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- Title
Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Paclitaxel Conjugates Involving Linkers Cleavable by Lysosomal Enzymes and α<sub>V</sub>β<sub>3</sub>‐Integrin Ligands for Tumor Targeting.
- Authors
López Rivas, Paula; Ranđelović, Ivan; Raposo Moreira Dias, André; Pina, Arianna; Arosio, Daniela; Tóvári, József; Mező, Gábor; Dal Corso, Alberto; Pignataro, Luca; Gennari, Cesare
- Abstract
Two cyclo[DKP‐RGD]‐PTX (PTX = paclitaxel) and two cyclo[RGDfK]‐PTX conjugates containing the Gly‐Phe‐Leu‐Gly (GFLG) linker, which is cleavable by lysosomal enzymes, were synthesized and compared to two cyclo[DKP‐RGD]‐Val‐Ala‐PTX conjugates. The conjugates were evaluated for their ability to inhibit biotinylated vitronectin binding to the isolated αvβ3 receptor, retaining good binding affinity, in the same nanomolar range of the free ligands. Cell viability assays were performed for the six conjugates in the αvβ3+ U87 and in the αvβ3– HT29 cell lines. Loss of potency was observed for all the conjugates, attenuated by the presence of a tetraethylene glycol (PEG‐4) spacer. A good Targeting Index (TI = Relative Potency in the αvβ3+ U87/Relative Potency in the αvβ3– HT29) was displayed by the conjugates, in particular by cyclo[DKP‐RGD]‐PEG‐4‐Val‐Ala‐PTX 9 (TI = 533). This conjugate was tested in the αvβ3+ U87 cell line in the presence of 50‐fold excess free cyclo[DKP‐RGD] ligand 2. In this competition experiment, a fivefold decrease of the conjugate cytotoxicity was calculated, suggesting that the conjugate is possibly internalized by an αvβ3 integrin‐mediated process.
- Subjects
CHEMICAL synthesis; PACLITAXEL; LYSOSOMES; LIGANDS (Chemistry); TUMORS
- Publication
European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018, Vol 2018, Issue 23, p2902
- ISSN
1434-193X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ejoc.201800447