DDS compound and method for measurement thereof
A DDS compound comprising a carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyldextran polyalcohol modified with a saccharide compound and a residue of drug compound bound to the carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyldextran polyalcohol, and a method for measuring a DDS compound in which a polymer carrier and a residue of drug compound are bound to each other by means of a spacer comprising 2 to 8 amino acids linked by peptide bond(s), which comprises the steps of treating the DDS compound with a peptidase, and measuring the resulting hydrolysate.
1. A drug delivery system compound which comprises a carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyl-dextran polyalcohol modified with galactose or galactosamine and a residue of drug compound bound to the carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyldextran polyalcohol.
2. The drug delivery system compound according to claim 1 , wherein the carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyldextran polyalcohol modified with galactose or galactosamine and the residue of drug compound are bound to each other by a spacer.
3. The drug delivery system compound according to claim 2 , wherein the spacer comprises one amino acid or 2 to 8 amino acids linked by peptide bond(s).
4. The drug delivery system compound according to claim 1 , wherein the carboxy(C 1-4 ) alkyldextran polyalcohol modified with galactose or galactosamine is formed by binding the galactose or galactosamine and a carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyldextran polyalcohol by a linker.
5. The drug delivery system compound according to claim 4 , wherein the carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyldextran polyalcohol modified with galactose or galactosamine has a cluster modification by galactose or galactosamine bound by a linker.
6. A drug delivery system compound which is obtainable by binding a residue of a drug compound to a carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyldextran polyalcohol in which a part of carboxyl groups of the carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyl moiety are modified with galactose or galactosamine.
7. The drug delivery system compound according to claim 6 , which is obtainable by binding the carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyldextran polyalcohol and the residue of drug compound by a spacer.
8. The drug delivery system compound according to claim 6 , which is obtainable by binding the residue of drug compound to the carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyldextran polyalcohol which is produced by binding the galactose or galactosamine or a linker bound with the galactose or galactosamine to a part of carboxyl groups of the carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyl moiety of the carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyldextran polyalcohol.
9. A drug delivery system compound which is obtainable by modifying with galactose or galactosamine a carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyldextran polyalcohol in which a residue of a drug compound is bound to a part of carboxyl groups of the carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyl moiety by a spacer.
10. The drug delivery system compound according to claim 9 , which is obtainable by binding the carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyldextran polyalcohol and the galactose or galactosamine by a linker.
11. The drug delivery system compound according to claim 9 , which is obtainable by modifying with galactose or galactosamine a carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyldextran polyalcohol produced by binding a residue of drug compound to a part of carboxyl groups of the carboxy (C 1-4 )alkyl moiety of the carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyldextran polyalcohol by a spacer comprising one amino acid or a spacer comprising 2 to 8 amino acids linked by peptide bond(s).
12. The drug delivery system compound according to claim 1 , wherein substitution degree of galactose or galactosamine, or clustered galactose or galactosamine is 0.01–1.0 per saccharide residue of the carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyldextran polyalcohol.
13. The drug delivery system compound according to claim 1 , wherein the dextran polyalcohol that constitutes the carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyldextran polyalcohol is a dextran polyalcohol which is obtained by treating dextran under conditions that enable substantially complete polyalcoholization.
14. The drug delivery system compound according to claim 1 , wherein the carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyldextran polyalcohol is carboxymethyldextran polyalcohol.
15. The drug delivery system compound according to claim 1 , wherein the drug compound is an antineoplastic agent or an anti-inflammatory agent.
16. The drug delivery system compound according to claim 15 , wherein the drug compound is an antineoplastic agent.
17. The drug delivery system compound according to claim 1 , wherein the drug compound is (1S,9S)-1-amino-9-ethyl-5-fluoro-2,3-dihydro-9-hydroxy-4-methyl-1H,12H-benzo[de]pyrano[3′,4′:6,7]indolizino[1,2-b]quinoline-10,13(9H,15H)-dione.
18. The drug delivery system compound according to claim 17 , which is a medicament for treating liver cancer.
19. A carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyldextran polyalcohol modified with galactose or galactosamine.
20. A polymer carrier comprising a carboxy(C 1-4 )alkyldextran polyalcohol modified with galactose or galactosamine.