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Wang G, Wu Y, Su Y, Qu N, Chen B, Zhou D, Yuan L, Yin M, Liu M, Zhou W. TCF12-regulated GRB7 facilitates the HER2+ breast cancer progression by activating Notch1 signaling pathway. J Transl Med 2024; 22:745. [PMID: 39113057 PMCID: PMC11304905 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-024-05536-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2024] [Indexed: 08/11/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive (HER2+) breast cancer (BC), which accounts for approximately one-fifth of all BCs, are highly invasive with a high rate of recurrence and a poor prognosis. Several studies have shown that growth factor receptor-bound protein 7 (GRB7) might be a potential therapeutic target for tumor diagnosis and prognosis. Nevertheless, the role of GRB7 in HER2+ BC and its underlying mechanisms have not been fully elucidated. The aim of this study was to investigate the biological function and regulatory mechanism of GRB7 in HER2+ BC. METHODS Bioinformatics analysis was performed using the TCGA, GEO and CancerSEA databases to evaluate the clinical significance of GRB7. RT quantitative PCR, western blot and immunofluorescence were conducted to assess the expression of GRB7 in BC cell lines and tissues. MTT, EdU, colony formation, wound healing, transwell, and xenograft assays were adopted to explore the biological function of GRB7 in HER2+ BC. RNA sequencing was performed to analyze the signaling pathways associated with GRB7 in SK-BR-3 cells after the cells were transfected with GRB7 siRNA. Chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis (ChIP) and luciferase reporter assay were employed to elucidate the potential molecular regulatory mechanisms of GRB7 in HER2+ BC. RESULTS GRB7 was markedly upregulated and associated with poor prognosis in BC, especially in HER2+ BC. Overexpression of GRB7 increased the proliferation, migration, invasion, and colony formation of HER2+ BC cells, while depletion of GRB7 had the opposite effects in HER2+ BC cells and inhibited xenograft growth. ChIP-PCR and luciferase reporter assay revealed that TCF12 directly bound to the promoter of the GRB7 gene to promote its transcription. GRB7 facilitated HER2+ BC epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) progression by interacting with Notch1 to activate Wnt/β-catenin pathways and other signaling (i.e., AKT, ERK). Moreover, forced GRB7 overexpression activated Wnt/β-catenin to promote EMT progression, and partially rescued the inhibition of HER2+ BC proliferation, migration and invasion induced by TCF12 silencing. CONCLUSIONS Our work elucidates the oncogenic role of GRB7 in HER2+ BC, which could serve as a prognostic indicator and promising therapeutic target.
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- Gang Wang
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Key Laboratory for Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology of Chongqing, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Key Laboratory for Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology of Chongqing, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Key Laboratory for Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology of Chongqing, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Key Laboratory for Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology of Chongqing, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Key Laboratory for Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology of Chongqing, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Key Laboratory for Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology of Chongqing, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Key Laboratory for Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology of Chongqing, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Key Laboratory for Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology of Chongqing, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Key Laboratory for Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology of Chongqing, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
- Key Laboratory for Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology of Chongqing, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
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Sturre NP, Colson RN, Shah N, Watson GM, Yang X, Wilce MCJ, Price JT, Wilce JA. Enhancing the Bioactivity of Bicyclic Peptides Targeted to Grb7-SH2 by Restoring Cell Permeability. Biomedicines 2022; 10:1145. [PMID: 35625882 PMCID: PMC9138261 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10051145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 05/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The development of peptide inhibitors against intracellular targets depends upon the dual challenge of achieving a high affinity and specificity for the target and maintaining cellular permeability for biological activity. Previous efforts to develop bicyclic peptides targeted to the Grb7 signalling protein implicated in HER2+ve cancer progression have resulted in improved affinity. However, these same peptides demonstrated a lowered activity due to their decreased ability to penetrate cell membranes. Here, we report the testing of a new series of bicyclic G7 peptides designed to possess improved bioactivity. We discovered that the incorporation of two amino acids (Phe-Pro, Phe-Trp or Phe-Arg) within the bicyclic peptide framework maintains an enhanced binding affinity for the Grb7-SH2 domain compared to that of the first-generation monocyclic peptide G7-18NATE. Structure determination using X-ray crystallography revealed that the mode of binding by the expanded bicyclic G7 peptide is analogous to that of G7-18NATE. Interestingly, while the bicyclic peptide containing Phe-Trp did not display the highest affinity for Grb7-SH2 in the series, it was the most potent inhibitor of HER2+ve SKBR3 breast cancer cell migration when coupled to Penetratin. Together, this demonstrates that peptide flexibility as well as the amino acid tryptophan can play important roles in the uptake of peptides into the cell.
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- Natasha P. Sturre
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia; (N.P.S.); (R.N.C.); (N.S.); (G.M.W.); (X.Y.); (M.C.J.W.); (J.T.P.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia; (N.P.S.); (R.N.C.); (N.S.); (G.M.W.); (X.Y.); (M.C.J.W.); (J.T.P.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia; (N.P.S.); (R.N.C.); (N.S.); (G.M.W.); (X.Y.); (M.C.J.W.); (J.T.P.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia; (N.P.S.); (R.N.C.); (N.S.); (G.M.W.); (X.Y.); (M.C.J.W.); (J.T.P.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia; (N.P.S.); (R.N.C.); (N.S.); (G.M.W.); (X.Y.); (M.C.J.W.); (J.T.P.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia; (N.P.S.); (R.N.C.); (N.S.); (G.M.W.); (X.Y.); (M.C.J.W.); (J.T.P.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia; (N.P.S.); (R.N.C.); (N.S.); (G.M.W.); (X.Y.); (M.C.J.W.); (J.T.P.)
- Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 8001, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia; (N.P.S.); (R.N.C.); (N.S.); (G.M.W.); (X.Y.); (M.C.J.W.); (J.T.P.)
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Blumenberg L, Kawaler EA, Cornwell M, Smith S, Ruggles KV, Fenyö D. BlackSheep: A Bioconductor and Bioconda Package for Differential Extreme Value Analysis. J Proteome Res 2021; 20:3767-3773. [PMID: 34165986 PMCID: PMC8256816 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Unbiased assays such as shotgun proteomics and RNA-seq provide high-resolution
molecular characterization of tumors. These assays measure molecules with highly varied
distributions, making interpretation and hypothesis testing challenging. Samples with
the most extreme measurements for a molecule can reveal the most interesting biological
insights yet are often excluded from analysis. Furthermore, rare disease subtypes are,
by definition, underrepresented in cancer cohorts. To provide a strategy for identifying
molecules aberrantly enriched in small sample cohorts, we present BlackSheep, a package
for nonparametric description and differential analysis of genome-wide data, available
from Bioconductor (https://www.bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/blacksheepr.html) and
Bioconda (https://bioconda.github.io/recipes/blksheep/README.html). BlackSheep is a
complementary tool to other differential expression analysis methods, which is
particularly useful when analyzing small subgroups in a larger cohort.
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- Lili Blumenberg
- Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, United States.,Division of Translational Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, United States.,Institute for Systems Genetics, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, United States
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- Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, United States.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, United States.,Institute for Systems Genetics, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, United States
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- Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, United States.,Division of Translational Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, United States.,Institute for Systems Genetics, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, United States
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- Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, United States
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- Division of Translational Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, United States.,Institute for Systems Genetics, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, United States.,Institute for Systems Genetics, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, United States
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Comparison between clickable cyclic TAT and penetratin for delivery of cyclic and bicyclic‐peptide cargos. Pept Sci (Hoboken) 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/pep2.24163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Grb7-derived calmodulin-binding peptides inhibit proliferation, migration and invasiveness of tumor cells while they enhance attachment to the substrate. Heliyon 2020; 6:e03922. [PMID: 32420488 PMCID: PMC7215194 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Revised: 02/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The growth factor receptor bound protein 7 (Grb7) is a Ca2+-dependent calmodulin (CaM)-binding adaptor protein implicated, among other functions, in cell proliferation, migration and tumor-associated angiogenesis. The goal of this study was to determine whether a peptide based on the CaM binding site of Grb7 disrupts cellular processes, relevant for the malignancy of tumor cells, in which this adaptor protein is implicated. We designed synthetic myristoylated and non-myristoylated peptides corresponding to the CaM-binding domain of human Grb7 with the sequence 243RKLWKRFFCFLRRS256 and a variant peptide with the mutated sequence RKLERFFCFLRRE (W246E-ΔK247-S256E). The two non-myristoylated peptides bind dansyl-CaM with higher efficiency in the presence than in the absence of Ca2+ and they enter into the cell, as tested with 5(6)-carboxytetramethylrhodamine (TAMRA)-labeled peptides. The myristoylated and non-myristoylated peptides inhibit the proliferation, migration and invasiveness of A431 tumor cells while they enhance their adhesion to the substrate. The myristoylated peptides have stronger inhibitory effect than the non-myristoylated counterparts, in agreement with their expected higher cell-permeant capacity. The myristoylated and non-myristoylated W246E-ΔK247-S256E mutant peptide has a lesser inhibitory effect on cell proliferation as compared to the wild-type peptide. We also demonstrated that the myristoylated peptides were more efficient than the CaM antagonist N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphthalenesulfonamide (W-7) inhibiting cell migration and equally efficient inhibiting cell proliferation.
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Vincenzi M, Mercurio FA, Leone M. Sam Domains in Multiple Diseases. Curr Med Chem 2020; 27:450-476. [PMID: 30306850 DOI: 10.2174/0929867325666181009114445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2018] [Revised: 07/26/2018] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The sterile alpha motif (Sam) domain is a small helical protein module, able to undergo homo- and hetero-oligomerization, as well as polymerization, thus forming different types of protein architectures. A few Sam domains are involved in pathological processes and consequently, they represent valuable targets for the development of new potential therapeutic routes. This study intends to collect state-of-the-art knowledge on the different modes by which Sam domains can favor disease onset and progression. METHODS This review was build up by searching throughout the literature, for: a) the structural properties of Sam domains, b) interactions mediated by a Sam module, c) presence of a Sam domain in proteins relevant for a specific disease. RESULTS Sam domains appear crucial in many diseases including cancer, renal disorders, cataracts. Often pathologies are linked to mutations directly positioned in the Sam domains that alter their stability and/or affect interactions that are crucial for proper protein functions. In only a few diseases, the Sam motif plays a kind of "side role" and cooperates to the pathological event by enhancing the action of a different protein domain. CONCLUSION Considering the many roles of the Sam domain into a significant variety of diseases, more efforts and novel drug discovery campaigns need to be engaged to find out small molecules and/or peptides targeting Sam domains. Such compounds may represent the pillars on which to build novel therapeutic strategies to cure different pathologies.
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- Marian Vincenzi
- Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, National Research Council (CNR), Via Mezzocannone 16, 80134 Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, National Research Council (CNR), Via Mezzocannone 16, 80134 Naples, Italy.,Cirpeb, InterUniversity Research Centre on Bioactive Peptides, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Mezzocannone, 16, 80134 Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, National Research Council (CNR), Via Mezzocannone 16, 80134 Naples, Italy.,Cirpeb, InterUniversity Research Centre on Bioactive Peptides, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Mezzocannone, 16, 80134 Naples, Italy
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Ding W, Feng G, Hu Y, Chen G, Shi T. Co-occurrence and Mutual Exclusivity Analysis of DNA Methylation Reveals Distinct Subtypes in Multiple Cancers. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:20. [PMID: 32064261 PMCID: PMC7000380 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Co-occurrence and mutual exclusivity (COME) of DNA methylation refer to two or more genes that tend to be positively or negatively correlated in DNA methylation among different samples. Although COME of gene mutations in pan-cancer have been well explored, little is known about the COME of DNA methylation in pan-cancer. Here, we systematically explored the COME of DNA methylation profile in diverse human cancer. A total of 5,128,332 COME events were identified in 14 main cancers types in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). We also identified functional epigenetic modules of the zinc finger gene family in six cancer types by integrating the gene expression and DNA methylation data and the frequently occurred COME network. Interestingly, most of the genes in those functional epigenetic modules are epigenetically repressed. Strikingly, those frequently occurred COME events could be used to classify the patients into several subtypes with significant different clinical outcomes in six cancers as well as pan-cancer (p-value ≤ = 0.05). Moreover, we observed significant associations between different COME subtypes and clinical features (e.g., age, gender, histological type, neoplasm histologic grade, and pathologic stage) in distinct cancers. Taken together, we identified millions of COME events of DNA methylation in pan-cancer and detected functional epigenetic COME events that could separate tumor patients into different subtypes, which may benefit the diagnosis and prognosis of pan-cancer.
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- Wubin Ding
- Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Big Data and Engineering Research Center, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.,Big Data and Engineering Research Center, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.,Biological Targeting Diagnosis and Therapy Research Center, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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Sang J, Kulkarni K, Watson GM, Ma X, Craik DJ, Henriques ST, Poth AG, Benfield AH, Wilce JA. Evaluation of Cyclic Peptide Inhibitors of the Grb7 Breast Cancer Target: Small Change in Cargo Results in Large Change in Cellular Activity. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24203739. [PMID: 31627265 PMCID: PMC6832895 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24203739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Grb7 is an adapter protein, overexpressed in HER2+ve breast and other cancers, and identified as a therapeutic target. Grb7 promotes both proliferative and migratory cellular pathways through interaction of its SH2 domain with upstream binding partners including HER2, SHC, and FAK. Here we present the evaluation of a series of monocyclic and bicyclic peptide inhibitors that have been developed to specifically and potently target the Grb7 SH2-domain. All peptides tested were found to inhibit signaling in both ERK and AKT pathways in SKBR-3 and MDA-MB-231 cell lines. Proliferation, migration, and invasion assays revealed, however, that the second-generation bicyclic peptides were not more bioactive than the first generation G7-18NATE peptide, despite their higher in vitro affinity for the target. This was found not to be due to steric hindrance by the cell-permeability tag, as ascertained by ITC, but to differences in the ability of the bicyclic peptides to interact with and penetrate cellular membranes, as determined using SPR and mass spectrometry. These studies reveal that just small differences to amino acid composition can greatly impact the effectiveness of peptide inhibitors to their intracellular target and demonstrate that G7-18NATE remains the most effective peptide inhibitor of Grb7 developed to date.
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- Jianrong Sang
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang 212013, Jiangsu, China.
- Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton 3800, Australia.
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- Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton 3800, Australia.
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- Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton 3800, Australia.
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- Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton 3800, Australia.
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia.
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia.
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Health & Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane 4102, Australia.
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia.
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia.
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Health & Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane 4102, Australia.
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- Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton 3800, Australia.
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Mahmoud NN, Abu-Dahab R, Hamadneh LA, Abuarqoub D, Jafar H, Khalil EA. Insights into the Cellular Uptake, Cytotoxicity, and Cellular Death Modality of Phospholipid-Coated Gold Nanorods toward Breast Cancer Cell Lines. Mol Pharm 2019; 16:4149-4164. [PMID: 31398052 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.9b00470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Gold nanorods (GNRs) have gained pronounced recognition in the diagnosis and treatment of cancers driven by their distinctive properties. Herein, a gold-based nanosystem was prepared by utilizing a phospholipid moiety linked to thiolated polyethylene glycol, 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-PEG-SH, as a surface decorating agent. The synthesized phospholipid-PEG-GNRs displayed good colloidal stability upon exposure to the tissue culture medium. Cytotoxicity of phospholipid-PEG-GNRs was investigated toward MCF-7 and T47D breast cancer cells using sulforhodamine B test. The results revealed that phospholipid-PEG-GNRs demonstrated high cytotoxicity to MCF-7 cells compared to T47D cells, and minimal cytotoxicity to human dermal fibroblasts. The cellular uptake studies performed by imaging and quantitative analysis demonstrated massive internalization of phospholipid-coated GNRs into MCF-7 cells in comparison to T47D cells. The cellular death modality of cancer cells after treatment with phospholipid-PEG-GNRs was evaluated using mitochondrial membrane potential assay (JC-1 dye), gene expression analysis, and flow cytometry study. The overall results suggest that phospholipid-modified GNRs enhanced mainly the cellular apoptotic events in MCF-7 cells in addition to necrosis, whereas cellular necrosis and suppression of cellular invasion contributed to the cellular death modality in the T47D cell line upon treatment with phospholipid-PEG-GNRs. The phospholipid-coated GNRs interact in a different manner with breast cancer cell lines and could be considered for breast cancer treatment.
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- Nouf N Mahmoud
- Faculty of Pharmacy , Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan , Amman 11733 , Jordan
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- Faculty of Pharmacy , Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan , Amman 11733 , Jordan
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Chu PY, Tai YL, Shen TL. Grb7, a Critical Mediator of EGFR/ErbB Signaling, in Cancer Development and as a Potential Therapeutic Target. Cells 2019; 8:cells8050435. [PMID: 31083325 PMCID: PMC6562560 DOI: 10.3390/cells8050435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2019] [Revised: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The partner of activated epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), growth factor receptor bound protein-7 (Grb7), a functionally multidomain adaptor protein, has been demonstrated to be a pivotal regulator for varied physiological and pathological processes by interacting with phospho-tyrosine-related signaling molecules to affect the transmission through a number of signaling pathways. In particular, critical roles of Grb7 in erythroblastic leukemia viral oncogene homolog (ERBB) family-mediated cancer development and malignancy have been intensively evaluated. The overexpression of Grb7 or the coamplification/cooverexpression of Grb7 and members of the ERBB family play essential roles in advanced human cancers and are associated with decreased survival and recurrence of cancers, emphasizing Grb7's value as a prognostic marker and a therapeutic target. Peptide inhibitors of Grb7 are being tested in preclinical trials for their possible therapeutic effects. Here, we review the molecular, functional, and clinical aspects of Grb7 in ERBB family-mediated cancer development and malignancy with the aim to reveal alternative and effective therapeutic strategies.
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- Pei-Yu Chu
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
- Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
- Center for Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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Pan X, Hu X, Zhang YH, Chen L, Zhu L, Wan S, Huang T, Cai YD. Identification of the copy number variant biomarkers for breast cancer subtypes. Mol Genet Genomics 2018; 294:95-110. [PMID: 30203254 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-018-1488-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Breast cancer is a common and threatening malignant disease with multiple biological and clinical subtypes. It can be categorized into subtypes of luminal A, luminal B, Her2 positive, and basal-like. Copy number variants (CNVs) have been reported to be a potential and even better biomarker for cancer diagnosis than mRNA biomarkers, because it is considerably more stable and robust than gene expression. Thus, it is meaningful to detect CNVs of different cancers. To identify the CNV biomarker for breast cancer subtypes, we integrated the CNV data of more than 2000 samples from two large breast cancer databases, METABRIC and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). A Monte Carlo feature selection-based and incremental feature selection-based computational method was proposed and tested to identify the distinctive core CNVs in different breast cancer subtypes. We identified the CNV genes that may contribute to breast cancer tumorigenesis as well as built a set of quantitative distinctive rules for recognition of the breast cancer subtypes. The tenfold cross-validation Matthew's correlation coefficient (MCC) on METABRIC training set and the independent test on TCGA dataset were 0.515 and 0.492, respectively. The CNVs of PGAP3, GRB7, MIR4728, PNMT, STARD3, TCAP and ERBB2 were important for the accurate diagnosis of breast cancer subtypes. The findings reported in this study may further uncover the difference between different breast cancer subtypes and improve the diagnosis accuracy.
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- Xiaoyong Pan
- College of Life Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, People's Republic of China.,Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, People's Republic of China
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- College of Information Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, 201306, People's Republic of China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of PMMP, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Life Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, People's Republic of China.
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Godone RLN, Leitão GM, Araújo NB, Castelletti CHM, Lima-Filho JL, Martins DBG. Clinical and molecular aspects of breast cancer: Targets and therapies. Biomed Pharmacother 2018; 106:14-34. [PMID: 29945114 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2018.06.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2018] [Revised: 06/01/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Breast Cancer is a complex disease characterized by the occurrence of multiple molecular alterations. Currently, some molecular markers are in use for breast cancer diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive purposes. Thus, genetic signatures are available for improving the decision-making. The biomarkers are also essential as therapeutic approaches, but many questions remain due to the lack of efficacy on breast cancer treatment, mainly for triple-negative breast cancer subtype. Since the genetic profile of breast cancer can also be related to different ethnic groups and geographic areas, the reference populations of the genetic assays and clinical trials need to include a broader population beyond the European and North American patients. In this review, we analyzed the current and potential molecular markers that could help to improve the strategies for breast cancer therapy.
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- R L N Godone
- Molecular Prospection and Bioinformatics Group, Laboratory Keizo Asami of Immunopathology (LIKA), Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil
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- Molecular Prospection and Bioinformatics Group, Laboratory Keizo Asami of Immunopathology (LIKA), Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil; Clinical Hospital of Pernambuco - Professor Romero Marques, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil
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- Molecular Prospection and Bioinformatics Group, Laboratory Keizo Asami of Immunopathology (LIKA), Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil
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- Molecular Prospection and Bioinformatics Group, Laboratory Keizo Asami of Immunopathology (LIKA), Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil; Agronomic Institute of Pernambuco (IPA), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Laboratory Keizo Asami of Immunopathology (LIKA), Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil; Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil
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- Molecular Prospection and Bioinformatics Group, Laboratory Keizo Asami of Immunopathology (LIKA), Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil; Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil.
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Kulkarni K, Watson GM, Sang J, Wilce JA. Preparation and cellular uptake of bicyclic-peptide cargo clicked to cell penetrating peptides. Pept Sci (Hoboken) 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/pep2.24037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ketav Kulkarni
- Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Monash University; Clayton VIC 3800 Australia
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- Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Monash University; Clayton VIC 3800 Australia
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine; Jiangsu University; People's Republic of China
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- Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Monash University; Clayton VIC 3800 Australia
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Xu L, Cheng L, Yang F, Pei B, Liu X, Zhou J, Zhu Y, Wang S. JWA suppresses the invasion of human breast carcinoma cells by downregulating the expression of CXCR4. Mol Med Rep 2018; 17:8137-8144. [PMID: 29658570 PMCID: PMC5983986 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2018.8866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-associated mortality, and metastatic breast cancer is responsible for 90% of patient mortalities. Given that JWA represses the proliferation, invasion and metastasis of a number of other human tumor cells, including melanoma, esophageal, hepatocellular and gastric carcinomas, via mitogen-activated protein kinase or integrin signaling, the present study investigated the expression and function of JWA in human breast cancers. The results showed that the expression level of JWA was significantly reduced in human primary breast cancers when compared with the paired adjacent tissues. Downregulating JWA enhanced, while overexpressing JWA suppressed, the migration and invasion abilities of the two breast cancer cell lines, MDA-MB-468 and MDA-MB-231, without affecting their proliferations in vitro. In addition, JWA negatively regulated the surface expression of CXCR4 in the two cell lines via proteasome degradation, though not via transcriptional inhibition. Functionally, normalizing the disturbed expressions of CXCR4 largely reversed the inhibitory effect of JWA on cell invasion. These data demonstrated that JWA suppressed the migration/invasion of breast carcinoma cells by downregulating the expression of CXCR4, and suggested that JWA may harbor prognostic and therapeutic potential in patients with breast cancer.
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- Lingyun Xu
- Department of Breast Surgery, The Affiliated Changzhou No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, The Affiliated Changzhou No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, The Affiliated Changzhou No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, The Affiliated Changzhou No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, P.R. China
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Toxicology, Jiangsu Key Lab of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Cancer Center, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, P.R. China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, The Affiliated Changzhou No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, P.R. China
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Watson GM, Kulkarni K, Sang J, Ma X, Gunzburg MJ, Perlmutter P, Wilce MC, Wilce JA. Discovery, Development, and Cellular Delivery of Potent and Selective Bicyclic Peptide Inhibitors of Grb7 Cancer Target. J Med Chem 2017; 60:9349-9359. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Gabrielle M. Watson
- Biomedicine Discovery
Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Biomedicine Discovery
Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Biomedicine Discovery
Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, P.R. China
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- Biomedicine Discovery
Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Biomedicine Discovery
Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Wellington
Road, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Biomedicine Discovery
Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Biomedicine Discovery
Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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Zhao HB, Zhang XF, Jia XL, Wang HB. Grb7 is over-expressed in cervical cancer and facilitate invasion and inhibit apoptosis in cervical cancer cells. Pathol Res Pract 2017; 213:1180-1184. [DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2017.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2016] [Revised: 04/21/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Unexpected involvement of staple leads to redesign of selective bicyclic peptide inhibitor of Grb7. Sci Rep 2016; 6:27060. [PMID: 27257138 PMCID: PMC4891710 DOI: 10.1038/srep27060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
The design of potent and specific peptide inhibitors to therapeutic targets is of enormous utility for both proof-of-concept studies and for the development of potential new therapeutics. Grb7 is a key signaling molecule in the progression of HER2 positive and triple negative breast cancers. Here we report the crystal structure of a stapled bicyclic peptide inhibitor G7-B1 in complex with the Grb7-SH2 domain. This revealed an unexpected binding mode of the peptide, in which the staple forms an alternative contact with the surface of the target protein. Based on this structural information, we designed a new series of bicyclic G7 peptides that progressively constrain the starting peptide, to arrive at the G7-B4 peptide that binds with an approximately 2-fold enhanced affinity to the Grb7-SH2 domain (KD = 0.83 μM) compared to G7-B1 and shows low affinity binding to Grb2-, Grb10- and Grb14-SH2 domains (KD > 100 μM). Furthermore, we determined the structure of the G7-B4 bicyclic peptide in complex with the Grb7-SH2 domain, both before and after ring closing metathesis to show that the closed staple is essential to the target interaction. The G7-B4 peptide represents an advance in the development of Grb7 inhibitors and is a classical example of structure aided inhibitor development.
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Watson GM, Gunzburg MJ, Ambaye ND, Lucas WAH, Traore DA, Kulkarni K, Cergol KM, Payne RJ, Panjikar S, Pero SC, Perlmutter P, Wilce MCJ, Wilce JA. Cyclic Peptides Incorporating Phosphotyrosine Mimetics as Potent and Specific Inhibitors of the Grb7 Breast Cancer Target. J Med Chem 2015; 58:7707-18. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b00609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- School
of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School
of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn
Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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- Department
of Surgery and Vermont Cancer Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05401, United States
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