We report that lung cancer-targeting peptides isolated from a peptide library can be used to deliver an active chemotherapeutic in a cell-specific fashion. The peptides were removed from the context of the phage and placed on a pegylated tetrameric scaffold. The tetrameric peptides were shown to block uptake of their cognate phage. The tetrameric peptides were coupled to doxorubicin, and their cytotoxicity against a panel of different cell lines was tested. Our data demonstrate that these targeting peptides can deliver an active anticancer agent in a cell-specific fashion, resulting in an increase of the therapeutic index of the targeted drug compared to systemic delivery. The efficacy of the peptide conjugate correlates to the affinity of the targeting peptide for a particular cell line. As such, we have demonstrated that cell-specific targeted drugs can be synthesized, even when the cell surface target is unknown.
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Cell-specific delivery of a chemotherapeutic to lung cancer cells. Journal Published:
PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov
Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society
VOLUME: 126
Page Numbers: 15656-7
Journal Abbreviation: J. Am. Chem. Soc.
ISSN: 0002-7863
DAY: 8
MONTH: Dec
YEAR: 2004
Cell-specific delivery of a chemotherapeutic to lung cancer cells. Information
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LANGUAGE: eng
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Cell-specific delivery of a chemotherapeutic to lung cancer cells. Keywords Mesh Terms:
KEYWORDS: Peptides
MESH TERMS: pharmacokinetics
Chemical & Substance for Abstract: Cell-specific delivery of a chemotherapeutic to lung cancer cells. Information
Substance Name: Doxorubicin
Registry Number: 23214-92-8
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AFFILIATION: Center for Biomedical Inventions and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9185, USA.
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