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Potalitsyn P, Mrázková L, Selicharová I, Tencerová M, Ferenčáková M, Chrudinová M, Turnovská T, Brzozowski AM, Marek A, Kaminský J, Jiráček J, Žáková L. Non-glycosylated IGF2 prohormones are more mitogenic than native IGF2. Commun Biol 2023; 6:863. [PMID: 37598269 PMCID: PMC10439913 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05239-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Insulin-like Growth Factor-2 (IGF2) is important for the regulation of human embryonic growth and development, and for adults' physiology. Incorrect processing of the IGF2 precursor, pro-IGF2(156), leads to the formation of two IGF2 proforms, big-IGF2(87) and big-IGF2(104). Unprocessed and mainly non-glycosylated IGF2 proforms are found at abnormally high levels in certain diseases, but their mode of action is still unclear. Here, we found that pro-IGF2(156) has the lowest ability to form its inactivating complexes with IGF-Binding Proteins and has higher proliferative properties in cells than IGF2 and other IGF prohormones. We also showed that big-IGF2(104) has a seven-fold higher binding affinity for the IGF2 receptor than IGF2, and that pro-IGF2(87) binds and activates specific receptors and stimulates cell growth similarly to the mature IGF2. The properties of these pro-IGF2 forms, especially of pro-IGF2(156) and big-IGF2(104), indicate them as hormones that may be associated with human diseases related to the accumulation of IGF-2 proforms in the circulation.
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- Pavlo Potalitsyn
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 116 10, Prague 6, Czech Republic
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 12800, Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 116 10, Prague 6, Czech Republic
- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 12800, Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 116 10, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 116 10, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 116 10, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 116 10, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 116 10, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 116 10, Prague 6, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 116 10, Prague 6, Czech Republic.
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Jiráček J, Selicharová I, Žáková L. Mutations at hypothetical binding site 2 in insulin and insulin-like growth factors 1 and 2. VITAMINS AND HORMONES 2023; 123:187-230. [PMID: 37717985 DOI: 10.1016/bs.vh.2023.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/05/2023]
Abstract
Elucidating how insulin and the related insulin-like growth factors 1 and 2 (IGF-1 and IGF-2) bind to their cellular receptors (IR and IGF-1R) and how the receptors are activated has been the holy grail for generations of scientists. However, deciphering the 3D structure of tyrosine kinase receptors and their hormone-bound complexes has been complicated by the flexible and dimeric nature of the receptors and the dynamic nature of their interaction with hormones. Therefore, mutagenesis of hormones and kinetic studies first became an important tool for studying receptor interactions. It was suggested that hormones could bind to receptors through two binding sites on the hormone surface called site 1 and site 2. A breakthrough in knowledge came with the solution of cryoelectron microscopy (cryoEM) structures of hormone-receptor complexes. In this chapter, we document in detail the mutagenesis of insulin, IGF-1, and IGF-2 with emphasis on modifications of the hypothetical binding site 2 in the hormones, and we discuss the results of structure-activity studies in light of recent cryoEM structures of hormone complexes with IR and IGF-1R.
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- Jiří Jiráček
- From Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- From Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- From Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Lin J, Asai S, Selicharová I, Mitrová K, Kaminský J, Young E, Jiráček J. Recombinant Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Dimers: Receptor Binding Affinities and Activation Abilities. Int J Pept Res Ther 2023; 29:33. [PMID: 36891560 PMCID: PMC9985566 DOI: 10.1007/s10989-023-10499-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/04/2023] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) and its IGF-1 receptor (IGF-1R) belong to an important biological system that is involved in the regulation of normal growth, but that has also been recognized as playing a role in cancer. IGF-1R antagonists could be interesting for the testing of their potential antiproliferative properties as an alternative to IGF-1R tyrosine-kinase inhibitors or anti-IGF-1R monoclonal antibodies. In this study, we were inspired by the successful development of insulin dimers capable of antagonizing insulin effects on the insulin receptor (IR) by simultaneous binding to two separated binding sites and by blocking structural rearrangement of the IR. We designed and produced in Escherichia coli three different IGF-1 dimers in which IGF-1 monomers are interlinked through their N- and C-termini, with linkers having 8, 15 or 25 amino acids. We found that the recombinant products were susceptible to the formation of misfolded or reduced variants, but that some of them were able to bind IGF-1R in low nanomolar affinities and all of them activate IGF-1R proportionally to their binding affinities. Overall, our work can be considered as a pilot study that, although it did not lead to the discovery of new IGF-1R antagonists, explored the possibility of recombinant production of IGF-1 dimers and led to the preparation of active compounds. This work could inspire further studies dealing, for example, with the preparation of IGF-1 conjugates with specific proteins for the study of the hormone and its receptor or for therapeutic applications. Graphical Abstract Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10989-023-10499-1.
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- Jingjing Lin
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 116 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 12840 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 116 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 12840 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 116 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 116 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 116 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 116 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
- Present Address: Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, YO10 5DD UK
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 116 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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Zhang F, Altindis E, Kahn CR, DiMarchi RD, Gelfanov V. A viral insulin-like peptide is a natural competitive antagonist of the human IGF-1 receptor. Mol Metab 2021; 53:101316. [PMID: 34400347 PMCID: PMC8621328 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2021.101316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Natural sources of molecular diversity remain of utmost importance as a reservoir of proteins and peptides with unique biological functions. We recently identified such a family of viral insulin-like peptides (VILPs). We sought to advance the chemical methods in synthesis to explore the structure-function relationship within these VILPs, and the molecular basis for differential biological activities relative to human IGF-1 and insulin. METHODS Optimized chemical methods in synthesis were established for a set of VILPs and related analogs. These modified forms included the substitution of select VILP chains with those derived from human insulin and IGF-1. Each peptide was assessed in vitro for agonism and antagonism at the human insulin and the human insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R). RESULTS We report here that one of these VILPs, lymphocystis disease virus-1 (LCDV1)-VILP, has the unique property to be a potent and full antagonist of the IGF-1R. We demonstrate the coordinated importance of the B- and C-chains of the VILP in regulating this activity. Moreover, mutation of the glycine following the first cysteine in the B-chain of IGF-1 to serine, in concert with substitution to the connecting peptide of LCDV1-VILP, converted native IGF-1 to a high potency antagonist. CONCLUSIONS The results reveal novel aspects in ligand-receptor interactions at the IGF-1 receptor and identify a set of antagonists of potential medicinal importance.
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- Fa Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- Boston College Biology Department, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA
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- Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA.
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- Novo Nordisk Research Center, 5225 Exploration Drive, Indianapolis, IN, 46241, USA
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Dhayalan B, Chatterjee D, Chen YS, Weiss MA. Structural Lessons From the Mutant Proinsulin Syndrome. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2021; 12:754693. [PMID: 34659132 PMCID: PMC8514764 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2021.754693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Insight into folding mechanisms of proinsulin has been provided by analysis of dominant diabetes-associated mutations in the human insulin gene (INS). Such mutations cause pancreatic β-cell dysfunction due to toxic misfolding of a mutant proinsulin and impairment in trans of wild-type insulin secretion. Anticipated by the "Akita" mouse (a classical model of monogenic diabetes mellitus; DM), this syndrome illustrates the paradigm endoreticulum (ER) stress leading to intracellular proteotoxicity. Diverse clinical mutations directly or indirectly perturb native disulfide pairing leading to protein misfolding and aberrant aggregation. Although most introduce or remove a cysteine (Cys; leading in either case to an unpaired thiol group), non-Cys-related mutations identify key determinants of folding efficiency. Studies of such mutations suggest that the hormone's evolution has been constrained not only by structure-function relationships, but also by the susceptibility of its single-chain precursor to impaired foldability. An intriguing hypothesis posits that INS overexpression in response to peripheral insulin resistance likewise leads to chronic ER stress and β-cell dysfunction in the natural history of non-syndromic Type 2 DM. Cryptic contributions of conserved residues to folding efficiency, as uncovered by rare genetic variants, define molecular links between biophysical principles and the emerging paradigm of Darwinian medicine: Biosynthesis of proinsulin at the edge of non-foldability provides a key determinant of "diabesity" as a pandemic disease of civilization.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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Dhayalan B, Chatterjee D, Chen YS, Weiss MA. Diabetes mellitus due to toxic misfolding of proinsulin variants. Mol Metab 2021:101229. [PMID: 33823319 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2021.101229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Revised: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Dominant mutations in the human insulin gene (INS) lead to pancreatic β-cell dysfunction and diabetes mellitus (DM) due to toxic misfolding of a mutant proinsulin. Analogous to a classical mouse model of monogenic DM ("Akita"), this syndrome highlights the susceptibility of β-cells to endoreticulum (ER) stress due to protein misfolding and aberrant aggregation. SCOPE OF REVIEW Diverse clinical mutations directly or indirectly perturb native disulfide pairing. Whereas most introduce or remove a cysteine (Cys; leading in either case to an unpaired thiol group), non-Cys-related mutations identify key determinants of folding efficiency. Studies of such mutations suggest that the hormone's evolution has been constrained not only by structure-function relationships but also by the susceptibility of its single-chain precursor to impaired foldability. An intriguing hypothesis posits that INS overexpression in response to peripheral insulin resistance likewise leads to chronic ER stress and β-cell dysfunction in the natural history of nonsyndromic Type 2 DM. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS Cryptic contributions of conserved residues to folding efficiency, as uncovered by rare genetic variants, define molecular links between biophysical principles and the emerging paradigm of Darwinian medicine: Biosynthesis of proinsulin at the edge of nonfoldability provides a key determinant of "diabesity" as a pandemic disease of civilization.
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- Balamurugan Dhayalan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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Rege NK, Liu M, Yang Y, Dhayalan B, Wickramasinghe NP, Chen YS, Rahimi L, Guo H, Haataja L, Sun J, Ismail-Beigi F, Phillips NB, Arvan P, Weiss MA. Evolution of insulin at the edge of foldability and its medical implications. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:29618-29628. [PMID: 33154160 PMCID: PMC7703552 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2010908117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Proteins have evolved to be foldable, and yet determinants of foldability may be inapparent once the native state is reached. Insight has emerged from studies of diseases of protein misfolding, exemplified by monogenic diabetes mellitus due to mutations in proinsulin leading to endoplasmic reticulum stress and β-cell death. Cellular foldability of human proinsulin requires an invariant Phe within a conserved crevice at the receptor-binding surface (position B24). Any substitution, even related aromatic residue TyrB24, impairs insulin biosynthesis and secretion. As a seeming paradox, a monomeric TyrB24 insulin analog exhibits a native-like structure in solution with only a modest decrement in stability. Packing of TyrB24 is similar to that of PheB24, adjoining core cystine B19-A20 to seal the core; the analog also exhibits native self-assembly. Although affinity for the insulin receptor is decreased ∼20-fold, biological activities in cells and rats were within the range of natural variation. Together, our findings suggest that the invariance of PheB24 among vertebrate insulins and insulin-like growth factors reflects an essential role in enabling efficient protein folding, trafficking, and secretion, a function that is inapparent in native structures. In particular, we envision that the para-hydroxyl group of TyrB24 hinders pairing of cystine B19-A20 in an obligatory on-pathway folding intermediate. The absence of genetic variation at B24 and other conserved sites near this disulfide bridge-excluded due to β-cell dysfunction-suggests that insulin has evolved to the edge of foldability. Nonrobustness of a protein's fitness landscape underlies both a rare monogenic syndrome and "diabesity" as a pandemic disease of civilization.
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- Nischay K Rege
- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, 300052 Tianjin, China
- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106
- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106
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- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
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- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
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- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106
- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106
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- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106;
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202
- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106
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Donovan AJ, Dowle J, Yang Y, Weiss MA, Kent SBH. Total synthesis of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor and the protein diastereomer [
Gly37D‐Ala
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BPTI
using Boc chemistry solid phase peptide synthesis. Pept Sci (Hoboken) 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/pep2.24166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Alexander J. Donovan
- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyUniversity of Chicago Chicago, Illinois USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyUniversity of Chicago Chicago, Illinois USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyIndiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis Indiana USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyIndiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis Indiana USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyUniversity of Chicago Chicago, Illinois USA
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Mueller LK, Baumruck AC, Zhdanova H, Tietze AA. Challenges and Perspectives in Chemical Synthesis of Highly Hydrophobic Peptides. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:162. [PMID: 32195241 PMCID: PMC7064641 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) provides the possibility to chemically synthesize peptides and proteins. Applying the method on hydrophilic structures is usually without major drawbacks but faces extreme complications when it comes to "difficult sequences." These includes the vitally important, ubiquitously present and structurally demanding membrane proteins and their functional parts, such as ion channels, G-protein receptors, and other pore-forming structures. Standard synthetic and ligation protocols are not enough for a successful synthesis of these challenging sequences. In this review we highlight, summarize and evaluate the possibilities for synthetic production of "difficult sequences" by SPPS, native chemical ligation (NCL) and follow-up protocols.
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- Lena K. Mueller
- Clemens-Schöpf Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Clemens-Schöpf Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Hameed A, Gallagher LB, Dolan E, O’Sullivan J, Ruiz-Hernandez E, Duffy GP, Kelly H. Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) microparticles – development, characterisation, and in vitro assessment of bioactivity for cardiac applications. J Microencapsul 2019; 36:267-277. [DOI: 10.1080/02652048.2019.1622605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Aamir Hameed
- Tissue Engineering Research Group (TERG), Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RSCI), Dublin, Ireland
- Trinity Centre for Bioengineering (TCBE), Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Dublin, Ireland
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- Tissue Engineering Research Group (TERG), Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RSCI), Dublin, Ireland
- School of Pharmacy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Informatics, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Tissue Engineering Research Group (TERG), Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RSCI), Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Science, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Dublin, Ireland
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- Tissue Engineering Research Group (TERG), Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RSCI), Dublin, Ireland
- Trinity Centre for Bioengineering (TCBE), Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Science, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
- Advanced Materials for Biomedical Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (AMBER), Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Dublin, Ireland
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- Tissue Engineering Research Group (TERG), Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RSCI), Dublin, Ireland
- School of Pharmacy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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Wang JH, Shao XX, Hu MJ, Liu YL, Xu ZG, Guo ZY. Functionality of an absolutely conserved glycine residue in the chimeric relaxin family peptide R3/I5. Amino Acids 2019; 51:619-626. [PMID: 30604098 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-018-02694-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/22/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
Abstract
The insulin superfamily is a group of homologous proteins that are further divided into the insulin family and relaxin family according to their distinct receptors. All insulin superfamily members contain three absolutely conserved disulfide linkages and a nonchiral Gly residue immediately following the first B-chain cysteine. The functionality of this conserved Gly residue in the insulin family has been studied by replacing it with natural L-amino acids or the corresponding unnatural D-amino acids. However, such analysis has not been conducted on relaxin family members. In the present study, we conducted chiral mutagenesis on the conserved B11Gly of the chimeric relaxin family peptide R3/I5, which is an efficient agonist for receptor RXFP3 and RXFP4. Similar to the effects on insulin family foldability, L-Ala or L-Ser substitution completely abolished the in vitro refolding of a recombinant R3/I5 precursor; whereas, D-Ala or D-Ser substitution had no detrimental effect on refolding of a semi-synthetic R3/I5 precursor, suggesting that the conserved Gly residue controls the foldability of relaxin family members. In contrast to the effect on insulin family activity, D-Ala or D-Ser replacement had no detrimental effect on the binding and activation potencies of the mature R3/I5 towards both RXFP3 and RXFP4, suggesting that the conserved Gly residue is irrelevant to the relaxin family's activity. The present study revealed functionality of the conserved B-chain Gly residue for a relaxin family peptide for the first time, providing an overview of its contribution to foldability and activity of the insulin superfamily.
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- Jia-Hui Wang
- Research Center for Translational Medicine at East Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Research Center for Translational Medicine at East Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Research Center for Translational Medicine at East Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Research Center for Translational Medicine at East Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Research Center for Translational Medicine at East Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Research Center for Translational Medicine at East Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
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Brailsford JA, Stockdill JL, Axelrod AJ, Peterson MT, Vadola PA, Johnston EV, Danishefsky SJ. Total Chemical Synthesis of Human Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (hTSH) β-Subunit: Application of Arginine-tagged Acetamidomethyl (Acm R) Protecting Groups. Tetrahedron 2018; 74:1951-1956. [PMID: 30853725 PMCID: PMC6402344 DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2018.02.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
The β-subunit of human thyroid stimulating hormone (hTSH) has been synthesized as a single glycoform bearing a chitobiose disaccharide at the native glycosylation site. Key to the successful completion of this synthesis was the introduction of an arginine-tagged acetamidomethyl group, which served to greatly facilitate handling of a glycopeptide fragment with poor aqueous solubility. This general solution to the challenge of working with intractable peptides is expected to find wide use in protein synthesis.
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- John A Brailsford
- Laboratory for Bioorganic Chemistry, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065
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- Laboratory for Bioorganic Chemistry, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065
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- Laboratory for Bioorganic Chemistry, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065
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- Laboratory for Bioorganic Chemistry, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065
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- Laboratory for Bioorganic Chemistry, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065
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- Laboratory for Bioorganic Chemistry, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065
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- Laboratory for Bioorganic Chemistry, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065
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Macháčková K, Chrudinová M, Radosavljević J, Potalitsyn P, Křížková K, Fábry M, Selicharová I, Collinsová M, Brzozowski AM, Žáková L, Jiráček J. Converting Insulin-like Growth Factors 1 and 2 into High-Affinity Ligands for Insulin Receptor Isoform A by the Introduction of an Evolutionarily Divergent Mutation. Biochemistry 2018; 57:2373-2382. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b01260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Kateřina Macháčková
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo n. 2, 166 37 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, The University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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Macháčková K, Collinsová M, Chrudinová M, Selicharová I, Pícha J, Buděšínský M, Vaněk V, Žáková L, Brzozowski AM, Jiráček J. Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 Analogs Clicked in the C Domain: Chemical Synthesis and Biological Activities. J Med Chem 2017; 60:10105-10117. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Kateřina Macháčková
- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- York
Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, The University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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Yan B, Ye L, Xu W, Liu L. Recent advances in racemic protein crystallography. Bioorg Med Chem 2017; 25:4953-4965. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Revised: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/09/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Moroder L, Musiol HJ. Insulin - von seiner Entdeckung bis zur industriellen Synthese moderner Insulin-Analoga. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201702493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Luis Moroder
- Bioorganische Chemie; Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie; Am Klopferspitz 18 82152 Martinsried Deutschland
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- Bioorganische Chemie; Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie; Am Klopferspitz 18 82152 Martinsried Deutschland
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Moroder L, Musiol HJ. Insulin-From its Discovery to the Industrial Synthesis of Modern Insulin Analogues. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:10656-10669. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201702493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Luis Moroder
- Bioorganic Chemistry; Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry; Am Klopferspitz 18 82152 Martinsried Germany
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- Bioorganic Chemistry; Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry; Am Klopferspitz 18 82152 Martinsried Germany
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Bernhagen D, De Laporte L, Timmerman P. High-Affinity RGD-Knottin Peptide as a New Tool for Rapid Evaluation of the Binding Strength of Unlabeled RGD-Peptides to α vβ 3, α vβ 5, and α 5β 1 Integrin Receptors. Anal Chem 2017; 89:5991-5997. [PMID: 28492301 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b00554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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We describe a highly sensitive competition ELISA to measure integrin-binding of RGD-peptides in high-throughput without using cells, ECM-proteins, or antibodies. The assay measures (nonlabeled) RGD-peptides' ability to inhibit binding of a biotinylated "knottin"-RGD peptide to surface-immobilized integrins and, thus, enables quantification of the binding strength of high-, medium-, and low-affinity RGD-binders. We introduced the biotinylated knottin-RGD peptide instead of biotinylated cyclo[RGDfK] (as reported by Piras et al.), as integrin-binding was much stronger and clearly detectable for all three integrins. In order to maximize sensitivity and cost-efficiency, we first optimized several parameters, such as integrin-immobilization levels, knottin-RGD concentration, buffer compositions, type of detection tag (biotin, His- or cMyc-tag), and spacer length. We thereby identified two key factors, that is, (i) the critical spacer length (longer than Gly) and (ii) the presence of Ca2+ and Mg2+ in all incubation and washing buffers. Binding of knottin-RGD peptide was strongest for αvβ3 but also detectable for both αvβ5 and α5β1, while binding of biotinylated cyclo[RGDfK] was very weak and only detectable for αvβ3. For assay validation, we finally determined IC50 values for three unlabeled peptides, that is: (i) linear GRGDS, (ii) cyclo[RGDfK], and (iii) the knottin-RGD itself for binding to three different integrin receptors (αvβ3, αvβ5, α5β1). Major benefits of the novel assay are (i) the extremely low consumption of integrin (50 ng/peptide), (ii) the fact that neither antibodies/ECM-proteins nor integrin-expressing cells are required for detection, and (iii) its suitability for high-throughput screening of (RGD-)peptide libraries.
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- Dominik Bernhagen
- Pepscan Therapeutics , Zuidersluisweg 2, 8243 RC, Lelystad, The Netherlands
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- DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials , Forckenbeckstr. 50, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Pepscan Therapeutics , Zuidersluisweg 2, 8243 RC, Lelystad, The Netherlands.,Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam , Sciencepark 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Lee CL, Liu H, Wong CTT, Chow HY, Li X. Enabling N-to-C Ser/Thr Ligation for Convergent Protein Synthesis via Combining Chemical Ligation Approaches. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:10477-84. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b04238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Chi Lung Lee
- Department of Chemistry,
The State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemistry,
The State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemistry,
The State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemistry,
The State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemistry,
The State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Hexnerová R, Křížková K, Fábry M, Sieglová I, Kedrová K, Collinsová M, Ullrichová P, Srb P, Williams C, Crump MP, Tošner Z, Jiráček J, Veverka V, Žáková L. Probing Receptor Specificity by Sampling the Conformational Space of the Insulin-like Growth Factor II C-domain. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:21234-21245. [PMID: 27510031 PMCID: PMC5076530 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.741041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Insulin and insulin-like growth factors I and II are closely related protein hormones. Their distinct evolution has resulted in different yet overlapping biological functions with insulin becoming a key regulator of metabolism, whereas insulin-like growth factors (IGF)-I/II are major growth factors. Insulin and IGFs cross-bind with different affinities to closely related insulin receptor isoforms A and B (IR-A and IR-B) and insulin-like growth factor type I receptor (IGF-1R). Identification of structural determinants in IGFs and insulin that trigger their specific signaling pathways is of increasing importance in designing receptor-specific analogs with potential therapeutic applications. Here, we developed a straightforward protocol for production of recombinant IGF-II and prepared six IGF-II analogs with IGF-I-like mutations. All modified molecules exhibit significantly reduced affinity toward IR-A, particularly the analogs with a Pro-Gln insertion in the C-domain. Moreover, one of the analogs has enhanced binding affinity for IGF-1R due to a synergistic effect of the Pro-Gln insertion and S29N point mutation. Consequently, this analog has almost a 10-fold higher IGF-1R/IR-A binding specificity in comparison with native IGF-II. The established IGF-II purification protocol allowed for cost-effective isotope labeling required for a detailed NMR structural characterization of IGF-II analogs that revealed a link between the altered binding behavior of selected analogs and conformational rearrangement of their C-domains.
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- Rozálie Hexnerová
- From the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Flemingovo nám 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Albertov 6, Prague 128 43, Czech Republic
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- From the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Flemingovo nám 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Albertov 6, Prague 128 43, Czech Republic
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- From the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Flemingovo nám 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic, and
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- From the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Flemingovo nám 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- From the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Flemingovo nám 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Albertov 6, Prague 128 43, Czech Republic
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- From the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Flemingovo nám 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- From the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Flemingovo nám 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Organic and Biological Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Cantock's Close, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Organic and Biological Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Cantock's Close, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Albertov 6, Prague 128 43, Czech Republic
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- From the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Flemingovo nám 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- From the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Flemingovo nám 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic,
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- From the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Flemingovo nám 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic,
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Cottam Jones JM, Harris PWR, Scanlon DB, Forbes BE, Brimble MA, Abell AD. Fluorescent IGF-II analogues for FRET-based investigations into the binding of IGF-II to the IGF-1R. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 14:2698-705. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ob02110c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Convergent-based synthesis of native IGF-II and two IGF-II analogues, with coumarin fluorescent probes incorporated at residues 19 and 28, and their use in FRET-based identification of interactions with the type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF-IR).
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- School of Chemical Sciences
- The University of Auckland
- Auckland 1010
- New Zealand
- Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery
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- Department of Chemistry
- The University of Adelaide
- Adelaide 5001
- Australia
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- School of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
- The University of Adelaide
- Adelaide 5005
- Australia
- School of Medicine
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- School of Chemical Sciences
- The University of Auckland
- Auckland 1010
- New Zealand
- Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery
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- Department of Chemistry
- The University of Adelaide
- Adelaide 5001
- Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP)
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Koniev O, Wagner A. Developments and recent advancements in the field of endogenous amino acid selective bond forming reactions for bioconjugation. Chem Soc Rev 2015; 44:5495-551. [PMID: 26000775 DOI: 10.1039/c5cs00048c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 390] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Bioconjugation methodologies have proven to play a central enabling role in the recent development of biotherapeutics and chemical biology approaches. Recent endeavours in these fields shed light on unprecedented chemical challenges to attain bioselectivity, biocompatibility, and biostability required by modern applications. In this review the current developments in various techniques of selective bond forming reactions of proteins and peptides were highlighted. The utility of each endogenous amino acid-selective conjugation methodology in the fields of biology and protein science has been surveyed with emphasis on the most relevant among reported transformations; selectivity and practical use have been discussed.
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- Oleksandr Koniev
- Laboratory of Functional Chemo-Systems (UMR 7199), Labex Medalis, University of Strasbourg, 74 Route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France.
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Vashisth H. Theoretical and computational studies of peptides and receptors of the insulin family. MEMBRANES 2015; 5:48-83. [PMID: 25680077 PMCID: PMC4384091 DOI: 10.3390/membranes5010048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2014] [Accepted: 01/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Synergistic interactions among peptides and receptors of the insulin family are required for glucose homeostasis, normal cellular growth and development, proliferation, differentiation and other metabolic processes. The peptides of the insulin family are disulfide-linked single or dual-chain proteins, while receptors are ligand-activated transmembrane glycoproteins of the receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) superfamily. Binding of ligands to the extracellular domains of receptors is known to initiate signaling via activation of intracellular kinase domains. While the structure of insulin has been known since 1969, recent decades have seen remarkable progress on the structural biology of apo and liganded receptor fragments. Here, we review how this useful structural information (on ligands and receptors) has enabled large-scale atomically-resolved simulations to elucidate the conformational dynamics of these biomolecules. Particularly, applications of molecular dynamics (MD) and Monte Carlo (MC) simulation methods are discussed in various contexts, including studies of isolated ligands, apo-receptors, ligand/receptor complexes and intracellular kinase domains. The review concludes with a brief overview and future outlook for modeling and computational studies in this family of proteins.
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- Harish Vashisth
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of New Hampshire, 33 Academic Way, Durham, NH 03824, USA.
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Okamoto R, Mandal K, Ling M, Luster AD, Kajihara Y, Kent SBH. Total chemical synthesis and biological activities of glycosylated and non-glycosylated forms of the chemokines CCL1 and Ser-CCL1. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:5188-93. [PMID: 24644239 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201310574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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CCL1 is a naturally glycosylated chemokine protein that is secreted by activated T-cells and acts as a chemoattractant for monocytes. Originally, CCL1 was identified as a 73 amino acid protein having one N-glycosylation site, and a variant 74 residue non-glycosylated form, Ser-CCL1, has also been described. There are no systematic studies of the effect of glycosylation on the biological activities of either CCL1 or Ser-CCL1. Here we report the total chemical syntheses of both N-glycosylated and non-glycosylated forms of (Ser-)CCL1, by convergent native chemical ligation. We used an N-glycan isolated from hen egg yolk together with the Nbz linker for Fmoc chemistry solid phase synthesis of the glycopeptide-(α) thioester building block. Chemotaxis assays of these glycoproteins and the corresponding non-glycosylated proteins were carried out. The results were correlated with the chemical structures of the (glyco)protein molecules. To the best of our knowledge, these are the first investigations of the effect of glycosylation on the chemotactic activity of the chemokine (Ser-)CCL1 using homogeneous N-glycosylated protein molecules of defined covalent structure.
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- Ryo Okamoto
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 (USA); Present address: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1, Toyonaka, Osaka 5600043 (Japan). ,
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Okamoto R, Mandal K, Ling M, Luster AD, Kajihara Y, Kent SBH. Total Chemical Synthesis and Biological Activities of Glycosylated and Non-Glycosylated Forms of the Chemokines CCL1 and Ser-CCL1. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201310574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The chemical synthesis of peptides or small proteins is often an important step in many research projects and has stimulated the development of numerous chemical methodologies. The aim of this review is to give a substantial overview of the solid phase methods developed for the production or purification of polypeptides. The solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) technique has facilitated considerably the access to short peptides (<50 amino acids). However, its limitations for producing large homogeneous peptides have stimulated the development of solid phase covalent or non-covalent capture purification methods. The power of the native chemical ligation (NCL) reaction for protein synthesis in aqueous solution has also been adapted to the solid phase by the combination of novel linker technologies, cysteine protection strategies and thioester or N,S-acyl shift thioester surrogate chemistries. This review details pioneering studies and the most recent publications related to the solid phase chemical synthesis of large peptides and proteins.
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Guan X, Chaffey PK, Zeng C, Tan Z. New Methods for Chemical Protein Synthesis. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2014; 363:155-92. [DOI: 10.1007/128_2014_599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Kaur ZP, Ochman AR, Mayer JP, Gelfanov VM, DiMarchi RD. Discovery of high potency, single-chain insulin analogs with a shortened B-chain and nonpeptide linker. ACS Chem Biol 2013; 8:1822-9. [PMID: 23730814 DOI: 10.1021/cb4002624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A series of novel, single chain insulin analogs containing polyethylene glycol based connecting segments were synthesized by native chemical ligation and tested for biological activity. While the full length single chain insulin analogs exhibited low potency, deletion of amino acids B26-B30 unexpectedly generated markedly higher activity. This observation is unprecedented in all previous studies of single chain insulin analogs and is consistent with the presumption that in the native hormone this sequence must translocate to achieve high potency insulin receptor interaction. Optimization of the sequence yielded an insulin analog with potency and selectivity comparable to that of native insulin. These results establish a basis for discovery of novel higher potency, single chain insulin analogs of shortened length.
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- Zachary P. Kaur
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United
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O-Acyl isopeptides, in which the N-acyl linkage on the hydroxyamino acid residue (e.g., Ser and Thr) is replaced with an O-acyl linkage, generally possess superior water-solubility to their corresponding native peptides, as well as other distinct physicochemical properties. In addition, O-acyl isopeptides can be rapidly converted into their corresponding native peptide under neutral aqueous conditions through an O-to-N acyl migration. By exploiting these characteristics, researchers have applied the O-acyl isopeptide method to various peptide-synthesis fields, such as the synthesis of aggregative peptides and convergent peptide synthesis. This O-acyl-isopeptide approach also serves as a means to control the biological function of the peptide in question. Herein, we report the synthesis of O-acyl isopeptides and some of their applications.
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- Youhei Sohma
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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Fang GM, Wang JX, Liu L. Convergent Chemical Synthesis of Proteins by Ligation of Peptide Hydrazides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201203843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Fang GM, Wang JX, Liu L. Convergent chemical synthesis of proteins by ligation of peptide hydrazides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:10347-50. [PMID: 22968928 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201203843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 275] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2012] [Revised: 07/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Ge-Min Fang
- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Raibaut L, Ollivier N, Melnyk O. Sequential native peptide ligation strategies for total chemical protein synthesis. Chem Soc Rev 2012; 41:7001-15. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cs35147a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Wang C, Guo Q, Fu Y. Theoretical Analysis of the Detailed Mechanism of Native Chemical Ligation Reactions. Chem Asian J 2011; 6:1241-51. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201000760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2010] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Chen Wang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026 (China), Fax: (+86) 551‐3606689
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026 (China), Fax: (+86) 551‐3606689
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026 (China), Fax: (+86) 551‐3606689
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Wu J, Ruiz-Rodríguez J, Comstock JM, Dong JZ, Bode JW. Synthesis of human GLP-1 (7–36) by chemoselective α-ketoacid–hydroxylamine peptide ligation of unprotected fragments. Chem Sci 2011. [DOI: 10.1039/c1sc00398d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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All-atom structural models for complexes of insulin-like growth factors IGF1 and IGF2 with their cognate receptor. J Mol Biol 2010; 400:645-58. [PMID: 20488191 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2009] [Revised: 04/04/2010] [Accepted: 05/12/2010] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF1R) is a membrane-spanning glycoprotein of the insulin receptor family that has been implicated in a variety of cancers. The key questions related to molecular mechanisms governing ligand recognition by IGF1R remain unanswered, partly due to the lack of testable structural models of apo or ligand-bound receptor complexes. Using a homology model of the IGF1R ectodomain IGF1RDeltabeta, we present the first experimentally consistent all-atom structural models of IGF1/IGF1RDeltabeta and IGF2/IGF1RDeltabeta complexes. Our explicit-solvent molecular dynamics (MD) simulation of apo-IGF1RDeltabeta shows that it displays asymmetric flexibility mechanisms that result in one of two binding pockets accessible to growth factors IGF1 and IGF2, as demonstrated via an MD-assisted Monte Carlo docking procedure. Our MD-generated ensemble of structures of apo and IGF1-bound IGF1RDeltabeta agrees reasonably well with published small-angle X-ray scattering data. We observe simultaneous contacts of each growth factor with sites 1 and 2 of IGF1R, suggesting cross-linking of receptor subunits. Our models provide direct evidence in favor of suggested electrostatic complementarity between the C-domain (IGF1) and the cysteine-rich domain (IGF1R). Our IGF1/IGF1RDeltabeta model provides structural bases for the observation that a single IGF1 molecule binds to IGF1RDeltabeta at low concentrations in small-angle X-ray scattering studies. We also suggest new possible structural bases for differences in the affinities of insulin, IGF1, and IGF2 for their noncognate receptors.
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Grygiel TLR, Teplyakov A, Obmolova G, Stowell N, Holland R, Nemeth JF, Pomerantz SC, Kruszynski M, Gilliland GL. Synthesis by native chemical ligation and crystal structure of human CCL2. Biopolymers 2010; 94:350-9. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.21390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Sohma Y, Kent SBH. Biomimetic synthesis of lispro insulin via a chemically synthesized "mini-proinsulin" prepared by oxime-forming ligation. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 131:16313-8. [PMID: 19835355 DOI: 10.1021/ja9052398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Here we report a proof-of-principle study demonstrating the efficient folding, with concomitant formation of the correct disulfides, of an isolated polypeptide insulin precursor of defined covalent structure. We used oxime-forming chemical ligation to introduce a temporary "chemical tether" to link the N-terminal residue of the insulin A chain to the C-terminal residue of the insulin B chain; the tether enabled us to fold/form disulfides with high efficiency. Enzymatic removal of the temporary chemical tether gave mature, fully active insulin. This chemical tethering principle could form the basis of a practical, high yield total synthesis of insulin and analogues.
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- Youhei Sohma
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Sohma Y, Hua QX, Liu M, Phillips NB, Hu SQ, Whittaker J, Whittaker LJ, Ng A, Roberts CT, Arvan P, Kent SBH, Weiss MA. Contribution of residue B5 to the folding and function of insulin and IGF-I: constraints and fine-tuning in the evolution of a protein family. J Biol Chem 2009; 285:5040-55. [PMID: 19959476 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.062992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Proinsulin exhibits a single structure, whereas insulin-like growth factors refold as two disulfide isomers in equilibrium. Native insulin-related growth factor (IGF)-I has canonical cystines (A6-A11, A7-B7, and A20-B19) maintained by IGF-binding proteins; IGF-swap has alternative pairing (A7-A11, A6-B7, and A20-B19) and impaired activity. Studies of mini-domain models suggest that residue B5 (His in insulin and Thr in IGFs) governs the ambiguity or uniqueness of disulfide pairing. Residue B5, a site of mutation in proinsulin causing neonatal diabetes, is thus of broad biophysical interest. Here, we characterize reciprocal B5 substitutions in the two proteins. In insulin, His(B5) --> Thr markedly destabilizes the hormone (DeltaDeltaG(u) 2.0 +/- 0.2 kcal/mol), impairs chain combination, and blocks cellular secretion of proinsulin. The reciprocal IGF-I substitution Thr(B5) --> His (residue 4) specifies a unique structure with native (1)H NMR signature. Chemical shifts and nuclear Overhauser effects are similar to those of native IGF-I. Whereas wild-type IGF-I undergoes thiol-catalyzed disulfide exchange to yield IGF-swap, His(B5)-IGF-I retains canonical pairing. Chemical denaturation studies indicate that His(B5) does not significantly enhance thermodynamic stability (DeltaDeltaG(u) 0.2 +/- 0.2 kcal/mol), implying that the substitution favors canonical pairing by destabilizing competing folds. Whereas the activity of Thr(B5)-insulin is decreased 5-fold, His(B5)-IGF-I exhibits 2-fold increased affinity for the IGF receptor and augmented post-receptor signaling. We propose that conservation of Thr(B5) in IGF-I, rescued from structural ambiguity by IGF-binding proteins, reflects fine-tuning of signal transduction. In contrast, the conservation of His(B5) in insulin highlights its critical role in insulin biosynthesis.
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- Youhei Sohma
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Yoshiya T, Kawashima H, Sohma Y, Kimura T, Kiso Y. O-acyl isopeptide method: efficient synthesis of isopeptide segment and application to racemization-free segment condensation. Org Biomol Chem 2009; 7:2894-904. [PMID: 19582299 DOI: 10.1039/b903624e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report the establishment of the O-acyl isopeptide method-based racemization-free segment condensation reaction toward future chemical protein synthesis. Peptide segments containing C-terminal O-acyl Ser/Thr residues were successfully synthesized by use of a lower nucleophilic base cocktail for Fmoc removal, and then coupled to an amino group of a peptide-resin without side reactions or epimerization. We also succeeded in performing the segment condensation in a sequential manner and in solution phase conditions as well.
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- Taku Yoshiya
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Division of Medicinal Chemical Sciences, Center for Frontier Research in Medicinal Science, 21st Century COE program, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, 607-8412, Japan
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Hua QX, Xu B, Huang K, Hu SQ, Nakagawa S, Jia W, Wang S, Whittaker J, Katsoyannis PG, Weiss MA. Enhancing the activity of a protein by stereospecific unfolding: conformational life cycle of insulin and its evolutionary origins. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:14586-96. [PMID: 19321436 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m900085200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A central tenet of molecular biology holds that the function of a protein is mediated by its structure. An inactive ground-state conformation may nonetheless be enjoined by the interplay of competing biological constraints. A model is provided by insulin, well characterized at atomic resolution by x-ray crystallography. Here, we demonstrate that the activity of the hormone is enhanced by stereospecific unfolding of a conserved structural element. A bifunctional beta-strand mediates both self-assembly (within beta-cell storage vesicles) and receptor binding (in the bloodstream). This strand is anchored by an invariant side chain (Phe(B24)); its substitution by Ala leads to an unstable but native-like analog of low activity. Substitution by d-Ala is equally destabilizing, and yet the protein diastereomer exhibits enhanced activity with segmental unfolding of the beta-strand. Corresponding photoactivable derivatives (containing l- or d-para-azido-Phe) cross-link to the insulin receptor with higher d-specific efficiency. Aberrant exposure of hydrophobic surfaces in the analogs is associated with accelerated fibrillation, a form of aggregation-coupled misfolding associated with cellular toxicity. Conservation of Phe(B24), enforced by its dual role in native self-assembly and induced fit, thus highlights the implicit role of misfolding as an evolutionary constraint. Whereas classical crystal structures of insulin depict its storage form, signaling requires engagement of a detachable arm at an extended receptor interface. Because this active conformation resembles an amyloidogenic intermediate, we envisage that induced fit and self-assembly represent complementary molecular adaptations to potential proteotoxicity. The cryptic threat of misfolding poses a universal constraint in the evolution of polypeptide sequences.
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- Qing-xin Hua
- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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Tofteng AP, Jensen KJ, Schäffer L, Hoeg-Jensen T. Total synthesis of desB30 insulin analogues by biomimetic folding of single-chain precursors. Chembiochem 2009; 9:2989-96. [PMID: 19035371 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200800430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Insulin is a peptide hormone consisting of 51 amino acids in two chains with three disulfide bridges. Human insulin and various analogues are used for the treatment of diabetes and are produced recombinantly at ton scale. Herein, we report the chemical synthesis of insulin by the step-wise, Fmoc-based, solid-phase synthesis of single-chain precursors with solubilising extensions, which under redox conditions, spontaneously fold with the correct pairing of the three disulfide bridges. The folded, single-chain, insulin precursors can be transformed into bioactive two-chain desB30 insulin by the simultaneous removal of the solubilising extension (4-5 residues) and the chain-bridging C-peptide (3-5 residues) by employing Achromobacter lyticus protease--a process well-known from the yeast-based recombinant production of insulin. The overall yields of synthetic insulins were as much as 6 %, and the synthetic process was straightforward and not labour intensive.
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- A Pernille Tofteng
- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Yoshiya T, Ito N, Kimura T, Kiso Y. Isopeptide method: development of S-acyl isopeptide method for the synthesis of difficult sequence-containing peptides. J Pept Sci 2008; 14:1203-8. [PMID: 18613286 DOI: 10.1002/psc.1053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A novel strategy for a more efficient synthesis of difficult sequence-containing peptides, the S-acyl isopeptide method, was developed and successfully applied. A model pentapeptide Ac-Val-Val-Cys-Val-Val-NH2 was synthesized via its water-soluble S-acyl isopeptide using an S-acyl isodipeptide unit, Boc-Cys(Fmoc-Val)-OH. An S-acyl isopeptide possessing excellent water solubility could be readily and quantitatively converted to the native peptide via an S--N intramolecular acyl migration reaction at pH 7.4. Thus, the S-acyl isopeptide method provides a useful tool in peptide chemistry.
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- Taku Yoshiya
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Division of Medicinal Chemical Sciences, Center for Frontier Research in Medicinal Science, 21st Century COE Program, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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Hua QX, Nakagawa SH, Jia W, Huang K, Phillips NB, Hu SQ, Weiss MA. Design of an active ultrastable single-chain insulin analog: synthesis, structure, and therapeutic implications. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:14703-16. [PMID: 18332129 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m800313200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Single-chain insulin (SCI) analogs provide insight into the inter-relation of hormone structure, function, and dynamics. Although compatible with wild-type structure, short connecting segments (<3 residues) prevent induced fit upon receptor binding and so are essentially without biological activity. Substantial but incomplete activity can be regained with increasing linker length. Here, we describe the design, structure, and function of a single-chain insulin analog (SCI-57) containing a 6-residue linker (GGGPRR). Native receptor-binding affinity (130 +/- 8% relative to the wild type) is achieved as hindrance by the linker is offset by favorable substitutions in the insulin moiety. The thermodynamic stability of SCI-57 is markedly increased (DeltaDeltaG(u) = 0.7 +/- 0.1 kcal/mol relative to the corresponding two-chain analog and 1.9 +/- 0.1 kcal/mol relative to wild-type insulin). Analysis of inter-residue nuclear Overhauser effects demonstrates that a native-like fold is maintained in solution. Surprisingly, the glycine-rich connecting segment folds against the insulin moiety: its central Pro contacts Val(A3) at the edge of the hydrophobic core, whereas the final Arg extends the A1-A8 alpha-helix. Comparison between SCI-57 and its parent two-chain analog reveals striking enhancement of multiple native-like nuclear Overhauser effects within the tethered protein. These contacts are consistent with wild-type crystal structures but are ordinarily attenuated in NMR spectra of two-chain analogs, presumably due to conformational fluctuations. Linker-specific damping of fluctuations provides evidence for the intrinsic flexibility of an insulin monomer. In addition to their biophysical interest, ultrastable SCIs may enhance the safety and efficacy of insulin replacement therapy in the developing world.
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- Qing-xin Hua
- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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