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Stabilizing a Tubulysin Antibody-Drug Conjugate To Enable Activity Against Multidrug-Resistant Tumors.

ABSTRACT: The tubulysins are promising anticancer cytotoxic agents due to the clinical validation of their mechanism of action (microtubule inhibition) and their particular activity against multidrug-resistant tumor cells. Yet their high potency and subsequent systemic toxicity make them prime candidates for targeted therapy, particularly in the form of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). Here we report a strategy to prepare stable and bioreversible conjugates of tubulysins to antibodies without loss of activity. A peptide trigger along with a quaternary ammonium salt linker connection to the tertiary amine of tubulysin provided ADCs that were potent in vitro. However, we observed metabolism of a critical acetate ester of the drug in vivo, resulting in diminished conjugate activity. We were able to circumvent this metabolic liability with the judicious choice of a propyl ether replacement. This modified tubulysin ADC was stable and effective against multidrug-resistant lymphoma cell lines and tumors.

SUBMITTER: Staben LR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5641945 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Stabilizing a Tubulysin Antibody-Drug Conjugate To Enable Activity Against Multidrug-Resistant Tumors.

Staben Leanna R LR Yu Shang-Fan SF Chen Jinhua J Yan Gang G Xu Zijin Z Del Rosario Geoffrey G Lau Jeffrey T JT Liu Luna L Guo Jun J Zheng Bing B Cruz-Chuh Josefa Dela JD Lee Byoung-Chul BC Ohri Rachana R Cai Wenwen W Zhou Hongxiang H Kozak Katherine R KR Xu Keyang K Lewis Phillips Gail D GD Lu Jiawei J Wai John J Polson Andrew G AG Pillow Thomas H TH

ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20170905 10

The tubulysins are promising anticancer cytotoxic agents due to the clinical validation of their mechanism of action (microtubule inhibition) and their particular activity against multidrug-resistant tumor cells. Yet their high potency and subsequent systemic toxicity make them prime candidates for targeted therapy, particularly in the form of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). Here we report a strategy to prepare stable and bioreversible conjugates of tubulysins to antibodies without loss of acti ...[more]

PMID: 29057047

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Stabilizing a Tubulysin Antibody-Drug Conjugate To Enable Activity Against Multidrug-Resistant Tumors.

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Stabilizing a Tubulysin Antibody-Drug Conjugate To Enable Activity Against Multidrug-Resistant Tumors.

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