A Wortmannin-Cetuximab as a Double Drug

作者:Smith R Adam; Yuan Hushan; Weissleder Ralph; Cantley Lewis C; Josephson Lee*
来源:Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2009, 20(11): 2185-2189.
DOI:10.1021/bc900176a

摘要

Double drugs are obtained when two pharmacologically active entities are covalently joined to improve potency. We conjugated the viridin Wm with a self-activating linkage to cetuximab and demonstrated the retention of immunoreactivity by the conjugate. Though cetuximab lacked a growth inhibitory activity against A549 cells, the Wm-cetuximab conjugate had an antiproliferative IC(50) of 155 nM in vitro. The chemistry of attaching a self-releasing Wm to clinically approved antibodies is general and, in selected instances, may yield antibody-based double drugs with improved efficacy.

  • 出版日期2009-11