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ArticleMolecular pharmaceutics2018

Polymer-Temozolomide Conjugates as Therapeutics for Treating Glioblastoma.

Sarah M Ward, Matthew Skinner, Banishree Saha, Todd Emrick

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Article in Molecular pharmaceutics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Enhancing temozolomideAsian journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sarah M WardPolymer Science and Engineering Department , University of Massachusetts , 120 Governors Drive , Amherst , Massachusetts 01003 , United States.
Matthew SkinnerPolymer Science and Engineering Department , University of Massachusetts , 120 Governors Drive , Amherst , Massachusetts 01003 , United States.
Banishree SahaPolymer Science and Engineering Department , University of Massachusetts , 120 Governors Drive , Amherst , Massachusetts 01003 , United States.
Todd EmrickPolymer Science and Engineering Department , University of Massachusetts , 120 Governors Drive , Amherst , Massachusetts 01003 , United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0460-1797

Funding

A Phosphorylcholine Vesicle (PCV) Platform for Cancer TherapeuticsR21CA167674 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI EMRICK, TODD SHANNON · 2013 to 2014
$347k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA167674
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A series of polymer-drug conjugates based on 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC) was prepared with the glioblastoma drug temozolomide (TMZ) as pendent groups. Random and block copolymers were synthesized by reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) polymerization using a TMZ-containing methacrylate monomer. The solution properties of the polyMPC-TMZ copolymers were investigated by dynamic light scattering and transmission electron microscopy, revealing well-defined nanostructures from the block copolymers. Conjugation of TMZ to polyMPC enhanced drug stability, with decomposition half-life values ranging from 2- to 19-times longer than that of free TMZ. The cytotoxicity of polyMPC-TMZ was evaluated in both chemosensitive (U87MG) and chemoresistant (T98G) glioblastoma cell lines. Furthermore, the polyMPC-TMZ platform was expanded considerably by the preparation of redox-sensitive polyMPC-TMZ copolymers utilizing disulfides as the polymer-to-drug linker.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingBrain NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorDrug CarriersDrug CompoundingDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorGlioblastomaHumansMethacrylatesPhosphorylcholinePolymerizationPolymersTemozolomide2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholineAntineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingDrug CarriersMethacrylatesPhosphorylcholinePolymersTemozolomidedrug deliveryglioblastomapolymer-drug conjugatepoly(methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine)temozolomide

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PMID30354145
PMCPMC6220362

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