Cancer cell targeting driven by selective polyamine reactivity with glycine propargyl esters.

Chem Commun (Camb)

Biofunctional Synthetic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan. and Biofunctional Chemistry Laboratory, A. Butlerov Institute of Chemistry, Kazan Federal University, 18 Kremlyovskaya Street, Kazan, 420008, Russia and JST, PRESTO, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.

Published: July 2017

AI Article Synopsis

  • Rapidly growing cancer cells have higher levels of polyamines compared to normal tissues.
  • Researchers created special probes using glycine propargyl esters to identify these polyamines.
  • These probes were then used for targeted imaging of cancer cells to better understand their behavior.

Article Abstract

Rapidly growing cancer cells have increased levels of intracellular polyamines compared to normal, healthy tissues. Based on the selective reactivity of glycine propargyl esters, probes were synthesized that show evidence for selective polyamine reactivity, which was then applied for selective cancer cell imaging studies.

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