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SUBMITTER: Tiberghien AC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5108040 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tiberghien Arnaud C AC Levy Jean-Noel JN Masterson Luke A LA Patel Neki V NV Adams Lauren R LR Corbett Simon S Williams David G DG Hartley John A JA Howard Philip W PW
ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20160524 11
Pyrrolobenzodiazepine dimers are an emerging class of warhead in the field of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). Tesirine (SG3249) was designed to combine potent antitumor activity with desirable physicochemical properties such as favorable hydrophobicity and improved conjugation characteristics. One of the reactive imines was capped with a cathepsin B-cleavable valine-alanine linker. A robust synthetic route was developed to allow the production of tesirine on clinical scale, employing a flexible ...[more]