Cytostatic-glycoconjugates having specifically cleavable linking units
申请人:——
公开号:US20020173452A1
公开(公告)日:2002-11-21
The present invention relates to cytostatics which have a tumor-specific action as a result of linkage to specific carbohydrate moeities via preferred linking units which can be selevtively cleaved by enzymes such as metallo matrixproteases (MMPs), elastase or cathepsines, i.e. by enzymes which can especially be found in tumor tissue. The preferred linking units guarantee sufficient serum stability of the conjugate of cytostatic and carbohydrate moeity and, at the same time, the desired intracellular action within tumor cells as a result of its specific enzymatic or hydrolytic cleavability with release of the cytostatic.
Cytostatic-glycoconjugates having specifically cleavable peptidic linking units
申请人:Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
公开号:EP1219634A1
公开(公告)日:2002-07-03
The present invention relates to cytostatics which have a tumor-specific action as a result of linkage to specific carbohydrate moeities via preferred linking units which can be selevtively cleaved by enzymes such as metallo matrixproteases (MMPs), elastase or cathepsines, i.e. by enzymes which can especially be found in tumor tissue. The preferred linking units guarantee sufficient serum stability of the conjugate of cytostatic and carbohydrate moeity and, at the same time, the desired intracellular action within tumour cells as a result of its specific enzymatic or hydrolytic cleavability with release of the cytostatic.
Progressive telomere shortening with aging was studied in the normal liver tissue of 94 human subjects aged between 0 and 101 years old to determine the rate of telomere loss in 1 year. Telomere length demonstrated age-related shortening with reduction of 55 base pairs (bp) per year. The mean telomere length in five neonates was 12.9 +/- 2.6 kilobase pairs (kbp), and that in one centenarian was 8.3 kbp, Mean telomere lengths by age group were 13.2 +/- 2.0 kbp (less than or equal to8 years; 10 subjects), 7.8 +/- 1.9 kbp (40-79 years; 29 subjects), and 7.5 +/- 2.0 kbp (greater than or equal to 80 years; 53 subjects), with reduction thus appearing to show slowing on the attainment of middle age. The difference of mean telomere lengths for two groups with or without advanced malignancies of other than liver origin was not significant in the older two groups. Despite the slow turnover of liver tissue, the overall reduction rate of telomere length decrease in 1 gear was almost the same as that of digestive tract mucosa, with its very rapid renewal.
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