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Hoober JK, Eggink LL. Glycomimetic Peptides as Therapeutic Tools. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15. [PMID: 36840010 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15020688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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The entry of peptides into glycobiology has led to the development of a unique class of therapeutic tools. Although numerous and well-known peptides are active as endocrine regulatory factors that bind to specific receptors, and peptides have been used extensively as epitopes for vaccine production, the use of peptides that mimic sugars as ligands of lectin-type receptors has opened a unique approach to modulate activity of immune cells. Ground-breaking work that initiated the use of peptides as tools for therapy identified sugar mimetics by screening phage display libraries. The peptides that have been discovered show significant potential as high-avidity, therapeutic tools when synthesized as multivalent structures. Advantages of peptides over sugars as drugs for immune modulation will be illustrated in this review.
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Navarro A, Licona-Moreno D, Monsalvo-Reyes A, Hernández-Chiñas U, Eslava-Campos CA. Phage Display Detection of Mimotopes that Are Shared Epitopes of Clinically and Epidemiologically Relevant Enterobacteria. Microorganisms 2020; 8:E780. [PMID: 32455888 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8050780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Revised: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background: Escherichia coli and Salmonella are etiologic agents of intestinal infections. A previous study showed the presence of shared epitopes between lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) of E. coli O157 and Salmonella. Aim: Using phage display, the aim of this study is to identify mimotopes of shared epitopes in different enterobacterial LPSs. Methods: We use anti-LPS IgG from E. coli O157 and Salmonella to select peptide mimotopes of the M13 phage. The amino acid sequence of the mimotopes is used to synthesize peptides, which are in turn used to immunize rabbits. The antibody response of the resulting sera against the LPSs and synthetic peptides (SPs) is analyzed by ELISA and by Western blot assays, indicating that LPS sites are recognized by the same antibody. In a complementary test, the reactions of human serum samples obtained from the general population against the SPs and LPSs are also analyzed. Results: From the last biopanning phase, sixty phagotopes are selected. The analysis of the peptide mimotope amino acid sequences shows that in 4 of them the S/N/A/PF motif is a common sequence. Antibodies from the sera of immunized rabbits with SP287/3, SP459/1, SP308/3, and SP073/14 react against both their own peptide and the different LPSs. The Western blot test shows a sera reaction against both the lateral chains and the cores of the LPSs. The analysis of the human sera shows a response against the SPs and LPSs. Conclusion: The designed synthetic peptides are mimotopes of LPS epitopes of Salmonella and E. coli that possess immunogenic capacity. These mimotopes could be considered for use in the design of vaccines against both enterobacteria.
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Mazzoleni A, Mallet JM, Rovero P, Papini AM. Glycoreplica peptides to investigate molecular mechanisms of immune-mediated physiological versus pathological conditions. Arch Biochem Biophys 2019; 663:44-53. [PMID: 30594643 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2018.12.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2018] [Revised: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 12/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Investigation of the role of saccharides and glycoconjugates in mechanisms of immune-mediated physiological and pathological conditions is a hot topic. In fact, in many autoimmune diseases cross-reactivity between sugar moieties exposed on exogenous pathogens and self-molecules has long been hinted. Several peptides have been reported as mimetics of glycans specifically interacting with sugar-binding antibodies. The seek for these glycoreplica peptides is instrumental in characterizing antigen mimicry pathways and their involvement in triggering autoimmunity. Therefore, peptides mimicking glycan-protein interactions are valuable molecular tools to overcome the difficulties of oligosaccharide preparations. The clinical impact of peptide-based probes for autoimmune diseases diagnosis and follow-up is emerging only recently as just the tip of the iceberg of an overlooked potential. Here we provide a brief overview of the relevance of the structural and functional aspects of peptide probes and their mimicry effect in autoimmunity mechanisms for promising applications in diagnostics and therapeutics.
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- Antonio Mazzoleni
- Laboratory of Peptide and Protein Chemistry and Biology, Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; Laboratoire des Biomolécules, UMR 7203, Département de chimie, École Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire des Biomolécules, UMR 7203, Département de chimie, École Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Peptide and Protein Chemistry and Biology, Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health - Section of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Nutraceuticals, University of Florence, Via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Laboratory of Peptide and Protein Chemistry and Biology, Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; Platform of Peptide and Protein Chemistry and Biology - PeptLab@UCP and Laboratory of Chemical Biology EA4505, Université Paris-Seine, 5 Mail Gay-Lussac, 95031, Cergy-Pontoise CEDEX, France.
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Jongkees SAK, Caner S, Tysoe C, Brayer GD, Withers SG, Suga H. Rapid Discovery of Potent and Selective Glycosidase-Inhibiting De Novo Peptides. Cell Chem Biol 2017; 24:381-90. [PMID: 28262556 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2017.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2016] [Revised: 01/14/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Human pancreatic α-amylase (HPA) is responsible for degrading starch to malto-oligosaccharides, thence to glucose, and is therefore an attractive therapeutic target for the treatment of diabetes and obesity. Here we report the discovery of a unique lariat nonapeptide, by means of the RaPID (Random non-standard Peptides Integrated Discovery) system, composed of five amino acids in a head-to-side-chain thioether macrocycle and a further four amino acids in a 310 helical C terminus. This is a potent inhibitor of HPA (Ki = 7 nM) yet exhibits selectivity for the target over other glycosidases tested. Structural studies show that this nonapeptide forms a compact tertiary structure, and illustrate that a general inhibitory motif involving two phenolic groups is often accessed for tight binding of inhibitors to HPA. Furthermore, the work reported here demonstrates the potential of this methodology for the discovery of de novo peptide inhibitors against other glycosidases.
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Navarro A, Hernández-Chiñas U, Licona-Moreno D, Zenteno E, Cravioto A, Eslava-Campos CA. Immunogenic peptide mimotopes from an epitope of Escherichia coli O157 LPS. Biochem J 2016; 473:3791-804. [PMID: 27623774 DOI: 10.1042/BCJ20160687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Accepted: 09/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a subtype of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli that is associated with haemorrhagic colitis and haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Studies of populations in endemic areas have reported that the presence of specific antibodies against the O157 lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is associated with a lower incidence of diarrhoea and HUS. Phage display and IgG anti-O157 LPS antibodies were used in the present study to select peptide mimotopes of O157 LPS expressed in protein III of the M13 phage. Synthetic peptides (SP) were designed using the derived amino acid sequences obtained from DNA nucleotides of 63 selected phagotopes. The LxP/YP/SxL motif was identified in five of the phagotope amino acid sequences. Antibody responses against the phagotopes and their corresponding SPs were evaluated. SP12, one of the designed SP, induced the production of antibodies against the homologous peptide (1:800) and O157 LPS (1:200). The specificity of anti-SP12 antiserum was confirmed by analyzing its response to SP3, an SP with a different amino acid sequence than that of SP12, as well as against an E. coli LPS different from O157. Competitive studies with SP12 and O157 LPS showed a significant decrease in anti-SP12 and anti-LPS O157 antiserum responses against SP12 and O157 LPS, respectively. Eighteen (82%) of the 22 human serum samples with positive reactivity against E coli O157 LPS reacted with SP12 SP (cut-off >0.4). These results support the idea that SP12 is an immunogenic mimotope of O157 LPS.
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Golten S, Fontenelle CQ, Timofte RS, Bailac L, Light M, Sebban M, Oulyadi H, Linclau B. Enantioselective Synthesis of Dideoxy-tetrafluorinated Hexoses. J Org Chem 2016; 81:4434-53. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b00302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Samuel Golten
- Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- Normandie Université, COBRA, UMR6014, and FR3038 CNRS,
Université de Rouen, INSA de Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, Cedex 76821 France
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- Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- Normandie Université, COBRA, UMR6014, and FR3038 CNRS,
Université de Rouen, INSA de Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, Cedex 76821 France
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- Normandie Université, COBRA, UMR6014, and FR3038 CNRS,
Université de Rouen, INSA de Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, Cedex 76821 France
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- Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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Carbohydrate-protein recognition is vital to many processes in health and disease. In particular, elucidation of the structural basis of carbohydrate binding is important to the development of oligosaccharides and oligosaccharide mimetics as vaccines for infectious diseases and cancer. Computational structural techniques are valuable for the study of carbohydrate-protein recognition due to the challenges associated with experimental determination of carbohydrate-protein complexes. AutoMap is a computer program that we have developed to study protein-ligand recognition. AutoMap determines the interactions taking place in a set of highly ranked poses obtained from molecular docking and processes these to identify the protein residues most likely to be involved in interactions. In this protocol, we describe the use of AutoMap and illustrate its suitability for studying antibody recognition of the Lewis Y tetrasaccharide, which is a potential cancer vaccine antigen.
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- Tamir Dingjan
- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
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Eggink LL, Spyroulias GA, Jones NG, Hanson CV, Hoober JK. A Peptide Mimetic of 5-Acetylneuraminic Acid-Galactose Binds with High Avidity to Siglecs and NKG2D. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0130532. [PMID: 26110603 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2013] [Accepted: 05/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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We previously identified several peptide sequences that mimicked the terminal sugars of complex glycans. Using plant lectins as analogs of lectin-type cell-surface receptors, a tetravalent form of a peptide with the sequence NPSHPLSG, designated svH1C, bound with high avidity to lectins specific for glycans with terminal 5-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac)-galactose (Gal)/N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) sequences. In this report, we show by circular dichroism and NMR spectra that svH1C lacks an ordered structure and thus interacts with binding sites from a flexible conformation. The peptide binds with high avidity to several recombinant human siglec receptors that bind preferentially to Neu5Ac(α2,3)Gal, Neu5Ac(α2,6)GalNAc or Neu5Ac(α2,8)Neu5Ac ligands. In addition, the peptide bound the receptor NKG2D, which contains a lectin-like domain that binds Neu5Ac(α2,3)Gal. The peptide bound to these receptors with a KD in the range of 0.6 to 1 μM. Binding to these receptors was inhibited by the glycoprotein fetuin, which contains multiple glycans that terminate in Neu5Ac(α2,3)Gal or Neu5Ac(α2,6)Gal, and by sialyllactose. Binding of svH1C was not detected with CLEC9a, CLEC10a or DC-SIGN, which are lectin-type receptors specific for other sugars. Incubation of neuraminidase-treated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells with svH1C resulted in binding of the peptide to a subset of the CD14+ monocyte population. Tyrosine phosphorylation of siglecs decreased dramatically when peripheral blood mononuclear cells were treated with 100 nM svH1C. Subcutaneous, alternate-day injections of svH1C into mice induced several-fold increases in populations of several types of immune cells in the peritoneal cavity. These results support the conclusion that svH1C mimics Neu5Ac-containing sequences and interacts with cell-surface receptors with avidities sufficient to induce biological responses at low concentrations. The attenuation of inhibitory receptors suggests that svH1C has characteristics of a checkpoint inhibitor.
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Dumitrescu L, Eppe G, Tikad A, Pan W, El Bkassiny S, Gurcha SS, Ardá A, Jiménez-Barbero J, Besra GS, Vincent SP. Selectfluor and NFSI exo-glycal fluorination strategies applied to the enhancement of the binding affinity of galactofuranosyltransferase GlfT2 inhibitors. Chemistry 2014; 20:15208-15. [PMID: 25251918 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Two complementary methods for the synthesis of fluorinated exo-glycals have been developed, for which previously no general reaction had been available. First, a Selectfluor-mediated fluorination was optimized after detailed analysis of all the reaction parameters. A dramatic effect of molecular sieves on the course of the reaction was observed. The reaction was generalized with a set of biologically relevant furanosides and pyranosides. A second direct approach involving carbanionic chemistry and the use of N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide (NFSI) was performed and this method gave better diastereoselectivities. Assignment of the Z/E configuration of all the fluorinated exo-glycals was achieved based on the results of HOESY experiments. Furthermore, fluorinated exo-glycal analogues of UDP-galactofuranose were prepared and assayed against GlfT2, which is a key enzyme involved in the cell-wall biosynthesis of major pathogens. The fluorinated exo-glycals proved to be potent inhibitors as compared with a series of C-glycosidic analogues of UDP-Galf, thus demonstrating the double beneficial effect of the exocyclic enol ether functionality and the fluorine atom.
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- Lidia Dumitrescu
- University of Namur (UNamur), Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur (Belgium), Fax: (+32) 81-72-45-17
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Kieber-Emmons T, Saha S, Pashov A, Monzavi-Karbassi B, Murali R. Carbohydrate-mimetic peptides for pan anti-tumor responses. Front Immunol 2014; 5:308. [PMID: 25071769 PMCID: PMC4075079 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2014] [Accepted: 06/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Molecular mimicry is fundamental to biology and transcends to many disciplines ranging from immune pathology to drug design. Structural characterization of molecular partners has provided insight into the origins and relative importance of complementarity in mimicry. Chemical complementarity is easy to understand; amino acid sequence similarity between peptides, for example, can lead to cross-reactivity triggering similar reactivity from their cognate receptors. However, conformational complementarity is difficult to decipher. Molecular mimicry of carbohydrates by peptides is often considered one of those. Extensive studies of innate and adaptive immune responses suggests the existence of carbohydrate mimicry, but the structural basis for this mimicry yields confounding details; peptides mimicking carbohydrates in some cases fail to exhibit both chemical and conformational mimicry. Deconvolution of these two types of complementarity in mimicry and its relationship to biological function can nevertheless lead to new therapeutics. Here, we discuss our experience examining the immunological aspects and implications of carbohydrate-peptide mimicry. Emphasis is placed on the rationale, the lessons learned from the methodologies to identify mimics, a perspective on the limitations of structural analysis, the biological consequences of mimicking tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens, and the notion of reverse engineering to develop carbohydrate-mimetic peptides in vaccine design strategies to induce responses to glycan antigens expressed on cancer cells.
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- Thomas Kieber-Emmons
- Department of Pathology and Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Stephan Angelov Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Pathology and Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Research Division of Immunology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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N'Go I, Golten S, Ardá A, Cañada J, Jiménez-Barbero J, Linclau B, Vincent SP. Tetrafluorination of sugars as strategy for enhancing protein-carbohydrate affinity: application to UDP-Galp mutase inhibition. Chemistry 2013; 20:106-12. [PMID: 24311368 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201303693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Tetrafluorinated analogues of both UDP-galactopyranose and UDP-galactofuranose have been synthesized and assayed against UDP-galactopyranose mutase, a key enzyme for Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell wall biosynthesis. Competition assays and STD-NMR spectroscopy techniques have evidenced not only the first unambiguous case of affinity enhancement through local sugar polyfluorination, but also showed that tetrafluorination can still have a beneficial effect on binding when monofluorination at the same position does not.
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- Inès N'Go
- Department of Chemistry, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur (Belgium)
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Chen X, Fan Z, Chen Y, Fang X, Sha X. Retro-inverso carbohydrate mimetic peptides with annexin1-binding selectivity, are stable in vivo, and target tumor vasculature. PLoS One 2013; 8:e80390. [PMID: 24312470 PMCID: PMC3846562 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2013] [Accepted: 10/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Previous research suggests that carbohydrate mimetic peptide IF7 (IFLLWQR) has an excellent targeting property to annexin1 (Anxa1), a specific marker on the tumor endothelium. However, IF7 is susceptible to proteolysis and has a poor stability in vivo. We prepared a D-amino acid, reverse sequence peptide of IF7, designated RIF7, to confer protease resistance while retaining bioactivity. Experimental results indicate that RIF7 had significantly increased stability and an increased receptor binding affinity than IF7, and this new moiety may represent a clinically relevant vehicle for anticancer drugs.
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- Xinyi Chen
- Key Laboratory of Smart Drug Delivery (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Smart Drug Delivery (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Smart Drug Delivery (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Smart Drug Delivery (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Smart Drug Delivery (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Agostino M, Mancera RL, Ramsland PA, Yuriev E. AutoMap: A tool for analyzing protein–ligand recognition using multiple ligand binding modes. J Mol Graph Model 2013; 40:80-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2013.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2012] [Accepted: 01/01/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Agostino M, Yuriev E, Ramsland PA. Antibody recognition of cancer-related gangliosides and their mimics investigated using in silico site mapping. PLoS One 2012; 7:e35457. [PMID: 22536387 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2012] [Accepted: 03/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Modified gangliosides may be overexpressed in certain types of cancer, thus, they are considered a valuable target in cancer immunotherapy. Structural knowledge of their interaction with antibodies is currently limited, due to the large size and high flexibility of these ligands. In this study, we apply our previously developed site mapping technique to investigate the recognition of cancer-related gangliosides by anti-ganglioside antibodies. The results reveal a potential ganglioside-binding motif in the four antibodies studied, suggesting the possibility of structural convergence in the anti-ganglioside immune response. The structural basis of the recognition of ganglioside-mimetic peptides is also investigated using site mapping and compared to ganglioside recognition. The peptides are shown to act as structural mimics of gangliosides by interacting with many of the same binding site residues as the cognate carbohydrate epitopes. These studies provide important clues as to the structural basis of immunological mimicry of carbohydrates.
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- Bruno Linclau
- a School of Chemistry , University of Southampton , Highfield , Southampton , SO17 1BJ , UK
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- a School of Chemistry , University of Southampton , Highfield , Southampton , SO17 1BJ , UK
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- a School of Chemistry , University of Southampton , Highfield , Southampton , SO17 1BJ , UK
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