Synthesis and biological evaluation of 2′-carbamate-linked and 2′-carbonate-linked prodrugs of paclitaxel:: Selective activation by the tumor-associated protease plasmin
Synthesis and biological evaluation of 2′-carbamate-linked and 2′-carbonate-linked prodrugs of paclitaxel:: Selective activation by the tumor-associated protease plasmin
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DOI:
10.1021/jm0009078
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发表时间:
2000-08-10
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
Scheeren, HW
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作者:
de Groot, FMH;van Berkom, LWA;Scheeren, HW
The nontoxic paclitaxel-2'-carbamate prodrugs 2-5 and paclitaxel-2'-carbonate prodrug 6 were synthesized and tested for activation by the tumor-associated enzyme plasmin. A generally applicable method for the synthesis of paditaxel-2'-carbamates was developed. In buffer solution, prodrug 2, which contained an unsubstituted ethylenediamine spacer, was not stable, whereas prodrugs 3-6 were highly stable. Prodrugs 3-6 showed on average a decrease in cytotoxicity of more than 8000-fold in comparison with the parent drug in seven human tumor cell lines. Prodrugs 5 and 6 are the most nontoxic prodrugs of paclitaxel that yield the free parent drug upon selective activation currently reported. Enzyme hydrolysis and spacer elimination rates were determined by incubation of prodrugs 5 and 6 in the presence of human plasmin. From these results, prodrug 6 was selected as the promising prodrug for further in vivo studies.