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Lucana MC, Lucchi R, Gosselet F, Díaz-Perlas C, Oller-Salvia B. BrainBike peptidomimetic enables efficient transport of proteins across brain endothelium. RSC Chem Biol 2024; 5:7-11. [PMID: 38179197 PMCID: PMC10763564 DOI: 10.1039/d3cb00194f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024] Open
Abstract
Protein therapeutics cannot reach the brain in sufficient amounts because of their low permeability across the blood-brain barrier. Here we report a new family of bicyclic peptide shuttles, BrainBikes, capable of increasing transport of proteins, including antibody derivatives, in a human cell-based model of the blood-brain barrier.
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- Maria C Lucana
- Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS), Universitat Ramon Llull Barcelona 08017 Spain
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- Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS), Universitat Ramon Llull Barcelona 08017 Spain
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- Université d'Artois, Blood-Brain Barrier Laboratory Lens 62300 France
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Lucchi R, Lucana MC, Escobar-Rosales M, Díaz-Perlas C, Oller-Salvia B. Site-specific antibody masking enables conditional activation with different stimuli. N Biotechnol 2023; 78:76-83. [PMID: 37820830 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2023.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 09/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/07/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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Antibody therapeutics show great potential to treat a variety of diseases. Often, the dose that can be safely administered is limited by side effects that arise from the interaction with the target outside the diseased tissue. Conditionally-active antibodies provide an additional layer of selectivity to improve safety. Distinct external stimuli or internal cues enable different control strategies and applications. However, current antibody masking strategies have low transferability across stimuli. Here we propose a versatile approach to conditionally mask antibody derivatives and its application to a single chain variable fragment (scFv) against a receptor expressed on cancer stem cells in several tumours. Our strategy relies on the site-specific conjugation of a polymer to an engineered cysteine residue through a chemically-synthesised linker that can be cleaved in response to the target stimulus. We show that the masking efficiency depends on the conjugation site and the size of the mask. An optimised mask decreases antigen binding by up to 20-fold and affinity can be fully recovered upon activation by exposure to light at 365 nm or by incubation with matrix metalloproteinases overexpressed in solid tumours. This approach opens up the possibility to rapidly engineer antibodies activatable with any internal or external stimulus.
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- Roberta Lucchi
- Department of Bioengineering, Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS), Universitat Ramon Llull, Via Augusta 390, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Bioengineering, Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS), Universitat Ramon Llull, Via Augusta 390, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Bioengineering, Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS), Universitat Ramon Llull, Via Augusta 390, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Bioengineering, Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS), Universitat Ramon Llull, Via Augusta 390, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Bioengineering, Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS), Universitat Ramon Llull, Via Augusta 390, 08017 Barcelona, Spain.
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Díaz-Perlas C, Oller-Salvia B. Chemically Enhanced Peptide and Protein Therapeutics. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:pharmaceutics15030827. [PMID: 36986688 PMCID: PMC10053323 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15030827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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Proteins and peptides are on the rise as therapeutic agents and represent a higher percentage of approved drugs each year: 24% in 2021 vs [...]
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Díaz-Perlas C, Escobar-Rosales M, Morgan CW, Oller-Salvia B. Encoding Noncanonical Amino Acids into Phage Displayed Proteins. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2676:117-129. [PMID: 37277628 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3251-2_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Phage display facilitates the evolution of peptides and proteins for affinity selection against targets, but it is mostly limited to the chemical diversity provided by the naturally encoded amino acids. The combination of phage display with genetic code expansion allows the incorporation of noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs) into proteins expressed on the phage. In this method, we describe incorporation of one or two ncAAs in a single-chain fragment variable (scFv) antibody in response to amber or quadruplet codon. We take advantage of the pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase/tRNA pair to incorporate a lysine derivative and an orthogonal tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase/tRNA pair to incorporate a phenylalanine derivative. The encoding of novel chemical functionalities and building blocks in proteins displayed on phage provides the foundation for further phage display applications in fields such as imaging, protein targeting, and the production of new materials.
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Lucana MC, Arruga Y, Petrachi E, Roig A, Lucchi R, Oller-Salvia B. Protease-Resistant Peptides for Targeting and Intracellular Delivery of Therapeutics. Pharmaceutics 2021; 13:2065. [PMID: 34959346 PMCID: PMC8708026 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13122065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Revised: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Peptides show high promise in the targeting and intracellular delivery of next-generation bio- and nano-therapeutics. However, the proteolytic susceptibility of peptides is one of the major limitations of their activity in biological environments. Numerous strategies have been devised to chemically enhance the resistance of peptides to proteolysis, ranging from N- and C-termini protection to cyclization, and including backbone modification, incorporation of amino acids with non-canonical side chains and conjugation. Since conjugation of nanocarriers or other cargoes to peptides for targeting and cell penetration may already provide some degree of shielding, the question arises about the relevance of using protease-resistant sequences for these applications. Aiming to answer this question, here we provide a critical review on protease-resistant targeting peptides and cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs). Two main approaches have been used on these classes of peptides: enantio/retro-enantio isomerization and cyclization. On one hand, enantio/retro-enantio isomerization has been shown to provide a clear enhancement in peptide efficiency with respect to parent L-amino acid peptides, especially when applied to peptides for drug delivery to the brain. On the other hand, cyclization also clearly increases peptide transport capacity, although contribution from enhanced protease resistance or affinity is often not dissected. Overall, we conclude that although conjugation often offers some degree of protection to proteolysis in targeting peptides and CPPs, modification of peptide sequences to further enhance protease resistance can greatly increase homing and transport efficiency.
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- Grup d’Enginyeria de Materials (GEMAT), Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS), Universitat Ramon Llull, 08017 Barcelona, Spain; (M.C.L.); (Y.A.); (E.P.); (A.R.); (R.L.)
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Lucchi R, Bentanachs J, Oller-Salvia B. The Masking Game: Design of Activatable Antibodies and Mimetics for Selective Therapeutics and Cell Control. ACS Cent Sci 2021; 7:724-738. [PMID: 34079893 PMCID: PMC8161478 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c01448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The high selectivity and affinity of antibody binding have made antibodies all-pervasive tools in therapy, diagnosis, and basic science. A plethora of chemogenetic approaches has been devised to make antibodies responsive to stimuli ranging from light to enzymatic activity, temperature, pH, ions, and effector molecules. Within a single decade, the field of activatable antibodies has yielded marketed therapeutics capable of engaging antigens that could not be targeted with traditional antibodies, as well as new tools to control intracellular protein location and investigate biological processes. Many opportunities remain untapped, waiting for more efficient and generally applicable masking strategies to be developed at the interface between chemistry and biotechnology.
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- Roberta Lucchi
- Grup d’Enginyeria
de Materials, Institut Químic de
Sarrià (IQS), Universitat Ramon Llull, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
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- Grup d’Enginyeria
de Materials, Institut Químic de
Sarrià (IQS), Universitat Ramon Llull, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
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- Grup d’Enginyeria
de Materials, Institut Químic de
Sarrià (IQS), Universitat Ramon Llull, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
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Watson JL, Aich S, Oller-Salvia B, Drabek AA, Blacklow SC, Chin J, Derivery E. High-efficacy subcellular micropatterning of proteins using fibrinogen anchors. J Cell Biol 2021; 220:211662. [PMID: 33416860 PMCID: PMC7802367 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202009063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Protein micropatterning allows proteins to be precisely deposited onto a substrate of choice and is now routinely used in cell biology and in vitro reconstitution. However, drawbacks of current technology are that micropatterning efficiency can be variable between proteins and that proteins may lose activity on the micropatterns. Here, we describe a general method to enable micropatterning of virtually any protein at high specificity and homogeneity while maintaining its activity. Our method is based on an anchor that micropatterns well, fibrinogen, which we functionalized to bind to common purification tags. This enhances micropatterning on various substrates, facilitates multiplexed micropatterning, and dramatically improves the on-pattern activity of fragile proteins like molecular motors. Furthermore, it enhances the micropatterning of hard-to-micropattern cells. Last, this method enables subcellular micropatterning, whereby complex micropatterns simultaneously control cell shape and the distribution of transmembrane receptors within that cell. Altogether, these results open new avenues for cell biology.
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- Joseph L. Watson
- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA,Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA,Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK,Correspondence to Emmanuel Derivery:
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Herranz Barbero A, Rico N, Oller-Salvia B, Aldecoa-Bilbao V, Macías-Muñoz L, Wijngaard R, Figueras-Aloy J, Salvia-Roigés M. Fortifier selection and dosage enables control of breast milk osmolarity. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0233924. [PMID: 32479524 PMCID: PMC7263599 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 12/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Human breast milk (BM) fortification is required to feed preterm newborns with less than 32 weeks of gestation. However, addition of fortifiers increases osmolarity and osmolarity values higher than 450 mOsm/kg may be related to gastrointestinal pathology. Hence, fortifier selection and dosage are key to achieve optimal feeding. OBJECTIVES To compare the effect on osmolality of adding different fortifications, including recently developed formulations, to BM and to study evolution of osmolarity over time in supplemented BM. METHODS Frozen mature BM from 10 healthy mothers of premature newborns was fortified with each of the following human milk fortifiers (HMF): AlmirónFortifier®, NANFM85®, or PreNANFM85®. In addition, fortified BMs were modified with one of the following nutritional supplements (NS): Duocal MCT®, Nutricia® AminoAcids Mix, or Maxijul®. Osmolality of BM alone, fortified and/or supplemented was measured at 1 and 22 hours after their preparation. All samples were kept at 4°C throughout the study. RESULTS Osmolality of BM alone was close to 300 mOsm/kg and did not change over 22 hours. When equicaloric amounts of HMF AlmirónFortifier®, NANFM85®, and PreNANFM85® were added to BM, osmolality increased roughly to 480 mOsm/kg with the first two fortifiers and only to 433±6 mOsm/kg with the third one. Upon addition of any of four different NSs to BM modified with AlmirónFortifier® and NANFM85®, osmolality reached values greater than 520 mOsm/kg, while osmolality of PreNANFM85® with two out of the four NSs remained below 490 mOsm/kg. NSs supplementing carbohydrates and hydrolysed proteins resulted into a higher increase of BM osmolarity. Osmolality increased significantly with time and, after 22h, only BM modified with PreNANFM85® remained below 450 mOsm/kg. CONCLUSIONS Upon addition of the HMFs tested, BM osmolality increases significantly and keeps raising over time. All HMFs but the recently developed PreNAN FM85® at 4% exceed the AAP recommended threshold for osmolarity of 450 mOsm/kg. Addition of NSs to PreNAN FM85® at 4% significantly increases osmolality above 450 mOsm/Kg. Thus, using PreNAN FM85® at 5% may be preferable to adding nutritional supplements since nutritional recommendations by the ESPGHAN are reached with a lower increase in osmolality.
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- Ana Herranz Barbero
- Neonatology Deparment, BCNatal-Barcelona Center for Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, Hospital Clínic—Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Core Laboratory, Clínic Hospital, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Neonatology Deparment, BCNatal-Barcelona Center for Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, Hospital Clínic—Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Core Laboratory, Clínic Hospital, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Core Laboratory, Clínic Hospital, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Neonatology Deparment, BCNatal-Barcelona Center for Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, Hospital Clínic—Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Neonatology Deparment, BCNatal-Barcelona Center for Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, Hospital Clínic—Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Oller-Salvia B, Chin JW. Frontispiece: Efficient Phage Display with Multiple Distinct Non-Canonical Amino Acids Using Orthogonal Ribosome-Mediated Genetic Code Expansion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201983261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Benjamí Oller-Salvia
- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology; Francis Crick Avenue Cambridge CB2 0QH UK
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology; Francis Crick Avenue Cambridge CB2 0QH UK
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Oller-Salvia B, Chin JW. Efficient Phage Display with Multiple Distinct Non-Canonical Amino Acids Using Orthogonal Ribosome-Mediated Genetic Code Expansion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:10844-10848. [PMID: 31157495 PMCID: PMC6771915 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201902658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [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: 03/01/2019] [Revised: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Phage display is a powerful approach for evolving proteins and peptides with new functions, but the properties of the molecules that can be evolved are limited by the chemical diversity encoded. Herein, we report a system for incorporating non-canonical amino acids (ncAAs) into proteins displayed on phage using the pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase/tRNA pair. We improve the efficiency of ncAA incorporation using an evolved orthogonal ribosome (riboQ1), and encode a cyclopropene-containing ncAA (CypK) at diverse sites on a displayed single-chain antibody variable fragment (ScFv), in response to amber and quadruplet codons. CypK and an alkyne-containing ncAA are incorporated at distinct sites, enabling the double labeling of ScFv with distinct probes, through mutually orthogonal reactions, in a one-pot procedure. These advances expand the number of functionalities that can be encoded on phage-displayed proteins and provide a foundation to further expand the scope of phage display applications.
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- Benjamí Oller-Salvia
- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
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Díaz-Perlas C, Oller-Salvia B, Sánchez-Navarro M, Teixidó M, Giralt E. Branched BBB-shuttle peptides: chemoselective modification of proteins to enhance blood-brain barrier transport. Chem Sci 2018; 9:8409-8415. [PMID: 30542590 PMCID: PMC6243681 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc02415d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Accepted: 09/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) hampers the delivery of therapeutic proteins into the brain. BBB-shuttle peptides have been conjugated to therapeutic payloads to increase the permeability of these molecules. However, most BBB-shuttles have several limitations, such as a lack of resistance to proteases and low effectiveness in transporting large biomolecules. We have previously reported on the THRre peptide as a protease-resistant BBB-shuttle that is able to increase the transport of fluorophores and quantum dots in vivo. In this work, we have evaluated the capacity of linear and branched THRre to increase the permeability of proteins in cellular models of the BBB. With this purpose, we have covalently attached peptides with one or two copies of the BBB-shuttle to proteins in order to develop chemically well-defined peptide-protein conjugates. While THRre does not enhance the uptake and transport of a model protein in BBB cellular models, branched THRre peptides displaying two copies of the BBB-shuttle result in a 2.6-fold increase.
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- Cristina Díaz-Perlas
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) , Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) , Baldiri Reixac 10 , Barcelona 08028 , Spain . ; ;
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) , Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) , Baldiri Reixac 10 , Barcelona 08028 , Spain . ; ;
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) , Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) , Baldiri Reixac 10 , Barcelona 08028 , Spain . ; ;
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) , Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) , Baldiri Reixac 10 , Barcelona 08028 , Spain . ; ;
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) , Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) , Baldiri Reixac 10 , Barcelona 08028 , Spain . ; ;
- Department of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry , University of Barcelona , Martí i Franquès 1-11 , Barcelona 08028 , Spain
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Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) used nowadays in clinical practice are mixtures of antibody molecules linked to a varying number of toxins at different positions. Preclinical studies have shown that the therapeutic index of these traditional ADCs can be improved by the site-specific linkage of toxins. However, current approaches to produce homogeneous ADCs have several limitations, such as low protein expression and slow reaction kinetics. In this protocol we describe how to set up an expression system to incorporate a cyclopropene derivative of lysine (CypK) into antibodies using genetic code expansion. This minimal bioorthogonal handle allows rapid conjugation of tetrazine derivatives through an inverse-demand Diels-Alder cycloaddition. The expression system here reported enables the facile production and purification of trastuzumab bearing CypK in each of the heavy chains. We explain how to link the antibody to the toxin monomethyl auristatin E and characterize the immunoconjugate by hydrophobic interaction chromatography and mass spectrometry. Finally, we describe assays to assess the stability in human serum of the dihydropyridazine linkage resulting from the conjugation and to test the selective cytotoxicity of the ADC for breast cancer cells with high levels of HER2 receptor.
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Oller-Salvia B, Kym G, Chin JW. Rapid and Efficient Generation of Stable Antibody-Drug Conjugates via an Encoded Cyclopropene and an Inverse-Electron-Demand Diels-Alder Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201712370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Benjamí Oller-Salvia
- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology; Francis Crick Avenue Cambridge CB2 0QH UK
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology; Francis Crick Avenue Cambridge CB2 0QH UK
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology; Francis Crick Avenue Cambridge CB2 0QH UK
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Oller-Salvia B, Sánchez-Navarro M, Giralt E, Teixidó M. Blood-brain barrier shuttle peptides: an emerging paradigm for brain delivery. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 45:4690-707. [PMID: 27188322 DOI: 10.1039/c6cs00076b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Brain delivery is one of the major challenges in drug development because of the high number of patients suffering from neural diseases and the low efficiency of the treatments available. Although the blood-brain barrier (BBB) prevents most drugs from reaching their targets, molecular vectors - known as BBB shuttles - offer great promise to safely overcome this formidable obstacle. In recent years, peptide shuttles have received growing attention because of their lower cost, reduced immunogenicity, and higher chemical versatility than traditional Trojan horse antibodies and other proteins.
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- Benjamí Oller-Salvia
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), 08028 Barcelona, Spain. and Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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Díaz-Perlas C, Sánchez-Navarro M, Oller-Salvia B, Moreno M, Teixidó M, Giralt E. Phage display as a tool to discover blood-brain barrier (BBB)-shuttle peptides: panning against a human BBB cellular model. Biopolymers 2017; 108. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.22928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Revised: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Cristina Díaz-Perlas
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST); Baldiri Reixac 10 Barcelona 08028 Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST); Baldiri Reixac 10 Barcelona 08028 Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST); Baldiri Reixac 10 Barcelona 08028 Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST); Baldiri Reixac 10 Barcelona 08028 Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST); Baldiri Reixac 10 Barcelona 08028 Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST); Baldiri Reixac 10 Barcelona 08028 Spain
- Department of Organic Chemistry; University of Barcelona; Martí i Franquès 1-11 Barcelona 08028 Spain
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Oller-Salvia B, Teixidó M, Giralt E. From venoms to BBB shuttles: Synthesis and blood-brain barrier transport assessment of apamin and a nontoxic analog. Biopolymers 2016; 100:675-86. [PMID: 24281722 DOI: 10.1002/bip.22257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [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: 02/04/2013] [Revised: 04/05/2013] [Accepted: 04/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Venoms are currently the focus of many drug discovery programs because they contain highly bioactive and selective components. Among them, apamin, a peptide found in bee venom, has received considerable attention because of its affinity for certain potassium channels and also because of its interesting structure and high stability to extreme pH and temperatures. Although apamin has long been claimed to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB), only a few studies have been performed producing controversial results. In this article, it is shown that not only apamin is indeed able to penetrate the BBB in a cell-based model but also that an analog reported to be nontoxic passes through this barrier. Furthermore, the permeability values obtained, together with some evidence of an active transport mechanism and an amazing stability to serum proteases, make these peptides promising candidates for BBB shuttles.
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- Benjamí Oller-Salvia
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) Barcelona Science Park, Baldiri Reixac 10, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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Oller-Salvia B, Sánchez-Navarro M, Ciudad S, Guiu M, Arranz-Gibert P, Garcia C, Gomis RR, Cecchelli R, García J, Giralt E, Teixidó M. Innentitelbild: MiniAp-4: A Venom-Inspired Peptidomimetic for Brain Delivery (Angew. Chem. 2/2016). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201511247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Oller-Salvia B, Sánchez-Navarro M, Ciudad S, Guiu M, Arranz-Gibert P, Garcia C, Gomis RR, Cecchelli R, García J, Giralt E, Teixidó M. Inside Cover: MiniAp-4: A Venom-Inspired Peptidomimetic for Brain Delivery (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2/2016). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201511247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Oller-Salvia B, Sánchez-Navarro M, Ciudad S, Guiu M, Arranz-Gibert P, Garcia C, Gomis RR, Cecchelli R, García J, Giralt E, Teixidó M. MiniAp-4: A Venom-Inspired Peptidomimetic for Brain Delivery. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 55:572-5. [PMID: 26492861 PMCID: PMC4736446 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201508445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [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: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Drug delivery across the blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a formidable challenge for therapies targeting the central nervous system. Although BBB shuttle peptides enhance transport into the brain non‐invasively, their application is partly limited by lability to proteases. The present study proposes the use of cyclic peptides derived from venoms as an affordable way to circumvent this drawback. Apamin, a neurotoxin from bee venom, was minimized by reducing its complexity, toxicity, and immunogenicity, while preserving brain targeting, active transport, and protease resistance. Among the analogues designed, the monocyclic lactam‐bridged peptidomimetic MiniAp‐4 was the most permeable. This molecule is capable of translocating proteins and nanoparticles in a human‐cell‐based BBB model. Furthermore, MiniAp‐4 can efficiently deliver a cargo across the BBB into the brain parenchyma of mice.
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- Benjamí Oller-Salvia
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac, 10, 08028 Barcelona (Spain)
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac, 10, 08028 Barcelona (Spain)
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac, 10, 08028 Barcelona (Spain)
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac, 10, 08028 Barcelona (Spain)
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac, 10, 08028 Barcelona (Spain)
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac, 10, 08028 Barcelona (Spain)
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac, 10, 08028 Barcelona (Spain).,ICREA (Spain)
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- University of Artois, Faculté Jean Perrin, Jean Souvraz-SP 18, 62307 Lens (France)
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac, 10, 08028 Barcelona (Spain)
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac, 10, 08028 Barcelona (Spain). .,University of Barcelona, Department of Organic Chemistry (Spain).
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac, 10, 08028 Barcelona (Spain).
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Oller-Salvia B, Sánchez-Navarro M, Ciudad S, Guiu M, Arranz-Gibert P, Garcia C, Gomis RR, Cecchelli R, García J, Giralt E, Teixidó M. MiniAp-4: A Venom-Inspired Peptidomimetic for Brain Delivery. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201508445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Prades R, Oller-Salvia B, Schwarzmaier SM, Selva J, Moros M, Balbi M, Grazú V, de La Fuente JM, Egea G, Plesnila N, Teixidó M, Giralt E. Applying the Retro-Enantio Approach To Obtain a Peptide Capable of Overcoming the Blood-Brain Barrier. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201411408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Prades R, Oller-Salvia B, Schwarzmaier SM, Selva J, Moros M, Balbi M, Grazú V, de La Fuente JM, Egea G, Plesnila N, Teixidó M, Giralt E. Applying the Retro-Enantio Approach To Obtain a Peptide Capable of Overcoming the Blood-Brain Barrier. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:3967-72. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201411408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Teixidó M, Zurita E, Mendieta L, Oller-Salvia B, Prades R, Tarragó T, Giralt E. Dual system for the central nervous system targeting and blood-brain barrier transport of a selective prolyl oligopeptidase inhibitor. Biopolymers 2013; 100:662-74. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.22275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2013] [Accepted: 04/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Meritxell Teixidó
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona); Barcelona Science Park, Baldiri Reixac 10 Barcelona 08028 Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona); Barcelona Science Park, Baldiri Reixac 10 Barcelona 08028 Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona); Barcelona Science Park, Baldiri Reixac 10 Barcelona 08028 Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona); Barcelona Science Park, Baldiri Reixac 10 Barcelona 08028 Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona); Barcelona Science Park, Baldiri Reixac 10 Barcelona 08028 Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona); Barcelona Science Park, Baldiri Reixac 10 Barcelona 08028 Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona); Barcelona Science Park, Baldiri Reixac 10 Barcelona 08028 Spain
- Department of Organic Chemistry; University of Barcelona; Martí i Franquès 1-11 Barcelona 08028 Spain
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