Treatment of glioblastoma multiforme cells with temozolomide-BioShuttle ligated by the inverse Diels-Alder ligation chemistry

• Published in: Drug design, development and therapy Vol. 2; no. default; pp. 289 - 301
• Main Author: Braun, Klaus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Macclesfield Taylor & Francis Ltd 01.01.2009; Dove Press; Dove Medical Press
• Subjects: Astrocytoma; Brain; Brain cancer; Brain tumors; carrier molecules; Chemistry; Chemotherapy; Deprivation; Dosage; drug delivery; facilitated transport; Glioblastoma; Glioblastoma multiforme; Glioma cells; Organic chemistry; Pharmacology; Temozolomide; Therapeutic applications
• DOI: 10.2147/DDDT.S3572
• ISSN: 1177-8881

Recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), insensitive against most therapeutic interventions, has low response and survival rates. Temozolomide (TMZ) was approved for second-line therapy of recurrent anaplastic astrocytoma. However, TMZ therapy in GBM patients reveals properties such as reduced tolerability and inauspicious hemogram. The solution addressed here concerning GBM therapy consolidates and uses the potential of organic and peptide chemistry with molecular medicine. We enhanced the pharmacologic potency with simultaneous reduction of unwanted adverse reactions of the highly efficient chemotherapeutic TMZ. The TMZ connection to transporter molecules (TMZ-BioShuttle) was investigated, resulting in a much higher pharmacological effect in glioma cell lines and also with reduced dose rate. From this result we can conclude that a suitable chemistry could realize the ligation of pharmacologically active, but sensitive and highly unstable pharmaceutical ingredients without functional deprivation. The TMZ-BioShuttle dramatically enhanced the potential of TMZ for the treatment of brain tumors and is an attractive drug for combination chemotherapy.