Skip to main content
Article
Synthesis of Water-Soluble Camptothecin-Polyoxetane Conjugates via Click Chemistry
Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • Olga Yu Zolotarskaya
  • Alison F. Wagner
  • Jason M. Beckta
  • Kristoffer Valerie
  • Kenneth J. Wynne
  • Hu Yang, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

Water-soluble camptothecin (CPT)-polyoxetane conjugates were synthesized using a clickable polymeric platform P(EAMO) that was made by polymerization of acetylene-functionalized 3-ethyl-3-(hydroxymethyl)oxetane (i.e., EAMO). CPT was first modified with a linker 6-azidohexanoic acid via an ester linkage to yield CPT-azide. CPT-azide was then click coupled to P(EAMO) in dichloromethane using bromotris(triphenylphosphine)copper(I)/N,N-diisopropylethylamine. For water solubility and cytocompatibility improvement, methoxypolyethylene glycol azide (mPEG-azide) was synthesized from mPEG 750 g mol-1 and click grafted using copper(II) sulfate and sodium ascorbate to P(EAMO)-g-CPT. 1H NMR spectroscopy confirmed synthesis of all intermediates and the final product P(EAMO)-g-CPT/PEG. CPT was found to retain its therapeutically active lactone form. The resulting P(EAMO)-g-CPT/PEG conjugates were water-soluble and produced dose-dependent cytotoxicity to human glioma cells and increased γ-H2AX foci formation, indicating extensive cell cycle-dependent DNA damage. Altogether, we have synthesized CPT-polymer conjugates able to induce controlled toxicity to human cancer cells.

Department(s)
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
  • anticancer drug delivery,
  • brush polymer,
  • glioma,
  • nanomedicine,
  • polymer-drug conjugates,
  • polyoxetane
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2012 American Chemical Society (ACS), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
11-5-2012
Publication Date
05 Nov 2012
PubMed ID
23051100
Citation Information
Olga Yu Zolotarskaya, Alison F. Wagner, Jason M. Beckta, Kristoffer Valerie, et al.. "Synthesis of Water-Soluble Camptothecin-Polyoxetane Conjugates via Click Chemistry" Molecular Pharmaceutics Vol. 9 Iss. 11 (2012) p. 3403 - 3408 ISSN: 1543-8384; 1543-8392
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/hu-yang/73/