General Information of This Linker
Linker ID
LIN00047
Linker Name
AHX
Linker Type
Enzyme-sensitive linkers
Structure
Formula
C28H39N5O8S
#Ro5 Violations (Lipinski): 2 Molecular Weight (mw) 605.714
Lipid-water partition coefficient (xlogp) 0.8815
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count (hbonddonor) 5
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count (hbondacc) 10
Rotatable Bond Count (rotbonds) 20
Canonical smiles
O=CC(CSC1CC(=O)N(CCCCCC(=O)NN=CCO)C1=O)NC(=O)CCCCCNC(=O)c1ccc(O)cc1
InChI
InChI=1S/C28H39N5O8S/c34-16-14-30-32-25(38)8-4-2-6-15-33-26(39)17-23(28(33)41)42-19-21(18-35)31-24(37)7-3-1-5-13-29-27(40)20-9-11-22(36)12-10-20/h9-12,14,18,21,23,34,36H,1-8,13,15-17,19H2,(H,29,40)(H,31,37)(H,32,38)/b30-14-
InChIKey
ZTRDUNVKNZLLGZ-CPDSRJINSA-N
Each Peptide-drug Conjugate Related to This Linker
Full Information of The Activity Data of The PDC(s) Related to This Linker
pHA-AHX-VAP-DOX [Investigative]
Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
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Experiment 1 Reporting the Activity Data of This PDC [1]
Indication Glioma
Efficacy Data Half Maximal Inhibitory Concentration (IC50)
0.56 µM
Administration Time 48 h
Evaluation Method MTT assay
MOA of PDC
The existence of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and blood-brain tumor barrier (BBTB) greatly limits the application of chemotherapy in glioma. To address this challenge, an optimal drug delivery system must efficiently cross the BBB/BBTB and specifically deliver therapeutic drugs into glioma cells while minimizing systemic toxicity. Here we demonstrated that glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78) and dopamine receptor D2 were highly expressed in patient-derived glioma tissues, and dopamine receptors were highly expressed on the BBB. Subsequently, we synthesized a novel Y-shaped peptide and compared the effects of different linkers on the receptor affinity and targeting ability of the peptide. A peptide-drug conjugate (pHA-AOHX-VAP-doxorubicin conjugate, pHA-AOHX-VAP-DOX) with a better affinity for glioma cells and higher solubility was derived for glioma treatment. pHA-AOHX-VAP-DOX could cross both BBB and BBTB via dopamine receptor and GRP78 receptor, and finally target glioma cells, significantly prolonging the survival time of nude mice bearing intracranial glioma. Furthermore, pHA-AOHX-VAP-DOX significantly reduced the toxicity of DOX and increased the maximum tolerated dose (MTD). Collectively, this work paves a new avenue for overcoming multiple barriers and effectively delivering chemotherapeutic agents to glioma cells while providing key evidence to identify potential receptors for glioma-targeted drug delivery.

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Description
The coupling of peptides with chemotherapeutic drugs often increased the solubility of the drugs, so the solubility of peptide-drug conjugates was determined, and the results were shown in Fig. S9. DOX free base exhibited poor solubility, with a solubility of approximately 0.22 ± 0.03 mg/mL in PBS. However, upon formation of a peptide-drug conjugate, the hydrophilicity of the peptide significantly enhanced the solubility of DOX. The solubility of pHA-AHX-VAP-DOX and pHA-AOHX-VAP-DOX drastically increased to 7.09 ± 0.15 mg/mL and 17.29 ± 0.43 mg/mL, which was 32-fold and 78-fold higher than that of the DOX free base, respectively. The improved solubility performance was consistent with their LogP values predicted by the ALOGPS 2.1 program.

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In Vitro Model Normal Human umbilical vein endothelial cell Homo sapiens
Experiment 2 Reporting the Activity Data of This PDC [1]
Indication Glioma
Efficacy Data Half Maximal Inhibitory Concentration (IC50)
0.62 µM
Administration Time 48 h
Evaluation Method MTT assay
MOA of PDC
The existence of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and blood-brain tumor barrier (BBTB) greatly limits the application of chemotherapy in glioma. To address this challenge, an optimal drug delivery system must efficiently cross the BBB/BBTB and specifically deliver therapeutic drugs into glioma cells while minimizing systemic toxicity. Here we demonstrated that glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78) and dopamine receptor D2 were highly expressed in patient-derived glioma tissues, and dopamine receptors were highly expressed on the BBB. Subsequently, we synthesized a novel Y-shaped peptide and compared the effects of different linkers on the receptor affinity and targeting ability of the peptide. A peptide-drug conjugate (pHA-AOHX-VAP-doxorubicin conjugate, pHA-AOHX-VAP-DOX) with a better affinity for glioma cells and higher solubility was derived for glioma treatment. pHA-AOHX-VAP-DOX could cross both BBB and BBTB via dopamine receptor and GRP78 receptor, and finally target glioma cells, significantly prolonging the survival time of nude mice bearing intracranial glioma. Furthermore, pHA-AOHX-VAP-DOX significantly reduced the toxicity of DOX and increased the maximum tolerated dose (MTD). Collectively, this work paves a new avenue for overcoming multiple barriers and effectively delivering chemotherapeutic agents to glioma cells while providing key evidence to identify potential receptors for glioma-targeted drug delivery.

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Description
The coupling of peptides with chemotherapeutic drugs often increased the solubility of the drugs, so the solubility of peptide-drug conjugates was determined, and the results were shown in Fig. S9. DOX free base exhibited poor solubility, with a solubility of approximately 0.22 ± 0.03 mg/mL in PBS. However, upon formation of a peptide-drug conjugate, the hydrophilicity of the peptide significantly enhanced the solubility of DOX. The solubility of pHA-AHX-VAP-DOX and pHA-AOHX-VAP-DOX drastically increased to 7.09 ± 0.15 mg/mL and 17.29 ± 0.43 mg/mL, which was 32-fold and 78-fold higher than that of the DOX free base, respectively. The improved solubility performance was consistent with their LogP values predicted by the ALOGPS 2.1 program.

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In Vitro Model Glioblastoma U87 cell CVCL_3429
References
Ref 1 A novel peptide-drug conjugate for glioma-targeted drug delivery. J Control Release. 2024 May;369:722-733. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2024.04.011. Epub 2024 Apr 13.