemical Society 2019 cytoskeleton networks cancer cells Pt Microtubule Cytoskeleton platinum agent derivative New Platinum Antitumor Agents Kills Cells mechanism platinum cytostatics DNA Multimodal Mechanism 5 act triple-negative breast cancer cells MDA-MB -231. cytotoxic metallodrug mitochondrial membrane multimodal MoA contrast 2019-04-28 00:00:00 Dataset https://acs.figshare.com/articles/dataset/A_Subset_of_New_Platinum_Antitumor_Agents_Kills_Cells_by_a_Multimodal_Mechanism_of_Action_Also_Involving_Changes_in_the_Organization_of_the_Microtubule_Cytoskeleton/8101166 The substitution inert platinum agent [Pt­(1<i>S</i>,2<i>S</i>-diaminocyclohexane)­(5,6-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline)]<sup>2+</sup> (56MeSS, <b>5</b>) is a potent cytotoxic metallodrug. In contrast to conventional cisplatin or oxaliplatin, the mechanism of action (MoA) of <b>5</b> is fundamentally different. However, details of the mechanism by which the 5,6-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline ligand contributes to the cytotoxicity of <b>5</b> and its derivatives have not been sufficiently clarified so far. Here, we show that <b>5</b> and its Pt­(IV) derivatives exhibit an intriguing potency in the triple-negative breast cancer cells MDA-MB-231. Moreover, we show that the Pt­(IV) derivatives of <b>5</b> act by multimodal MoA resulting in the global biological effects, that is, they damage nuclear DNA, reduce the mitochondrial membrane potential, induce the epigenetic processes, and last but not least, the data provide evidence that changes in the organization of cytoskeleton networks are functionally important for <b>5</b> and its derivatives, in contrast to clinically used platinum cytostatics, to kill cancer cells.