Nitrobenzyl halides and carbamates as prototype bioreductive alkylating agents
作者:Beverly A. Teicher、Alan C. Sartorelli
DOI:10.1021/jm00182a027
日期:1980.8
cytotoxic to hypoxiccells than to oxygenated cells. This selective cytotoxicity is hypothesized to result from alkylation following more efficacious bioreductive activation of these compounds by hypoxiccells. Nitrobenzyl compounds with such selectivetoxicity to hypoxic neoplastic cells may prove to be particularly valuable in combination therapy designed for the treatment of solid tumors.
The invention relates to a Prodrug activation method, for therapeutics, wherein use is made of abiotic reactive chemical groups that exhibit bio-orthogonal reactivity towards each other. The invention also relates to a Prodrug kit comprising at least one Prodrug and at least one Activator, wherein the Prodrug comprises a Drug and a first Bio-orthogonal Reactive Group (the Trigger), and wherein the Activator comprises a second Bio-orthogonal Reactive Group. The invention also relates to targeted therapeutics used in the above-mentioned method and kit. The invention particularly pertains to antibody-drug conjugates and to bi- and trispecific antibody derivatives.