叶酸靶向的PGA联合N-苯乙酰化阿霉素的抗肿瘤活性

目的考察叶酸靶向的青霉素酰化酶G(PGA)联合前药N-苯乙酰化阿霉素(DOXP)对叶酸受体阳性肿瘤细胞的活性。方法通过双功能偶联剂EDC将叶酸与PGA偶联，荧光显微镜观察HeLa和SKOV3细胞对叶酸-PGA的摄取，MTT法检测DOXP联合叶酸-PGA对HeLa和SKOV3细胞的毒性。结果叶酸-PGA能被HeLa和SKOV3细胞选择性摄取；DOXP在叶酸-PGA的作用下对HeLa和SKOV3细胞的IC₅₀分别为0.72和0.75 μmol·L^-1，均低于阿霉素。结论叶酸-PGA的特异性靶向作用提高了阿霉素对HeLa和SKOV3细胞的敏感性。

Anticancer activity of N-(phenylacetyl) doxorubicin combined with folate-targeted PGA

AIM: To demonstrate the specific killing of folate receptor (FR)-positive tumor cells can be achieved by folate-targeted penicillin-G amidase (PGA) combined with its prodrug substrate N-(phenylacetyl) doxorubicin (DOXP). METHODS: Folic acid was covalently linked to PGA and folate content value was determined by quantitative UV spectrophotometry. The ability of folate conjugated PGA to hydrolyze DOXP was measured by RP-HPLC. Visual demonstration of uptake by FR (+) HeLa and SKOV3 cells was detected by using FITC labeled folate-PGA and a fluorescence microscopy. The cytotoxicity of DOXP towards the cells in the presence or absence of folate-PGA was assayed by using MTT method. RESULTS: The folate-PGA has a specific activity of 29. 8 U x mg(-1) (protein). FR selectivity was confirmed by fluorescence microscopy. The combination of DOXP prodrug with folate-PGA generated higher cytotoxicity towards the FR (+) cells than free doxorubicin. The IC50 was 0.72 micromol x L(-1) for HeLa cells and 0.75 micromol x L(-1) for SKOV3 cells, respectively. Further, the enhanced cytotoxicity reduced greatly with the addition of free folic acid. CONCLUSION: Folate conjugated PGA did not significantly compromise PGA catalytic activity and enabled binding prodrug-activating enzyme PGA to folate receptor expressing cells, and increased the sensitivity of the cells to doxorubicin followed by administration of its prodrug substrate.