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ArticleMolecular pharmaceutics2023

Sweet Battle of the Epimers─Continued Exploration of Monosaccharide-Derived Delivery Agents for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy.

Jelena Matović, Katayun Bahrami, Philipp Stockmann, Iris K Sokka, You Cheng Khng, Mirkka Sarparanta, Evamarie Hey-Hawkins, Jarkko Rautio, Filip S Ekholm

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Article in Molecular pharmaceutics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Jelena MatovićDepartment of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland, P.O. Box 55, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-6529-2671
Katayun BahramiSchool of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, Kuopio FI-70211, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-3028-5663
Philipp StockmannFaculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Leipzig University, Leipzig D-04103, Germany.
Iris K SokkaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland, P.O. Box 55, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-5148-4987
You Cheng KhngDepartment of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland, P.O. Box 55, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland.
Mirkka SarparantaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland, P.O. Box 55, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-2956-4366
Evamarie Hey-HawkinsFaculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Leipzig University, Leipzig D-04103, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4267-0603
Jarkko RautioSchool of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, Kuopio FI-70211, Finland.
Filip S EkholmDepartment of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland, P.O. Box 55, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-4461-2215

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a cancer therapy in which boron delivery agents play a crucial role. In theory, delivery agents with high tumor targeting capabilities can lead to selective eradication of tumor cells without causing harmful side effects. We have been working on a GLUT1-targeting strategy to BNCT for a number of years and found multiple promising hit compounds which outperform the clinically employed boron delivery agents in vitro. Herein, we continue our work in the field by further diversification of the carbohydrate scaffold in order to map the optimal stereochemistry of the carbohydrate core. In the sweet battle of the epimers, carborane-bearing d-galactose, d-mannose, and d-allose are synthesized and subjected to in vitro profiling studies─with earlier work on d-glucose serving as the reference. We find that all of the monosaccharide delivery agents display a significantly improved boron delivery capacity over the delivery agents approved for clinical use in vitro, thus providing a sound foundation for advancing toward in vivo preclinical assessment studies.

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BoranesBoron Neutron Capture TherapyNeoplasmsBoronBoron CompoundsHumansMonosaccharidesBoranesBoronBoron CompoundsMonosaccharidesboron neutron capture therapycarbohydratescarboranesdrug deliverymedicinal chemistry

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PMCPMC10245378

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