Application of the ADEPT strategy to the MDR resistance in cancer chemotherapy

Anticancer Drug Des. 1999 Apr;14(2):93-106.

Abstract

New prodrugs consisting of a beta-D-glucuronic acid linked to a MDR reversal agent (verapamil, quinine or dipyridamole) through a self-immolative spacer were synthesized. Four of them were selected for their reduced cytoxicity and beta-glucuronidase enzymatic efficient hydrolysis. Combined use of these prodrugs with a beta-D-glucuronyl-spacer-doxorubicin (HMR1826) according to an ADEPT strategy restored in vitro the sensibility of a MDR resistant strain.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Dipyridamole / chemistry
  • Dipyridamole / pharmacology
  • Doxorubicin / chemistry
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
  • Drug Stability
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology
  • Glucuronates / chemistry
  • Glucuronic Acid
  • Glucuronidase / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Hydrolysis
  • Leukemia L1210 / pathology
  • Prodrugs / chemical synthesis*
  • Prodrugs / chemistry
  • Prodrugs / pharmacology
  • Quinine / chemistry
  • Quinine / pharmacology
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured
  • Verapamil / chemistry
  • Verapamil / pharmacology

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Glucuronates
  • Prodrugs
  • Dipyridamole
  • Doxorubicin
  • Glucuronic Acid
  • Quinine
  • Verapamil
  • Glucuronidase