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Yang Y, Dong Z, Hu H, Peng J, Sheng Y, Tong Y, Yuan S, Li Z, Yang J, Wells T, Qu Y, Farrell NP, Liu Y. The facile and visualizable identification of broad-spectrum inhibitors of MDM2/p53 using co-expressed protein complexes. Analyst 2019; 144:3773-3781. [PMID: 31089613 DOI: 10.1039/c9an00350a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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MDM2 is a well-known oncoprotein overexpressed in a variety of cancers, and the identification of inhibitors that disrupt the MDM2/p53 interaction is of great interest in anticancer drug development. Here we designed a platform for the facile and visualizable identification of inhibitors of MDM2 using co-expressed protein complexes of MDM2/p53. A hexahistidine-tag on MDM2 allows the binding of the protein complex to the Ni-NTA affinity resin, while the fluorescent protein fused to p53 enables the direct visualization of the interaction of p53 with MDM2. Hence, the inhibition of the MDM2/p53 interaction can be observed with the naked eye. The assay can be set up by directly loading cell lysate to the Ni-NTA affinity resin, and no chemical modification of proteins is needed. In addition to the qualitative analyses, the binding affinity of inhibitors to the MDM2 protein can be quantified by fluorescence titration. The applications of this system have been verified using small molecules and peptide inhibitors. As a proof of concept, we screened a small library using this platform. Interestingly, two types of novel inhibitors of MDM2, including cyclohexyl-triphenylamine derivatives and platinum complexes, were identified and their binding affinities were obtained. Quantitative measurements show that these new types of inhibitors demonstrate a high binding affinity (up to Kd = 51.9 nM) to MDM2.
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- Yang Yang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1001 West Main Street, Richmond, VA 23284-2006, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1001 West Main Street, Richmond, VA 23284-2006, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1001 West Main Street, Richmond, VA 23284-2006, USA
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
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Lin P, Yao H, Zha J, Zhao Y, Wu C. Ordered and Isomerically Stable Bicyclic Peptide Scaffolds Constrained through Cystine Bridges and Proline Turns. Chembiochem 2019; 20:1514-1518. [PMID: 30770638 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Revised: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Bicyclic peptides are attractive scaffolds for the design of potent protein binders and new therapeutics. However, peptide bicycles constrained through disulfide bonds are rarely stable or tolerant to sequence manipulation owing to disulfide isomerization, especially for peptides lacking a regular secondary structure. Herein, we report the discovery and identification of a class of bicyclic peptide scaffolds with ordered but irregular secondary structures. These peptides have a conserved cysteine/proline framework for directing the oxidative folding into a fused bicyclic structure that consists of four irregular turns and a 310 helix (characterized by NMR spectroscopy). This work shows that bicyclic peptides can be stabilized into ordered structures by manipulating both the disulfide bonds and proline-stabilized turns. In turn, this could inspire the design and engineering of multicyclic peptides with new structures and benefit the development of novel protein binders and therapeutics.
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- Ping Lin
- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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Design and Synthetic Strategies for Helical Peptides. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 2001:107-131. [PMID: 31134570 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9504-2_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Abnormal protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are the basis of multiple diseases, and the large and shallow PPI interfaces make the target "undruggable" for traditional small molecules. Peptides, emerging as a new therapeutic modality, can efficiently mimic PPIs with their large scaffolds. Natural peptides are flexible and usually have poor serum stability and cell permeability, features that limit their further biological applications. To satisfy the clinical application of peptide inhibitors, many strategies have been developed to constrain peptides in their bioactive conformation. In this report, we describe several classic methods used to constrain peptides into a fixed secondary structure which could significantly improve their biophysical properties.
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Qin X, Shi X, Tu L, Ma Y, Zhou Z, Zhao R, Zhan M, Yin F, Li Z. Autophagy inducing cyclic peptides constructed by methionine alkylation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:4198-4201. [PMID: 30896003 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc01027k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Peptides that induced autophagy at micromolar concentrations with improved proteolytic resistance properties were generated using the facile methionine bis-alkylation method. Notably, a short bicyclic peptide 7f was proven to be the most potent one among the designed peptides in regards to autophagy inducing activity. This study facilitated the development of a peptide-based autophagy inducer and demonstrated the potential applications of the methionine alkylation-based macrocyclization method for the diversity-oriented generation of peptide-based autophagy inducers.
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- Xuan Qin
- State Key laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China.
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Sun SS, Chen J, Zhao R, Bierer D, Wang J, Fang GM, Li YM. Efficient synthesis of a side-chain extended diaminodiacid for solid-phase synthesis of peptide disulfide bond mimics. Tetrahedron Lett 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2019.03.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Chen Y, Liang J, Li T, Lin P, Zhao Y, Wu C. Interchain doubly-bridged α-helical peptides for the development of protein binders. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2019.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Wang D, Li W, Zhao R, Chen L, Liu N, Tian Y, Zhao H, Xie M, Lu F, Fang Q, Liang W, Yin F, Li Z. Stabilized Peptide HDAC Inhibitors Derived from HDAC1 Substrate H3K56 for the Treatment of Cancer Stem-Like Cells In Vivo. Cancer Res 2019; 79:1769-1783. [PMID: 30842103 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-18-1421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Revised: 10/25/2018] [Accepted: 02/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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FDA-approved HDAC inhibitors exhibit dose-limiting adverse effects; thus, we sought to improve the therapeutic windows for this class of drugs. In this report, we describe a new class of peptide-based HDAC inhibitors derived from the HDAC1-specific substrate H3K56 with improved nonspecific toxicity compared with traditional small-molecular inhibitors. We showed that our designed peptides exerted superior antiproliferation effects on cancer stem-like cells with minimal toxicity to normal cells compared with the small-molecular inhibitor SAHA, which showed nonspecific toxicity to normal and cancer cells. These peptide inhibitors also inactivated cellular HDAC1 and HDAC6 and disrupted the formation of the HDAC1, LSD1, and CoREST complex. In ovarian teratocarcinoma (PA-1) and testicular embryonic carcinoma (NTERA-2) cell xenograft animal models (5 mice/group, 50 mg/kg, every other day, intraperitoneal injection), these peptides inhibited tumor growth by 80% to 90% with negligible organ (heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney, brain) lesions. These results represent the first attempt to design chemically stabilized peptide inhibitors to investigate HDAC inhibition in cancer stem-like cells. These novel peptide inhibitors have significantly enhanced therapeutic window and offer promising opportunities for cancer therapy. SIGNIFICANCE: Selective antiproliferative effects of stabilized peptide HDAC inhibitors toward cancer stem-like cells provide a therapeutic alternative that avoids high nonspecific toxicity of current drugs.Graphical Abstract: http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/canres/79/8/1769/F1.large.jpg.
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- Dongyuan Wang
- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School; State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School; State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School; State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School; State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School; State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
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- Division of Life Science, Clarivate Analytics, Beijing, China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School; State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School; State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School; State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School; State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China.
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School; State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China.
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Huang DL, Bai JS, Wu M, Wang X, Riedl B, Pook E, Alt C, Erny M, Li YM, Bierer D, Shi J, Fang GM. Non-reducible disulfide bond replacement implies that disulfide exchange is not required for hepcidin-ferroportin interaction. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:2821-2824. [PMID: 30762062 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc00328b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Previous studies have led to opposing hypotheses about the requirement of intermolecular disulfide exchange in the binding of the iron regulatory peptide hepcidin to its receptor ferroportin. To clarify this issue, we used the diaminodiacid approach to replace the disulfide bonds in hepcidin with non-reducible thioether bonds. Our results implied that disulfide exchange is not required for the interaction between hepcidin and ferroportin. This theory is further supported by our development of biologically active minihepcidins that do not show activity dependence on cysteine.
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- Dong-Liang Huang
- School of Life Science, Institute of Health Science and Technology, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, P. R. China.
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Jiang F, Wu HN, Kang W, Wu YD. Developments and Applications of Coil-Library-Based Residue-Specific Force Fields for Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Peptides and Proteins. J Chem Theory Comput 2019; 15:2761-2773. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Fan Jiang
- Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Verhoork SJM, Jennings CE, Rozatian N, Reeks J, Meng J, Corlett EK, Bunglawala F, Noble MEM, Leach AG, Coxon CR. Tuning the Binding Affinity and Selectivity of Perfluoroaryl-Stapled Peptides by Cysteine-Editing. Chemistry 2019; 25:177-182. [PMID: 30255959 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201804163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A growing number of approaches to "staple" α-helical peptides into a bioactive conformation using cysteine cross-linking are emerging. Here, the replacement of l-cysteine with "cysteine analogues" in combinations of different stereochemistry, side chain length and beta-carbon substitution, is explored to examine the influence that the thiol-containing residue(s) has on target protein binding affinity in a well-explored model system, p53-MDM2/MDMX, which is constituted by the interaction of the tumour suppressor protein p53 and proteins MDM2 and MDMX, which regulate p53 activity. In some cases, replacement of one or more l-cysteine residues afforded significant changes in the measured binding affinity and target selectivity of the peptide. Computationally constructed homology models indicate that some modifications, such as incorporating two d-cysteine residues, favourably alter the positions of key functional amino acid side chains, which is likely to cause changes in binding affinity, in agreement with measured surface plasmon resonance data.
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- Sanne J M Verhoork
- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom St, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK
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- Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Paul O'Gorman Building, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Paul O'Gorman Building, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Paul O'Gorman Building, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom St, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK
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- Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Paul O'Gorman Building, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom St, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom St, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK
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Shi X, Hu K, Geng H, Liu Z, Yin F, Li Z. Effects of chiral center on an all‐hydrocarbon tethered peptide. Pept Sci (Hoboken) 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/pep2.24110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Xiaodong Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and BiotechnologyPeking University Shenzhen Graduate School Shenzhen China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and BiotechnologyPeking University Shenzhen Graduate School Shenzhen China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and BiotechnologyPeking University Shenzhen Graduate School Shenzhen China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and BiotechnologyPeking University Shenzhen Graduate School Shenzhen China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and BiotechnologyPeking University Shenzhen Graduate School Shenzhen China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and BiotechnologyPeking University Shenzhen Graduate School Shenzhen China
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Cai X, Zheng W, Shi X, Chen L, Liu Z, Li Z. HBx-Derived Constrained Peptides Inhibit the Secretion of Hepatitis B Virus Antigens. Mol Pharm 2018; 15:5646-5652. [PMID: 30375875 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.8b00807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the primary cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer. Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) between HBV x protein (HBx) and its host targets, including Bcl-2, are important for cell death and viral replication. No modulators targeting these PPIs have been reported yet. Here, we developed HBx-derived constrained peptides generated by a facile macrocyclization method by joining two methionine side chains of unprotected peptides with chemoselective alkylating linkers. The resulting constrained peptides with improved cell permeability and binding affinity were effective anti-HBV modulators by blocking the secretion of viral antigens. This study clearly demonstrated HBx as a potentially important PPI target and the potential application of this efficient peptide macrocyclization strategy for targeting key PPIs.
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- Xiaodan Cai
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen 518055 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen 518055 , China.,Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine , University of California, San Francisco , San Francisco , California 94110 , United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen 518055 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen 518055 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen 518055 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen 518055 , China
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Skowron KJ, Speltz TE, Moore TW. Recent structural advances in constrained helical peptides. Med Res Rev 2018; 39:749-770. [PMID: 30307621 DOI: 10.1002/med.21540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2018] [Revised: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 09/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Given the ubiquity of the ⍺-helix in the proteome, there has been much research in developing mimics of ⍺-helices, and most of this study has been toward developing protein-protein interaction inhibitors. A common strategy for mimicking ⍺-helices has been through the use of constrained, helical peptides. The addition of a constraint typically provides for conformational and proteolytic stability and, in some cases, cell permeability. Some of the most well-known strategies included are lactam formation and hydrocarbon "stapling." Beyond those strategies, there have been many recent advances in developing constrained peptides. The purpose of this review is to highlight recent advances in the development of new helix-stabilizing technologies, constraint diversification strategies, tether diversification strategies, and combination strategies that create new bicyclic helical peptides.
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- Kornelia J Skowron
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.,Translational Oncology Program, University of Illinois Cancer Center, Chicago, Illinois
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Wang T, Fan J, Chen XX, Zhao R, Xu Y, Bierer D, Liu L, Li YM, Shi J, Fang GM. Synthesis of Peptide Disulfide-Bond Mimics by Using Fully Orthogonally Protected Diaminodiacids. Org Lett 2018; 20:6074-6078. [PMID: 30216082 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b02459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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A new strategy was developed for the synthesis of peptide disulfide-bond mimics using fully orthogonally protected diaminodiacids. This method overcomes the previous problems of heavy-metal contamination and poor compatibility with Fmoc chemistry and provides a practical avenue for the efficient preparation of peptide disulfide-bond mimics.
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- Tao Wang
- School of Life Science, Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology , Anhui University , Hefei 230601 , P. R. China.,School of Biological and Medical Engineering , Hefei University of Technology , Hefei 230009 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei 230026 , P. R. China
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- School of Life Science, Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology , Anhui University , Hefei 230601 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei 230026 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei 230026 , P. R. China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry , Bayer AG , Aprather Weg 18A , 42096 Wuppertal , Germany
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- Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , P. R. China
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- School of Biological and Medical Engineering , Hefei University of Technology , Hefei 230009 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei 230026 , P. R. China
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- School of Life Science, Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology , Anhui University , Hefei 230601 , P. R. China
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Hou Z, Sun C, Geng H, Hu K, Xie M, Ma Y, Jiang F, Yin F, Li Z. Facile Chemoselective Modification of Thio-Ethers Generates Chiral Center-Induced Helical Peptides. Bioconjug Chem 2018; 29:2904-2908. [PMID: 30193458 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A precisely positioned sulfimide chiral center on-tether of a thio-ether tethered peptide determines the peptide secondary structure by chemoselective oxaziridine modification. This method provides a facile way to tune peptides' secondary structures and biophysical properties.
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- Zhanfeng Hou
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen , 518055 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen , 518055 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen , 518055 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen , 518055 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen , 518055 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen , 518055 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen , 518055 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen , 518055 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen , 518055 , China
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Peraro L, Kritzer JA. Emerging Methods and Design Principles for Cell-Penetrant Peptides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:11868-11881. [PMID: 29740917 PMCID: PMC7184558 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201801361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Revised: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Biomolecules such as antibodies, proteins, and peptides are important tools for chemical biology and leads for drug development. They have been used to inhibit a variety of extracellular proteins, but accessing intracellular proteins has been much more challenging. In this review, we discuss diverse chemical approaches that have yielded cell-penetrant peptides and identify three distinct strategies: masking backbone amides, guanidinium group patterning, and amphipathic patterning. We summarize a growing number of large data sets, which are starting to reveal more specific design guidelines for each strategy. We also discuss advantages and disadvantages of current methods for quantifying cell penetration. Finally, we provide an overview of best-odds approaches for applying these new methods and design principles to optimize cytosolic penetration for a given bioactive peptide.
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- Leila Peraro
- Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, 02155, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, 02155, USA
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Qin W, Xie M, Qin X, Fang Q, Yin F, Li Z. Recent advances in peptidomimetics antagonists targeting estrogen receptor α-coactivator interaction in cancer therapy. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2018; 28:2827-2836. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2018.05.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2018] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 05/30/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Peraro L, Kritzer JA. Neue Methoden und Designprinzipien für zellgängige Peptide. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201801361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Leila Peraro
- Department of Chemistry Tufts University Medford Massachusetts 02155 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Tufts University Medford Massachusetts 02155 USA
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Shi X, Liu Y, Zhao R, Li Z. Constructing Thioether/Vinyl Sulfide-tethered Helical Peptides Via Photo-induced Thiol-ene/yne Hydrothiolation. J Vis Exp 2018. [PMID: 30124641 DOI: 10.3791/57356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Here, we describe a detailed protocol for the preparation of thioether-tethered peptides using on-resin intramolecular/intermolecular thiol-ene hydrothiolation. In addition, this protocol describes the preparation of vinyl-sulfide-tethered peptides using in-solution intramolecular thiol-yne hydrothiolation between amino acids that possess alkene/alkyne side chains and cysteine residues at i, i+4 positions. Linear peptides were synthesized using a standard Fmoc-based solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS). Thiol-ene hydrothiolation is carried out using either an intramolecular thio-ene reaction or an intermolecular thio-ene reaction, depending on the peptide length. In this research, an intramolecular thio-ene reaction is carried out in the case of shorter peptides using on-resin deprotection of the trityl groups of cysteine residues following the complete synthesis of the linear peptide. The resin is then set to UV irradiation using photoinitiator 4-methoxyacetophenone (MAP) and 2-hydroxy-1-[4-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-phenyl]-2-methyl-1-propanone (MMP). The intermolecular thiol-ene reaction is carried out by dissolving Fmoc-Cys-OH in an N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) solvent. This is then reacted with the peptide using the alkene-bearing residue on resin. After that, the macrolactamization is carried out using benzotriazole-1-yl-oxytripyrrolidinophosphonium hexafluorophosphate (PyBop), 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (HoBt), and 4-Methylmorpholine (NMM) as activation reagents on the resin. Following the macrolactamization, the peptide synthesis is continued using standard SPPS. In the case of the thio-yne hydrothiolation, the linear peptide is cleaved from the resin, dried, and subsequently dissolved in degassed DMF. This is then irradiated using UV light with photoinitiator 2,2-dimethoxy-2-phenylacetophenone (DMPA). Following the reaction, DMF is evaporated and the crude residue is precipitated and purified using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). These methods could function to simplify the generation of thioether-tethered cyclic peptides due to the use of the thio-ene/yne click chemistry that possesses superior functional group tolerance and good yield. The introduction of thioether bonds into peptides takes advantage of the nucleophilic nature of cysteine residues and is redox-inert relative to disulfide bonds.
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- Xiaodong Shi
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School;
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Li X, Zou Y, Hu HG. Different stapling-based peptide drug design: Mimicking α-helix as inhibitors of protein–protein interaction. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2018.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Fang GM, Chen XX, Yang QQ, Zhu LJ, Li NN, Yu HZ, Meng XM. Discovery, structure, and chemical synthesis of disulfide-rich peptide toxins and their analogs. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2018.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Kang W, Jiang F, Wu YD. Universal Implementation of a Residue-Specific Force Field Based on CMAP Potentials and Free Energy Decomposition. J Chem Theory Comput 2018; 14:4474-4486. [PMID: 29906395 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The coupling between neighboring backbone ϕ and ψ dihedral angles (torsions) has been well appreciated in protein force field development, as in correction map (CMAP) potentials. However, although preferences of backbone torsions are significantly affected by side-chain conformation, there has been no easy way to optimize this coupling. Herein, we prove that the three-dimensional (3D) free energy hypersurface of joint (ϕ, ψ, χ1) torsions can be decomposed into three separated 2D surfaces. Thus, each of the 2D torsional surfaces can be efficiently and automatically optimized using a CMAP potential. This strategy is then used to reparameterize an AMBER force field such that the resulting χ1-dependent backbone conformational preference can agree excellently with the reference protein coil library statistics. In various validation simulations (including the folding of seven peptides/proteins, backbone dynamics of three folded proteins, and two intrinsically disordered peptides), the new RSFF2C (residue-specific force field with CMAP potentials) force field gives similar or better performance compared with RSFF2. This strategy can be used to implement our RSFF force fields into a variety of molecular dynamics packages easily.
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- Wei Kang
- Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen 518055 , China.,College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen 518055 , China
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- Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen 518055 , China.,College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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Hu K, Jiang Y, Xiong W, Li H, Zhang PY, Yin F, Zhang Q, Geng H, Jiang F, Li Z, Wang X, Li Z. Tuning peptide self-assembly by an in-tether chiral center. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2018; 4:eaar5907. [PMID: 29756036 PMCID: PMC5947974 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aar5907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2017] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The self-assembly of peptides into ordered nanostructures is important for understanding both peptide molecular interactions and nanotechnological applications. However, because of the complexity and various self-assembling pathways of peptide molecules, design of self-assembling helical peptides with high controllability and tunability is challenging. We report a new self-assembling mode that uses in-tether chiral center-induced helical peptides as a platform for tunable peptide self-assembly with good controllability. It was found that self-assembling behavior was governed by in-tether substitutional groups, where chirality determined the formation of helical structures and aromaticity provided the driving force for self-assembly. Both factors were essential for peptide self-assembly to occur. Experiments and theoretical calculations indicate long-range crystal-like packing in the self-assembly, which was stabilized by a synergy of interpeptide π-π and π-sulfur interactions and hydrogen bond networks. In addition, the self-assembled peptide nanomaterials were demonstrated to be promising candidate materials for applications in biocompatible electrochemical supercapacitors.
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- Kuan Hu
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Advanced Materials, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of the Ministry of Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100083, China
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- XtalPi Inc., One Broadway, 9th floor, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Corresponding author. (Zigang L.); (X.W.); (Zhou L.); (F.J.)
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- Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
- Corresponding author. (Zigang L.); (X.W.); (Zhou L.); (F.J.)
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- School of Advanced Materials, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Corresponding author. (Zigang L.); (X.W.); (Zhou L.); (F.J.)
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Corresponding author. (Zigang L.); (X.W.); (Zhou L.); (F.J.)
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Shi X, Zhao R, Jiang Y, Zhao H, Tian Y, Jiang Y, Li J, Qin W, Yin F, Li Z. Reversible stapling of unprotected peptides via chemoselective methionine bis-alkylation/dealkylation. Chem Sci 2018; 9:3227-3232. [PMID: 29844896 PMCID: PMC5931191 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc05109c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Accepted: 02/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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We have developed a general peptide macrocyclization strategy that involves a facile and chemoselective methionine bis-alkylation/dealkylation process. This method provides a straightforward and easy approach to generate cyclic peptides with tolerances of all amino acids (including Cys), variable loop sizes, and different linkers. The Met bis-alkylation we apply in this strategy yields two additional on-tether positive charges that could assist in the cellular uptake of the peptides. Notably, the bis-alkylated peptide could be reduced to release the original peptide both in vitro and within cellular environments. This strategy provides an intriguing and facile traceless post-peptide-synthesis modification with enhanced cellular uptakes. Peptides constructed with this method could be utilized to zero in on various protein targets or to achieve other goals, such as drug delivery.
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- Xiaodong Shi
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics , School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen , 518055 , China . ;
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics , School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen , 518055 , China . ;
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics , School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen , 518055 , China . ;
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- Division of Life Sciences , Clarivate Analytics , Beijing , 100190 , China
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- School of Life Science and Engineering , Southwest Jiaotong University , Chengdu , 611756 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics , School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen , 518055 , China . ;
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics , School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen , 518055 , China . ;
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics , School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen , 518055 , China . ;
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics , School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen , 518055 , China . ;
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics , School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen , 518055 , China . ;
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Wu C, Hoang HN, Liu L, Fairlie DP. Glucuronic acid as a helix-inducing linker in short peptides. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:2162-2165. [PMID: 29431766 DOI: 10.1039/c7cc09785a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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A new strategy is demonstrated for making peptides helical, using a carbohydrate to bridge between sidechains at each end of a pentapeptide. CD and NMR spectra establish that both an α-helix and a 310-helix structure can form depending upon the bridge.
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- Chongyang Wu
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
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Jiang Y, Hu K, Shi X, Tang Q, Wang Z, Ye X, Li Z. Switching substitution groups on the in-tether chiral centre influences backbone peptides' permeability and target binding affinity. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 15:541-544. [PMID: 27929189 DOI: 10.1039/c6ob02289h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Different substitution groups on the in-tether chiral centre of chirality-induced helical peptides (CIH peptides) showed distinguishable effects on the peptides' cellular uptakes and binding affinities with the estrogen receptor α(ER-α). This study proves that in-tether chiral centres are a valuable modification site for constructing peptide ligands with preferable biophysical properties.
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- Yixiang Jiang
- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Shenzhen Middle School, Shenzhen 518001, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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Jiang Y, Deng Q, Zhao H, Xie M, Chen L, Yin F, Qin X, Zheng W, Zhao Y, Li Z. Development of Stabilized Peptide-Based PROTACs against Estrogen Receptor α. ACS Chem Biol 2018; 13:628-635. [PMID: 29271628 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.7b00985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Peptide modulators targeting protein-protein interactions (PPIs) exhibit greater potential than small-molecule drugs in several important aspects including facile modification and relative large contact surface area. Stabilized peptides constructed by variable chemistry methods exhibit improved peptide stability and cell permeability compared to that of the linears. Herein, we designed a stabilized peptide-based proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) targeting estrogen receptor α (ERα) by tethering an N-terminal aspartic acid cross-linked stabilized peptide ERα modulator (TD-PERM) with a pentapeptide that binds the Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. The resulting heterobifunctional peptide (TD-PROTAC) selectively recruits ERα to the VHL E3 ligase complex, leading to the degradation of ERα in a proteasome-dependent manner. Compared with the control peptides, TD-PROTAC shows significantly enhanced activities in reducing the transcription of the ERα-downstream genes and inhibiting the proliferation of ERα-positive breast cancer cells. In addition, in vivo experiments indicate that TD-PROTAC leads to tumor regression in the MCF-7 mouse xenograft model. This work is a successful attempt to construct PROTACs based on cell-permeable stabilized peptides, which significantly broadens the chemical space of PROTACs and stabilized peptides.
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- Yanhong Jiang
- Key Lab of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Key Lab of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Division of Life Sciences, Clarivate Analytics, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Key Lab of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Key Lab of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Key Lab of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Key Lab of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Key Lab of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Key Lab of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Key Lab of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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Shi X, Jiang Y, Yang D, Zhao H, Tian Y, Li Z. Reversibly switching the conformation of short peptide through in-tether chiral sulfonium auxiliary. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2017.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Lin H, Jiang Y, Zhang Q, Hu K, Li Z. An in-tether sulfilimine chiral center induces helicity in short peptides. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 52:10389-91. [PMID: 27480995 DOI: 10.1039/c6cc04508a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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A precisely positioned sulfilimine chiral center in the tether of a stabilized peptide would determine the peptide's secondary structure. Peptide sulfilimines could be prepared by a facile chloramine T oxidation and the two resulting peptide diastereomers showed significant differences in their secondary structures, which were supported by circular dichroism spectroscopy and NMR.
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- Huacan Lin
- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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Lin H, Jiang Y, Hu K, Zhang Q, He C, Wang T, Li Z. An in-tether sulfilimine chiral center induces β-turn conformation in short peptides. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 14:9993-9999. [PMID: 27722542 DOI: 10.1039/c6ob01805j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A sulfilimine chiral center in the tether at i, i + 3 positions of short peptides was systematically studied to elucidate the chirality-driven conformational changes. A rare and unexpected type III β-turn structure was induced in short peptides by an in-tether chiral center, supported by circular dichroism spectroscopy, NMR and X-ray crystallography.
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- Huacan Lin
- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, China.
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- Department of Biology, South University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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Li W, Hu K, Zhang Q, Wang D, Ma Y, Hou Z, Yin F, Li Z. N terminal N-methylation modulates chiral centre induced helical (CIH) peptides’ biophysical properties. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:1865-1868. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cc09201f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The effects of N-methylation on CIH peptides’ biophysical properties were systematically studied.
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- Wenjun Li
- The Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen
- China
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- Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems
- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100083
- China
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- The Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen
- China
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- The Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen
- China
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- The Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen
- China
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- The Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen
- China
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- The Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen
- China
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- The Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen
- China
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Eto R, Oba M, Ueda A, Uku T, Doi M, Matsuo Y, Tanaka T, Demizu Y, Kurihara M, Tanaka M. Diastereomeric Right- and Left-Handed Helical Structures with Fourteen (R)-Chiral Centers. Chemistry 2017; 23:18120-18124. [PMID: 29134704 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The relationship between chiral centers and the helical-screw control of their peptides has already been reported, but it has yet to be elucidated in detail. A chiral four-membered ring α,α-disubstituted α-amino acid with a (R,R)-butane-2,3-diol acetal moiety at the γ-position, but no α-chiral carbon, was synthesized. X-ray crystallographic analysis unambiguously revealed that its homo-chiral heptapeptide formed right-handed (P) and left-handed (M) 310 -helical structures at a ratio of 1:1. They appeared to be enantiomeric at the peptide backbone, but diastereomeric with fourteen (R)-configuration chiral centers. Conformational analyses of homopeptides in solution also indicated that diastereomeric (P) and (M) helices existed at approximately equal amounts, with a slight preference toward right-handedness, and they quickly interchanged at room temperature. The circumstances of chiral centers are important for the control of their helical-screw direction.
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- Ryo Eto
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan
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- Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka, 569-1094, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan
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- National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, 158-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, International University of Health and Welfare, Ohtawara, 324-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan
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Xie M, Zhao H, Liu Q, Zhu Y, Yin F, Liang Y, Jiang Y, Wang D, Hu K, Qin X, Wang Z, Wu Y, Xu N, Ye X, Wang T, Li Z. Structural Basis of Inhibition of ERα-Coactivator Interaction by High-Affinity N-Terminus Isoaspartic Acid Tethered Helical Peptides. J Med Chem 2017; 60:8731-8740. [PMID: 29045135 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Direct inhibition of the protein-protein interaction of ERα and its endogenous coactivators with a cell permeable stabilized peptide may offer a novel, promising strategy for combating ERα positive breast cancers. Here, we report the co-crystal structure of a helical peptide stabilized by a N-terminal unnatural cross-linked aspartic acid (TD) in complex with the ERα ligand binding domain (LBD). We designed a series of peptides and peptide 6 that showed direct and high-affinity binding to ERα with selective antiproliferative activity in ERα positive breast cancer cells. The co-crystal structure of the TD-stabilized peptide 6 in complex with ERα LBD further demonstrates that it forms an α helical conformation and directly binds at the coactivator binding site of ERα. Further studies showed that peptide 6W could potently inhibit cellular ERα's transcriptional activity. This approach demonstrates the potential of TD stabilized peptides to modulate various intracellular protein-protein interactions involved in a range of disorders.
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- Mingsheng Xie
- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University , Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University , Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Key Lab of Tissue Engineering, The Second People's Hospital of Shenzhen , Shenzhen 518035, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center , Guangzhou 510060, Guangdong, China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University , Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University , Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University , Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University , Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University , Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University , Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Middle School , Shenzhen 518001, China
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- Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology , Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Key Lab in Healthy Science and Technology, Division of Life Science, Shenzhen Graduate School of Tsinghua University , Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Shenzhen People's Hospital , Shenzhen 518020, China
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- Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology , Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University , Shenzhen 518055, China
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Hu K, Yin F, Yu M, Sun C, Li J, Liang Y, Li W, Xie M, Lao Y, Liang W, Li ZG. In-Tether Chiral Center Induced Helical Peptide Modulators Target p53-MDM2/MDMX and Inhibit Tumor Growth in Stem-Like Cancer Cell. Theranostics 2017; 7:4566-4576. [PMID: 29158845 PMCID: PMC5695149 DOI: 10.7150/thno.19840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Inhibition of the interaction between p53 and MDM2/MDMX has attracted significant attention in anticancer therapy development. We designed a series of in-tether chiral center-induced helical stabilized peptides, among which MeR/PhR effectively reactivated p53. The activation of p53 inhibits cell proliferation and induces apoptosis in both the MCF-7 normal tumor cell line and the PA-1 pluripotent cancer cell line with only minimal cellular toxicity towards normal cells or cancer cell lines with p53 mutations. The in vivo bioactivity study of the peptide in the ovarian teratocarcinoma (PA-1) xenograft model showed a tumor growth rate inhibition of 70% with a dosage of 10 mg/kg (one injection every other day). This is the first application of a stabilized peptide modulator targeting stem-like cancer cell both in vitro and in vivo and provides references to cancer stem cell therapy.
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Wang T, Kong YF, Xu Y, Fan J, Xu HJ, Bierer D, Wang J, Shi J, Li YM. Efficient synthesis of hydrocarbon-bridged diaminodiacids through nickel-catalyzed reductive cross-coupling. Tetrahedron Lett 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2017.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Roschger C, Neukirchen S, Elsässer B, Schubert M, Maeding N, Verwanger T, Krammer B, Cabrele C. Targeting of a Helix-Loop-Helix Transcriptional Regulator by a Short Helical Peptide. ChemMedChem 2017; 12:1497-1503. [DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201700305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Revised: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Cornelia Roschger
- Department of Molecular Biology; University of Salzburg; Billrothstrasse 11 5020 Salzburg Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology; University of Salzburg; Billrothstrasse 11 5020 Salzburg Austria
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Ruhr-University Bochum; Universitaetsstrasse 150 44801 Bochum Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology; University of Salzburg; Billrothstrasse 11 5020 Salzburg Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology; University of Salzburg; Billrothstrasse 11 5020 Salzburg Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology; University of Salzburg; Hellbrunnerstrasse 34 5020 Salzburg Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology; University of Salzburg; Hellbrunnerstrasse 34 5020 Salzburg Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology; University of Salzburg; Hellbrunnerstrasse 34 5020 Salzburg Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology; University of Salzburg; Billrothstrasse 11 5020 Salzburg Austria
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Valeur E, Guéret SM, Adihou H, Gopalakrishnan R, Lemurell M, Waldmann H, Grossmann TN, Plowright AT. New Modalities for Challenging Targets in Drug Discovery. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:10294-10323. [PMID: 28186380 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201611914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 233] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Revised: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Our ever-increasing understanding of biological systems is providing a range of exciting novel biological targets, whose modulation may enable novel therapeutic options for many diseases. These targets include protein-protein and protein-nucleic acid interactions, which are, however, often refractory to classical small-molecule approaches. Other types of molecules, or modalities, are therefore required to address these targets, which has led several academic research groups and pharmaceutical companies to increasingly use the concept of so-called "new modalities". This Review defines for the first time the scope of this term, which includes novel peptidic scaffolds, oligonucleotides, hybrids, molecular conjugates, as well as new uses of classical small molecules. We provide the most representative examples of these modalities to target large binding surface areas such as those found in protein-protein interactions and for biological processes at the center of cell regulation.
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- Eric Valeur
- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 83, Sweden
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 83, Sweden.,AstraZeneca MPI Satellite Unit, Abteilung Chemische Biologie, Max Planck Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Dortmund, Germany
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 83, Sweden.,AstraZeneca MPI Satellite Unit, Abteilung Chemische Biologie, Max Planck Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Dortmund, Germany
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 83, Sweden.,AstraZeneca MPI Satellite Unit, Abteilung Chemische Biologie, Max Planck Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Dortmund, Germany
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 83, Sweden
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- Abteilung Chemische Biologie, Max Planck Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Dortmund, Germany.,Fakultät für Chemie und Chemische Biologie, Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany
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- Chemical Genomics Centre of the Max Planck Society, Dortmund, Germany.,Department of Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 83, Sweden
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Valeur E, Guéret SM, Adihou H, Gopalakrishnan R, Lemurell M, Waldmann H, Grossmann TN, Plowright AT. Neue Modalitäten für schwierige Zielstrukturen in der Wirkstoffentwicklung. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201611914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Eric Valeur
- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases; Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit; AstraZeneca; Pepparedsleden 1 Mölndal 431 83 Schweden
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases; Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit; AstraZeneca; Pepparedsleden 1 Mölndal 431 83 Schweden
- AstraZeneca MPI Satellite Unit; Abteilung Chemische Biologie; Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie; Dortmund Deutschland
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases; Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit; AstraZeneca; Pepparedsleden 1 Mölndal 431 83 Schweden
- AstraZeneca MPI Satellite Unit; Abteilung Chemische Biologie; Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie; Dortmund Deutschland
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases; Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit; AstraZeneca; Pepparedsleden 1 Mölndal 431 83 Schweden
- AstraZeneca MPI Satellite Unit; Abteilung Chemische Biologie; Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie; Dortmund Deutschland
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases; Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit; AstraZeneca; Pepparedsleden 1 Mölndal 431 83 Schweden
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- Abteilung Chemische Biologie; Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie; Dortmund Deutschland
- Fakultät für Chemie and Chemische Biologie; Technische Universität Dortmund; Deutschland
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- Chemical Genomics Centre der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft; Dortmund Deutschland
- Department of Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Sciences; VU University Amsterdam; Niederlande
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases; Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit; AstraZeneca; Pepparedsleden 1 Mölndal 431 83 Schweden
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Hu K, Sun C, Li Z. Reversible and Versatile On-Tether Modification of Chiral-Center-Induced Helical Peptides. Bioconjug Chem 2017. [PMID: 28650634 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Modification of the cross-linker of constrained peptides has recently received considerable attention. Here, we present a versatile approach to modifing the cross-linking tether of chiral-center-induced helical (CIH) peptides via the S-alkylation reaction. The alkylation process displayed high conversion efficiency, selectivity, and substrate tolerance. Notably, although on-tether S-alkylation could lead to a pair of peptide epimers, the major alkylated product retained the helical structure of its helical precursor peptide. This S-alkylation was readily reversible under reductive conditions, which provides a simple method for traceless modification. In addition to expanding the chemical space of CIH peptides, this strategy is the first on-tether modification platform with known retention of the peptides' original helicity.
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- Kuan Hu
- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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Grison CM, Burslem GM, Miles JA, Pilsl LKA, Yeo DJ, Imani Z, Warriner SL, Webb ME, Wilson AJ. Double quick, double click reversible peptide "stapling". Chem Sci 2017; 8:5166-5171. [PMID: 28970902 PMCID: PMC5618791 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc01342f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Accepted: 05/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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A versatile, rapid and reversible approach to constrain peptides in a bioactive helical conformation and bearing a functional handle for inhibition of protein–protein interactions is described.
The development of constrained peptides for inhibition of protein–protein interactions is an emerging strategy in chemical biology and drug discovery. This manuscript introduces a versatile, rapid and reversible approach to constrain peptides in a bioactive helical conformation using BID and RNase S peptides as models. Dibromomaleimide is used to constrain BID and RNase S peptide sequence variants bearing cysteine (Cys) or homocysteine (hCys) amino acids spaced at i and i + 4 positions by double substitution. The constraint can be readily removed by displacement of the maleimide using excess thiol. This new constraining methodology results in enhanced α-helical conformation (BID and RNase S peptide) as demonstrated by circular dichroism and molecular dynamics simulations, resistance to proteolysis (BID) as demonstrated by trypsin proteolysis experiments and retained or enhanced potency of inhibition for Bcl-2 family protein–protein interactions (BID), or greater capability to restore the hydrolytic activity of the RNAse S protein (RNase S peptide). Finally, use of a dibromomaleimide functionalized with an alkyne permits further divergent functionalization through alkyne–azide cycloaddition chemistry on the constrained peptide with fluorescein, oligoethylene glycol or biotin groups to facilitate biophysical and cellular analyses. Hence this methodology may extend the scope and accessibility of peptide stapling.
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- Claire M Grison
- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK . .,Astbury Centre For Structural Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK . .,Astbury Centre For Structural Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK . .,Astbury Centre For Structural Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK . .,Astbury Centre For Structural Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK . .,Astbury Centre For Structural Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK . .,Astbury Centre For Structural Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK . .,Astbury Centre For Structural Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK . .,Astbury Centre For Structural Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK . .,Astbury Centre For Structural Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK
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Serrano JC, Sipthorp J, Xu W, Itzhaki LS, Ley SV. A New Methodology for Incorporating Chiral Linkers into Stapled Peptides. Chembiochem 2017; 18:1066-1071. [PMID: 28388005 PMCID: PMC5488175 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201700075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Stapled peptides have arisen as a new class of chemical probe and potential therapeutic agents for modulating protein–protein interactions. Here, we report the first two‐component i,i+7 stapling methodology that makes use of two orthogonal, on‐resin stapling reactions to incorporate linkers bearing a chiral centre into a p53‐derived stapled peptide. Post‐stapling modifications to the chain were performed on‐resin and enabled rapid access to various peptide derivatives from a single staple. The stapled peptides have increased helicity, protease stability and in vitro binding affinities to MDM2 compared to the equivalent unstapled peptide. This approach can be used to generate a library of diverse stapled peptides with different properties starting from a single stapled peptide, with scope for much greater functional diversity than that provided by existing stapling methodologies.
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- Juan C Serrano
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1PD, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1PD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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Hu K, Sun C, Yu M, Li W, Lin H, Guo J, Jiang Y, Lei C, Li Z. Dual In-Tether Chiral Centers Modulate Peptide Helicity. Bioconjug Chem 2017; 28:1537-1543. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Kuan Hu
- School
of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- School
of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- School
of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- School
of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- School
of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Senior High School, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518001, China
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- School
of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- School
of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- School
of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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Neukirchen S, Krieger V, Roschger C, Schubert M, Elsässer B, Cabrele C. Impact of the amino acid sequence on the conformation of side chain lactam-bridged octapeptides. J Pept Sci 2017; 23:587-596. [PMID: 28370688 DOI: 10.1002/psc.2997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2016] [Revised: 03/02/2017] [Accepted: 03/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Synthetic helical peptides are valuable scaffolds for the development of modulators of protein-protein interactions involving helical motifs. Backbone-to-side chain or side chain-to-side chain constraints have been and still are intensively exploited to stabilize short α-helices. Very often, these constraints have been combined with backbone modifications induced by Cα-tetrasubstituted, β-, or γ-amino acids, which facilitate the α-peptide or α/β/γ-peptide adopting an α-helical conformation. In this work, we investigated the helical character of octapeptides that were cyclized by a Lys-Asp-(i,i + 4)-lactam bridge. We started with two sequences extracted from the helix-loop-helix region of the Id proteins, which are inhibitors of cell differentiation during development and in cancer. Nineteen analogs containing the lactam bridge at different positions and displaying different amino acid core triads (i + 1,2,3) as well as outer residues were prepared by solid-phase methodology. Their conformation in water and water/2,2,2-trifluoroethanol mixtures was investigated by circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. The cyclopeptides could be grouped in helix-prone and non-helix-prone structures. Both the amino acid core triad (i + 1,2,3) and the pendant residues positively or negatively affected the formation of a helical structure. Computational studies based on the NMR-derived helical structure of a cyclopeptide containing Aib at position (i + 2) of the triad were generally in agreement with the secondary structure propensity of the cyclopeptides observed by CD spectroscopy. In conclusion, the Lys-Asp-(i,i + 4)-lactam bridge may succeed or fail in the stabilization of short helices, depending on the primary structure. Moreover, computational methods may be valuable tools to discriminate helix-prone from non-helix-prone peptide-based macrolactams. Copyright © 2017 European Peptide Society and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Saskia Neukirchen
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Billrothstrasse 11, 5020, Salzburg, Austria.,Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany.,Institute of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstrasse 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Billrothstrasse 11, 5020, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Billrothstrasse 11, 5020, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Billrothstrasse 11, 5020, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Billrothstrasse 11, 5020, Salzburg, Austria
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Zheng L, Yu C, Zhan Y, Deng X, Wang Y, Jiang H. Locking Interconversion of Aromatic Oligoamide Foldamers by Intramolecular Side-chain Crosslinking: toward Absolute Control of Helicity in Synthetic Aromatic Foldamers. Chemistry 2017; 23:5361-5367. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201700134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Lu Zheng
- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, and Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals; Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, and Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals; Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, and Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals; Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, and Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals; Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, and Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals; Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, and Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals; Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 P. R. China
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Tian Y, Yang D, Ye X, Li Z. Thioether-derived Macrocycle for Peptide Secondary Structure Fixation. CHEM REC 2017; 17:874-885. [DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201600137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Yuan Tian
- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology; Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University; Shenzhen 518055 P. R. China
- School of Life Science and Engineering; Southwest Jiaotong University; Chengdu 611756 P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology; Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University; Shenzhen 518055 P. R. China
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- Department of Gynecology, Second Clinical Medical College; Jinan University, Shenzhen People's Hospital; 1017 Dongmen North Road, Luohu District Shenzhen 518020 P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology; Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University; Shenzhen 518055 P. R. China
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An in-tether sulfoxide chiral center influences the biophysical properties of the N-capped peptides. Bioorg Med Chem 2017; 25:1756-1761. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.11.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2016] [Revised: 11/16/2016] [Accepted: 11/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Li J, Hu K, Chen H, Wu Y, Chen L, Yin F, Tian Y, Li Z. An in-tether chiral center modulates the proapoptotic activity of the KLA peptide. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:10452-10455. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cc04923d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We have utilized a novel in-tether chiral center induced helicity strategy (CIH) to develop a potent apoptosis inducer based on apoptotic KLA peptide. For our constructed peptides, the CIH-KLA-(R) epimer exhibited superior cellular uptakes and special mitochondrial targeting when compared with its S counterpart.
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- Jingxu Li
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics
- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics
- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen
- P. R. China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening
- School of Pharmaceutical Science
- Southern Medical University
- Guangzhou
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics
- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics
- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics
- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen
- P. R. China
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- School of Life Science and Engineering
- Southwest Jiaotong University
- Chengdu 611756
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics
- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen
- P. R. China
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Hu K, Sun C, Yang D, Wu Y, Shi C, Chen L, Liao T, Guo J, Liu Y, Li Z. A precisely positioned chiral center in an i, i + 7 tether modulates the helicity of the backbone peptide. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:6728-6731. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cc03799f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A chiral center of R absolute configuration at the γ-position to the C-terminal of a 10-membered tether could function to efficiently induce helicity of the backbone peptides.
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- Kuan Hu
- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University
- Shenzhen
- China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University
- Shenzhen
- China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University
- Shenzhen
- China
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- Department of Biology
- Southern University of Science and Technology
- Shenzhen
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University
- Shenzhen
- China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University
- Shenzhen
- China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University
- Shenzhen
- China
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- Shenzhen Senior High School
- Shenzhen
- China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University
- Shenzhen
- China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University
- Shenzhen
- China
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