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S-methyl DM1

  CAS No.: 912569-84-7   Cat No.: BADC-01378 4.5  

S-methyl DM1 is a thiomethyl derivative of Maytansine. S-methyl DM1 binds tubulin with a Kd of 0.93 μM and inhibits microtubule polymerization. S-methyl DM1 can effectively inhibit microtubule dynamic instability and has anticancer effects.

S-methyl DM1

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Molecular Formula
C36H50ClN3O10S
Molecular Weight
752.31
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N2'-Deacetyl-N2'-[3-(methylthio)-1-oxopropyl]-maytansine; [(1S,2R,3S,5S,6S,16Z,18Z,20R,21S)-11-chloro-21-hydroxy-12,20-dimethoxy-2,5,9,16-tetramethyl-8,23-dioxo-4,24-dioxa-9,22-diazatetracyclo[19.3.1.110,14.03,5]hexacosa-10,12,14(26),16,18-pentaen-6-yl] (2S)-2-[methyl(3-methylsulfanylpropanoyl)amino]propanoate
IUPAC Name
[(1S,2R,3S,5S,6S,16Z,18Z,20R,21S)-11-chloro-21-hydroxy-12,20-dimethoxy-2,5,9,16-tetramethyl-8,23-dioxo-4,24-dioxa-9,22-diazatetracyclo[19.3.1.110,14.03,5]hexacosa-10,12,14(26),16,18-pentaen-6-yl] (2S)-2-[methyl(3-methylsulfanylpropanoyl)amino]propanoate
Canonical SMILES
CC1C2CC(C(C=CC=C(CC3=CC(=C(C(=C3)OC)Cl)N(C(=O)CC(C4(C1O4)C)OC(=O)C(C)N(C)C(=O)CCSC)C)C)OC)(NC(=O)O2)O
InChI
InChI=1S/C36H50ClN3O10S/c1-20-11-10-12-27(47-8)36(45)19-26(48-34(44)38-36)21(2)32-35(4,50-32)28(49-33(43)22(3)39(5)29(41)13-14-51-9)18-30(42)40(6)24-16-23(15-20)17-25(46-7)31(24)37/h10-12,16-17,21-22,26-28,32,45H,13-15,18-19H2,1-9H3,(H,38,44)/b12-10-,20-11-/t21-,22+,26+,27-,28+,32+,35+,36+/m1/s1
InChIKey
PLYHSTGTQYPYMT-UDXCHANISA-N
Solubility
Soluble in Chloroform (Slightly), Methanol (Slightly)
Melting Point
>152°C (dec.)
Appearance
Off-white to Pale Yellow Solid
Storage
Store at -20°C
1. High-affinity accumulation of a maytansinoid in cells via weak tubulin interaction
Yelena V Kovtun, Eriene-Heidi Sidhom, Victor S Goldmacher, Kathleen R Whiteman, Yinghua Guan, Charlene A Audette, Jagesh V Shah PLoS One . 2015 Feb 11;10(2):e0117523. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117523.
The microtubule-targeting maytansinoids accumulate in cells and induce mitotic arrest at 250- to 1000-fold lower concentrations than those required for their association with tubulin or microtubules. To identify the mechanisms of this intracellular accumulation and exceptional cytotoxicity of maytansinoids we studied interaction of a highly cytotoxic maytansinoid, S-methyl DM1 and several other maytansinoids with cells. S-methyl DM1 accumulated inside the cells with a markedly higher apparent affinity than to tubulin or microtubules. The apparent affinities of maytansinoids correlated with their cytotoxicities. The number of intracellular binding sites for S-methyl DM1 in MCF7 cells was comparable to the number of tubulin molecules per cell (~ 4-6 × 10(7) copies). Efflux of 3[H]-S-methyl DM1 from cells was enhanced in the presence of an excess of non-labeled S-methyl DM1, indicating that re-binding of 3 [H]-S-methyl DM1 to intracellular binding sites contributed to its intracellular retention. Liposomes loaded with non-polymerized tubulin recapitulated the apparent high-affinity association of S-methyl DM1 to cells. We propose a model for the intracellular accumulation of maytansinoids in which molecules of the compounds diffuse into a cell and associate with tubulin. Affinities of maytansinoids for individual tubulin molecules are weak, but the high intracellular concentration of tubulin favors, after dissociation of a compound-tubulin complex, their re-binding to a tubulin molecule, or to a tip of a microtubule in the same cell, over their efflux. As a result, a significant fraction of microtubule tips is occupied with a maytansinoid when added to cells at sub-nanomolar concentrations, inducing mitotic arrest and cell death.
2. Antibody-maytansinoid conjugates are activated in targeted cancer cells by lysosomal degradation and linker-dependent intracellular processing
Peter U Park, Lisa M Garrett, Yelena V Kovtun, Victor S Goldmacher, Wayne C Widdison, Robert J Lutz, Karen Hoffman, Hans K Erickson, Walter A Blättler Cancer Res . 2006 Apr 15;66(8):4426-33. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-4489.
Antibody-drug conjugates are targeted anticancer agents consisting of a cytotoxic drug covalently linked to a monoclonal antibody for tumor antigen-specific activity. Once bound to the target cell-surface antigen, the conjugate must be processed to release an active form of the drug, which can reach its intracellular target. Here, we used both biological and biochemical methods to better define this process for antibody-maytansinoid conjugates. In particular, we examined the metabolic fate in cells of huC242-maytansinoid conjugates containing either a disulfide linker (huC242-SPDB-DM4) or a thioether linker (huC242-SMCC-DM1). Using cell cycle analysis combined with lysosomal inhibitors, we showed that lysosomal processing is required for the activity of antibody-maytansinoid conjugates, irrespective of the linker. We also identified and characterized the released maytansinoid molecules from these conjugates, and measured their rate of release compared with the kinetics of cell cycle arrest. Both conjugates are efficiently degraded in lysosomes to yield metabolites consisting of the intact maytansinoid drug and linker attached to lysine. The lysine adduct is the sole metabolite from the thioether-linked conjugate. However, the lysine metabolite generated from the disulfide-linked conjugate is reduced and S-methylated to yield the lipophilic and potently cytotoxic metabolite, S-methyl-DM4. These findings provide insight into the mechanism of action of antibody-maytansinoid conjugates in general, and more specifically, identify a biochemical mechanism that may account for the significantly enhanced antitumor efficacy observed with disulfide-linked conjugates.
3. In vitro characterization of the drug-drug interaction potential of catabolites of antibody-maytansinoid conjugates
Dan A Rock, Larry C Wienkers, Josh T Pearson, John A Davis Drug Metab Dispos . 2012 Oct;40(10):1927-34. doi: 10.1124/dmd.112.046169.
The in vitro characterization of the inhibition potential of four representative maytansinoid species observed upon hepatic and/or tumor in vivo processing of antibody-maytansine conjugates (AMCs) with cleavable and noncleavable linkers is reported. We investigated the free maytansinoid species N(2')-deacetyl-N(2')-(3-mercapto-1-oxopropyl)-maytansine (DM1), (S)-methyl-DM1, and N(2')-deacetyl-N(2')-(4-mercapto-4-methyl-1-oxopentyl)-maytansine (DM4) as representative cleavable linker catabolites and Lysine-N(ε)-N-succinimidyl 4-(N-maleimidomethyl) cyclohexane-1-carboxylate-DM1 (Lys-MCC-DM1) as the representative noncleavable linker catabolite. Studies with recombinant human cytochromes P450 (P450s) indicate CYP2D6, CYP3A4, and CYP3A5 are the primary isoforms responsible for the oxidative metabolism of DM1, (S)-methyl-DM1, and DM4. Lys-MCC-DM1 was not metabolized by any of the P450 isoforms studied. DM1 was shown to be a reversible inhibitor of CYP2C8 (K(i) = 11 ± 3 μM) and CYP2D6 (K(i) = 14 ± 2 μM). Lys-MCC-DM1 and (S)-methyl-DM1 showed no reversible or time-dependent inactivation of any of the P450s studied. DM1 and DM4 inactivated CYP3A from human liver microsomes with K(i)/k(inact) values of 4.8 ± 0.9 μM/0.035 ± 0.002 min(-1) and 3.3 ± 0.2 μM/0.114 ± 0.002 min(-1), respectively. DM1 and DM4 inactivated recombinant CYP3A4 with K(i)/k(inact) values of 3.4 ± 1.0 μM/0.058 ± 0.005 min(-1) and 1.4 ± 0.3 μM/0.117 ± 0.006 min(-1), respectively. Because of instability in plasma, further characterization of the DM1 and DM4 intramolecular and intermolecular disulfide conjugates observed in vivo is required before an accurate drug-drug interaction (DDI) prediction can be made. AMCs with noncleavable thioether-linked DM1 as the cytotoxic agent are predicted to have no potential for a DDI with any of the major human P450s studied.

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