title: A Dual-Targeting Octaguanidine-Doxorubicin Conjugate Transporter for Inducing Caspase-Mediated Apoptosis on Folate-Expressing Cancer Cells.
abstract: An efficient synthetic framework was assembled (G8-FKE-FA-Dox), consisting of a lysosome-targeting octaguanidine molecular transporter with a cathepsin B (cath B)-specific peptide substrate, folic acid, and the potent chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin (Dox). Because the folate receptor (FR) and cath B are overexpressed in malignant cells, this transporter conjugate successfully executed lysosome-mediated transport of Dox to FR-positive tumor cells, illustrating this framework as an excellent targeted drug delivery system (TDDS). G8-FKE-FA-Dox was shown to exhibit selective toxicity toward FR-overexpressing cancer cells, with an IC50 value superior to that of the USFDA-approved Lipodox(TM) and proportional to that of free Dox via selective induction of apoptosis by the activation of caspases 8, 9, and 3. This TDDS was observed to be nontoxic to red blood cells and lymphocytes at neutral pH. Furthermore the tumor-targeting dissemination pattern of this system was revealed by monitoring the in vivo biodistribution of the carrier (G8-FKE-FA-FL) in normal and FR-overexpressing tumor-bearing mice.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Sciences & Technology Division (CSTD), Organic Chemistry Section, CSIR - National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology (NIIST), Industrial Estate, Pappanamcode, Thiruvananthapuram, 695019, Kerala, India.|Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)-CSIR-NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram, 695019, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Jyothi B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.affiliation: Chemical Sciences & Technology Division (CSTD), Organic Chemistry Section, CSIR - National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology (NIIST), Industrial Estate, Pappanamcode, Thiruvananthapuram, 695019, Kerala, India.|Laboratory of Biopharmaceuticals and Nanomedicine, Division of Cancer Research, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, 695011, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Manu M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.affiliation: Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Division, CSIR - Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Saswat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mohapatra
authors.affiliation: Chemical Sciences & Technology Division (CSTD), Organic Chemistry Section, CSIR - National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology (NIIST), Industrial Estate, Pappanamcode, Thiruvananthapuram, 695019, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Safeera
authors.affiliation: Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Division, CSIR - Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, West Bengal, India. sghosh@iicb.res.in, sgiicb@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Surajit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biopharmaceuticals and Nanomedicine, Division of Cancer Research, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, 695011, Kerala, India. lekhasree64@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Sreelekha
authors.affiliation: Chemical Sciences & Technology Division (CSTD), Organic Chemistry Section, CSIR - National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology (NIIST), Industrial Estate, Pappanamcode, Thiruvananthapuram, 695019, Kerala, India. kkmaiti@niist.res.in, kkmaiti29@gmail.com.|Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)-CSIR-NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram, 695019, Kerala, India. kkmaiti@niist.res.in, kkmaiti29@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Kaustabh Kumar
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Maiti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism*; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D058972:Folic Acid Transporters / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D019791:Guanidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D058972:Folic Acid Transporters; D004317:Doxorubicin; D005492:Folic Acid; D020169:Caspases; D019791:Guanidine
keywords: cancer; cathepsin B; dendrons; folic acid; targeted drug delivery