Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimer–Methotrexate Conjugates: The Mechanism of Interaction with Folate Binding Protein
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Generation 5 poly(amidoamine) (G5 PAMAM) methotrexate (MTX) conjugates employing two small molecular linkers, G5-(COG-MTX)n, G5-(MFCO-MTX)n were prepared along with the conjugates of the G5-G5 (D) dimer, D-(COG-MTX)n, D-(MFCO-MTX)n. The monomer G5-(COG-MTX)n conjugates exhibited only a weak, rapidly reversible binding to folate binding protein (FBP) consistent with monovalent MTX binding. The D-(COG-MTX)n conjugates exhibited a slow onset, tight-binding mechanism in which the MTX first binds to the FBP, inducing protein structural rearrangement, followed by polymer-protein van der Waals interactions leading to tight-binding. The extent of irreversible binding is dependent on total MTX concentration and no evidence of multivalent MTX binding was observed.
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