Synthesis and biological activities of a pH-dependently activated water-soluble prodrug of a novel hexacyclic camptothecin analog.

2009 
Abstract CH0793076 ( 1 ) is a novel hexacyclic camptothecin analog showing potent antitumor activity in various human caner xenograft models. To improve the water solubility of 1 , water-soluble prodrugs were designed to generate an active drug 1 nonenzymatically, thus expected to show less interpatient PK variability than CPT-11. Among the prodrugs synthesized, 4c (TP300, hydrochloride) having a glycylsarcosyl ester at the C-20 position of 1 is highly water-soluble (>10 mg/ml), stable below pH 4 and rapidly generates 1 at physiological pH in vitro. The rapid (ca. 1 after incubation of TP300 with plasma (mouse, rat, dog and monkey) was also demonstrated. TP300 showed a broader antitumor spectrum and more potent antitumor activity than CPT-11 in various human cancer xenograft models.
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