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Cancer chemotherapy: A paclitaxel prodrug for ADEPT (Antibody-Directed Enzyme Prodrug Therapy)
Schmidt, Frederic,Ungureanu, Ioana,Duval, Romain,Pompon, Alain,Monneret, Claude
, p. 2129 - 2134 (2007/10/03)
A glucuronide-based prodrug of paclitaxel (taxol) has been synthesized for use in antibody-directed enzyme prodrug therapy (ADEPT). This three-component prodrug was obtained by coupling a glucuronyl derivative of N-methylamino 4-nitrophenol (10) to the 2′-hydroxy group of the side-chain of paclitaxel through an aromatic carbamate. Once deprotected, prodrug 2 was shown to be relatively stable in human serum, and to be significantly less cytotoxic (IC50 = 65 μM and 90 nM, respectively) than the parent drug. As expected, compound 2 efficiently releases taxol in the presence of β-glucuronidase.
