Issue 95, 2017
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Chemical Communications

Reversing the undesirable pH-profile of doxorubicin via activation of a di-substituted maleamic acid prodrug at tumor acidity†

Anqi Zhang, ORCID logo a   Lan Yao ORCID logo b  and  Ming An ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton University, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, New York 13902, USA
E-mail: aming@binghamton.edu
Tel: +1 (607) 777 3224

b Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, SUNY, Binghamton University, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, New York 13902, USA

Abstract

The acid-labile behavior of di-substituted maleamic acid (DMA) and its equilibrium with di-substituted maleimide (DMI) are exploited to build an ultra acid-sensitive, small molecule prodrug that can be activated by tumor extracellular pH (pHe) in the range of 6.5–6.9. Such a DMA prodrug reversed the unfavorable pH-profile of doxorubicin (Dox), which may improve its therapeutic window.

Graphical abstract: Reversing the undesirable pH-profile of doxorubicin via activation of a di-substituted maleamic acid prodrug at tumor acidity

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CC06843C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Sep 2017
Accepted
31 Oct 2017
First published
01 Nov 2017

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 12826-12829

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Reversing the undesirable pH-profile of doxorubicin via activation of a di-substituted maleamic acid prodrug at tumor acidity

A. Zhang, L. Yao and M. An, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 12826 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC06843C

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