分子技術を駆使したSN-38二量体設計と新規抗がん用ナノ薬剤の創出

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Irinotecan will release active metabolite SN-38 by cleavage of ester with carboxylesterase which is abundantly present in normal tissue and in cancerous tissue. Therefore, Irinotecan is having lack of specificity and cause side effect. To enhance the specificity, we synthesized SN-38 dimer having disulfide linker between tertiary OH groups of SN-38 molecules. The enzyme carboxylesterase can’t hydrolyse the bond attached with tertiary OH group. It can only be hydrolysed by reductive glutathione (mainly in cancer cells) due to presence of disulfide bond. Aggregation of nanoparticles of SN-38 dimer is the limitation for applying to in vivo application. To improve the dispersion stability of nanoparticles, we substituted different hydrophobic groups on phenolic -OH group on SN-38 homodimer.