Issue 17, 2018

A thioether-directed palladium-cleavable linker for targeted bioorthogonal drug decaging

Abstract

We describe the development of a bifunctional linker that simultaneously allows site-specific protein modification and palladium-mediated bioorthogonal decaging. This was enabled by a thioether binding motif in the propargyl carbamate linker and a readily available palladium complex. We demonstrate the efficiency of this reaction by controlled drug release from a PEGylated doxorubicin prodrug in cancer cells. The linker can be easily installed into cysteine bearing proteins which we demonstrated for the construction of an anti-HER2 nanobody–drug conjugate. Targeted delivery of the nanobody drug conjugate showed effective cell killing in HER2+ cells upon palladium-mediated decaging.

Graphical abstract: A thioether-directed palladium-cleavable linker for targeted bioorthogonal drug decaging

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
16 Janv. 2018
Accepted
02 Apr. 2018
First published
06 Apr. 2018
This article is Open Access

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Chem. Sci., 2018,9, 4185-4189

A thioether-directed palladium-cleavable linker for targeted bioorthogonal drug decaging

B. J. Stenton, B. L. Oliveira, M. J. Matos, L. Sinatra and G. J. L. Bernardes, Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 4185 DOI: 10.1039/C8SC00256H

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