Cocaine catalytic antibodies: the primary importance of linker effects

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2001 Jan 22;11(2):87-90. doi: 10.1016/s0960-894x(00)00659-4.

Abstract

Current treatments for cocaine addiction are not effective. The development of a catalytic monoclonal antibody (mAb) provides a strategy for not only binding, but also degrading cocaine, which offers a broad-based therapy. Hapten design is the central element for programming antibody catalysis. The characteristics of the linker used in classic transition-state analogue phosphonate haptens were shown to be important for obtaining mAbs that hydrolyze the benzoate ester of cocaine.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Catalytic / metabolism*
  • Antibodies, Catalytic / therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / metabolism
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use
  • Cocaine / immunology*
  • Cocaine / metabolism
  • Cocaine-Related Disorders / drug therapy
  • Drug Design
  • Haptens / chemistry
  • Hydrolysis
  • Kinetics
  • Mice
  • Organophosphonates / chemistry
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Antibodies, Catalytic
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Haptens
  • Organophosphonates
  • Cocaine