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Liu Z, Sanders AJ, Liang G, Song E, Jiang WG, Gong C. Hey Factors at the Crossroad of Tumorigenesis and Clinical Therapeutic Modulation of Hey for Anticancer Treatment. Mol Cancer Ther 2017; 16:775-786. [PMID: 28468863 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-16-0576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2016] [Revised: 12/29/2016] [Accepted: 12/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Zihao Liu
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetic and Gene Regulation, Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Cardiff China Medical Research Collaborative, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetic and Gene Regulation, Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetic and Gene Regulation, Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Cardiff China Medical Research Collaborative, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetic and Gene Regulation, Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
- Cardiff China Medical Research Collaborative, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Edwards AL, Meijer DH, Guerra RM, Molenaar RJ, Alberta JA, Bernal F, Bird GH, Stiles CD, Walensky LD. Challenges in Targeting a Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor with Hydrocarbon-Stapled Peptides. ACS Chem Biol 2016; 11:3146-3153. [PMID: 27643505 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors play critical roles in organism development and disease by regulating cell proliferation and differentiation. Transcriptional activity, whether by bHLH homo- or heterodimerization, is dependent on protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions mediated by α-helices. Thus, α-helical decoys have been proposed as potential targeted therapies for pathologic bHLH transcription. Here, we developed a library of stabilized α-helices of OLIG2 (SAH-OLIG2) to test the capacity of hydrocarbon-stapled peptides to disrupt OLIG2 homodimerization, which drives the development and chemoresistance of glioblastoma multiforme, one of the deadliest forms of human brain cancer. Although stapling successfully reinforced the α-helical structure of bHLH constructs of varying length, sequence-specific dissociation of OLIG2 dimers from DNA was not achieved. Re-evaluation of the binding determinants for OLIG2 self-association and stability revealed an unanticipated role of the C-terminal domain. These data highlight potential pitfalls in peptide-based targeting of bHLH transcription factors given the liabilities of their positively charged amino acid sequences and multifactorial binding determinants.
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- Amanda L. Edwards
- Department
of Pediatric Oncology and the Linde Program in Cancer Chemical Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Pediatric Oncology and the Linde Program in Cancer Chemical Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Pediatric Oncology and the Linde Program in Cancer Chemical Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Pediatric Oncology and the Linde Program in Cancer Chemical Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Pediatric Oncology and the Linde Program in Cancer Chemical Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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D’Acquarica I, Cerreto A, Delle Monache G, Subrizi F, Boffi A, Tafi A, Forli S, Botta B. N-Linked Peptidoresorc[4]arene-Based Receptors as Noncompetitive Inhibitors for α-Chymotrypsin. J Org Chem 2011; 76:4396-407. [DOI: 10.1021/jo102592f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Dipartimento Farmaco Chimico Tecnologico, Università degli Studi di Siena, Via Aldo Moro, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaco Chimico Tecnologico, Università degli Studi di Siena, Via Aldo Moro, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- b Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry , Yale University , New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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- b Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry , Yale University , New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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Wang C, Bian W, Xia C, Zhang T, Guillemot F, Jing N. Visualization of bHLH transcription factor interactions in living mammalian cell nuclei and developing chicken neural tube by FRET. Cell Res 2006; 16:585-98. [PMID: 16775630 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cr.7310076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Members of the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) gene family play important roles in vertebrate neurogenesis. In this study, confocal microscopy-based fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) is used to monitor bHLH protein-protein interactions under various physiological conditions. Tissue-specific bHLH activators, NeuroD1, Mash1, Neurogenin1 (Ngn1), Neurogenin2 (Ngn2), and ubiquitous expressed E47 protein are tagged with enhanced yellow fluorescence protein (EYFP) and enhanced cyan fluorescence protein (ECFP), respectively. The subcellular localization and mobility of bHLH fusion proteins are examined in HEK293 cells. By transient transfection and in ovo electroporation, four pairs of tissue-specific bHLH activators and E47 protein are over-expressed in HEK293 cells and developing chick embryo neural tube. With the acceptor photobleaching method, FRET could be detected between these bHLH protein pairs in the nuclei of transfected cells and developing neural tubes. Mash1/E47 and Ngn2/E47 FRET pairs show higher FRET efficiencies in the medial and the lateral half of chick embryo neural tube, respectively. It suggests that these bHLH protein pairs formed functional DNA-protein complexes with regulatory elements of their downstream target genes in the specific regions. This work will help one understand the behaviours of bHLH factors in vivo.
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- Chen Wang
- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai 200031, China
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Sandanaraj BS, Vutukuri DR, Simard JM, Klaikherd A, Hong R, Rotello VM, Thayumanavan S. Noncovalent modification of chymotrypsin surface using an amphiphilic polymer scaffold: implications in modulating protein function. J Am Chem Soc 2005. [PMID: 16045357 DOI: 10.1021/ja051947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We report here on a new amphiphilic homopolymer that binds noncovalently to proteins. This polymer not only binds to the target protein chymotrypsin with submicromolar affinity but also stabilizes the native structure of the protein. Since the polymer-protein binding process is based on electrostatic interaction, the bound protein can be released from the polymer surface and reactivated either by increasing the ionic strength or by adding complementary cationic surfactants. The electrostatic binding of polymer to the protein results in a marked change in the substrate specificity of chymotrypsin.
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- Britto S Sandanaraj
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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The pivotal role of gene transcription in a plethora of biological processes indicates that transcription represents a suitable target for potential therapeutic intervention. Ultimately, the pathophysiology of numerous human disease processes must be understood in terms of changes in gene expression within relevant body cell types. There is mounting evidence that genetic variation in transcription factors and/or their binding-site sequences, as well as environmentally induced malfunctioning of these proteins, contribute to common multifactorial disorders including cancer, diabetes, ischaemic heart disease and neural disorders. Even in 'non-inheritable' infectious diseases, alterations of host-cell transcriptional regulation play an important role in pathogenesis. The enormous progress in understanding the mechanisms of transcriptional control offers hope for the development of a new generation of drugs. Such compounds could be specifically designed to modulate either the synthesis of transcription factors, the regulation of their activity by small-molecule bioligands or phosphorylation events, their interactions with activator/repressor proteins or their binding to DNA. Given the remarkable specificity of this approach, it is anticipated that these agents will provide superior tools for the prevention and treatment of a diverse panel of clinical disorders in the not too distant future.
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- D Kletsas
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Patras, GR-26110 Patras, Greece
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Rajagopal S, Meza-Romero R, Ghosh I. Dual surface selection methodology for the identification of thrombin binding epitopes from hotspot biased phage-display libraries. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2004; 14:1389-93. [PMID: 15006368 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2003.09.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2003] [Accepted: 09/08/2003] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Protein libraries biased towards amino-acid residues found at so-called 'hotspots' were incorporated into the beta-sheet region of the thermostable variant (HTB1) of the B1 domain of the immunoglobulin (IgG) binding protein G and expressed as gene 3 fusions on M13 bacteriophage. The HTB1 library (2.2 x 10(9)) variants with a minimal 12 amino acid basis set were selected for binding IgG, to ensure structural conservation, and subsequently to thrombin to evolve a thrombin-binding function. We believe that this dual surface selection strategy will have great utility in evolving new bi-functional proteins without compromising structure. Furthermore the discrete beta-sheet epitopes identified by our methodology will lend itself to small-molecule mimicry of beta-sheets.
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- Srivats Rajagopal
- Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0041, USA
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Protein-protein interactions form the proteinaceous network, which plays a central role in numerous processes in the cell. This review highlights the main structures, properties of contact surfaces, and forces involved in protein-protein interactions. The properties of protein contact surfaces depend on their functions. The characteristics of contact surfaces of short-lived protein complexes share some similarities with the active sites of enzymes. The contact surfaces of permanent complexes resemble domain contacts or the protein core. It is reasonable to consider protein-protein complex formation as a continuation of protein folding. The contact surfaces of the protein complexes have unique structure and properties, so they represent prospective targets for a new generation of drugs. During the last decade, numerous investigations have been undertaken to find or design small molecules that block protein dimerization or protein(peptide)-receptor interaction, or on the other hand, induce protein dimerization.
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Fischer NO, McIntosh CM, Simard JM, Rotello VM. Inhibition of chymotrypsin through surface binding using nanoparticle-based receptors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:5018-23. [PMID: 11929986 PMCID: PMC122714 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.082644099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Efficient binding of biomacromolecular surfaces by synthetic systems requires the effective presentation of complementary elements over large surface areas. We demonstrate here the use of mixed monolayer protected gold clusters (MMPCs) as scaffolds for the binding and inhibition of chymotrypsin. In these studies anionically functionalized amphiphilic MMPCs were shown to inhibit chymotrypsin through a two-stage mechanism featuring fast reversible inhibition followed by a slower irreversible process. This interaction is very efficient, with a K(i)(app) = 10.4 +/- 1.3 nM. The MMPC-protein complex was characterized by CD, demonstrating an almost complete denaturation of the enzyme over time. Dynamic light scattering studies confirm that inhibition proceeds without substantial MMPC aggregation. The electrostatic nature of the engineered interactions provides a level of selectivity: little or no inhibition of function was observed with elastase, beta-galactosidase, or cellular retinoic acid binding protein.
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- Nicholas O Fischer
- Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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Syud FA, Stanger HE, Gellman SH. Interstrand side chain--side chain interactions in a designed beta-hairpin: significance of both lateral and diagonal pairings. J Am Chem Soc 2001; 123:8667-77. [PMID: 11535071 DOI: 10.1021/ja0109803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The contributions of interstrand side chain-side chain contacts to beta-sheet stability have been examined with an autonomously folding beta-hairpin model system. RYVEV(D)PGOKILQ-NH2 ((D)P = D-proline, O = ornithine) has previously been shown to adopt a beta-hairpin conformation in aqueous solution, with a two-residue loop at D-Pro-Gly. In the present study, side chains that display interstrand NOEs (Tyr-2, Lys-9, and Leu-11) are mutated to alanine or serine, and the conformational impact of the mutations is assessed. In the beta-hairpin conformation Tyr-2 and Leu-11 are directly across from one another (non-hydrogen bonded pair). This "lateral" juxtaposition of two hydrophobic side chains appears to contribute to beta-hairpin conformational stability, which is consistent with results from other beta-sheet model studies and with statistical analyses of interstrand residue contacts in protein crystal structures. Interaction between the side chains of Tyr-2 and Lys-9 also stabilizes the beta-hairpin conformation. Tyr-2/Lys-9 is a "diagonal" interstrand juxtaposition because these residues are not directly across from one another in terms of the hydrogen bonding registry between the strands. This diagonal interaction arises from the right-handed twist that is commonly observed among beta-sheets. Evidence of diagonal side chain-side chain contacts has been observed in other autonomously folding beta-sheet model systems, but we are not aware of other efforts to determine whether a diagonal interaction contributes to beta-sheet stability.
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- F A Syud
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- M W Peczuh
- Yale University, Department of Chemistry, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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c-Jun is an oncoprotein that comprises a portion of the AP-1 transcription factor and belongs to the basic-leucine zipper (bZIP) DNA binding protein family. Using peptides derived from the leucine zipper region of Fos, we have developed agents that inhibit Jun's DNA binding in the low micromolar range. Fos peptides that were effective inhibitors in the DNA binding assay were also found to inhibit cellular Jun binding to an AP-1 site in a luciferase reporter plasmid in MCF-7 cells. Size exclusion studies confirmed that peptides that inhibit the DNA binding of Jun also inhibit its dimerization. These peptides were found to have a cytotoxic effect on the MCF-7 cell line when delivered with the transfecting agent Tfx-50, possibly due to their role as transcription factor regulators.
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- S Yao
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Beta-cyclodextrin (CD) dimers (n = 11) were synthesized and tested against eight enzymes, seven of which were dimeric or tetrameric, for inhibitor activity. Initial screening showed that only L-lactate dehydrogenase and citrate synthase were inhibited but only by two specific CD dimers in which two beta-CDs were linked on the secondary face by a pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic group. Further investigation suggested that these CD dimers inhibit the activity of L-lactate dehydrogenase and citrate synthase at least in part by disruption of protein-protein aggregation.
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- D K Leung
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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The design of dimeric coiled-coils has ultimately led to novel applications, such as self-replicating peptide systems, whereas the structural features of the less common trimeric coiled-coil continue to be elucidated. Novel topologies have been discovered in designed proteins, as exemplified by the right-handed tetrameric coiled-coil and the inverted U four-helix bundle, and a single switch of two amino acids within a protein has been shown to be sufficient to designate a new protein fold. Conformational switching from helix to sheet has been observed for designed peptides and transcription factors, whereas peptides designed from beta-amino acids have been found to adopt a helical conformation in aqueous solution.
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- C Micklatcher
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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A beta-sheet peptide inhibitor, 2H10, has been developed that inhibits the dimerization of the transcription factor E47. Inhibition of E47 dimerization has been demonstrated to also inhibit the DNA binding of this transcription factor. Truncated peptides based on 2H10 have demonstrated that the beta-sheet content of these peptides directly correlates with their inhibitory properties. Individual residues within 2H10 were identified that were responsible for the beta-sheet secondary structure by employing an alanine replacement strategy. The beta-sheet character of the alanine mutants also correlated well with their inhibition of E47 DNA binding. These results provide further evidence that interactions between the interfacial peptide inhibitors of E47 and the transcription factor itself are mediated by a beta-sheet structure.
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- I Ghosh
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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