β-Glucuronyl carbamate based pro-moieties designed for prodrugs in ADEPT
摘要:
A number of pro-moieties 8a - e designed for prodrug preparation have been synthesized (chart 2). The pro-moieties, containing a glucuronyl carbamate group linked to a spacer possessing a terminal carboxylic acid group, have been synthesized from isocyanates 6 and anomerically unprotected glucuronic acids 10 (chart 2). The requisite isocyanates had to be prepared using the Curtius rearrangement. Glucuronyl carbamates proved to be excellent substrates for human beta-glucuronidase. The pro-moieties 8a - e can be coupled to hydroxy- or amino group containing drugs. The resulting prodrugs are designed to be activated by beta-glucuronidase (chart 1) and to be used in ADEPT. Application is demonstrated with the synthesis of daunomycin prodrugs 12a - e (chart 3).
Synthesis and biological activity of β-glucuronyl carbamate-based prodrugs of paclitaxel as potential candidates for ADEPT
作者:Dries B.A. de Bont、Ruben G.G. Leenders、Hidde J. Haisma、Ida van der Meulen-Muileman、Hans W. Scheeren
DOI:10.1016/s0968-0896(96)00249-0
日期:1997.2
The syntheses of prodrugs of paclitaxel, which can be used in ADEPT in order to target paclitaxel towards tumor cells, are described. The prodrugs 1 and 2a,b consist of a spacer molecule connected via a carbamate linkage to a beta-glucuronic acid. The spacer molecule is also connected via an ester linkage to the 2'-OH of paclitaxel. Enzyme-catalyzed hydrolysis of the glucuronic acid moiety by human beta-glucuronidase results in the liberation of the parent drug paclitaxel via gamma or delta lactam formation with half-lives of 45 min and 2h (1 and 2h). The prodrugs 1 and 2b are two orders of magnitude less cytotoxic than paclitaxel. (C) 1997, Elsevier Science Ltd.