Preparation and biological evaluation of polymerizable antibody Fab' fragment targeted polymeric drug delivery system. |
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Authors: | Z R Lu J G Shiah P Kopecková J Kopecek |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry/CCCD, 30 S 2000 E Rm 301, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. |
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Abstract: | A new polymerizable antibody Fab' fragment with a PEG spacer (MA-PEG-Fab') was prepared from OV-TL 16 antibody, specific against the OA-3 antigen expressed on most human ovarian carcinomas. The MA-PEG-Fab' possessed a higher reactivity in the copolymerization with N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA) than the polymerizable Fab' fragment MA-Fab' with a short spacer. The MA-PEG-Fab' was copolymerized with HPMA and MA-Gly-Phe-Leu-Gly-Mce(6) producing an Fab' targeted HPMA copolymer-Mce(6) conjugate. The number and weight average molecular weights of the copolymer were 164000 and 271000 Da, respectively. About two MA-PEG-Fab' fragments per chain were incorporated in the copolymer conjugates. Preliminary in vivo antitumor studies indicated that the Fab' targeted conjugates showed a higher efficacy of tumor growth inhibition in nude mice than the non-targeted conjugate. |
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