Abstract (EN):
Currently, most of the available chemotherapy has a narrow therapeutic window. This compromises the use of high-dose treatments in patients with advanced-stage cancers, who often need innovative strategies the most. Here, we present the conjugation of methotrexate with a novel cell-penetrating hexapeptide (CPP6), a GFLG enzymatically cleavable spacer, and a short-length polyethylene glycol. The modifications added to methotrexate were rationalized to improve the drug bioavailability, specificity, and cell entry. Our final conjugate, CPGM, was successfully synthesized in solid phase and in vitro cell viability assays have shown that this conjugated form of methotrexate retains cytostatic effect towards MCF-7 breast cancer cells. (C) 2019 Published by Elsevier B.V.
Idioma:
Inglês
Tipo (Avaliação Docente):
Científica
Nº de páginas:
7