• J. Med. Chem. · Apr 1993

    Prodrugs of doxorubicin and melphalan and their activation by a monoclonal antibody-penicillin-G amidase conjugate.

    • V M Vrudhula, P D Senter, K J Fischer, and P M Wallace.
    • Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98121.
    • J. Med. Chem. 1993 Apr 2; 36 (7): 919-23.

    AbstractThe syntheses and cytotoxic activities of substituted N-phenylacetamido derivatives of doxorubicin and melphalan are described. The derivatives were designed as prodrugs which could be activated in a site-specific manner by monoclonal antibody-penicillin-G amidase (mAb-PGA) conjugates. N-(Phenylacetamido)doxorubicin (2) and N-(phenylacetyl)melphalan (6) were found to be 10- and 20-fold less cytotoxic against H2981 lung adenocarcinoma cells than doxorubicin and melphalan, respectively. When incubated with PGA, the cytotoxicity of 2 and 6 increased and became equivalent to that of the corresponding drugs from which they were made. The poor solubility characteristics of 2 in aqueous solutions provided the basis for the development of the more soluble doxorubicin derivatives, N-(4-aminophenylacetyl)doxorubicin (3) and N-(4-phosphonooxy)phenylacetyl)-doxorubicin (4). In vitro cytotoxicity assays indicated that 3 and 4 were at least 1000-fold less toxic than doxorubicin against H2981 cells. PGA and the mAb conjugate L6-PGA were able to effect the activation of 3 and 6 on H2981 cells (L6-antigen positive). Hydrolysis of the phosphate group of 4 was required prior to activation with PGA or L6-PGA. This was achieved using alkaline phosphatase, or by exposing 4 to phosphatases present in cell culture medium. The activation of 3, 4, and 6 on H2981 cells by L6-PGA occurred in an immunologically specific manner, since activation could be blocked by saturating cell surface antigens with L6 prior to treatment with L6-PGA. These results demonstrate that 3, 4, and 6 are prodrugs that can be specifically activated to release clinically approved anticancer agents by a mAb-PGA conjugate.

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