Abstract
New structural modifications of the marine shell-less mollusk peptide constituent dolastatin 10 (1) have been synthesized, and evaluated against a variety of cancer cell lines and for their ability to inhibit tubulin polymerization. A number of useful structure-activity relationships were uncovered. The most important observation was that the dolaphenine unit of dolastatin 10 could be satisfactorily replaced with a phenethylamine. Peptide 11C, designated auristatin PE, was found to exhibit inhibition of cancer cell growth and tubulin assembly comparable to that of dolastatin 10.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 529-544 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Anti-Cancer Drug Design |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 7 |
State | Published - 1995 |
Keywords
- Antineoplastic agents
- Dolastatin 10
- Structural modifications
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Oncology
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Pharmacology
- Drug Discovery
- Organic Chemistry