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Water-soluble withaferin A polymer prodrugs via a drug-functionalized RAFT CTA approach
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To cope with the poor aqueous solubility of withaferin A, a broad-spectrum anti-cancer agent effective against therapy-resistant cancers, a polymer-drug conjugate was synthesized via a grafting-from-drug approach. Modification of withaferin A at the C27-OH with a chain transfer agent (CTA) for reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization through a degradable ester bond was achieved with excellent control on the regioselectivity via a PFP-ester transesterification route. Subsequent RAFT polymerization with the hydrophilic N,N-dimethylacrylamide yielded a fully water-soluble conjugate. A decreased cytotoxicity in vitro indicated that withaferin A exists as a prodrug in the conjugate form and requires hydrolysis of the ester to regain its activity.
Language
English
Source (journal)
European polymer journal. - Oxford
Publication
Oxford : 2019
ISSN
0014-3057
DOI
10.1016/J.EURPOLYMJ.2018.11.043
Volume/pages
110 (2019) , p. 313-318
ISI
000456751000038
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UAntwerpen
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Last edited 02.10.2024
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