CIS-ACONITYL SPACER BETWEEN DAUNOMYCIN AND MACROMOLECULAR CARRIERS - A MODEL OF PH-SENSITIVE LINKAGE RELEASING DRUG FROM A LYSOSOMOTROPIC CONJUGATE
CIS-ACONITYL SPACER BETWEEN DAUNOMYCIN AND MACROMOLECULAR CARRIERS - A MODEL OF PH-SENSITIVE LINKAGE RELEASING DRUG FROM A LYSOSOMOTROPIC CONJUGATE
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-291x(81)91644-2
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
RYSER, HJP
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作者:
SHEN, WC;RYSER, HJP
N-cis-Aconityl and N-maleyl derivatives of daunomycin [an antineoplastic antiinfective agent] prepared from the respective anhydrides were conjugated to Affi-Gel 701 (aminoethyl polyacrylamide beads) and to poly(D-lysine). The cis-aconityl linkage between the drug and Affi-Gel 701 is pH-sensitive with a hydrolysis half-life of < 3 h at pH 4 and > 96 h at pH 6 or higher. TLC and cytotoxic tests in cultured cells indicate that the product of hydrolysis is unaltered daunomycin. These Affi-Gel conjugates present for 3 days in the culture medium of WEHI-5 [mouse leukemia] cells at neutral pH have little or no growth inhibitory effect. N-cis-aconityl daunomycin-poly(D-lysine) conjugates added to WEHI-5 cells under comparable conditons cause a 90% inhibition of cell growth. Comparable addition of N-maleyl daunomycin-poly(D-lysine) conjugates is not inhibitory. Unlike the Affi-Gel conjugate, N-cis-aconityl daunomycin-poly(D-lysine) enters cells and reaches the lysosomal compartment, and the cis-aconityl spacer releases daunomycin from poly(D-lysine) in the acidic milieu of lysosomes due to the participation of a free cis-carboxylic group. This releasing mechanism should be applicable to other drug-macromolecular conjugates.