1414916-14-5Relevant articles and documents
Synthesis and biological evaluation (in Vitro and in Vivo) of cyclic arginine-glycine-aspartate (RGD) peptidomimetic-paclitaxel conjugates targeting integrin αvβ3
Colombo, Raffaele,Mingozzi, Michele,Belvisi, Laura,Arosio, Daniela,Piarulli, Umberto,Carenini, Nives,Perego, Paola,Zaffaroni, Nadia,De Cesare, Michelandrea,Castiglioni, Vittoria,Scanziani, Eugenio,Gennari, Cesare
, p. 10460 - 10474 (2013/02/22)
A small library of integrin ligand-paclitaxel conjugates 10-13 was synthesized with the aim of using the tumor-homing cyclo[DKP-RGD] peptidomimetics for site-directed delivery of the cytotoxic drug. All the paclitaxel-RGD constructs 10-13 inhibited biotinylated vitronectin binding to the purified αVβ3 integrin receptor at low nanomolar concentration and showed in vitro cytotoxic activity against a panel of human tumor cell lines similar to that of paclitaxel. Among the cell lines, the cisplatin-resistant IGROV-1/Pt1 cells expressed high levels of integrin αVβ3, making them attractive to be tested in in vivo models. cyclo[DKP-f3-RGD]-PTX 11 displayed sufficient stability in physiological solution and in both human and murine plasma to be a good candidate for in vivo testing. In tumor-targeting experiments against the IGROV-1/Pt1 human ovarian carcinoma xenotransplanted in nude mice, compound 11 exhibited a superior activity compared with paclitaxel, despite the lower (about half) molar dosage used.
