Liver accumulation of TNP-modified streptavidin and avidin: potential use for targeted radio- and chemotherapy

Journal of Drug Targeting
B SchechterM Wilchek

Abstract

Hepatic metastases of malignant tumors is a major problem in the treatment of cancers for which the liver is the most common site for recurrences. In the present study we describe a selective delivery system to the liver which may facilitate specific hepatic targeting of anti-cancer agents. Avidin and streptavidin are two biotin-binding proteins with extreme resistance to proteolytic activity. Trinitrophenyl (TNP) modification of these two proteins resulted in specific accumulation in mouse liver with levels of 40-50 percent per gram tissue (%/g) during a period of several days. The two modified proteins could target to the liver high doses of covalently bound radionuclide iodine-125, a biotinylated ligand such as biotinyl-tyrosine (BT) or large biotinylated carriers such as carboxymethyl dextran (CMdex, 40kDa). Appropriately derivatized dextrans serve as carriers for various chemotherapeutic drugs, as demonstrated here for cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum (CDDP). Specific liver targeting of CDDP complexed to CMdex-TNP-streptavidin could be monitored by flame atomic absorption spectrometry of the Pt metal: High levels of the Pt drug were concentrated in the liver for at least 15hr following its targeted delivery as compared to esse...Continue Reading

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