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Comparative in vitro biological evaluation of daunorubicin containing GnRH-I and GnRH-II conjugates developed for tumor targeting

Szabó, Ildikó and Bősze, Szilvia and Orbán, Erika and Sipos, Éva and Halmos, Gábor and Kovács, Magdolna and Mező, Gábor (2015) Comparative in vitro biological evaluation of daunorubicin containing GnRH-I and GnRH-II conjugates developed for tumor targeting. JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE SCIENCE, 21 (5). pp. 426-435. ISSN 1075-2617

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Abstract

Hormone based drug targeting is a promising tool forelective tumor therapy. In this study, synthesis and systematic comparative biological evaluation of novel drug containing analogs of gonadotropin-releasing hormone GnRH-I and GnRH-II is reported demonstrating their suitability for tumor targeting. The cytotoxic conjugates were prepared by the attachment of the chemotherapeutical agent daunorubicin (Dau) to GnRH analogs directly or through an enzyme-labile spacer with oxime linkage. All conjugates were found to be proteolytically stable under circumstances applied in biological assays. Both GnRH-I and GnRH-II were able to bind similarly to high-affinity GnRH-I receptors on human pituitary and human prostate cancer cells. The in vitro longterm cytotoxic effect of the conjugates was comparable with that of the free drug in human breast and colon cancer cell lines. Furthermore, a concentration-dependent cellular uptake profile was observed. The in vitro apoptotic effect of the compounds was evaluated by flow cytometry analysis using annexin-V. Our results show that both the GnRH-I and the GnRH-II based analogs might be applied for targeted tumor therapy.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science / természettudomány > QD Chemistry / kémia > QD04 Organic chemistry / szerves kémia
Depositing User: Dr Katalin Uray
Date Deposited: 26 May 2015 09:31
Last Modified: 26 May 2015 09:31
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/24296

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