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Details

Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula C35H48ClN3O10S
Molecular Weight 738.288
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 8 / 8
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of MERTANSINE

SMILES

[H][C@@]12O[C@@]1(C)[C@H](CC(=O)N(C)C3=C(Cl)C(OC)=CC(C\C(C)=C\C=C\[C@@H](OC)[C@@]4(O)C[C@]([H])(OC(=O)N4)[C@H]2C)=C3)OC(=O)[C@H](C)N(C)C(=O)CCS

InChI

InChIKey=ANZJBCHSOXCCRQ-FKUXLPTCSA-N
InChI=1S/C35H48ClN3O10S/c1-19-10-9-11-26(46-8)35(44)18-25(47-33(43)37-35)20(2)31-34(4,49-31)27(48-32(42)21(3)38(5)28(40)12-13-50)17-29(41)39(6)23-15-22(14-19)16-24(45-7)30(23)36/h9-11,15-16,20-21,25-27,31,44,50H,12-14,17-18H2,1-8H3,(H,37,43)/b11-9+,19-10+/t20-,21+,25+,26-,27+,31+,34+,35+/m1/s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI
Mertansine (Maytansine) is a 19–member ansa macrolide structure attached to a chlorinated benzenering. It was originally isolated from the shrub Maytenus ovatus. Mertansine (DM1) is a tubulin inhibitor, it inhibits the assembly of microtubules by binding to tubulin, with a linker structure can create an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC). Mertansine is a potent microtubule-targeted compound that induces mitotic arrest and kills tumor cells at sub-nanomolar concentrations. The antimitotic effect of maytansine has been attributed to its ability to inhibit microtubule assembly by binding to tubulin with a KD of ~ 1 umol/L, at or near the vinblastine-binding site. Experimental ADCs with the SPP-DM1 design include lorvotuzumab mertansine. DM1 can also be linked to an antibody using the SMCC (4-(3-mercapto-2,5-dioxo-1-pyrrolidinylmethyl)-cylohexanecarboxylic acid) linker, in which case the International Nonproprietary Name of the conjugate formed contains the word emtansine. DM1 and its attachment via these linkers result from ImmunoGen Inc research. Trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) is an anti-HER2/neu antibody-drug conjugate.

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
0.86 µM [Kd]
Conditions
OverviewDrug as perpetrator​

Drug as perpetrator​

TargetModalityActivityMetaboliteClinical evidence
no [IC50 >2.5 uM]
no
no
no
no
no
yes [IC50 0.0321 uM]
yes [IC50 0.0368 uM]
yes [IC50 0.0541 uM]
yes [IC50 0.0937 uM]
yes [IC50 0.16 uM]
yes [IC50 0.5784 uM]
yes [IC50 0.8567 uM]
yes [IC50 4.3 uM]
yes [Ki 11 uM]
yes [Ki 13.5 uM]
yes [Ki 14 uM]
yes [Ki 3.4 uM]
yes
yes
yes
Drug as victimTox targets

Tox targets

TargetModalityActivityMetaboliteClinical evidence
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Maytansine and cellular metabolites of antibody-maytansinoid conjugates strongly suppress microtubule dynamics by binding to microtubules.
2010 Oct
Patents

Sample Use Guides

Leukemia treatment: Lorvotuzumab mertansine (IMGN901) administered intravenously at a dose of 100 mg/m2 on Day 1 and 8 of a 21-day cycle.
Route of Administration: Intravenous
Under the experimental conditions used, the half maximal concentration for inhibition of microtubule assembly for Mertansine (Maytansine) was 1 ± 0.02 umol/L; for S-methyl DM1, 4 ± 0.1 umol/L; and for S-methyl DM4, 1.7 ± 0.4 umol/L. Maytansine showed nearly complete inhibition of microtubule polymerization at 3 umol/L.
Name Type Language
MERTANSINE
Common Name English
MAYTANSINE, N2'-DEACETYL-N2'-(3-MERCAPTO-1-OXOPROPYL)-
Common Name English
DM1
Common Name English
N2'-DEACETYL-N2'-(3-MERCAPTO-1-OXOPROPYL)-MAYTANSINE
Common Name English
MAYTANSINOID DM1 [MI]
Common Name English
MAYTANSINOID DM 1
Common Name English
N2'-DEACETYL-N2'-(3-MERCAPTO-1-OXOPROPYL)-MAYTANSINE, L-
Common Name English
DM-1
Common Name English
Code System Code Type Description
FDA UNII
DDZ29HGH0E
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WIKIPEDIA
MERTANSINE
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CHEBI
82755
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID801026968
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CAS
139504-50-0
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MERCK INDEX
m7100
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PUBCHEM
11343137
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