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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
We covalently linked doxorubicin with a peptide that is hydrolyzable by prostate-specific antigen. In the presence of prostate tumor cells secreting prostate-specific antigen, the peptide moiety of this conjugate, L-377,202, was hydrolyzed, resulting in the release of leucine-doxorubicin and doxorubicin, which are both very cytotoxic to cancer cells. However, L-377,202 was much less cytotoxic than conventional doxorubicin to cells in culture that do not secrete prostate-specific antigen. L-377,202 was approximately 15 times more effective than was conventional doxorubicin at inhibiting the growth of human prostate cancer tumors in nude mice when both drugs were used at their maximally tolerated doses. Nude mice inoculated with human prostate tumor cells secreting prostate-specific antigen showed considerable reductions in tumor burden with minimal total body weight loss when treated with L-377, 202. This improvement in therapeutic index correlated with the selective localization of leucine-doxorubicin and free doxorubicin in tissues secreting prostate-specific antigen after exposure to L-377,202.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1078-8956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1248-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
A peptide-doxorubicin 'prodrug' activated by prostate-specific antigen selectively kills prostate tumor cells positive for prostate-specific antigen in vivo.
pubmed:affiliation
Cancer Research, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article