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Development of acetaminophen proline prodrug
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters (2010)
  • Zhiqian (James) Wu
  • Ashish Patel
  • Rutesh Dave
  • Xudong Yuan
Abstract
In this research work, proline ester prodrug of acetaminophen (Pro-APAP) was synthesized and evaluated for its stability in PBS buffer at various pH and Caco-2 cell homogenate. The Pro-APAP is more stable at lower pH than higher pH, with half-life of 120 min in PBS buffer at pH 2.0, half-life of 65 min at pH 5.0, and half life of 3.5 min at pH 7.4, respectively. The half-life of Pro-APAP in Caco-2 cell homogenate is about 1 min, much shorter than the half-life in PBS buffer at pH 7.4, indicating enzymes in the cell homogenate contribute to the hydrolysis of the ester bond. Carboxypeptidase A was incubated with Pro-APAP at pH 7.4 with half-life of 3.8 min which is very close to the half life in buffer itself. This clearly indicates carboxypeptidase A is not one of the enzymes contributing to the hydrolysis of the prodrug. Physicochemical characteristics such as melting point and stability of newly synthesized prodrug were determined by MDSC technique.
Keywords
  • Acetaminophen,
  • Pro-APAP,
  • Proline,
  • Prodrug,
  • Carboxypeptidase A
Publication Date
July, 2010
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.05.050
Citation Information
Zhiqian (James) Wu, Ashish Patel, Rutesh Dave and Xudong Yuan. "Development of acetaminophen proline prodrug" Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters Vol. 20 Iss. 13 (2010) p. 3851 - 3854
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zhiqianjames_wu/19/