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Li C, Shi K, Zhao S, Liu J, Zhai Q, Hou X, Xu J, Wang X, Liu J, Wu X, Fan W. Natural-source payloads used in the conjugated drugs architecture for cancer therapy: Recent advances and future directions. Pharmacol Res 2024; 207:107341. [PMID: 39134188 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2024.107341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2024] [Revised: 07/30/2024] [Accepted: 08/02/2024] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
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Drug conjugates are obtained from tumor-located vectors connected to cytotoxic agents via linkers, which are designed to deliver hyper-toxic payloads directly to targeted cancer cells. These drug conjugates include antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), peptide-drug conjugates (PDCs), small molecule-drug conjugates (SMDCs), nucleic acid aptamer-drug conjugates (ApDCs), and virus-like drug conjugate (VDCs), which show great therapeutic value in the clinic. Drug conjugates consist of a targeting carrier, a linker, and a payload. Payloads are key therapy components. Cytotoxic molecules and their derivatives derived from natural products are commonly used in the payload portion of conjugates. The ideal payload should have sufficient toxicity, stability, coupling sites, and the ability to be released under specific conditions to kill tumor cells. Microtubule protein inhibitors, DNA damage agents, and RNA inhibitors are common cytotoxic molecules. Among these conjugates, cytotoxic molecules of natural origin are summarized based on their mechanism of action, conformational relationships, and the discovery of new derivatives. This paper also mentions some cytotoxic molecules that have the potential to be payloads. It also summarizes the latest technologies and novel conjugates developed in recent years to overcome the shortcomings of ADCs, PDCs, SMDCs, ApDCs, and VDCs. In addition, this paper summarizes the clinical trials conducted on conjugates of these cytotoxic molecules over the last five years. It provides a reference for designing and developing safer and more efficient conjugates.
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- Cuiping Li
- Department of Pharmacy, Seventh People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200137, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Seventh People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200137, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Seventh People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200137, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Seventh People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200137, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Seventh People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200137, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Seventh People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200137, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Seventh People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200137, China.
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- Shanghai Wei Er Lab, Shanghai 201707, China.
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- Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou 350108, China.
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- Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou 350108, China; Shanghai Wei Er Lab, Shanghai 201707, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Seventh People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200137, China.
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Chang MY, Chen PH. Synthesis of 4-sulfonyl-1,7-diesters via K 2CO 3-mediated alkylative debenzoylation of α-sulfonyl o-hydroxyacetophenones with acrylates. Org Biomol Chem 2024; 22:1194-1204. [PMID: 38224195 DOI: 10.1039/d3ob01703f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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The synthesis of 4-sulfonyl-1,7-diesters was well developed, under open-vessel conditions, by K2CO3-mediated double alkylation of α-sulfonyl o-hydroxyacetophenones with acrylates and tandem debenzoylation of the resulting α,α-disubstituted o-hydroxyacetophenones. A plausible mechanism is proposed and discussed here. This high-yielding protocol provides a highly effective intermolecular alkylation and intramolecular debenzoylation via the formation of two carbon-carbon (C-C) single bonds and the cleavage of a carbon-carbon (C-C) single bond.
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- Meng-Yang Chang
- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
- Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
- NPUST College of Professional Studies, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
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Felber JG, Kitowski A, Zeisel L, Maier MS, Heise C, Thorn-Seshold J, Thorn-Seshold O. Cyclic Dichalcogenides Extend the Reach of Bioreductive Prodrugs to Harness Thiol/Disulfide Oxidoreductases: Applications to seco-Duocarmycins Targeting the Thioredoxin System. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2023; 9:763-776. [PMID: 37122469 PMCID: PMC10141580 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.2c01465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Small-molecule prodrug approaches that can activate cancer therapeutics selectively in tumors are urgently needed. Here, we developed the first antitumor prodrugs designed for activation by thiol-manifold oxidoreductases, targeting the thioredoxin (Trx) system. The Trx system is a critical cellular redox axis that is tightly linked to dysregulated redox/metabolic states in cancer, yet it cannot be addressed by current bioreductive prodrugs, which mainly cluster around oxidized nitrogen species. We instead harnessed Trx/TrxR-specific artificial dichalcogenides to gate the bioactivity of 10 "off-to-on" reduction-activated duocarmycin prodrugs. The prodrugs were tested for cell-free and cellular reductase-dependent activity in 177 cell lines, establishing broad trends for redox-based cellular bioactivity of the dichalcogenides. They were well tolerated in vivo in mice, indicating low systemic release of their duocarmycin cargo, and in vivo anti-tumor efficacy trials in mouse models of breast and pancreatic cancer gave promising indications of effective tumoral drug release, presumably by in situ bioreductive activation. This work therefore presents a chemically novel class of bioreductive prodrugs against a previously unaddressed reductase chemotype, validates its ability to access in vivo-compatible small-molecule prodrugs even of potently cumulative toxins, and so introduces carefully tuned dichalcogenides as a platform strategy for specific bioreduction-based release.
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Felber JG, Thorn-Seshold O. 40 Years of Duocarmycins: A Graphical Structure/Function Review of Their Chemical Evolution, from SAR to Prodrugs and ADCs. JACS AU 2022; 2:2636-2644. [PMID: 36590260 PMCID: PMC9795467 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Synthetic analogues of the DNA-alkylating cytotoxins of the duocarmycin class have been extensively investigated in the past 40 years, driven by their high potency, their unusual mechanism of bioactivity, and the beautiful modularity of their structure-activity relationship (SAR). This Perspective analyzes how the molecular designs of synthetic duocarmycins have evolved: from (1) early SAR studies, through to modern applications for directed cancer therapy as (2) prodrugs and (3) antibody-drug conjugates in late-stage clinical development. Analyzing 583 primary research articles and patents from 1978 to 2022, we distill out a searchable A0-format "Minard map" poster of ca. 200 key structure/function-tuning steps tracing chemical developments across these three key areas. This structure-based overview showcases the ingenious approaches to tune and target bioactivity, that continue to drive development of the elegant and powerful duocarmycin platform.
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Ferhati X, Jiménez-Moreno E, Hoyt EA, Salluce G, Cabeza-Cabrerizo M, Navo CD, Compañón I, Akkapeddi P, Matos MJ, Salaverri N, Garrido P, Martínez A, Laserna V, Murray TV, Jiménez-Osés G, Ravn P, Bernardes GJL, Corzana F. Single Mutation on Trastuzumab Modulates the Stability of Antibody-Drug Conjugates Built Using Acetal-Based Linkers and Thiol-Maleimide Chemistry. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:5284-5294. [PMID: 35293206 PMCID: PMC8972253 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c07675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are a class of targeted therapeutics used to selectively kill cancer cells. It is important that they remain intact in the bloodstream and release their payload in the target cancer cell for maximum efficacy and minimum toxicity. The development of effective ADCs requires the study of factors that can alter the stability of these therapeutics at the atomic level. Here, we present a general strategy that combines synthesis, bioconjugation, linker technology, site-directed mutagenesis, and modeling to investigate the influence of the site and microenvironment of the trastuzumab antibody on the stability of the conjugation and linkers. Trastuzumab is widely used to produce targeted ADCs because it can target with high specificity a receptor that is overexpressed in certain breast cancer cells (HER2). We show that the chemical environment of the conjugation site of trastuzumab plays a key role in the stability of linkers featuring acid-sensitive groups such as acetals. More specifically, Lys-207, located near the reactive Cys-205 of a thiomab variant of the antibody, may act as an acid catalyst and promote the hydrolysis of acetals. Mutation of Lys-207 into an alanine or using a longer linker that separates this residue from the acetal group stabilizes the conjugates. Analogously, Lys-207 promotes the beneficial hydrolysis of the succinimide ring when maleimide reagents are used for conjugation, thus stabilizing the subsequent ADCs by impairing the undesired retro-Michael reactions. This work provides new insights for the design of novel ADCs with improved stability properties.
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- Xhenti Ferhati
- Departamento de Química, Centro de Investigación en Síntesis Química, Universidad de La Rioja, 26006 Logroño, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Centro de Investigación en Síntesis Química, Universidad de La Rioja, 26006 Logroño, Spain
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW Cambridge, U.K
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW Cambridge, U.K
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW Cambridge, U.K
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC BioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 800, 48160 Derio, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Centro de Investigación en Síntesis Química, Universidad de La Rioja, 26006 Logroño, Spain
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW Cambridge, U.K
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- Departamento de Química, Centro de Investigación en Síntesis Química, Universidad de La Rioja, 26006 Logroño, Spain
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- Angiogenesis Group, Oncology Area, Center for Biomedical Research of La Rioja (CIBIR), 26006 Logroño, Spain
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- Angiogenesis Group, Oncology Area, Center for Biomedical Research of La Rioja (CIBIR), 26006 Logroño, Spain
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- Biologics Engineering, R&D, Astra Zeneca, CB21 6GH Cambridge, U.K
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- Biologics Engineering, R&D, Astra Zeneca, CB21 6GH Cambridge, U.K
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC BioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 800, 48160 Derio, Spain.,Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Biologics Engineering, R&D, Astra Zeneca, CB21 6GH Cambridge, U.K
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW Cambridge, U.K.,Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Departamento de Química, Centro de Investigación en Síntesis Química, Universidad de La Rioja, 26006 Logroño, Spain
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Martin H, Lázaro LR, Gunnlaugsson T, Scanlan EM. Glycosidase activated prodrugs for targeted cancer therapy. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:9694-9716. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00379a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In this review glycosidase activated prodrugs that target cancer cells are discussed.
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- Harlei Martin
- School of Chemistry and Trinity Bioscience Institute, The University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry and Trinity Bioscience Institute, The University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
- SFI Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC), Ireland
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- School of Chemistry and Trinity Bioscience Institute, The University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
- SFI Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC), Ireland
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- School of Chemistry and Trinity Bioscience Institute, The University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
- SFI Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC), Ireland
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Chen C, Cui S. BF3-promoted annulation of azonaphthalenes and ynamides for synthesis of benzo[e]indoles. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Guerrero A, Guiho R, Herranz N, Uren A, Withers DJ, Martínez‐Barbera JP, Tietze LF, Gil J. Galactose-modified duocarmycin prodrugs as senolytics. Aging Cell 2020; 19:e13133. [PMID: 32175667 PMCID: PMC7189988 DOI: 10.1111/acel.13133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2019] [Revised: 02/09/2020] [Accepted: 02/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Senescence is a stable growth arrest that impairs the replication of damaged, old or preneoplastic cells, therefore contributing to tissue homeostasis. Senescent cells accumulate during ageing and are associated with cancer, fibrosis and many age-related pathologies. Recent evidence suggests that the selective elimination of senescent cells can be effective on the treatment of many of these senescence-associated diseases. A universal characteristic of senescent cells is that they display elevated activity of the lysosomal β-galactosidase, and this has been exploited as a marker for senescence (senescence-associated β-galactosidase activity). Consequently, we hypothesized that galactose-modified cytotoxic prodrugs will be preferentially processed by senescent cells, resulting in their selective killing. Here, we show that different galactose-modified duocarmycin (GMD) derivatives preferentially kill senescent cells. GMD prodrugs induce selective apoptosis of senescent cells in a lysosomal β-galactosidase (GLB1)-dependent manner. GMD prodrugs can eliminate a broad range of senescent cells in culture, and treatment with a GMD prodrug enhances the elimination of bystander senescent cells that accumulate upon whole-body irradiation treatment of mice. Moreover, taking advantage of a mouse model of adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma (ACP), we show that treatment with a GMD prodrug selectively reduced the number of β-catenin-positive preneoplastic senescent cells. In summary, the above results make a case for testing the potential of galactose-modified duocarmycin prodrugs to treat senescence-related pathologies.
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- Ana Guerrero
- MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS)LondonUK
- Faculty of MedicineInstitute of Clinical Sciences (ICS)Imperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Developmental Biology and Cancer ProgrammeBirth Defects Research CentreGreat Ormond Street Institute of Child HealthUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS)LondonUK
- Faculty of MedicineInstitute of Clinical Sciences (ICS)Imperial College LondonLondonUK
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- MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS)LondonUK
- Faculty of MedicineInstitute of Clinical Sciences (ICS)Imperial College LondonLondonUK
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- MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS)LondonUK
- Faculty of MedicineInstitute of Clinical Sciences (ICS)Imperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Developmental Biology and Cancer ProgrammeBirth Defects Research CentreGreat Ormond Street Institute of Child HealthUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- Institute of Organic and Biomolecular ChemistryGeorg‐August UniversityGöttingenGermany
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- MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS)LondonUK
- Faculty of MedicineInstitute of Clinical Sciences (ICS)Imperial College LondonLondonUK
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Su D, Chen J, Cosino E, dela Cruz-Chuh J, Davis H, Del Rosario G, Figueroa I, Goon L, He J, Kamath AV, Kaur S, Kozak KR, Lau J, Lee D, Lee MV, Leipold D, Liu L, Liu P, Lu GL, Nelson C, Ng C, Pillow TH, Polakis P, Polson AG, Rowntree RK, Saad O, Safina B, Stagg NJ, Tercel M, Vandlen R, Vollmar BS, Wai J, Wang T, Wei B, Xu K, Xue J, Xu Z, Yan G, Yao H, Yu SF, Zhang D, Zhong F, Dragovich PS. Antibody–Drug Conjugates Derived from Cytotoxic seco-CBI-Dimer Payloads Are Highly Efficacious in Xenograft Models and Form Protein Adducts In Vivo. Bioconjug Chem 2019; 30:1356-1370. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.9b00133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Dian Su
- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd., 288 Fute Zhong Road, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Shanghai 200131, China
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd., 288 Fute Zhong Road, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Shanghai 200131, China
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- WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd., 288 Fute Zhong Road, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Shanghai 200131, China
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd., 288 Fute Zhong Road, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Shanghai 200131, China
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- WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd., 288 Fute Zhong Road, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Shanghai 200131, China
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- WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd., 288 Fute Zhong Road, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Shanghai 200131, China
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- WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd., 288 Fute Zhong Road, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Shanghai 200131, China
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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De Ford C, Penchalaiah K, Kreft A, Humar M, Heydenreuter W, Kangani M, Sieber SA, Tietze LF, Merfort I. Bifunctional Duocarmycin Analogues as Inhibitors of Protein Tyrosine Kinases. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2019; 82:16-26. [PMID: 30620194 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Bifunctional duocarmycin analogues are highly cytotoxic compounds that have been shown to be irreversible aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 inhibitors. Interestingly, cells with low aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 expression are also sensitive to bifunctional duocarmycin analogues, suggesting the existence of another target. Through in silico approaches, including principal component analysis, structure-similarity search, and docking calculations, protein tyrosine kinases, and especially the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR-2), were predicted as targets of bifunctional duocarmycin analogues. Biochemical validation was performed in vitro, confirming the in silico results. Structural optimization was performed to mainly target VEGFR-2, but not aldehyde dehydrogenase 1. The optimized bifunctional duocarmycin analogue was synthesized. In vitro assays revealed this bifunctional duocarmycin analogue as a strong inhibitor of VEGFR-2, with low residual aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 activity. Altogether, studies revealed bifunctional duocarmycin analogues as a new class of naturally derived compounds that express a very high cytotoxicity to cancer cells overexpressing aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 as well as VEGFR-2.
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- Christian De Ford
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology , Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg , Stefan-Meier-Strasse 19 , D-79104 Freiburg , Germany
- Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM) , Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg , Albertstrasse 19a , 79104 Freiburg , Germany
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- Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry , Georg-August University , Tammannstrasse 2 , 37077 Göttingen , Germany
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- Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry , Georg-August University , Tammannstrasse 2 , 37077 Göttingen , Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology , Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg , Stefan-Meier-Strasse 19 , D-79104 Freiburg , Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry II , Technische Universität München , Lichtenbergstrasse 4 , 85747 Garching , Germany
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- Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry , Georg-August University , Tammannstrasse 2 , 37077 Göttingen , Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry II , Technische Universität München , Lichtenbergstrasse 4 , 85747 Garching , Germany
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- Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry , Georg-August University , Tammannstrasse 2 , 37077 Göttingen , Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology , Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg , Stefan-Meier-Strasse 19 , D-79104 Freiburg , Germany
- Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM) , Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg , Albertstrasse 19a , 79104 Freiburg , Germany
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F. Tietze L, Gandamala R, Hoekman S, Kangani M, E. Nidhiry J, Penchalaiah K, Singh Raghuvanshi D. Synthesis and Biology of Dimeric, Trimeric and Tetrameric Analogues of Duocarmycin SA. HETEROCYCLES 2018. [DOI: 10.3987/com-17-s(t)16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Kolodych S, Michel C, Delacroix S, Koniev O, Ehkirch A, Eberova J, Cianférani S, Renoux B, Krezel W, Poinot P, Muller CD, Papot S, Wagner A. Development and evaluation of β-galactosidase-sensitive antibody-drug conjugates. Eur J Med Chem 2017; 142:376-382. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Walther R, Rautio J, Zelikin AN. Prodrugs in medicinal chemistry and enzyme prodrug therapies. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2017; 118:65-77. [PMID: 28676386 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2017.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Revised: 06/27/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Prodrugs are cunning derivatives of therapeutic agents designed to improve the pharmacokinetics profile of the drug. Within a prodrug, pharmacological activity of the drug is masked and is recovered within the human body upon bioconversion of the prodrug, a process that is typically mediated by enzymes. This concept is highly successful and a significant fraction of marketed therapeutic formulations is based on prodrugs. An advanced subset of prodrugs can be engineered such as to achieve site-specific bioconversion of the prodrug - to comprise the highly advantageous "enzyme prodrug therapy", EPT. Design of prodrugs for EPT is similar to the prodrugs in general medicinal use in that the pharmacological activity of the drug is masked, but differs significantly in that site-specific bioconversion is a prime consideration, and the enzymes typically used for EPT are non-mammalian and/or with low systemic abundance in the human body. This review focuses on the design of prodrugs for EPT in terms of the choice of an enzyme and the corresponding prodrug for bioconversion. We also discuss the recent success of "self immolative linkers" which significantly empower and diversify the prodrug design, and present methodologies for the design of prodrugs with extended blood residence time. The review aims to be of specific interest for medicinal chemists, biomedical engineers, and pharmaceutical scientists.
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Wright MH, Sieber SA. Chemical proteomics approaches for identifying the cellular targets of natural products. Nat Prod Rep 2017; 33:681-708. [PMID: 27098809 PMCID: PMC5063044 DOI: 10.1039/c6np00001k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 258] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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This review focuses on chemical probes to identify the protein binding partners of natural products in living systems.
Covering: 2010 up to 2016 Deconvoluting the mode of action of natural products and drugs remains one of the biggest challenges in chemistry and biology today. Chemical proteomics is a growing area of chemical biology that seeks to design small molecule probes to understand protein function. In the context of natural products, chemical proteomics can be used to identify the protein binding partners or targets of small molecules in live cells. Here, we highlight recent examples of chemical probes based on natural products and their application for target identification. The review focuses on probes that can be covalently linked to their target proteins (either via intrinsic chemical reactivity or via the introduction of photocrosslinkers), and can be applied “in situ” – in living systems rather than cell lysates. We also focus here on strategies that employ a click reaction, the copper-catalysed azide–alkyne cycloaddition reaction (CuAAC), to allow minimal functionalisation of natural product scaffolds with an alkyne or azide tag. We also discuss ‘competitive mode’ approaches that screen for natural products that compete with a well-characterised chemical probe for binding to a particular set of protein targets. Fuelled by advances in mass spectrometry instrumentation and bioinformatics, many modern strategies are now embracing quantitative proteomics to help define the true interacting partners of probes, and we highlight the opportunities this rapidly evolving technology provides in chemical proteomics. Finally, some of the limitations and challenges of chemical proteomics approaches are discussed.
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- M H Wright
- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85748, Garching, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85748, Garching, Germany.
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Guillen KP, Ruben EA, Virani N, Harrison RG. Annexin-directed β-glucuronidase for the targeted treatment of solid tumors. Protein Eng Des Sel 2017; 30:85-94. [PMID: 27986920 PMCID: PMC5241760 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzw063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2016] [Revised: 10/10/2016] [Accepted: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Enzyme prodrug therapy has the potential to remedy the lack of selectivity associated with the systemic administration of chemotherapy. However, most current systems are immunogenic and constrained to a monotherapeutic approach. We developed a new class of fusion proteins centered about the human enzyme β-glucuronidase (βG), capable of converting several innocuous prodrugs into chemotherapeutics. We targeted βG to phosphatidylserine on tumor cells, tumor vasculature and metastases via annexin A1/A5. Phosphatidylserine shows promise as a universal marker for solid tumors and allows for tumor type-independent targeting. To create fusion proteins, human annexin A1/A5 was genetically fused to the activity-enhancing 16a3 mutant of human βG, expressed in chemically defined, fed-batch suspension culture, and chromatographically purified. All fusion constructs achieved >95% purity with yields up to 740 μg/l. Fusion proteins displayed cancer selective cell-surface binding with cell line-dependent binding stability. One fusion protein in combination with the prodrug SN-38 glucuronide was as effective as the drug SN-38 on Panc-1 pancreatic cancer cells and HAAE-1 endothelial cells, and demonstrated efficacy against MCF-7 breast cancer cells. βG fusion proteins effectively enable localized combination therapy that can be tailored to each patient via prodrug selection, with promising clinical potential based on their near fully human design.
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- Katrin P Guillen
- Biomedical Engineering Program and School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St., Norman, OK 73019, USA
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- Protein Production Core, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, 101 Stephenson Parkway, Norman, OK 73019, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Program and School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St., Norman, OK 73019, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Program and School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St., Norman, OK 73019, USA
- Stephenson Cancer Center, Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma, 800 Northeast 10th St., Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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Jiménez-Moreno E, Guo Z, Oliveira BL, Albuquerque IS, Kitowski A, Guerreiro A, Boutureira O, Rodrigues T, Jiménez-Osés G, Bernardes GJL. Vinyl Ether/Tetrazine Pair for the Traceless Release of Alcohols in Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 56:243-247. [PMID: 27930843 PMCID: PMC6485351 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201609607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Revised: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The cleavage of a protecting group from a protein or drug under bioorthogonal conditions enables accurate spatiotemporal control over protein or drug activity. Disclosed herein is that vinyl ethers serve as protecting groups for alcohol‐containing molecules and as reagents for bioorthogonal bond‐cleavage reactions. A vinyl ether moiety was installed in a range of molecules, including amino acids, a monosaccharide, a fluorophore, and an analogue of the cytotoxic drug duocarmycin. Tetrazine‐mediated decaging proceeded under biocompatible conditions with good yields and reasonable kinetics. Importantly, the nontoxic, vinyl ether duocarmycin double prodrug was successfully decaged in live cells to reinstate cytotoxicity. This bioorthogonal reaction presents broad applicability and may be suitable for in vivo applications.
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- Ester Jiménez-Moreno
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW, Cambridge, UK
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-028, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-028, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-028, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW, Cambridge, UK
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-028, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad de La Rioja, Centro de Investigación en Síntesis Química, 26006, Logroño, Spain.,Institute of Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), University of Zaragoza, BIFI-IQFR (CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW, Cambridge, UK.,Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-028, Lisboa, Portugal
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Jiménez‐Moreno E, Guo Z, Oliveira BL, Albuquerque IS, Kitowski A, Guerreiro A, Boutureira O, Rodrigues T, Jiménez‐Osés G, Bernardes GJL. Vinyl Ether/Tetrazine Pair for the Traceless Release of Alcohols in Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201609607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Ester Jiménez‐Moreno
- Department of Chemistry University of Cambridge Lensfield Road CB2 1EW Cambridge UK
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- Department of Chemistry University of Cambridge Lensfield Road CB2 1EW Cambridge UK
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- Department of Chemistry University of Cambridge Lensfield Road CB2 1EW Cambridge UK
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina Universidade de Lisboa Avenida Professor Egas Moniz 1649-028 Lisboa Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina Universidade de Lisboa Avenida Professor Egas Moniz 1649-028 Lisboa Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina Universidade de Lisboa Avenida Professor Egas Moniz 1649-028 Lisboa Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry University of Cambridge Lensfield Road CB2 1EW Cambridge UK
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina Universidade de Lisboa Avenida Professor Egas Moniz 1649-028 Lisboa Portugal
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- Departamento de Química Universidad de La Rioja, Centro de Investigación en Síntesis Química 26006 Logroño Spain
- Institute of Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI) University of Zaragoza, BIFI-IQFR (CSIC) Zaragoza Spain
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- Department of Chemistry University of Cambridge Lensfield Road CB2 1EW Cambridge UK
- Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina Universidade de Lisboa Avenida Professor Egas Moniz 1649-028 Lisboa Portugal
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Giddens AC, Lee HH, Lu GL, Miller CK, Guo J, Lewis Phillips GD, Pillow TH, Tercel M. Analogues of DNA minor groove cross-linking agents incorporating aminoCBI, an amino derivative of the duocarmycins: Synthesis, cytotoxicity, and potential as payloads for antibody–drug conjugates. Bioorg Med Chem 2016; 24:6075-6081. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.09.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2016] [Revised: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Calatrava-Pérez E, Bright SA, Achermann S, Moylan C, Senge MO, Veale EB, Williams DC, Gunnlaugsson T, Scanlan EM. Glycosidase activated release of fluorescent 1,8-naphthalimide probes for tumor cell imaging from glycosylated 'pro-probes'. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:13086-13089. [PMID: 27722254 DOI: 10.1039/c6cc06451e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Glycosylated 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide derivatives possess a native glycosidic linkage that can be selectively hydrolysed in situ by glycosidase enzymes to release the naphthalimide as a fluorescent imaging or therapeutic agent. In vitro studies using a variety of cancer cell lines demonstrated that the naphthalimides only get taken up into cells upon enzymatic cleavage from the glycan unit; a mechanism that offers a novel approach for the targeted delivery of probes/drugs.
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- Elena Calatrava-Pérez
- School of Chemistry and Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI), Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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Koch MF, Harteis S, Blank ID, Pestel G, Tietze LF, Ochsenfeld C, Schneider S, Sieber SA. Structural, Biochemical, and Computational Studies Reveal the Mechanism of Selective Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1A1 Inhibition by Cytotoxic Duocarmycin Analogues. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201505749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Koch MF, Harteis S, Blank ID, Pestel G, Tietze LF, Ochsenfeld C, Schneider S, Sieber SA. Structural, Biochemical, and Computational Studies Reveal the Mechanism of Selective Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1A1 Inhibition by Cytotoxic Duocarmycin Analogues. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:13550-4. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201505749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2015] [Revised: 08/05/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Tietze LF, Waldecker B, Ganapathy D, Eichhorst C, Lenzer T, Oum K, Reichmann SO, Stalke D. Four- and Sixfold Tandem-Domino Reactions Leading to Dimeric Tetrasubstituted Alkenes Suitable as Molecular Switches. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:10317-21. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201503538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Tietze LF, Waldecker B, Ganapathy D, Eichhorst C, Lenzer T, Oum K, Reichmann SO, Stalke D. Vier- und sechsfache Tandem-Dominoreaktionen zur Synthese von dimeren tetrasubstituierten Alkenen als molekulare Doppelschalter. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201503538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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New 8-hydroxyquinoline galactosides. The role of the sugar in the antiproliferative activity of copper(II) ionophores. J Inorg Biochem 2015; 142:101-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2014.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2014] [Revised: 09/26/2014] [Accepted: 09/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Wirth T, Pestel GF, Ganal V, Kirmeier T, Schuberth I, Rein T, Tietze PLF, Sieber PSA. The Two Faces of Potent Antitumor Duocarmycin-Based Drugs: A Structural Dissection Reveals Disparate Motifs for DNA versus Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1 Affinity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 52:6921-5. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201208941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2012] [Revised: 03/27/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Wirth T, Pestel GF, Ganal V, Kirmeier T, Schuberth I, Rein T, Tietze PLF, Sieber PSA. The Two Faces of Potent Antitumor Duocarmycin-Based Drugs: A Structural Dissection Reveals Disparate Motifs for DNA versus Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1 Affinity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201208941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Tercel M, McManaway SP, Leung E, Liyanage HDS, Lu GL, Pruijn FB. The Cytotoxicity of Duocarmycin Analogues is Mediated through Alkylation of DNA, not Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1: A Comment. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201208373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Tietze LF, Sieber SA. Duocarmycin Analogues without a DNA-Binding Indole Unit Associate with Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1A1 and not DNA: A Reply. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201301923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Tietze LF, Sieber SA. Duocarmycin Analogues without a DNA-Binding Indole Unit Associate with Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1A1 and not DNA: A Reply. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 52:5447-9. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201301923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Tercel M, McManaway SP, Leung E, Liyanage HDS, Lu GL, Pruijn FB. The Cytotoxicity of Duocarmycin Analogues is Mediated through Alkylation of DNA, not Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1: A Comment. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 52:5442-6. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201208373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Chen KC, Schmuck K, Tietze LF, Roffler SR. Selective cancer therapy by extracellular activation of a highly potent glycosidic duocarmycin analogue. Mol Pharm 2013; 10:1773-82. [PMID: 23448264 DOI: 10.1021/mp300581u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Conventional cancer chemotherapy is limited by systemic toxicity and poor selectivity. Tumor-selective activation of glucuronide prodrugs by beta-glucuronidase in the tumor microenvironment in a monotherapeutic approach is one promising way to increase cancer selectivity. Here we examined the cellular requirement for enzymatic activation as well as the in vivo toxicity and antitumor activity of a glucuronide prodrug of a potent duocarmycin analogue that is active at low picomolar concentrations. Prodrug activation by intracellular and extracellular beta-glucuronidase was investigated by measuring prodrug 2 cytotoxicity against human cancer cell lines that displayed different endogenous levels of beta-glucuronidase, as well as against beta-glucuronidase-deficient fibroblasts and newly established beta-glucuronidase knockdown cancer lines. In all cases, glucuronide prodrug 2 was 1000-5000 times less cytotoxic than the parent duocarmycin analogue regardless of intracellular levels of beta-glucuronidase. By contrast, cancer cells that displayed tethered beta-glucuronidase on their plasma membrane were 80-fold more sensitive to glucuronide prodrug 2, demonstrating that prodrug activation depended primarily on extracellular rather than intracellular beta-glucuronidase activity. Glucuronide prodrug 2 (2.5 mg/kg) displayed greater antitumor activity and less systemic toxicity in vivo than the clinically used drug carboplatin (50 mg/kg) to mice bearing human lung cancer xenografts. Intratumoral injection of an adenoviral vector expressing membrane-tethered beta-glucuronidase dramatically enhanced the in vivo antitumor activity of prodrug 2. Our data provide evidence that increasing extracellular beta-glucuronidase activity in the tumor microenvironment can boost the therapeutic index of a highly potent glucuronide prodrug.
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- Kai-Chuan Chen
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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First and facile enzymatic synthesis of β-fucosyl-containing disaccharide nucleosides through β-galactosidase-catalyzed regioselective glycosylation. J Biotechnol 2013; 164:371-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2013.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2012] [Revised: 01/25/2013] [Accepted: 01/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Twum EA, Woodman TJ, Wang W, Threadgill MD. Observation by NMR of cationic Wheland-like intermediates in the deiodination of protected 1-iodonaphthalene-2,4-diamines in acidic media. Org Biomol Chem 2013; 11:6208-14. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ob41386a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Huang Z, Xu J. One-pot synthesis of symmetric 1,7-dicarbonyl compounds via a tandem radical addition–elimination–addition reaction. RSC Adv 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra42932f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Tietze LF, Müller M, Duefert SC, Schmuck K, Schuberth I. Photoactivatable Prodrugs of Highly Potent Duocarmycin Analogues for a Selective Cancer Therapy. Chemistry 2012; 19:1726-31. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201202773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2012] [Revised: 10/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Tietze LF, Behrendt F, Pestel GF, Schuberth I, Mitkovski M. Synthesis, biological evaluation, and live cell imaging of novel fluorescent duocarmycin analogs. Chem Biodivers 2012; 9:2559-70. [PMID: 23161634 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201200289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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For a better understanding of the mode of action of duocarmycin and its analogs, the novel fluorescent duocarmycin derivatives 13-15 and 17b-19b were synthesized, and their bioactivity as well as their cellular uptake investigated using confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) in live-cell imaging experiments.
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- Lutz F Tietze
- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Institut für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Tammannstrasse 2, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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Legigan T, Clarhaut J, Tranoy-Opalinski I, Monvoisin A, Renoux B, Thomas M, Le Pape A, Lerondel S, Papot S. The First Generation of β-Galactosidase-Responsive Prodrugs Designed for the Selective Treatment of Solid Tumors in Prodrug Monotherapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:11606-10. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201204935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2012] [Revised: 07/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The First Generation of β-Galactosidase-Responsive Prodrugs Designed for the Selective Treatment of Solid Tumors in Prodrug Monotherapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201204935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Malysheva YB, Combes S, Allegro D, Peyrot V, Knochel P, Gavryushin AE, Fedorov AY. Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel anticancer bivalent colchicine–tubulizine hybrids. Bioorg Med Chem 2012; 20:4271-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2012.05.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2012] [Revised: 05/15/2012] [Accepted: 05/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Wirth T, Schmuck K, Tietze LF, Sieber SA. Duocarmycin Analogues Target Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1 in Lung Cancer Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201106334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Wirth T, Schmuck K, Tietze LF, Sieber SA. Duocarmycin Analogues Target Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1 in Lung Cancer Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:2874-7. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201106334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2011] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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F. Tietze L, Heins A, R. Reiner J, Schuberth I, Duefert SC. SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF A NOVEL ACRONYCINE/DUOCARMYCIN HYBRID NATURAL PRODUCT. HETEROCYCLES 2012. [DOI: 10.3987/com-12-s(n)37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Hu Y, Zhu T, Mu X, Zhao Q, Yu T, Wen L, Zhang Y, Wu M, Zhang H. Synthesis of highly substituted dihydropyrrolophenanthridine derivatives by tandem reaction. Tetrahedron 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2011.10.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Nuñez SA, Yeung K, Fox NS, Phillips ST. A Structurally Simple Self-Immolative Reagent That Provides Three Distinct, Simultaneous Responses per Detection Event. J Org Chem 2011; 76:10099-113. [DOI: 10.1021/jo2018763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Sean A. Nuñez
- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University
Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University
Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University
Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University
Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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Construction of 3-allylidene-4-vinyltetrahydrofurans and 3-allylidene-4-vinylpyrrolidines via sequential domino allylation/olefination of C–C triple bonds. Tetrahedron 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2011.09.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Tietze LF, Schmuck K, Schuster HJ, Müller M, Schuberth I. Synthesis and biological evaluation of prodrugs based on the natural antibiotic duocarmycin for use in ADEPT and PMT. Chemistry 2011; 17:1922-9. [PMID: 21274943 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201002798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Chemotherapy of malign tumors is usually associated with serious side effects as common anticancer drugs lack selectivity. An approach to deal with this problem is the antibody-directed enzyme prodrug therapy (ADEPT) and the prodrug monotherapy (PMT). Herein, the synthesis and biological evaluation of new glycosidic prodrugs suitable for both concepts are described. All prodrugs but one are stable in human serum and show QIC(50) values (IC(50) of prodrug/IC(50) of prodrug in the presence of the appropriate glycohydrolase) of up to 6500. This is the best value found so far for compounds interacting with DNA.
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- Lutz F Tietze
- Institut für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Tammannstraße 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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