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Bargakshatriya R, Pramanik SK. Stimuli-Responsive Prodrug Chemistries for Cancer Therapy. Chembiochem 2023; 24:e202300155. [PMID: 37341379 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202300155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023]
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Prodrugs are pharmacologically inactive, chemically modified derivatives of active drugs, which, following in vivo administration, are converted to the parent drugs through chemical or enzymatic cleavage. The prodrug approach holds tremendous potential to create the enhanced version of an existing pharmacological agent and leverage those improvements to augment the drug molecules' bioavailability, targeting ability, therapeutic efficacy, safety, and marketability. Especially in cancer therapy, prodrug application has received substantial attention. A prodrug can effectively broaden the therapeutic window of its parent drug by enhancing its release at targeted tumor sites while reducing its access to healthy cells. The spatiotemporally controlled release can be achieved by manipulating the chemical, physical, or biological stimuli present at the targeted tumor site. The critical strategy comprises drug-carrier linkages that respond to physiological or biochemical stimuli in the tumor milieu to yield the active drug form. This review will focus on the recent advancements in the development of various fluorophore-drug conjugates that are widely used for real-time monitoring of drug delivery. The use of different stimuli-cleavable linkers and the mechanisms of linker cleavage will be discussed. Finally, the review will conclude with a critical discussion of the prospects and challenges that might impede the future development of such prodrugs.
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- Rupa Bargakshatriya
- CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, 364002, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, 364002, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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H2S Donors with Cytoprotective Effects in Models of MI/R Injury and Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity. Antioxidants (Basel) 2023; 12:antiox12030650. [PMID: 36978898 PMCID: PMC10045576 DOI: 10.3390/antiox12030650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023] Open
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Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an endogenous signaling molecule that greatly influences several important (patho)physiological processes related to cardiovascular health and disease, including vasodilation, angiogenesis, inflammation, and cellular redox homeostasis. Consequently, H2S supplementation is an emerging area of interest, especially for the treatment of cardiovascular-related diseases. To fully unlock the medicinal properties of hydrogen sulfide, however, the development and refinement of H2S releasing compounds (or donors) are required to augment its bioavailability and to better mimic its natural enzymatic production. Categorizing donors by the biological stimulus that triggers their H2S release, this review highlights the fundamental chemistry and releasing mechanisms of a range of H2S donors that have exhibited promising protective effects in models of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (MI/R) injury and cancer chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity, specifically. Thus, in addition to serving as important investigative tools that further advance our knowledge and understanding of H2S chemical biology, the compounds highlighted in this review have the potential to serve as vital therapeutic agents for the treatment (or prevention) of various cardiomyopathies.
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Liao S, Liu K, Wu H, Kuang Q, Hu X, Li Y, Lu H, Yuan J. A rapid construction of 1,3,2-benzodiazaborininones [R-B(aam)] from boronic acids and anthranilamides. RSC Adv 2023; 13:2570-2573. [PMID: 36741161 PMCID: PMC9847347 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra06573h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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A simple, efficient and mild methodology for the synthesis of 1,3,2-benzodiazaborininones [R-B(aam)] from boronic acids and anthranilamides on ethyl acetate is described. A series of 1,3,2-benzodiazaborininones were prepared in moderate to excellent yields at room temperature without dehydrating agents, metal catalysts, corrosive acids or other additives. Meanwhile, a multi-gram scale reaction is also performed to ensure the scalability of the reaction, and the product can be conveniently isolated by simple filtration.
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- Siwei Liao
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical UniversityChongqing 400016PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Chongqing Public Health Medical CenterPR China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical UniversityChongqing 400016PR China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical UniversityChongqing 400016PR China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical UniversityChongqing 400016PR China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical UniversityChongqing 400016PR China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical UniversityChongqing 400016PR China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical UniversityChongqing 400016PR China
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Mushtaque M, Avecilla F, Alsukaibi AKD, Pingale SS, Kamble KM, Rizvi MMA. Molecular structure and biological activities of 4-thiazolidinone derivatives: a combined theoretical and experimental study. PHOSPHORUS SULFUR 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/10426507.2022.2134371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Md. Mushtaque
- Department of Chemistry, Samastipur College, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga, Bihar, India
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- Grupo NanoToxGen, Centro de Investigacións Científicas, Avanzadas (CICA), Departamento de Química, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India
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Kuang Q, Hu X, Li Y, Shang S, Huang X, Liao S, Song Y, Ma W, Li S, Liu A, Liu X, Zhang X, Yuan J. A rapid construction of new boron heterocycles and evaluation of photophysical properties of iminoboronates. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:6413-6417. [PMID: 35876433 DOI: 10.1039/d2ob01083f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A green and efficient method for the synthesis of oxadiazaborole, dioxazaborinine, and oxadiazaborinine from the reactions of phenylboronic acid with amidoxime, α-hydroxyl oxime and α-hydroxyl hydrazone, respectively, is described. The reactions were performed under catalyst-free and mild conditions. All products can be rapidly purified by filtration and washing. In addition, a set of iminoboronates were prepared following a one-pot multicomponent reaction procedure using α-hydroxyl hydrazone, salicylaldehyde and boronic acid derivatives as starting materials and their photophysical properties were assessed. Then, cross-coupling reactions can be carried out smoothly on some target compounds, which may help develop new boron masking strategies.
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- Qiulin Kuang
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China.
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Hu Q, Yammani RD, Brown-Harding H, Soto-Pantoja DR, Poole LB, Lukesh JC. Mitigation of doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity with an H2O2-Activated, H2S-Donating hybrid prodrug. Redox Biol 2022; 53:102338. [PMID: 35609400 PMCID: PMC9126844 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2022.102338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Revised: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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- Qiwei Hu
- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Wake Downtown Campus, Winston-Salem, NC, 27101, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology and Department of Surgery/Hypertension, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Wake Downtown Campus, Winston-Salem, NC, 27101, USA.
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Ahmadi M, Potlitz F, Link A, von Woedtke T, Nasri Z, Wende K. Flucytosine-based prodrug activation by cold physical plasma. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2022; 355:e2200061. [PMID: 35621706 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.202200061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are known to trigger drug release from arylboronate-containing ROS-responsive prodrugs. In cancer cells, elevated levels of ROS can be exploited for the selective activation of prodrugs via Baeyer-Villiger type oxidation rearrangement sequences. Here, we report a proof of concept to demonstrate that these cascades can as well be initiated by cold physical plasma (CPP). An analog of a recently reported fluorouracil prodrug based on the less toxic drug 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC) was synthesized with a view to laboratory safety reasons and used as a model compound to prove our hypothesis that CPP is suitable as a trigger for the prodrug activation. Although the envisioned oxidation and rearrangement with successive loss of boronic acid species could be achieved by plasma treatment, the anticipated spontaneous liberation of 5-FC was inefficient in the model case. However, the obtained results suggest that custom-tailored CPP-responsive prodrugs might become an evolving research field.
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- Mohsen Ahmadi
- Center for Innovation Competence (ZIK) Plasmatis, Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP Greifswald), Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Center for Innovation Competence (ZIK) Plasmatis, Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP Greifswald), Greifswald, Germany.,Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP Greifswald), Greifswald, Germany.,Institute for Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Center for Innovation Competence (ZIK) Plasmatis, Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP Greifswald), Greifswald, Germany
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- Center for Innovation Competence (ZIK) Plasmatis, Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP Greifswald), Greifswald, Germany
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Saxon E, Peng X. Recent Advances in Hydrogen Peroxide Responsive Organoborons for Biological and Biomedical Applications. Chembiochem 2021; 23:e202100366. [PMID: 34636113 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202100366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Revised: 10/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Hydrogen peroxide is the most stable reactive oxygen species generated endogenously, participating in numerous physiological processes and abnormal pathological conditions. Mounting evidence suggests that a higher level of H2 O2 exists in various disease conditions. Thus, H2 O2 functions as an ideal target for site-specific bioimaging and therapeutic targeting. The unique reactivity of organoborons with H2 O2 provides a method for developing chemoselective molecules for biological and biomedical applications. This review highlights the design and application of boron-derived molecules for H2 O2 detection, and the utility of boron moieties toward masking reactive compounds leading to the development of metal prochelators and prodrugs for selectively delivering an active species at the target sites with elevated H2 O2 levels. Additionally, the emergence of H2 O2 -responsive theranostic agents consisting of both therapeutic and diagnostic moieties in one integrated system are discussed. The purpose of this review is to provide a better understanding of the role of boron-derived molecules toward biological and pharmacological applications.
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- Eron Saxon
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, USA
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Zhao Y, Liu K, Li J, Liao J, Ma L. Engineering of hybrid anticancer drug-loaded polymeric nanoparticles delivery system for the treatment and care of lung cancer therapy. Drug Deliv 2021; 28:1539-1547. [PMID: 34282705 PMCID: PMC8293970 DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2021.1934187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Chemotherapy with combination drugs has become one of the most commonly used cancer prevention treatments, with positive clinical results. The goal of this study was to develop compostable polymeric nanomaterials (NMs) for the delivery of puerarin (PRN) and 5-fluorouracil (5FU), as well as to investigate the anticancer activity of the drug delivery system (PRN-5FU NMs) against in vitro and in vivo lung cancer cells. Since double antitumor drugs PRN and 5FU are insufficiently compressed in polymer-based bio-degradable nanoparticles, encapsulation of PRN and 5FU antitumor drugs were co-encapsulated with polyethylene glycol and polylactidecoglycolide nanoparticles (NMs) is efficient. The arrangement of PRN NMs, 5FU NMs, and PRN-5FU NMs, as well as the nanoparticles shape and scale, were studied using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). 5FU-PRN NMs triggered apoptosis in lung carcinoma cell lines such as HEL-299 and A549 in vitro. Acridine orange/ethidium bromide (AO/EB) and nuclear damaging staining techniques were used to observe morphologies and cell death. The mechanistic analysis of apoptosis was also confirmed by flow cytometry analysis using dual staining. When compared to free anticancer products, the hemolysis analysis findings of the 5FU-PRN NMs showed excellent biocompatibility. Taken together the advantages, this combination drug conveyance strategy exposed that 5FU-PRN NMs could have a significant promising to improve the effectiveness of lung cancer cells.
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- Yang Zhao
- Department of Pharmacy, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, PR China
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- Third ward of Radiotherapy, Shaanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital, Xi'an, PR China
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- Third ward of Radiotherapy, Shaanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital, Xi'an, PR China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China
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Sun YJ, Liu L, Cheng L. Regioselective synthesis and anticancer evaluation of H 2O 2-activable nucleosides. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 56:6484-6487. [PMID: 32458844 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc02245d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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We describe here the design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of H2O2-activatable nucleosides via an efficient and regioselective functionalization of unprotected precursors. Biological evaluation of a H2O2-specific responsive prodrug of gemecitabin demonstrates an extremely fast activation, low toxicity and enhanced anticancer effects in two cell lines.
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- Ying-Jie Sun
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Xue Y, Bai H, Peng B, Fang B, Baell J, Li L, Huang W, Voelcker NH. Stimulus-cleavable chemistry in the field of controlled drug delivery. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:4872-4931. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cs01061h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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This review comprehensively summarises stimulus-cleavable linkers from various research areas and their cleavage mechanisms, thus provides an insightful guideline to extend their potential applications to controlled drug release from nanomaterials.
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- Yufei Xue
- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 127 West Youyi Road
- Xi'an 710072
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 127 West Youyi Road
- Xi'an 710072
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 127 West Youyi Road
- Xi'an 710072
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 127 West Youyi Road
- Xi'an 710072
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Clayton
- Victoria 3168
- Australia
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 127 West Youyi Road
- Xi'an 710072
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 127 West Youyi Road
- Xi'an 710072
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 127 West Youyi Road
- Xi'an 710072
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Wang P, Gong Q, Hu J, Li X, Zhang X. Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)-Responsive Prodrugs, Probes, and Theranostic Prodrugs: Applications in the ROS-Related Diseases. J Med Chem 2020; 64:298-325. [PMID: 33356214 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Elevated levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) have commonly been implicated in a variety of diseases, including cancer, inflammation, and neurodegenerative diseases. In light of significant differences in ROS levels between the nonpathogenic and pathological tissues, an increasing number of ROS-responsive prodrugs, probes, and theranostic prodrugs have been developed for the targeted treatment and precise diagnosis of ROS-related diseases. This review will summarize and provide insight into recent advances in ROS-responsive prodrugs, fluorescent probes, and theranostic prodrugs, with applications to different ROS-related diseases and various subcellular organelle-targetable and disease-targetable features. The ROS-responsive moieties, the self-immolative linkers, and the typical activation mechanism for the ROS-responsive release are also summarized and discussed.
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- Pengfei Wang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Optimization, and Department of Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.,Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Optimization, and Department of Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Optimization, and Department of Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Optimization, and Department of Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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Maslah H, Skarbek C, Pethe S, Labruère R. Anticancer boron-containing prodrugs responsive to oxidative stress from the tumor microenvironment. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 207:112670. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2020] [Revised: 07/05/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Yang X, Pan Z, Choudhury MR, Yuan Z, Anifowose A, Yu B, Wang W, Wang B. Making smart drugs smarter: The importance of linker chemistry in targeted drug delivery. Med Res Rev 2020; 40:2682-2713. [PMID: 32803765 PMCID: PMC7817242 DOI: 10.1002/med.21720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Smart drugs, such as antibody-drug conjugates, for targeted therapy rely on the ability to deliver a warhead to the desired location and to achieve activation at the same site. Thus, designing a smart drug often requires proper linker chemistry for tethering the warhead with a vehicle in such a way that either allows the active drug to retain its potency while being tethered or ensures release and thus activation at the desired location. Recent years have seen much progress in the design of new linker activation strategies. Herein, we review the recent development of chemical strategies used to link the warhead with a delivery vehicle for preferential cleavage at the desired sites.
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Petit Science Center, 100 Piedmont Ave, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Petit Science Center, 100 Piedmont Ave, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Petit Science Center, 100 Piedmont Ave, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Petit Science Center, 100 Piedmont Ave, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Petit Science Center, 100 Piedmont Ave, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Petit Science Center, 100 Piedmont Ave, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States
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Liu CM, Huang JY, Sheng LX, Wen XA, Cheng KG. Synthesis and antitumor activity of fluorouracil - oleanolic acid/ursolic acid/glycyrrhetinic acid conjugates. MEDCHEMCOMM 2019; 10:1370-1378. [PMID: 31673307 PMCID: PMC6786008 DOI: 10.1039/c9md00246d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2019] [Accepted: 06/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Due to the obvious adverse effects of 5-fluorouracil that limit its clinical usefulness and considering the diverse biological activities of pentacyclic triterpenes, twelve pentacyclic triterpene-5-fluorouracil conjugates were synthesized and their antitumor activities were evaluated. The results indicated that all the single substitution targeted hybrids (7a-12a) possessed much better antiproliferative activities than the double substitution targeted hybrids (7b-12b). Hybrid 12a exhibited good antiproliferative activities against all the tested MDR cell lines. Furthermore, it was revealed that 12a could induce intracellular calcium influx, the generation of ROS, arrest the cell proliferation at the G1 phase, and activate the apoptotic signaling caspase-8, which eventually activates the apoptotic effector caspase-3 and causes the later nuclear apoptosis.
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- Chun-Mei Liu
- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources , School of Chemistry and Pharmacy of Guangxi Normal University , Guilin 541004 , PR China . ; ; Tel: +86 0773 2120958
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- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources , School of Chemistry and Pharmacy of Guangxi Normal University , Guilin 541004 , PR China . ; ; Tel: +86 0773 2120958
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- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources , School of Chemistry and Pharmacy of Guangxi Normal University , Guilin 541004 , PR China . ; ; Tel: +86 0773 2120958
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery for Metabolic Diseases and , State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines , Center of Drug Discovery , China Pharmaceutical University , 24 Tongjia Xiang , Nanjing 210009 , China
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- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources , School of Chemistry and Pharmacy of Guangxi Normal University , Guilin 541004 , PR China . ; ; Tel: +86 0773 2120958
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Skarbek C, Serra S, Maslah H, Rascol E, Labruère R. Arylboronate prodrugs of doxorubicin as promising chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer. Bioorg Chem 2019; 91:103158. [PMID: 31376782 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2019.103158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This study describes the synthesis of arylboronate-based ROS-responsive prodrugs of doxorubicin and their biological evaluation as anticancer agents. The determination of the most sensitive cancer type toward arylboronate prodrugs is crucial for further consideration of these molecules in clinical phase. To address this goal, an arylboronate-based profluorescent probe was used to compare the capacity of various cancer cell lines to efficiently convert the precursor into the free fluorophore. On the selected MiaPaCa-2 pancreatic cancer cells, a benzeneboronate prodrug exhibited 67% of the cytotoxicity obtained with the free doxorubicin. The prodrug was also able to induce tumor regression on MiaPaCa-2 pancreatic tumor model in ovo. Using this model, the amount of free doxorubicin liberated from this prodrug into the tumor was equivalent to the quantity measured after direct intratumoral injection of the same concentration of doxorubicin.
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- Charles Skarbek
- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay (ICMMO), CNRS, Univ Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 15 rue Georges Clemenceau, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay (ICMMO), CNRS, Univ Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 15 rue Georges Clemenceau, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay (ICMMO), CNRS, Univ Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 15 rue Georges Clemenceau, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay (ICMMO), CNRS, Univ Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 15 rue Georges Clemenceau, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay (ICMMO), CNRS, Univ Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 15 rue Georges Clemenceau, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.
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Yu L, Ke HL, Du FS, Li ZC. Redox-Responsive Fluorescent Polycarbonates Based on Selenide for Chemotherapy of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Biomacromolecules 2019; 20:2809-2820. [PMID: 31185717 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Transient increase of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is vital for some physiological processes, whereas the chronic and sustained high ROS level is usually implicated in the inflammatory diseases and cancers. Herein, we report the innovative redox-responsive theranostic micellar nanoparticles that are able to load anticancer drugs through coordination and hydrophobic interaction and to fluorescently monitor the intracellular redox status. The nanoparticles were formed by the amphiphilic block copolymers composed of a PEG segment and a selenide-containing hydrophobic polycarbonate block with a small fraction of coumarin-based chromophore. Under the alternative redox stimulation that might be encountered in the physiological process of some healthy cells, these nanoparticles underwent the reversible changes in size, morphology, and fluorescence intensity. With the assistance of small model compounds, we clarified the chemistry behind these changes, that is, the redox triggered reversible transformation between selenide and selenoxide. Upon the monotonic oxidation similar to the sustained high ROS level of cancer cells, the nanoparticles could be disrupted completely, which was accompanied by the drastic decrease in fluorescence. Cisplatin and paclitaxel were simultaneously coloaded in the nanoparticles with a moderate efficacy, and the coordination between selenide and platinum improved the stability of the drug-loaded nanoparticles against dilution. The naked nanoparticles are cytocompatible, whereas the dual drug-loaded nanoparticles exhibited a concentration dependent and synergistic cytotoxicity to triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells. Of importance, the drug-loaded nanoparticles are much more toxic to TNBC cells than to normal cells due in part to ROS overproduction in the former cell lines.
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- Li Yu
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- Emergency Center , First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University , Wenzhou 325000 , China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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Ye H, Zhou Y, Liu X, Chen Y, Duan S, Zhu R, Liu Y, Yin L. Recent Advances on Reactive Oxygen Species-Responsive Delivery and Diagnosis System. Biomacromolecules 2019; 20:2441-2463. [PMID: 31117357 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play crucial roles in biological metabolism and intercellular signaling. However, ROS level is dramatically elevated due to abnormal metabolism during multiple pathologies, including neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, cancer, and premature aging. By taking advantage of the discrepancy of ROS levels between normal and diseased tissues, a variety of ROS-sensitive moieties or linkers have been developed to design ROS-responsive systems for the site-specific delivery of drugs and genes. In this review, we summarized the ROS-responsive chemical structures, mechanisms, and delivery systems, focusing on their current advances for precise drug/gene delivery. In particular, ROS-responsive nanocarriers, prodrugs, and supramolecular hydrogels are summarized in terms of their application for drug/gene delivery, and common strategies to elevate or diminish cellular ROS concentrations, as well as the recent development of ROS-related imaging probes were also discussed.
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- Huan Ye
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery , The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University , Suzhou 215004 , China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery , The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University , Suzhou 215004 , China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery , The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University , Suzhou 215004 , China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering , University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen , Antonius Deusinglaan 1 , 9713 AV Groningen , The Netherlands
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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