作者:Hirofumi Yamamoto、Masataka Oda、Mayo Nakano、Kenta Yabiku、Masahiro Shibutani、Toshiyuki Nakanishi、Midori Suenaga、Masahisa Inoue、Hiroshi Imagawa、Masahiro Nagahama、Yoichi Matsunaga、Seiichiro Himeno、Kojun Setsu、Jun Sakurai、Mugio Nishizawa
DOI:10.1248/cpb.c13-00006
日期:——
Trehalose 6,6′-dicorynomycolate (TDCM) was first characterized in 1963 as a cell surface glycolipid of Corynebacterium spp. by Ioneda and co-workers. TDCM shows potent anti-tumor activity due to its immunoadjuvant properties. Furthermore, the toxicity of TDCM in mice is much weaker than the related trehalose diester of mycolic acid; trehalose 6,6′-dimycolate (TDM, formerly known as cord factor). We have investigated the chemical modification of this class of compound to generate novel agents that display increased immunoadjuvant activity with minimal associated toxicity. During the course of this work we recently developed 6,6′-bis-O-(3-nonyldodecanoyl)-α,α′-trehalose (designated as vizantin). Our results show that vizantin exhibited a potent prophylactic effect on experimental lung metastasis of B16-F0 melanoma cells without a loss of body weight and death in mice. Furthermore, vizantin effectively stimulated human macrophages in an in vitro model, making it a promising candidate for a safe adjuvant in clinical applications. In order to elucidate the pharmacokinetics of vizantin, a probe molecule with similar activity was developed on the basis of a structure–activity relationship (SAR) study with vizantin. The distribution of the probe molecule after intravenous administration into a mouse was assessed by macro confocal microscopy, where it was found to accumulate in the lungs and liver.
Trehalose 6,6′-dicorynomycolate(TDCM)是由 Ioneda 及其合作者于 1963 年首次鉴定出的一种球孢子菌属细胞表面糖脂。由于其免疫佐剂特性,TDCM 具有很强的抗肿瘤活性。此外,TDCM 对小鼠的毒性比相关的霉菌酸曲卤糖二酯(6,6′-dimycolate 曲卤糖,以前称为脐带因子)要弱得多。我们一直在研究对这一类化合物进行化学修饰,以生产出能提高免疫佐剂活性且相关毒性最小的新型制剂。在这一研究过程中,我们最近开发出了 6,6′-双-O-(3-壬基十二碳酰基)-α,α′-曲哈洛糖(命名为 vizantin)。我们的研究结果表明,vizantin 对实验性 B16-F0 黑色素瘤细胞的肺转移具有有效的预防作用,且不会导致小鼠体重下降和死亡。此外,vizantin 还能在体外模型中有效刺激人体巨噬细胞,因此有望成为临床应用中的安全辅助剂。为了阐明 vizantin 的药代动力学,在对 vizantin 进行结构-活性关系(SAR)研究的基础上,开发了一种具有类似活性的探针分子。通过宏观共聚焦显微镜对小鼠静脉注射探针分子后的分布情况进行了评估,发现探针分子在肺部和肝脏中蓄积。