1. A photo-activated aptamer-drug conjugate for targeted drug delivery
- Author
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Jing Liu, Xiangjun Liu, Mengwen Yi, Yue Sun, Tao Bing, Nan Zhang, and Dihua Shangguan
- Subjects
Cytotoxins ,Metals and Alloys ,Oligonucleotides ,General Chemistry ,Aptamers, Nucleotide ,Catalysis ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Naphthalimides ,Drug Delivery Systems ,Pharmaceutical Preparations ,Doxorubicin ,Cell Line, Tumor ,Materials Chemistry ,Ceramics and Composites - Abstract
A photo-activated aptamer-drug conjugate, HG1-9-DNP, was developed based on an aptamer HG1-9 and a photolabile naphthalimide derivative DNP. HG1-9-DNP could be internalized into cells mediated by TfR, then photocleaved, and released a promising cytotoxic agent, DNNH, which arrested the cell cycle at the G2/M phase, resulting in high photo-induced cytotoxicity.
- Published
- 2022