The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a hydrogel prodrug, comprising the steps of (a) providing a reactive biodegradable hydrogel, wherein said hydrogel comprises backbone moieties which are linked together through crosslinker moieties, each crosslinker moiety being terminated by at least two hydrolytically degradable bonds, and wherein from a branching core 3 to 16 linear PEG-based polymeric chains extend and wherein one terminus of said polymeric chains is connected to the branching core and the other to a hyperbranched dendritic moiety; wherein each said hyperbranched dendritic moiety has at least 3 branchings and at least 4 reactive functional groups; (b) conjugating a prodrug linker to a biologically active moiety, resulting in a biologically active moiety-prodrug linker conjugate; and (c) reacting the biologically active moiety-prodrug linker conjugate from step (b) with the reactive functional groups of the hydrogel of step (a). The invention further relates to a hydrogel prodrug obtainable from the process.
本发明涉及一种制备
水凝胶原药的工艺,包括以下步骤 (a) 提供一种活性
生物可降解
水凝胶,其中所述
水凝胶包括通过
交联剂分子连接在一起的骨架分子、每个
交联剂分子以至少两个可
水解降解键为端基,其中从分支核心延伸出 3 至 16 条线性 P
EG 基聚合物链,所述聚合物链的一个端基与分支核心相连,另一个端基与超支化树枝状分子相连;其中每个所述超支化树枝状分子具有至少 3 个分支和至少 4 个活性官能团;(b) 将原药连接体与
生物活性分子共轭,得到
生物活性分子-原药连接体共轭物;以及 (c) 将步骤(b)中的
生物活性分子-原药连接体共轭物与步骤(a)中
水凝胶的活性官能团反应。本发明还涉及一种可从该工艺中获得的
水凝胶原药。