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  • Coupling of the antiviral drug ara-AMP to lactosaminated albumin leads to specific uptake in rat and human hepatocytes.

Coupling of the antiviral drug ara-AMP to lactosaminated albumin leads to specific uptake in rat and human hepatocytes.

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) (1993-07-01)
R W Jansen, J K Kruijt, T J van Berkel, D K Meijer
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We covalently coupled 9-beta-D-arabinofuranosyladenine 5'-monophosphate (ara-AMP) to the carrier molecule lactosaminated human serum albumin using a water-soluble carbodiimide with a two-step conjugation method (pH 4.5 and pH 7.5) instead of the commonly used single-step conjugation at pH 7.5. This resulted in a predominantly monomeric conjugate (lac27-HSA-ara-AMP9). The conjugate was stable in buffer (pH 7.4) and blood plasma. After in vivo injection, the carrier and the monomeric conjugate were subjected to selective endocytosis in rat hepatocytes, as shown on immunohistochemical study and cell-separation techniques using 125I-labeled material. In competition experiments with other ligands for the asialoglycoprotein receptor N-acetylgalactosamine and asialofetuin, we showed that both lactosaminated human serum albumin and lac27-HSA-ara-AMP9 are subject to endocytosis by this receptor system. Although the coupling of ara-AMP significantly increased the net negative charge of the conjugate compared with the native carrier, liver uptake was not affected by coadministration of an excess of succinylated human serum albumin (suc-HSA), a negatively charged ligand for the scavenger receptor. Incubation studies with purified rat liver lysosomes showed that in this acidic and proteolytic environment, mainly ara-AMP and, to a much lesser extent, ara-A itself were released from the carrier. After injection into the rat in vivo and in isolated perfused rat liver, no free ara-AMP or 9-B-D-arabinofuranosyladenine (ara-A) could be detected in plasma and perfusate, respectively, indicating proper retention of the virally active components in hepatocytes.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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