Maitansine

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Maitansine (INN), or maytansine (USAN), is a cytotoxic agent. It inhibits the assembly of microtubules by binding to tubulin at the rhizoxin binding site.[1] The maytansine binding site and binding mode has been characterized.[2]

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Maitansine
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Maytansin
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  • InChI=1S/C34H46ClN3O10/c1-18-11-10-12-26(45-9)34(43)17-25(46-32(42)36-34)19(2)30-33(5,48-30)27(47-31(41)20(3)37(6)21(4)39)16-28(40)38(7)23-14-22(13-18)15-24(44-8)29(23)35/h10-12,14-15,19-20,25-27,30,43H,13,16-17H2,1-9H3,(H,36,42)/b12-10+,18-11+/t19-,20+,25+,26-,27+,30+,33+,34+/m1/s1
    Key: WKPWGQKGSOKKOO-RSFHAFMBSA-N
  • C/C(CC1=CC(OC)=C(Cl)C(N3C)=C1)=C\C=C\[C@@H](OC)[C@@]2(O)C[C@]([C@@H](C)[C@H]4[C@](O4)(C)[C@@H](OC([C@H](C)N(C)C(C)=O)=O)CC3=O)([H])OC(N2)=O
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C34H46ClN3O10
Molar mass 692.20 g/mol
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It is a macrolide of the ansamycin type and can be isolated from plants of the genus Maytenus.[1]

Maytansinoids

Derivatives of maitansine are known as maytansinoids.[3][4] Some are being investigated as the cytotoxic component of antibody-drug conjugates for cancer treatment,[5] and the antibody-drug conjugate trastuzumab emtansine is an approved drug for the treatment of certain kinds of breast cancer in the EU and in the US.[6][7]

Examples of maytansinoids are:

See also

  • ImmunoGen, developer of maytansinoid based drugs

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