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SUBMITTER: Li W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6792168 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20190906 10
Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) that incorporate the exatecan derivative DXd in their payload are showing promising clinical results in solid tumor indications. The payload has an F-ring that also contains a second chiral center, both of which complicate its synthesis and derivatization. Here we report on new camptothecin-ADCs that do not have an F-ring in their payloads yet behave similarly to DXd-bearing conjugates <i>in vitro</i> and <i>in vivo</i>. This simplification allows easier derivatiz ...[more]