A comparative study of the self-immolation of para-aminobenzylalcohol and hemithioaminal-based linkers in the context of protease-sensitive fluorogenic probes
This study focuses on the disassembly-behavior of self-immolative pro-fluorescent linkers under physiological conditions and through an enzyme-initiated domino reaction. The targeted linkers are based on para-aminobenzylalcohol (PABA) or hemithioaminal derivatives of para-carboxybenzaldehyde or glyoxilic acid. We found that a fine tuning of the kinetic properties could be obtained through the modulation of the linker structure, giving either a fast signal response or free-adaptable systems suitable for the design of protease-sensitive fluorogenic probes or prodrug systems.
A trifunctional self-immolative spacer enables drug release with two non-sequential enzymatic cleavages
作者:Alberto Dal Corso、Simone Arosio、Noemi Arrighetti、Paola Perego、Laura Belvisi、Luca Pignataro、Cesare Gennari
DOI:10.1039/d1cc02895b
日期:——
The enzymatic dephosphorylation of a self-immolative spacer accelerates cargo release and acts as an additional and independent trigger in protease-sensitive prodrugs.
The design and synthesis of novel self-immolative spacer systems aiming at the release of phenol-containing compounds are described. The newly designed traceless linkers proved to be conveniently stable under physiological conditions and operate through spontaneous decomposition of an hemithioaminal intermediate under neutral aqueous conditions. Their utility was then illustrated by the preparation of original fluorogenic substrates of penicillin amidase whose strong fluorescence is unveiled through enzyme-initiated domino reactions.