Liu Zhendong, Ren Yinling, Pan Li, Xu Han-Mei
Department of Marine Pharmacy, College of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China; E-Mails:
Int J Mol Sci. 2011;12(4):2650-63. doi: 10.3390/ijms12042650. Epub 2011 Apr 19.
HM-3, designed by our laboratory, is a polypeptide composed of 18 amino acids. Pharmacodynamic studies in vivo and in vitro indicated that HM-3 could inhibit endothelial cell migration and angiogenesis, thereby inhibiting tumor growth. However, the half-life of HM-3 is short. In this study, we modified HM-3 with different polyethylene glycols (PEG) in order to reduce the plasma clearance rate, extend the half-life in the body, maintain a high concentration of HM-3 in the blood and increase the therapeutic efficiency. HM-3 was modified with four different types of PEG with different molecular weights (ALD-mPEG(5k), ALD-mPEG(10k), SC-mPEG(10k) and SC-mPEG(20k)), resulting in four modified products (ALD-mPEG(5k)-HM-3, ALD-mPEG(10k)-HM-3, SC-mPEG(10k)-HM-3 and SC-mPEG(20k)-HM-3, respectively). Anti-tumor activity of these four modified HM-3 was determined in BALB/c mice with Taxol as a positive control and normal saline as a negative control. Tumor weight inhibition rates of mice treated with Taxol, HM-3, ALD-mPEG(5k)-HM-3, ALD-mPEG(10k)-HM-3, SC-mPEG(10k)-HM-3 and SC-mPEG(20k)-HM-3 were 44.50%, 43.92%, 37.95%, 31.64%, 20.27% and 50.23%, respectively. Tumor inhibition rates in the Taxol, HM-3 and SC-mPEG(20k)-HM-3 groups were significantly higher than that in the negative control group. The efficiency of tumor inhibition in the SC-mPEG(20k)-HM-3 group (drug treatment frequency: once per two days) was better than that in the HM-3 group (drug treatment frequency: twice per day). In addition, tumor inhibition rate in the SC-mPEG(20k)-HM-3 group was higher than that in the taxol group. We conclude that SC-mPEG(20k)-HM-3 had a low plasma clearance rate and long half-life, resulting in high anti-tumor therapeutic efficacy in vivo. Therefore, SC-mPEG(20k)-HM-3 could be potentially developed as new anti-tumor drugs.
HM-3由本实验室设计,是一种由18个氨基酸组成的多肽。体内和体外药效学研究表明,HM-3可抑制内皮细胞迁移和血管生成,从而抑制肿瘤生长。然而,HM-3的半衰期较短。在本研究中,我们用不同的聚乙二醇(PEG)修饰HM-3,以降低血浆清除率,延长体内半衰期,维持血液中HM-3的高浓度并提高治疗效果。用四种不同分子量的PEG(ALD-mPEG(5k)、ALD-mPEG(10k)、SC-mPEG(10k)和SC-mPEG(20k))修饰HM-3,得到四种修饰产物(分别为ALD-mPEG(5k)-HM-3、ALD-mPEG(10k)-HM-3、SC-mPEG(10k)-HM-3和SC-mPEG(20k)-HM-3)。以紫杉醇为阳性对照、生理盐水为阴性对照,在BALB/c小鼠中测定这四种修饰HM-3的抗肿瘤活性。用紫杉醇、HM-3、ALD-mPEG(5k)-HM-3、ALD-mPEG(10k)-HM-3、SC-mPEG(10k)-HM-3和SC-mPEG(20k)-HM-3处理的小鼠的肿瘤重量抑制率分别为44.50%、43.92%、37.95%、31.64%、20.27%和50.23%。紫杉醇、HM-3和SC-mPEG(20k)-HM-3组的肿瘤抑制率显著高于阴性对照组。SC-mPEG(20k)-HM-3组(给药频率:每两天一次)的肿瘤抑制效果优于HM-3组(给药频率:每天两次)。此外,SC-mPEG(20k)-HM-3组的肿瘤抑制率高于紫杉醇组。我们得出结论,SC-mPEG(20k)-HM-3具有低血浆清除率和长半衰期,在体内具有高抗肿瘤治疗效果。因此,SC-mPEG(20k)-HM-3有可能被开发为新型抗肿瘤药物。