Alkylating agents which are activated by glutathione-S-transferases (GSTs) have been designed and synthesized. The model compound gamma-glutamyl-alpha-amino-beta-[(2-ethyl N,N,N',N'-tetraethylphosphorodiamidate)sulfonyl]propionylglycine (1) and the nitrogen mustards gamma-glutamyl-alpha-amino-beta- [[2-ethyl N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-chloroethyl)phosphorodiamidate]sulfonyl]propionylglycine (2) and gamma-glutamyl-alpha-amino-beta-[[2-ethyl-N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-chloroethyl)phosphorodiamidate]sulfonyl]propionyl-(R)-(-)-phenylglycine (3) were prepared via multistep chemical synthesis. The compounds were tested with recombinant human A1-1, M1a-1a and P1-1 GSTs. HPLC studies showed that the compounds were differentially and catalytically cleaved by biologically relevant concentrations of the GSTs. Mass spectral studies of the cleavage mixture of 2 showed that M1a-1a GST liberated the cytotoxic phosphate moiety needed for efficacy as an alkylating agent. Cell culture studies with MCF-7 breast cancer cells showed that 1 was not toxic at 200 mu M, while 2 and 3 showed IC(50)s of 40.6 and 37.5 mu M, respectively, for the same cell line. MCF-7 cells transfected to overexpress P1-1 GST showed enhanced sensitivity with 2 and 3, with IC(50)s of 20.9 and 9.5 mu M, respectively. This result correlates well with the rates of cleavage of 2 and 3 by P1-1 GST observed in vitro and demonstrates that higher levels of cellular P1-1 GST will give increased sensitivity to these drugs.
Alkylating agents which are activated by glutathione-S-transferases (GSTs) have been designed and synthesized. The model compound gamma-glutamyl-alpha-amino-beta-[(2-ethyl N,N,N',N'-tetraethylphosphorodiamidate)sulfonyl]propionylglycine (1) and the nitrogen mustards gamma-glutamyl-alpha-amino-beta- [[2-ethyl N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-chloroethyl)phosphorodiamidate]sulfonyl]propionylglycine (2) and gamma-glutamyl-alpha-amino-beta-[[2-ethyl-N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-chloroethyl)phosphorodiamidate]sulfonyl]propionyl-(R)-(-)-phenylglycine (3) were prepared via multistep chemical synthesis. The compounds were tested with recombinant human A1-1, M1a-1a and P1-1 GSTs. HPLC studies showed that the compounds were differentially and catalytically cleaved by biologically relevant concentrations of the GSTs. Mass spectral studies of the cleavage mixture of 2 showed that M1a-1a GST liberated the cytotoxic phosphate moiety needed for efficacy as an alkylating agent. Cell culture studies with MCF-7 breast cancer cells showed that 1 was not toxic at 200 mu M, while 2 and 3 showed IC(50)s of 40.6 and 37.5 mu M, respectively, for the same cell line. MCF-7 cells transfected to overexpress P1-1 GST showed enhanced sensitivity with 2 and 3, with IC(50)s of 20.9 and 9.5 mu M, respectively. This result correlates well with the rates of cleavage of 2 and 3 by P1-1 GST observed in vitro and demonstrates that higher levels of cellular P1-1 GST will give increased sensitivity to these drugs.
PROCESS FOR AND INTERMEDIATES IN THE PREPARATION OF CANFOSFAMIDE AND ITS SALTS, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SOME INTERMEDIATES, AND THEIR USE AS ANTICANCER AGENTS