A Guanosine-Derived Antitumor Supramolecular Prodrug

The prodrug strategy for its potential to enhance the pharmacokinetic and/or pharmacodynamic properties of drugs, especially chemotherapeutic agents, has been widely recognized as an important means to improve therapeutic efficiency. Irinotecan's active metabolite, 7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin (SN38), a borate derivative, was incorporated into a G-quadruplex hydrogel (GB-SN38) by the ingenious and simple approach. Drug release does not depend on carboxylesterase, thus bypassing the side effects caused by ineffective activation, but specifically responds to the ROS-overexpressed tumor microenvironment by oxidative hydrolysis of borate ester that reduces serious systemic toxicity from nonspecific biodistribution of SN38. Comprehensive spectroscopy was used to define the structural and physicochemical characteristics of the drug-loaded hydrogel. The GB-SN38 hydrogel's high level of biosafety and notable tumor-suppressive properties were proven in in vitro and in vivo tests.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Biomacromolecules - 25(2024), 1 vom: 08. Jan., Seite 290-302

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Shuyun [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Nanrong [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Hongyue [VerfasserIn]
Qiao, Renzhong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chao [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Borates
Camptothecin
Hydrogels
Journal Article
Prodrugs
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
XT3Z54Z28A

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Date Completed 09.01.2024

Date Revised 08.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00990

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365564397