摘要:
Antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) comprising an antibody conjugated to an anti-inflammatory therapeutic agent via a phosphate-based linker with tunable extracellular and intracellular stability are described.
摘要:
Phosphate-based linkers with tunable stability for intracellular delivery of drug conjugates are described. The phosphate-based linkers comprise a monophosphate, diphosphate, triphosphate, or tetraphosphate group (phosphate group) and a linker arm comprising a tuning element and optionally a spacer. A payload is covalently linked to the phosphate group at the distal end of the linker arm and the functional group at the proximal end of the linker arm is covalently linked to a cell-specific targeting ligand such as an antibody. These phosphate-based linkers have a differentiated and tunable stability in blood vs. an intracellular environment (e.g. lysosomal compartment).
摘要:
The invention herein provides a method for identifying a Notch-sparing γ-secretase inhibitor (NS-GSI) by evaluating ε- and γ-cleavage in a single APP-based substrate. The inventive assay utilizes ε-cleavage as surrogate for S3-cleavage of Notch and a substrate comprising the C99 fragment of APP fused to a Gal4/VP16 transcription factor to evaluate the inhibitory activity of compounds on ε and γ-cleavage simultaneously and for the identification of ε -sparing inhibitors that decrease Aβ production without affecting AICD production. In another embodiment, the APP-based substrate incorporates a mutated α-secretase cleavage site for enhanced Aβ production which allows for greater sensitivity of the assay.