Bivalent doxorubicin (DOX)-dipeptides (16a-c) were prepared and conjugated to the monoclonal antibody BR96. The dipeptides are cleaved by lysosomal proteases following internalization of the resulting immunoconjugates. Conjugate 18b demonstrated antigen-specific in vitro tumor cell killing activity (IC50 = 0.2 muM) that was equipotent to DOX with a near doubling of drug molecules/MAb. Size exclusion chromatography showed 18b to be a noncovalent dimer that was formed immediately upon conjugation. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Bivalent doxorubicin (DOX)-dipeptides (16a-c) were prepared and conjugated to the monoclonal antibody BR96. The dipeptides are cleaved by lysosomal proteases following internalization of the resulting immunoconjugates. Conjugate 18b demonstrated antigen-specific in vitro tumor cell killing activity (IC50 = 0.2 muM) that was equipotent to DOX with a near doubling of drug molecules/MAb. Size exclusion chromatography showed 18b to be a noncovalent dimer that was formed immediately upon conjugation. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Facile synthesis of maleimide bifunctional linkers
作者:H.Dalton King、Gene M Dubowchik、Michael A Walker
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(02)00192-2
日期:2002.3
The synthesis of maleimide containing derivatives capable of serving as linkers for the conjugation of proteins is described. These compounds differ from previously reported linkers by having multiple sites available for drug attachment. Compounds 3a, 3b, and 3d were synthesized from the corresponding amino alcohols by the addition of two equivalents of t-butyl bromoacetate to a series of amino alcohols
Conjugates containing a targeting ligand, such as an antibody, a therapeutically active drug and a branched peptide linker. The branched peptide linker contains two or more amino acid moieties that provide an enzyme cleavage site. The number of drugs capable of being bonded to the branched linkers varies by a factor of two for each generation of branching.
作者:Gene M Dubowchik、Shilpa Radia、Harold Mastalerz、Michael A Walker、Raymond A Firestone、H Dalton King、Sandra J Hofstead、David Willner、Shirley J Lasch、Pamela A Trail
DOI:10.1016/s0960-894x(02)00194-4
日期:2002.6
Bivalent doxorubicin (DOX)-dipeptides (16a-c) were prepared and conjugated to the monoclonal antibody BR96. The dipeptides are cleaved by lysosomal proteases following internalization of the resulting immunoconjugates. Conjugate 18b demonstrated antigen-specific in vitro tumor cell killing activity (IC50 = 0.2 muM) that was equipotent to DOX with a near doubling of drug molecules/MAb. Size exclusion chromatography showed 18b to be a noncovalent dimer that was formed immediately upon conjugation. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.