| Autor: |
Gemma E. Mudd, Heather Scott, Liuhong Chen, Katerine van Rietschoten, Gabriela Ivanova-Berndt, Katarzyna Dzionek, Amy Brown, Sophie Watcham, Lewi White, Peter U. Park, Phil Jeffrey, Mike Rigby, Paul Beswick |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of medicinal chemistry. 65(21) |
| ISSN: |
1520-4804 |
| Popis: |
Bicycle toxin conjugates (BTCs) are a promising new class of molecules for targeted delivery of toxin payloads into tumors. Herein we describe the discovery of BT8009, a Nectin-4 targeting BTC currently under clinical evaluation. Nectin-4 is overexpressed in multiple tumor types and is a clinically validated target for selective delivery of cytotoxic payloads. A Nectin-4 targeting bicyclic peptide was identified by phage display, which showed highly selective binding for Nectin-4 but suffered from low plasma stability and poor physicochemical properties. Multiparameter chemical optimization involving introduction of non-natural amino acids resulted in a lead Bicycle that demonstrated high affinity for Nectin-4, good stability in biological matrices, and a much-improved physicochemical profile. The optimized Bicycle was conjugated to the cytotoxin Monomethyl auristatin E via a cleavable linker to give the targeted drug conjugate BT8009, which demonstrates potent anticancer activity in in vivo rodent models. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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