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Wang YC, Bai SC, Ye WL, Jiang J, Li G. Recent Progress in Site-Selective Modification of Peptides and Proteins Using Macrocycles. Bioconjug Chem 2024; 35:277-285. [PMID: 38417023 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.3c00534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2024]
Abstract
Peptides and proteins undergo crucial modifications to alter their physicochemical properties to expand their applications in diverse fields. Various techniques, such as unnatural amino acid incorporation, enzyme catalysis, and chemoselective methods, have been employed for site-selective peptide and protein modification. While traditional methods remain valuable, advancement in host-guest chemistry introduces innovative and promising approaches for the selective modification of peptides and proteins. Macrocycles exhibit robust binding affinities, particularly with natural amino acids, which facilitates their use in selectively binding to specific sequences. This distinctive property endows macrocycles with the potential for modification of target peptides and proteins. This review provides a comprehensive overview of strategies utilizing macrocycles for the selective modification of peptides and proteins. These strategies unlock new possibilities for constructing antibody-drug conjugates and stabilizing volatile medications.
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- Ye-Cheng Wang
- Fuzhou Institute of Oceanography, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, China
- College of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, China
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- School of Future Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
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- Fuzhou Institute of Oceanography, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, China
- College of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, China
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- Fuzhou Institute of Oceanography, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, China
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- Fuzhou Institute of Oceanography, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, China
- Fujian-Taiwan-Hongkong-Macao Science and Technology Co-operation Base of Intelligent Pharmaceutics, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, China
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Li G, Hu J, Chen H, Chen YX, Li YM. Cucurbit[8]uril facilitated Michael addition for regioselective cysteine modification. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:6086-6089. [PMID: 34037637 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc01404h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Utilizing the interactions between tryptophan, methyl viologen and cucurbit[8]uril, we found that the distance between the targeted peptides/protein and the reactive peptide was shortened, which facilitated the Michael addition reaction between cysteine and dehydroalanine. The highest acceleration was observed on cysteines with suitable pKa and spatial location to tryptophan, suggesting that our system can be used for regioselective cysteine modification.
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- Gao Li
- Institute of Oceanography, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. and Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing 100069, China and Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Ma F, Zheng X, Xie L, Li Z. Sequence-dependent nanomolar binding of tripeptides containing N-terminal phenylalanine by Cucurbit[7]uril: A theoretical study. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.115479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Sonzini S, Greco ML, Cailleau T, Adams L, Masterson L, Vijayakrishnan B, Barry C, Howard P, Ravn P, van der Walle CF. Improved Physical Stability of an Antibody-Drug Conjugate Using Host-Guest Chemistry. Bioconjug Chem 2020; 31:123-129. [PMID: 31794200 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.9b00809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are an emerging class of biopharmaceutical products for oncology, with the cytotoxic pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD) family of "warheads" well-established in the clinic. While PBDs offer high potency, they are also characterized by their hydrophobicity, which can make formulation of the ADC challenging. Several approaches have been investigated to improve the physicochemical properties of PBD-containing ADCs, and herein a supramolecular approach was explored using cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]). The ability of CB[8] to simultaneously encapsulate two guests was exploited to incorporate a 12-mer polyethylene glycol harboring a methyl viologen moiety at one terminus (MV-PEG12), together with a PBD harboring an indole moiety at the C2' position (SG3811). This formulation approach successfully introduced a hydrophilic PEG to mask the hydrophobicity of SG3811, improving the physical stability of the ADC while avoiding any loss of potency related to chemical modification.
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- Spirogen, Ltd , 42 New Road , London , E1 2AX , U.K
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- Spirogen, Ltd , 42 New Road , London , E1 2AX , U.K
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Finbloom JA, Francis MB. Supramolecular strategies for protein immobilization and modification. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2018; 46:91-98. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2018] [Revised: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Ambrosio E, Podmore A, Gomes dos Santos AL, Magarkar A, Bunker A, Caliceti P, Mastrotto F, van der Walle CF, Salmaso S. Control of Peptide Aggregation and Fibrillation by Physical PEGylation. Biomacromolecules 2018; 19:3958-3969. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Elena Ambrosio
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Università degli Studi di Padova, via F. Marzolo 5, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Formulation Sciences, MedImmune Ltd., Granta Park, Cambridge CB21 6GH, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Drug Research, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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- Centre for Drug Research, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Università degli Studi di Padova, via F. Marzolo 5, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Università degli Studi di Padova, via F. Marzolo 5, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Università degli Studi di Padova, via F. Marzolo 5, 35131 Padova, Italy
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Sonzini S, Stanyon HF, Scherman OA. Decreasing amyloid toxicity through an increased rate of aggregation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:1458-1465. [PMID: 27982149 PMCID: PMC5310522 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp06765d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 11/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Amyloid β is one of the peptides involved in the onset of Alzheimer's disease, yet the structure of the toxic species and its underlying mechanism remain elusive on account of the dynamic nature of the Aβ oligomerisation process. While it has been reported that incubation of Amyloid β (1-42) sequences (Aβ42) lead to formation of aggregates that vary in morphology and toxicity, we demonstrate that addition of a discrete macrocyclic host molecule, cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]), substantially reduces toxicity in the neuronal cell line SH-SY5Y. The macrocycle preferentially targets Phe residues in Aβ42 complexing them in a 2 : 1 fashion in neighboring peptide strands. A small but significant structural 'switch' occurs, which induces an increased aggregation rate, suggesting a different cell-uptake mechanism for Aβ42 in the presence of CB[8]. Dramatically increasing the rate of Aβ42 aggregation with CB[8] bypasses the toxic, oligomeric state offering an alternative approach to counter Alzheimer's disease.
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- Silvia Sonzini
- Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.
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- Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.
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- Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.
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Hou C, Huang Z, Fang Y, Liu J. Construction of protein assemblies by host–guest interactions with cucurbiturils. Org Biomol Chem 2017; 15:4272-4281. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ob00686a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Protein assembly is important in nature and bionics. Herein, we have reviewed the recent progress in protein assemblies induced by cucurbituril-based supramolecular interactions and their applications.
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- Chunxi Hou
- State Key laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials
- College of Chemistry
- Jilin University
- Changchun 130012
- China
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- State Key laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials
- College of Chemistry
- Jilin University
- Changchun 130012
- China
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- State Key laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials
- College of Chemistry
- Jilin University
- Changchun 130012
- China
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- State Key laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials
- College of Chemistry
- Jilin University
- Changchun 130012
- China
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Bruns CJ, Liu H, Francis MB. Near-Quantitative Aqueous Synthesis of Rotaxanes via Bioconjugation to Oligopeptides and Proteins. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:15307-15310. [PMID: 27933926 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b10231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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In spite of widespread interest in rotaxane-based molecular machines and materials, rotaxanes have not been attached covalently to proteins. We describe the near-quantitative aqueous synthesis of [2]rotaxanes based on neutral and charged aqueous hosts-cucurbit[7]uril (CB7) and cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) (CBPQT4+), respectively-using the thiol-ene addition of cysteine and maleimide as a stoppering protocol. After verifying the high efficiency of the reaction using glutathione (GSH) as an oligopeptide stopper, we have employed cytochrome C (CytC) as a protein stopper to produce the first well-characterized protein-rotaxane bioconjugates. We anticipate that this methodology will enable the preparation of novel materials that combine the unique properties of proteins and mechanical bonds.
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Sonzini S, Marcozzi A, Gubeli RJ, van der Walle CF, Ravn P, Herrmann A, Scherman OA. High Affinity Recognition of a Selected Amino Acid Epitope within a Protein by Cucurbit[8]uril Complexation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201606763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Silvia Sonzini
- Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis; Department of Chemistry; University of Cambridge; Lensfield Road Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
- Formulation Sciences, MedImmune Ltd.; Granta Park Cambridge CB21 6GH UK
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials; Dept. of Polymer Chemistry; University of Groningen; Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
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- Formulation Sciences, MedImmune Ltd.; Granta Park Cambridge CB21 6GH UK
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- Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, MedImmune Ltd.; Granta Park Cambridge CB21 6GH UK
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials; Dept. of Polymer Chemistry; University of Groningen; Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
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- Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis; Department of Chemistry; University of Cambridge; Lensfield Road Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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Sonzini S, Marcozzi A, Gubeli RJ, van der Walle CF, Ravn P, Herrmann A, Scherman OA. High Affinity Recognition of a Selected Amino Acid Epitope within a Protein by Cucurbit[8]uril Complexation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:14000-14004. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201606763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Revised: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Silvia Sonzini
- Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis; Department of Chemistry; University of Cambridge; Lensfield Road Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
- Formulation Sciences, MedImmune Ltd.; Granta Park Cambridge CB21 6GH UK
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials; Dept. of Polymer Chemistry; University of Groningen; Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
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- Formulation Sciences, MedImmune Ltd.; Granta Park Cambridge CB21 6GH UK
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- Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, MedImmune Ltd.; Granta Park Cambridge CB21 6GH UK
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials; Dept. of Polymer Chemistry; University of Groningen; Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
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- Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis; Department of Chemistry; University of Cambridge; Lensfield Road Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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