Cisplatin is one of the most widely used anticancer drugs. Its side effects, however, have motivated researchers to search for equally effective analogs that are better tolerated. Selectively targeting cancer tissue is one promising strategy. For this purpose, a platinum(IV) complex was conjugated to the cancer-targeting peptide chlorotoxin (CTX, TM601) in order to deliver cisplatin selectively...

Gliomas are rarely curable malignant brain tumors arising from normal glial cells. The scorpion-derived small peptide, chlorotoxin (CTX), can selectively bind malignant gliomas. In the present study, a CTX-conjugated onconase (Onc), a small cytotoxic ribonuclease, was prepared as a potential anti-glioma drug. In this conjugate, recombinant CTX was covalently linked with recombinant Onc by rever...

background: meict is the first chlorotoxin-like peptide isolated from the iranian scorpion mesobuthus eupeus. chlorotoxin (ctx) is a neurotoxin that specially binds to (mmp-2) on ma-lignant cells and now is used in treatment of glioma. in the present study, we have used homology modeling to propose the 3d structure of meictand analyze its interaction with mmp-2 and its snp types. methods:the st...