Design, synthesis, and biological activity of folate receptor-targeted prodrugs of thiolate histone deacetylase inhibitors

Autor: Shinya Hisakawa, Hidehiko Nakagawa, Takayoshi Suzuki, Katsumasa Takahashi, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Yukihiro Itoh, Masatoshi Kawahata, Naoki Miyata, Nobuaki Suzuki
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Bioorganicmedicinal chemistry letters. 17(15)
ISSN: 0960-894X
Popis: Aiming to develop selective anticancer drugs, we designed and synthesized three disulfides bearing a folic acid moiety as candidate folate receptor (FR)-targeted prodrugs of thiolate histone deacetylase inhibitors. Among them, compound 1 displayed growth-inhibitory activity toward folate receptor-positive MCF-7 breast cancer cells. The activity of 1 was significantly reduced by free folic acid, suggesting that cellular uptake of 1 is mediated by FR.
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