A Clinically Translatable Ternary Platinum(IV) Prodrug for Synergistically Reversing Drug Resistance

J Med Chem. 2023 Mar 23;66(6):4045-4058. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01924. Epub 2023 Mar 10.

Abstract

Scalable production of a clinically translatable formulation with enhanced therapeutic efficacy against cisplatin-resistant tumors without the use of any clinically unapproved reagents and additional manipulation remains a challenge. For this purpose, we report herein the construction of TPP-Pt-acetal-CA based on all commercially available, clinically approved reagents consisting of a cinnamaldehyde (CA) unit for reactive oxygen species generation, a mitochondrially targeted triphenylphosphonium (TPP)-modified Pt(IV) moiety for mitochondrial dysfunction, and an intracellular acidic pH-cleavable acetal link between these two moieties. The resulting self-assembled, stabilized TPP-Pt-acetal-CA nanoparticles mediated an IC50 value approximately 6-fold lower than that of cisplatin in A549/DDP cells and a tumor weight reduction 3.6-fold greater than that of cisplatin in A549/DDP tumor-bearing BALB/c mice with insignificant systematic toxicity due to the synergistic mitochondrial dysfunction and markedly amplified oxidative stress. Therefore, this study presents the first example of a clinically translatable Pt(IV) prodrug with enhanced efficiency for synergistically reversing drug resistance.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetals / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents* / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents* / therapeutic use
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cisplatin / pharmacology
  • Cisplatin / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
  • Mice
  • Platinum / pharmacology
  • Prodrugs* / pharmacology
  • Prodrugs* / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Platinum
  • Cisplatin
  • Prodrugs
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Acetals