| Literature DB >> 9399666 |
C A Ladino1, R V Chari, L A Bourret, N L Kedersha, V S Goldmacher.
Abstract
Folate receptor is over-expressed in a variety of carcinomas. To design a cytotoxic drug that would selectively target these carcinomas, we synthesized folate-maytansinoids. These drugs showed high affinity toward folate receptor, appeared to enter cells exclusively via the folate receptor-mediated caveolar pathway and displayed high cytotoxic potency (in the range of 10[-11] to 10[-10] M) and remarkable selectivity for folate receptor-expressing carcinoma cell lines. Folate-maytansinoids represent a new class of tumor-specific agents in which the targeting and the cytotoxic function can be altered independently.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9399666 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19971210)73:6<859::aid-ijc16>3.0.co;2-#
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Cancer ISSN: 0020-7136 Impact factor: 7.396