Bioconjugate Chemistry
Bioconjugate Chemistry
5 years ago

Proteolytic Unlocking of Ultrastable Twin-Acylhydrazone Linkers for Lysosomal Acid-Triggered Release of Anticancer Drugs

Proteolytic Unlocking of Ultrastable Twin-Acylhydrazone Linkers for Lysosomal Acid-Triggered Release of Anticancer Drugs
Chuanliu Wu, Yiwu Zheng, Yibing Zhao, Yaqi Wu, Jing Ren, Xiaoting Meng
Targeted prodrugs exploiting cleavable linkers capable of responding to endogenous stimuli have increasingly been explored for cancer therapy. Successful application of these prodrug designs relies on the manipulation of both stability and responsiveness of the cleavable linkers, which, however, are difficult to be finely regulated, particularly for acid-responsive acylhydrazone bonds. Here we developed a new class of peptide-bridged twin-acylhydrazone linkers (PTA linkers) displaying both an ultrahigh stability and a rapid responsiveness—highly stable in neutral and acidic conditions due to the effect of cooperativity between the two acylhydrazone bonds, easily cleavable in acidic conditions after enzymatically triggered unlocking of the two bonds. Moreover, our study shows the design of PTA-linked prodrugs and the proof-of-concept application of the PTA linkers for site-specific release of anticancer drugs into cancer cells.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00471

DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00471

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