A cocktail therapeutic strategy based on clofarabine-containing aptamer-PROTAC for enhanced cancer therapy

Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 Sep 26;59(77):11560-11563. doi: 10.1039/d3cc02904b.

Abstract

By introducing a therapeutic nucleoside analogue tail to the parent Aptamer-PROTACs, a PROTAC-cocktail system (ApTCs-3X) was designed and evaluated. ApTCs-3X exhibited improved nuclease resistance and efficiently degraded target protein with subcellular localization preference. This cocktail therapy results in enhanced therapeutic outcomes, making it suitable for advancing PROTAC in combination therapy.

MeSH terms

  • Clofarabine / pharmacology
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Endonucleases
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Nucleosides
  • Oligonucleotides

Substances

  • Clofarabine
  • Endonucleases
  • Nucleosides
  • Oligonucleotides