Linkers for binding drugs to cell binding agents are modified to hydrophilic linkers by incorporating a polyethylene glycol spacer. The potency or the efficacy of the cell-binding agent-drug conjugates is surprisingly enhanced several folds in a variety of cancer cell types, including those expressing a low number of antigens on the cell surface or cancer cells that are resistant to treatment. A method for preparing maytansinoids bearing a thioether moiety and a reactive group which allows the maytansinoid to be linked to a cell-binding agent in essentially a single step is also provided.
将药物与细胞结合剂结合的连接剂通过加入聚
乙二醇间隔链被改变为亲
水性连接剂。这种连接剂使得细胞结合剂-药物共轭物在多种癌细胞类型中的效力和功效惊人地提高,包括那些在细胞表面表达抗原数量较少或对治疗有抵抗性的癌细胞。同时,还提供了一种制备具有
硫醚基和反应基的马替尼衍
生物,该方法可以在基本上一步中将马替尼衍
生物连接到细胞结合剂上。