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Biomedical applications of solid-binding peptides and proteins. Mater Today Bio 2023; 19:100580. [PMID: 36846310 PMCID: PMC9950531 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2023.100580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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Over the past decades, solid-binding peptides (SBPs) have found multiple applications in materials science. In non-covalent surface modification strategies, solid-binding peptides are a simple and versatile tool for the immobilization of biomolecules on a vast variety of solid surfaces. Especially in physiological environments, SBPs can increase the biocompatibility of hybrid materials and offer tunable properties for the display of biomolecules with minimal impact on their functionality. All these features make SBPs attractive for the manufacturing of bioinspired materials in diagnostic and therapeutic applications. In particular, biomedical applications such as drug delivery, biosensing, and regenerative therapies have benefited from the introduction of SBPs. Here, we review recent literature on the use of solid-binding peptides and solid-binding proteins in biomedical applications. We focus on applications where modulating the interactions between solid materials and biomolecules is crucial. In this review, we describe solid-binding peptides and proteins, providing background on sequence design and binding mechanism. We then discuss their application on materials relevant for biomedicine (calcium phosphates, silicates, ice crystals, metals, plastics, and graphene). Although the limited characterization of SBPs still represents a challenge for their design and widespread application, our review shows that SBP-mediated bioconjugation can be easily introduced into complex designs and on nanomaterials with very different surface chemistries.
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Nessler JN, Tipold A. Immunoglobulin profiling with large high-density peptide microarrays as screening method to detect candidate proteins for future biomarker detection in dogs with steroid-responsive meningitis-arteritis. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0284010. [PMID: 37036858 PMCID: PMC10085023 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023] Open
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Steroid responsive meningitis arteritis (SRMA) is an aberrant Th2-mediated systemic inflammatory disease in dogs. The etiopathogenesis still remains unclear as no triggering pathogen or autoantigen could be found so far. HYPOTHESIS Large high-density peptide microarrays are a suitable screening method to detect possible autoantigens which might be involved in the pathogenesis of SRMA. METHODS The IgA and IgG profile of pooled serum samples of 5 dogs with SRMA and 5 dogs with neck pain due to intervertebral disc herniation (IVDH) without ataxia or paresis were compared via commercially available high-density peptide microarrays (Discovery Microarray) containing 29,240 random linear peptides. Canine distemper virus nucleoprotein (CDVN) served as positive control as all dogs were vaccinated. Common motifs were compared to amino acid sequences of known proteins via databank search. One suitable protein was manually selected for further analysis with a smaller customized high-density peptide microarray. RESULTS Pooled serum of dogs with SRMA and IVDH showed different IgA and IgG responses on Discovery Microarray. Only top IgG responses of dogs with SRMA showed a common motif not related to the control protein CDVN. This common motif is part of the interleukin 1 receptor antagonist protein (IL1Ra). On IL1Ra, dogs with SRMA displayed IgA binding to an additional epitope, which dogs with IVDH did not show. DISCUSSION IL1Ra is an anti-inflammatory acute phase protein. Different immunoglobulin binding patterns on IL1Ra could be involved in the pathogenesis of SRMA and IL1Ra might be developed as future biomarker for SRMA.
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- Jasmin Nicole Nessler
- Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Veterinary Medicine Foundation, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Veterinary Medicine Foundation, Hannover, Germany
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Peptide Affinity Chromatography Applied to Therapeutic Antibodies Purification. Int J Pept Res Ther 2021; 27:2905-2921. [PMID: 34690622 PMCID: PMC8525457 DOI: 10.1007/s10989-021-10299-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The interest in therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) has significantly grown in the pharmaceutical industry, exceeding 100 FDA mAbs approved. Although the upstream processing of their industrial production has been significantly improved in the last years, the downstream processing still depends on immobilized protein A affinity chromatography. The high cost, low capacity and short half-life of immobilized protein A chromatography matrices, encouraged the design of alternative short-peptide ligands for mAb purification. Most of these peptides have been obtained by screening combinatorial peptide libraries. These low-cost ligands can be easily produced by solid-phase peptide synthesis and can be immobilized on chromatographic supports, thus obtaining matrices with high capacity and selectivity. Furthermore, matrices with immobilized peptide ligands have longer half-life than those with protein A due to the higher stability of the peptides. In this review the design and synthesis of peptide ligands, their immobilization on chromatographic supports and the evaluation of the affinity supports for their application in mAb purification is described.
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Loeffler FF, Viana IFT, Fischer N, Coêlho DF, Silva CS, Purificação AF, Araújo CMCS, Leite BHS, Durães-Carvalho R, Magalhães T, Morais CNL, Cordeiro MT, Lins RD, Marques ETA, Jaenisch T. Identification of a Zika NS2B epitope as a biomarker for severe clinical phenotypes. RSC Med Chem 2021; 12:1525-1539. [PMID: 34671736 DOI: 10.1039/d1md00124h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The identification of specific biomarkers for Zika infection and its clinical complications is fundamental to mitigate the infection spread, which has been associated with a broad range of neurological sequelae. We present the characterization of antibody responses in serum samples from individuals infected with Zika, presenting non-severe (classical) and severe (neurological disease) phenotypes, with high-density peptide arrays comprising the Zika NS1 and NS2B proteins. The data pinpoints one strongly IgG-targeted NS2B epitope in non-severe infections, which is absent in Zika patients, where infection progressed to the severe phenotype. This differential IgG profile between the studied groups was confirmed by multivariate data analysis. Molecular dynamics simulations and circular dichroism have shown that the peptide in solution presents itself in a sub-optimal conformation for antibody recognition, which led us to computationally engineer an artificial protein able to stabilize the NS2B epitope structure. The engineered protein was used to interrogate paired samples from mothers and their babies presenting Zika-associated microcephaly and confirmed the absence of NS2B IgG response in those samples. These findings suggest that the assessment of antibody responses to the herein identified NS2B epitope is a strong candidate biomarker for the diagnosis and prognosis of Zika-associated neurological disease.
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- Felix F Loeffler
- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomolecular Systems Potsdam Germany
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- Department of Virology, Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Recife PE Brazil
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- Section Clinical Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital Germany
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- Department of Virology, Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Recife PE Brazil.,Department of Fundamental Chemistry, Federal University of Pernambuco Recife PE Brazil
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Pernambuco Recife PE Brazil
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- Department of Virology, Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Recife PE Brazil
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- Department of Virology, Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Recife PE Brazil
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- Department of Virology, Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Recife PE Brazil
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- Department of Virology, Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Recife PE Brazil
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- Department of Virology, Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Recife PE Brazil
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- Department of Virology, Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Recife PE Brazil
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- Department of Virology, Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Recife PE Brazil
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- Department of Virology, Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Recife PE Brazil.,Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA USA
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- Section Clinical Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital Germany .,German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) Heidelberg Site Heidelberg Germany
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Celasun S, Maron E, Börner HG. Peptide‐Assisted Design of Precision Polymer Sequences: On the Relevance of the Side‐Chain Sequences and the Variability of the Backbone. Macromol Biosci 2019; 20:e1900244. [DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201900244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Revised: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Sensu Celasun
- Laboratory for Organic Synthesis of Functional SystemsDepartment of ChemistryHumboldt‐Universität zu Berlin Brook‐Taylor‐Str. 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Laboratory for Organic Synthesis of Functional SystemsDepartment of ChemistryHumboldt‐Universität zu Berlin Brook‐Taylor‐Str. 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Laboratory for Organic Synthesis of Functional SystemsDepartment of ChemistryHumboldt‐Universität zu Berlin Brook‐Taylor‐Str. 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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Mattes DS, Jung N, Weber LK, Bräse S, Breitling F. Miniaturized and Automated Synthesis of Biomolecules-Overview and Perspectives. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1806656. [PMID: 31033052 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201806656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2018] [Revised: 02/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Chemical synthesis is performed by reacting different chemical building blocks with defined stoichiometry, while meeting additional conditions, such as temperature and reaction time. Such a procedure is especially suited for automation and miniaturization. Life sciences lead the way to synthesizing millions of different oligonucleotides in extremely miniaturized reaction sites, e.g., pinpointing active genes in whole genomes, while chemistry advances different types of automation. Recent progress in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) imaging could match miniaturized chemical synthesis with a powerful analytical tool to validate the outcome of many different synthesis pathways beyond applications in the life sciences. Thereby, due to the radical miniaturization of chemical synthesis, thousands of molecules can be synthesized. This in turn should allow ambitious research, e.g., finding novel synthesis routes or directly screening for photocatalysts. Herein, different technologies are discussed that might be involved in this endeavor. A special emphasis is given to the obstacles that need to be tackled when depositing tiny amounts of materials to many different extremely miniaturized reaction sites.
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- Daniela S Mattes
- Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Fritz-Haber-Weg 6, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Fritz-Haber-Weg 6, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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Li J, Zhao S, Yang G, Liu R, Xiao W, Disano P, Lam KS, Pan T. Combinatorial Peptide Microarray Synthesis Based on Microfluidic Impact Printing. ACS COMBINATORIAL SCIENCE 2019; 21:6-10. [PMID: 30521316 PMCID: PMC6335607 DOI: 10.1021/acscombsci.8b00125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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In this Research
Article, a novel inkjet printing technique, micro
impact printing (MI printing), is applied for the first time to combinatorial
peptide microarray synthesis on amine functionalized microdisc arrays
through standard Fmoc chemistry. MI printing shows great advantages
in combinatorial peptide microarray synthesis compared with other
printing techniques, including (1) a disposable cartridge; (2) a small
spot size (80 μm) increases array density; (3) minimal loading
volume (0.6 μL) and dead volume (<0.1 μL), reduce chemical
waste; and (4) multiplexibility of 5 channels/cartridge and capacity
of multiple cartridges. Using this synthesis platform, a tetrapeptide
library with 625 permutations was constructed and then applied for
the screening of ligands targeting α4β1 integrin on Jurkat cells.
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- Jiannan Li
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California 95616-5270, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California 95616-5270, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95817, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95817, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California 95616-5270, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95817, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California 95616-5270, United States
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Paolini-Bertrand M, Cerini F, Martins E, Scurci I, Hartley O. Rapid and low-cost multiplex synthesis of chemokine analogs. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:19092-19100. [PMID: 30305389 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.004370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2018] [Revised: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Peptides represent a promising source of new medicines, but improved technologies are needed to facilitate discovery and optimization campaigns. In particular, longer peptides with multiple disulfide bridges are challenging to produce, and producing large numbers of structurally related variants is dissuasively costly and time-consuming. The principal cost and time drivers are the multiple column chromatography purification steps that are used during the multistep chemical synthesis procedure, which involves both ligation and oxidative refolding steps. In this study, we developed a method for multiplex parallel synthesis of complex peptide analogs in which the structurally variant region of the molecule is produced as a small peptide on a 384-well synthesizer with subsequent ligation to the longer, structurally invariant region and oxidative refolding carried out in-well without any column purification steps. To test the method, we used a panel of 96 analogs of the chemokine RANTES (regulated on activation normal T cell expressed and secreted)/CCL5 (69 residues, two disulfide bridges), which had been synthesized using standard approaches and characterized pharmacologically in an earlier study. Although, as expected, the multiplex method generated chemokine analogs of lower purity than those produced in the original study, it was nonetheless possible to closely match the pharmacological attributes (anti-HIV potency, capacity to elicit G protein signaling, and capacity to elicit intracellular receptor sequestration) of each chemokine analog to reference data from the earlier study. This rapid, low-cost approach has the potential to support discovery and optimization campaigns based on analogs of other chemokines as well as those of other complex peptide and small protein targets of a similar size.
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- Marianne Paolini-Bertrand
- From the Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- From the Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- From the Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- From the Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- From the Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Sun AC, Alvarez-Fontecilla E, Venkatesh AG, Aronoff-Spencer E, Hall DA. High-Density Redox Amplified Coulostatic Discharge-Based Biosensor Array. IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS 2018; 53:2054-2064. [PMID: 30559530 PMCID: PMC6294472 DOI: 10.1109/jssc.2018.2820705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
High-density biosensor arrays are essential for many cutting-edge biomedical applications including point-of-care vaccination screening to detect multiple highly-contagious diseases. Typical electrochemical biosensing techniques are based on the measurement of sub-pA currents for micron-sized sensors requiring highly-sensitive readout circuits. Such circuits are often too complex to scale down for high-density arrays. In this paper, a high-density 4,096-pixel electrochemical biosensor array in 180 nm CMOS is presented. It uses a coulostatic discharge sensing technique and interdigitated electrode geometry to reduce both the complexity and size of the readout circuitry. Each biopixel contains an interdigitated microelectrode with a 13 aA low-leakage readout circuit directly underneath. Compared to standard planar electrodes, the implemented interdigitated electrodes achieve a maximum amplification factor of 10.5× from redox cycling. The array's sensor density is comparable to state-of-the-art arrays, all without augmenting the sensors with complex post-processing. The detection of anti-Rubella and anti-Mumps antibodies in human serum is demonstrated.
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- Alexander C Sun
- Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
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Li J, Carney RP, Liu R, Fan J, Zhao S, Chen Y, Lam KS, Pan T. Microfluidic Print-to-Synthesis Platform for Efficient Preparation and Screening of Combinatorial Peptide Microarrays. Anal Chem 2018; 90:5833-5840. [PMID: 29633611 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b00371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
In this paper, we introduce a novel microfluidic combinatorial synthesis platform, referred to as Microfluidic Print-to-Synthesis (MPS), for custom high-throughput and automated synthesis of a large number of unique peptides in a microarray format. The MPS method utilizes standard Fmoc chemistry to link amino acids on a polyethylene glycol (PEG)-functionalized microdisc array. The resulting peptide microarrays permit rapid screening for interactions with molecular targets or live cells, with low nonspecific binding. Such combinatorial peptide microarrays can be reliably prepared at a spot size of 200 μm with 1 mm center-to-center distance, dimensions that require only minimal reagent consumption (less than 30 nL per spot per coupling reaction). The MPS platform has a scalable design for extended multiplexibility, allowing for 12 different building blocks and coupling reagents to be dispensed in one microfluidic cartridge in the current format, and could be further scaled up. As proof of concept for the MPS platform, we designed and constructed a focused tetrapeptide library featuring 2560 synthetic peptide sequences, capped at the N-terminus with 4-[( N'-2-methylphenyl)ureido]phenylacetic acid. We then used live human T lymphocyte Jurkat cells as a probe to screen the peptide microarrays for their interaction with α4β1 integrin overexpressed and activated on these cells. Unlike the one-bead-one-compound approach that requires subsequent decoding of positive beads, each spot in the MPS array is spatially addressable. Therefore, this platform is an ideal tool for rapid optimization of lead compounds found in nature or discovered from diverse combinatorial libraries, using either biochemical or cell-based assays.
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- Jiannan Li
- Department of Biomedical Engineering , University of California , Davis , California 95765 , United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine , University of California , Davis , California 95765 , United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine , University of California , Davis , California 95765 , United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering , University of California , Davis , California 95765 , United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering , University of California , Davis , California 95765 , United States
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- Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine , University of California , Davis , California 95765 , United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering , University of California , Davis , California 95765 , United States
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Shih AC, Han CJ, Kuo TC, Cheng YC. Enhancing the Microparticle Deposition Stability and Homogeneity on Planer for Synthesis of Self-Assembly Monolayer. NANOMATERIALS 2018. [PMID: 29538347 PMCID: PMC5869655 DOI: 10.3390/nano8030164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The deposition stability and homogeneity of microparticles improved with mask, lengthened nozzle and flow rate adjustment. The microparticles can be used to encapsulate monomers, before the monomers in the microparticles can be deposited onto a substrate for nanoscale self-assembly. For the uniformity of the synthesized nanofilm, the homogeneity of the deposited microparticles becomes an important issue. Based on the ANSYS simulation results, the effects of secondary flow were minimized with a lengthened nozzle. The ANSYS simulation was also used to investigate the ring-vortex generation and why the ring vortex can be eliminated by adding a mask with an aperture between the nozzle and deposition substrate. The experimental results also showed that particle deposition with a lengthened nozzle was more stable, while adding the mask stabilized deposition and diminished the ring-vortex contamination. The effects of flow rate and pressure were also investigated. Hence, the deposition stability and homogeneity of microparticles was improved.
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- An-Ci Shih
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan.
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The antibody horror show: an introductory guide for the perplexed. N Biotechnol 2018; 45:9-13. [PMID: 29355666 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2018.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2017] [Revised: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
The biological literature reverberates with the inadequacies of commercial research-tool antibodies. The scientific community spends some $2 billion per year on such reagents. Excellent accessible scientific platforms exist for reliably making, validating and using antibodies, yet the laboratory end-user reality is somehow depressing - because they often "don't work". This experience is due to a bizarre and variegated spectrum of causes including: inadequately identified antibodies; inappropriate user and supplier validation; poor user training; and overloaded publishers. Colourful as this may appear, the outcomes for the community are uniformly grim, including badly damaged scientific careers, wasted public funding, and contaminated literature. As antibodies are amongst the most important of everyday reagents in cell biology and biochemistry, I have tried here to gently suggest a few possible solutions, including: a move towards using recombinant antibodies; obligatory unique identification of antibodies, their immunogens, and their producers; centralized international banking of standard antibodies and their ligands; routine, accessible open-source documentation of user experience with antibodies; and antibody-user certification.
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ten Brummelhuis N, Wilke P, Börner HG. Identification of Functional Peptide Sequences to Lead the Design of Precision Polymers. Macromol Rapid Commun 2017; 38. [DOI: 10.1002/marc.201700632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Revised: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Niels ten Brummelhuis
- Laboratory for Organic Synthesis of Functional Systems; Department of Chemistry; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Str. 2 D-12489 Berlin Germany
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- Laboratory for Organic Synthesis of Functional Systems; Department of Chemistry; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Str. 2 D-12489 Berlin Germany
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- Laboratory for Organic Synthesis of Functional Systems; Department of Chemistry; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Str. 2 D-12489 Berlin Germany
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López-Pérez PM, Grimsey E, Bourne L, Mikut R, Hilpert K. Screening and Optimizing Antimicrobial Peptides by Using SPOT-Synthesis. Front Chem 2017; 5:25. [PMID: 28447030 PMCID: PMC5388751 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2017.00025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Peptide arrays on cellulose are a powerful tool to investigate peptide interactions with a number of different molecules, for examples antibodies, receptors or enzymes. Such peptide arrays can also be used to study interactions with whole cells. In this review, we focus on the interaction of small antimicrobial peptides with bacteria. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) can kill multidrug-resistant (MDR) human pathogenic bacteria and therefore could be next generation antibiotics targeting MDR bacteria. We describe the screen and the result of different optimization strategies of peptides cleaved from the membrane. In addition, screening of antibacterial activity of peptides that are tethered to the surface is discussed. Surface-active peptides can be used to protect surfaces from bacterial infections, for example implants.
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- Institute for Infection and Immunity, St. George's University of LondonLondon, UK
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- Institute for Infection and Immunity, St. George's University of LondonLondon, UK
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Applied Computer Science (IAI)Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- TiKa Diagnostics LtdLondon, UK
- Institute for Infection and Immunity, St. George's University of LondonLondon, UK
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Abstract
Speed and throughput are vital ingredients for discovery driven, "-omics" research. The small molecule microarray (SMM) succeeds at delivering phenomenal screening throughput and versatility. The concept at the heart of the technology is elegant, yet simple: by presenting large collections of molecules in high density on a flat surface, one is able to interrogate all possible interactions with desired targets, in just a single step. SMMs have become established as the choice platform for screening, lead discovery, and molecular characterization. This introduction describes the principles governing microarray construction and use, focusing on practical challenges faced when conducting SMM experiments. It will explain the key design considerations and lay the foundation for the chapters that follow. (An earlier version of this chapter appeared in Small Molecule Microarrays: Methods and Protocols, published in 2010.).
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- Mahesh Uttamchandani
- Defence Medical and Environmental Research Institute, DMERI, DSO National Laboratories, #09-01, 27 Medical Drive, Singapore, Singapore, 117510. .,Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, Singapore, 117543.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, Singapore, 117543.
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Ahmad TA, Eweida AE, Sheweita SA. B-cell epitope mapping for the design of vaccines and effective diagnostics. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trivac.2016.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Helmer D, Schmitz K. Peptides and Peptide Analogs to Inhibit Protein-Protein Interactions. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2016; 917:147-83. [PMID: 27236556 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-32805-8_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Protein-protein interactions are governed by relatively few amino acid residues at the binding interface. Peptides derived from these protein regions may serve as mimics of one of the interaction partners in structural studies or as inhibitors to disrupt the respective interaction and investigate its biological consequences. Inhibitory peptides may also be lead structures for drug development if the respective protein-protein interaction is essential for a pathogen or disease mechanism. Binding peptides may be systematically derived from one of the binding partners or found in the screen of combinatorial peptide libraries. Molecular modelling based on structural data helps to refine existing peptides or even design novel binding peptides. This chapter gives an outline of the binding peptide discovery process and subsequent chemical modifications to further enhance affinity and specificity and to increase stability against degradation in vivo. Examples from the past three decades illustrate the great diversity of applications for protein binding peptides and peptide analogs.
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- Dorothea Helmer
- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Clemens-Schöpf-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Alarich-Weiss-Straße 4, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Clemens-Schöpf-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Alarich-Weiss-Straße 4, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany.
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Goldflam M, Ullman CG. Recent Advances Toward the Discovery of Drug-Like Peptides De novo. Front Chem 2015; 3:69. [PMID: 26734602 PMCID: PMC4683170 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2015.00069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Peptides are important natural molecules that possess functions as diverse as antibiotics, toxins, venoms and hormones, for example. However, whilst these peptides have useful properties, there are many targets and pathways that are not addressed through the activities of natural peptidic compounds. In these circumstances, directed evolution techniques, such as phage display, have been developed to sample the diverse chemical and structural repertoire of small peptides for useful means. In this review, we consider recent concepts that relate peptide structure to drug-like attributes and how these are incorporated within display technologies to deliver peptides de novo with valuable pharmaceutical properties.
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Liao W, Li B, Li L, Yan L, Wang Z, An X, Zhao J. Erk1/2, CDK8, Src and Ck1e Mediate <i>Evodia rutaecarpa</i> Induced Hepatotoxicity in Mice. Chin Med 2015. [DOI: 10.4236/cm.2015.62011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Large-scale interaction profiling of PDZ domains through proteomic peptide-phage display using human and viral phage peptidomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:2542-7. [PMID: 24550280 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1312296111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The human proteome contains a plethora of short linear motifs (SLiMs) that serve as binding interfaces for modular protein domains. Such interactions are crucial for signaling and other cellular processes, but are difficult to detect because of their low to moderate affinities. Here we developed a dedicated approach, proteomic peptide-phage display (ProP-PD), to identify domain-SLiM interactions. Specifically, we generated phage libraries containing all human and viral C-terminal peptides using custom oligonucleotide microarrays. With these libraries we screened the nine PSD-95/Dlg/ZO-1 (PDZ) domains of human Densin-180, Erbin, Scribble, and Disks large homolog 1 for peptide ligands. We identified several known and putative interactions potentially relevant to cellular signaling pathways and confirmed interactions between full-length Scribble and the target proteins β-PIX, plakophilin-4, and guanylate cyclase soluble subunit α-2 using colocalization and coimmunoprecipitation experiments. The affinities of recombinant Scribble PDZ domains and the synthetic peptides representing the C termini of these proteins were in the 1- to 40-μM range. Furthermore, we identified several well-established host-virus protein-protein interactions, and confirmed that PDZ domains of Scribble interact with the C terminus of Tax-1 of human T-cell leukemia virus with micromolar affinity. Previously unknown putative viral protein ligands for the PDZ domains of Scribble and Erbin were also identified. Thus, we demonstrate that our ProP-PD libraries are useful tools for probing PDZ domain interactions. The method can be extended to interrogate all potential eukaryotic, bacterial, and viral SLiMs and we suggest it will be a highly valuable approach for studying cellular and pathogen-host protein-protein interactions.
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Ayoglu B, Häggmark A, Neiman M, Igel U, Uhlén M, Schwenk JM, Nilsson P. Systematic antibody and antigen-based proteomic profiling with microarrays. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2014; 11:219-34. [DOI: 10.1586/erm.10.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Schirwitz C, Loeffler FF, Felgenhauer T, Stadler V, Nesterov-Mueller A, Dahint R, Breitling F, Bischoff FR. Purification of high-complexity peptide microarrays by spatially resolved array transfer to gold-coated membranes. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2013; 25:1598-1602. [PMID: 23315653 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201203853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2012] [Revised: 11/22/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A method for the one-step purification of high-complexity peptide microarrays is presented. The entire peptide library is transferred from the synthesis support to a gold coated polyvinylidenfluoride (PVDF) membrane, whereby only full-length peptides covalently couple to the receptor membrane via an N-terminally added cysteine. Highly resolved peptide transfer and purification of up to 10 000 features per cm(2) is demonstrated.
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- Christopher Schirwitz
- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Functional Genome Analysis, Chip-based Peptide Libraries, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Sensing Immune Responses with Customized Peptide Microarrays. Biointerphases 2012; 7:47. [DOI: 10.1007/s13758-012-0047-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2012] [Accepted: 07/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Kozlov IA, Thomsen ER, Munchel SE, Villegas P, Capek P, Gower AJ, Pond SJK, Chudin E, Chee MS. A highly scalable peptide-based assay system for proteomics. PLoS One 2012; 7:e37441. [PMID: 22701568 PMCID: PMC3373263 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2012] [Accepted: 04/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We report a scalable and cost-effective technology for generating and screening high-complexity customizable peptide sets. The peptides are made as peptide-cDNA fusions by in vitro transcription/translation from pools of DNA templates generated by microarray-based synthesis. This approach enables large custom sets of peptides to be designed in silico, manufactured cost-effectively in parallel, and assayed efficiently in a multiplexed fashion. The utility of our peptide-cDNA fusion pools was demonstrated in two activity-based assays designed to discover protease and kinase substrates. In the protease assay, cleaved peptide substrates were separated from uncleaved and identified by digital sequencing of their cognate cDNAs. We screened the 3,011 amino acid HCV proteome for susceptibility to cleavage by the HCV NS3/4A protease and identified all 3 known trans cleavage sites with high specificity. In the kinase assay, peptide substrates phosphorylated by tyrosine kinases were captured and identified by sequencing of their cDNAs. We screened a pool of 3,243 peptides against Abl kinase and showed that phosphorylation events detected were specific and consistent with the known substrate preferences of Abl kinase. Our approach is scalable and adaptable to other protein-based assays.
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- Igor A Kozlov
- Prognosys Biosciences Inc., La Jolla, California, United States of America.
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Wang S, Ishii Y. Revealing protein structures in solid-phase peptide synthesis by 13C solid-state NMR: evidence of excessive misfolding for Alzheimer's β. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:2848-51. [PMID: 22280020 DOI: 10.1021/ja212190z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) is a widely used technique in biology and chemistry. However, the synthesis yield in SPPS often drops drastically for longer amino acid sequences, presumably because of the occurrence of incomplete coupling reactions. The underlying cause for this problem is hypothesized to be a sequence-dependent propensity to form secondary structures through protein aggregation. However, few methods are available to study the site-specific structure of proteins or long peptides that are anchored to the solid support used in SPPS. This study presents a novel solid-state NMR (SSNMR) approach to examine protein structure in the course of SPPS. As a useful benchmark, we describe the site-specific SSNMR structural characterization of the 40-residue Alzheimer's β-amyloid (Aβ) peptide during SPPS. Our 2D (13)C/(13)C correlation SSNMR data on Aβ(1-40) bound to a resin support demonstrated that Aβ underwent excessive misfolding into a highly ordered β-strand structure across the entire amino acid sequence during SPPS. This approach is likely to be applicable to a wide range of peptides/proteins bound to the solid support that are synthesized through SPPS.
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- Songlin Wang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA
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Stafford P, Halperin R, Legutki JB, Magee DM, Galgiani J, Johnston SA. Physical characterization of the "immunosignaturing effect". Mol Cell Proteomics 2012; 11:M111.011593. [PMID: 22261726 PMCID: PMC3367934 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m111.011593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Identifying new, effective biomarkers for diseases is proving to be a challenging problem. We have proposed that antibodies may offer a solution to this problem. The physical features and abundance of antibodies make them ideal biomarkers. Additionally, antibodies are often elicited early in the ontogeny of different chronic and infectious diseases. We previously reported that antibodies from patients with infectious disease and separately those with Alzheimer's disease display a characteristic and reproducible "immunosignature" on a microarray of 10,000 random sequence peptides. Here we investigate the physical and chemical parameters underlying how immunosignaturing works. We first show that a variety of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies raised against different classes of antigens produce distinct profiles on this microarray and the relative affinities are determined. A proposal for how antibodies bind the random sequences is tested. Sera from vaccinated mice and people suffering from a fugal infection are individually assayed to determine the complexity of signals that can be distinguished. Based on these results, we propose that this simple, general and inexpensive system could be optimized to generate a new class of antibody biomarkers for a wide variety of diseases.
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- Phillip Stafford
- Biodesign Institute, Center for Innovations in Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA.
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Halperin RF, Stafford P, Emery JS, Navalkar KA, Johnston SA. GuiTope: an application for mapping random-sequence peptides to protein sequences. BMC Bioinformatics 2012; 13:1. [PMID: 22214541 PMCID: PMC3280184 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-13-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2011] [Accepted: 01/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Random-sequence peptide libraries are a commonly used tool to identify novel ligands for binding antibodies, other proteins, and small molecules. It is often of interest to compare the selected peptide sequences to the natural protein binding partners to infer the exact binding site or the importance of particular residues. The ability to search a set of sequences for similarity to a set of peptides may sometimes enable the prediction of an antibody epitope or a novel binding partner. We have developed a software application designed specifically for this task. RESULTS GuiTope provides a graphical user interface for aligning peptide sequences to protein sequences. All alignment parameters are accessible to the user including the ability to specify the amino acid frequency in the peptide library; these frequencies often differ significantly from those assumed by popular alignment programs. It also includes a novel feature to align di-peptide inversions, which we have found improves the accuracy of antibody epitope prediction from peptide microarray data and shows utility in analyzing phage display datasets. Finally, GuiTope can randomly select peptides from a given library to estimate a null distribution of scores and calculate statistical significance. CONCLUSIONS GuiTope provides a convenient method for comparing selected peptide sequences to protein sequences, including flexible alignment parameters, novel alignment features, ability to search a database, and statistical significance of results. The software is available as an executable (for PC) at http://www.immunosignature.com/software and ongoing updates and source code will be available at sourceforge.net.
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- Rebecca F Halperin
- Center for Innovations in Medicine, The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, PO Box 875901, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA
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Boschetti E, Chung MCM, Righetti PG. "The quest for biomarkers": are we on the right technical track? Proteomics Clin Appl 2011; 6:22-41. [PMID: 22213582 DOI: 10.1002/prca.201100039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2011] [Revised: 10/01/2011] [Accepted: 11/15/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The discovery phase of biomarkers of diagnostic or therapeutic interest started a decade ago with the very rapid development of proteomic investigations. In spite of the development of innovative technologies and multiple approaches, the "harvest" is still modest. Various reasons justified the encountered difficulties and most of them have been circumvented by specific sample treatments or dedicated analytical approaches. Nevertheless, the situation of very modest biomarker discovery level did not change much. This review intends to specifically analyze the main approaches used for biomarker discovery phase and evaluate related advantages and disadvantages. Thus, preliminary sample treatments such as fractionation, depletion and reduction of dynamic concentration range will critically be discussed and then the main differential expression investigation methods analyzed. Combinations of technologies are also discussed along with possible proposals to federate associations of complementary technologies for better chances of success.
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- Egisto Boschetti
- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.
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Microarray-based enzyme profiling: Recent advances and applications (Review). Biointerphases 2010; 5:FA24-31. [DOI: 10.1116/1.3462969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Kawasaki T, Ohyama T, Hirata A, Nokihara K. Fingerprint-Detection of Sugar-Binding Proteins Generated by Labeled Structured Glycopeptides Arrays. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2010. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20100009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Speed and throughput are vital ingredients for discovery-driven, "-omics" research. The small molecule microarray is one such platform, which delivers phenomenal screening throughput and capabilities. The concept at the heart of the technology is elegant, yet simple: by presenting large collections of molecules at a high density on a flat surface, one is able to interrogate them quickly and conveniently, evaluating all possible interactions in a single step. SMMs have, over the last decade, been established as a robust platform for screening, lead discovery, and molecular characterization. In this chapter, we describe the ways in which microarrays have been constructed and applied, focusing on the practical challenges faced when designing and performing SMM experiments. This is written as an introduction for new readers to the field, explaining the key principles and laying the foundation for the chapters that follow.
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- Mahesh Uttamchandani
- DSO National Laboratories, Defence Medical and Environmental Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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Funke SA, Willbold D. Mirror image phage display--a method to generate D-peptide ligands for use in diagnostic or therapeutical applications. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2009; 5:783-6. [PMID: 19603110 DOI: 10.1039/b904138a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Mirror image phage display is a straightforward approach to identify new potentially therapeutically active D-enantiomeric peptides. Such D-peptides are more resistant to proteolytic degradation compared to L-peptides. In this review, several examples of mirror image phage display derived D-peptides with therapeutical potential are introduced and discussed.
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