title: New chemical adaptor unit designed to release a drug from a tumor targeting device by enzymatic triggering.
abstract: A new controlled drug delivery system for selective chemotherapy was developed. It is based on a chemical adaptor unit, that releases a drug by a spontaneous cyclization mechanism after cleavage of an enzymatic substrate. It also provides a generic linkage of a drug with a targeting device in a manner set to be triggered by defined enzymatic activity. The system is generic and allows using a variety of drugs, targeting devices, and enzymes by introducing the corresponding substrate as a trigger for drug release in the chemical adaptor.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gopin
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rader
authors.forename: Doron
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shabat
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000379:methods*; D015195:Drug Design; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents