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Table 2. Summary of BR96-TLM S10b conjugate (13) compared to conjugates of Dox and CPT
Conjugateb
Experimenta
BMS-182248
BR96-F-K-Dox
BR96-F-K-CPT
BR96-F-K-TLM S10b (13)
IC50 L2987 (lM)
IC50 drug/conj.
IC50 IgG/BR96
0.63
0.1
0.15
1
0.1
4
0.04
13
17
80
30
100
a Experiments: IC50 L2987; IC50 of the immunoconjugate against the L2987 cell line; IC50 drug/conjugate; ratio of the parent drug IC50 divided by the
IC50 of the immunoconjugate; IC50 IgG/BR96; ratio of the IC50 obtained for the drug conjugated to the nonspecific IgG antibody divided by the
IC50 of the drug conjugated to BR96.
b Conjugates: BMS-182248; doxorubicin conjugated to BR96 via a hydrazone linker; BR96-F-K-Dox; doxorubicin conjugated to BR96 via the
cathepsin B cleavable Phe-Lys-PABC peptide linker; BR96-F-K-96; camptothecin conjugated to BR96 via the cathepsin B cleavable Phe-Lys-PABC
peptide linker; BR96-F-K-TLM S10b; compound 13 described in the text.
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S10b is higher than that of BMS-182248 and is approxi-
mately equivalent to that observed for our other peptide
linked immunoconjugates. This window is large enough
to expect that the immunoconjugate could be dosed at
concentrations much higher than the IC50 while main-
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We have successfully synthesized an immunoconjugate
of TLM S10b employing the mAb BR96 and a dipeptide
linker designed to release the drug by Cathepsin B cat-
alyzed proteolysis. The parent drug is only moderately
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the conjugate (13), which results in a 13–875-fold in-
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efficient uptake of the drug and exposure to its primary
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