- Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry peptide sequencing utilizing selective N-terminal bromoacetylation
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In tandem mass spectrometric peptide sequencing, simplifying the mass spectrum is often desirable. The b-series ions were distinguished from the y-series ions in the MALDI TOF-TOF spectra by incorporating a bromine-tag to the N-terminal amino group through rapid and selective acetylation using bromoacetic anhydride without blocking the lysine and tyrosine residues. The 51:49 ratio of Br-79 and Br-81 isotopes facilitated identification of ions carrying the tag. With the Br-tag in the b-series ions, N-terminal sequencing of tryptic peptides from hemoglobin as well as model peptides was straightforward. When the b-ions were low in intensity, ions without the Br-tag were identified as y-ions and used for sequencing.
- Song, Jinsu,Kim, Hie-Joon
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- Homogeneous and Robust Polyproline Type i Helices from Peptoids with Nonaromatic α-Chiral Side Chains
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Peptoids that are oligomers of N-substituted glycines represent a class of peptide mimics with great potential in areas ranging from medicinal chemistry to biomaterial science. Controlling the equilibria between the cis and trans conformations of their backbone amides is the major hurdle to overcome for the construction of discrete folded structures, particularly for the development of all-cis polyproline type I (PPI) helices, as tools for modulating biological functions. The prominent role of backbone to side chain electronic interactions (n → π) and side chains bulkiness in promoting cis-amides was essentially investigated with peptoid aromatic side chains, among which the chiral 1-naphthylethyl (1npe) group yielded the best results. We have explored for the first time the possibility to achieve similar performances with a sterically hindered α-chiral aliphatic side chain. Herein, we report on the synthesis and detailed conformational analysis of a series of (S)-N-(1-tert-butylethyl)glycine (Ns1tbe) peptoid homo-oligomers. The X-ray crystal structure of an Ns1tbe pentamer revealed an all-cis PPI helix, and the CD curves of the Ns1tbe oligomers also resemble those of PPI peptide helices. Interestingly, the CD data reported here are the first for any conformationally homogeneous helical peptoids containing only α-chiral aliphatic side chains. Finally we also synthesized and analyzed two mixed oligomers composed of NtBu and Ns1tbe monomers. Strikingly, the solid state structure of the mixed oligomer Ac-(tBu)2-(s1tbe)4-(tBu)2-COOtBu, the longest to be solved for any linear peptoid, revealed a PPI helix of great regularity despite the presence of only 50% of chiral side chain in the sequence.
- Roy, Olivier,Dumonteil, Geoffrey,Faure, Sophie,Jouffret, Laurent,Kriznik, Alexandre,Taillefumier, Claude
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- Divergent and convergent synthesis of polymannosylated dibranched antigenic peptide of the immunodominant epitope MBP(83-99)
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Multiple antigenic peptide (MAP) systems are dendrimeric structures bearing multiple copies of identical or different peptide epitopes, and they have been demonstrated to show enhanced immunogenicity. Herein, we report the direct (divergent) and indirect (convergent) synthesis, using contemporary synthetic approaches, of a di-branched antigenic peptide (di-BAP) containing the immunodominant epitope MBP(83-99), which is implicated in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS). The direct synthesis (di-BAP 1) was performed using microwave irradiation. The indirect synthesis (di-BAP 2) was carried out performing an efficient chemoselective coupling reaction through the formation of a thioether bond. Both di-BAPs were conjugated to polysaccharide mannan since mannosylation is a promising technique to achieve modulation in immune response. The conjugation was achieved through free amino groups of both di-BAPs via the formation of Schiff bases. The mannan-conjugated di-BAPs were further evaluated in vivo in a prophylactic vaccination protocol, prior to EAE induction in Lewis rats.
- Friligou, Irene,Rizzolo, Fabio,Nuti, Francesca,Tselios, Theodore,Evangelidou, Maria,Emmanouil, Mary,Karamita, Maria,Matsoukas, John,Chelli, Mario,Rovero, Paolo,Papini, Anna Maria
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- An improved procedure for the synthesis of N-bromoacetyl-β- glycopyranosylamines, derivatives of mono- and disaccharides
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An improved procedure for the synthesis of N-bromoacetyl-β- glycopyranosylamines from the corresponding β-glycosylamines was developed. The procedure is applicable to a wide range of derivatives of monosaccharides (hexoses, 2-acetamido-2-deoxyhexoses, hexuronamides, and 6-deoxyhexoses) and some disaccharides. For the derivatives of pentoses and 2-deoxyhexoses, the use of the corresponding β-glycosylammonium carbamates was found to be more convenient. N-Bromoacetyl-β-glycopyranosylamines derived from D-mannose, L-rhamnose, D-glucuronamide, 2-deoxy-D-arabino-hexose, 2-deoxy-D-lyxo-hexose, and melibiose were obtained for the first time.
- Likhosherstov,Novikova,Zheltova,Shibaev
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- Selection of fluorescent biosensors against galectin-3 from an NBD-modified phage library displaying designed α-helical peptides
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Fluorescent biosensors are indispensable tools for molecular imaging, detection, and drug screening. Conventionally, fluorescent biosensors were constructed by incorporating fluorophores into ligands. Here, to develop ligand-independent biosensors, we demonstrated biosensor selection from a fluorophore-modified peptide phage library. In this library, the peptides were designed to form α-helical structures, and one cysteine, the probe modification site, was located at the center of four randomized residues on the same face of the helix. By conjugation with 4-nitrobenzoxadiazole (NBD), we constructed an NBD-modified phage library. We conducted selection against galectin-3 (Gal-3), a galactose-specific lectin associated with various biological events such as tumor metastasis and insulin resistance. After biopanning, we obtained NBD-modified peptides that selectively bind to Gal-3 from the library. The fluorescence intensity of the hit biosensors increased with the concentration of Gal-3, and this fluorescent response was visually observed.
- Hashimoto, Masahiro,Miki, Takayuki,Chang, Iou Ven,Tsutsumi, Hiroshi,Mihara, Hisakazu
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- Synthetic approaches to macromolecular models for ion channel proteins
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The synthesis of a branched peptide is described using a ligation strategy to couple two peptides one of which is fully deprotected while the other is in a protected form. The ligation step involves formation of a thioether bond by using the thiol of a cysteine on the deprotected sequence to displace bromide from a bromoacetyl moiety on the second peptide.
- Azam, Farzana,Bladon, Christine M.
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- Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of CXCR4 ligands
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A combination of the CXCR4 inverse agonist T140 with N-terminal CXCL12 oligopeptides has produced the first nanomolar synthetic CXCR4 agonists. In these agonists, the inverse agonistic portion provides affinity whereas the N-terminal CXCL12 sequence induces receptor activation. Several CXCR4 crystal structures exist with either CVX15, an inverse agonist closely related to T140 and IT1t, a small molecule; we therefore attempted to produce another CXCL12 oligopeptide combination with IT1t. For this purpose, a primary amino group was introduced by total synthesis into one of the methyl groups of IT1t, serving as an anchoring point for the oligopeptide graft. The introduction of the oligopeptides on this analog however yielded antagonists, one compound displaying high affinity. On the other hand, the amino-substituted analogue itself proved to be an inverse agonist with a binding affinity of 2.6 nM compared to 11.5 nM for IT1t. This IT1t-like analog is hitherto one of the most potent non-peptidic CXCR4 inverse agonists reported.
- Mona, Christine E.,Besserer-Offroy, élie,Cabana, Jér?me,Leduc, Richard,Lavigne, Pierre,Heveker, Nikolaus,Marsault, éric,Escher, Emanuel
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- Intra- and intermembrane pairwise molecular recognition between synthetic hydrogen-bonding phospholipids
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Multivalency and preorganization are fundamental aspects of molecular recognition at the lipid membrane-water interface and can render weak monomeric binding interactions selective and robust; this concept is important throughout biology, biotechnology, and materials science. Though hydrogen bonding is typically weakened in water, intramembrane hydrogen bonding between native lipids has been well-studied and is thought to contribute to lipid bioactivity and membrane function. We hypothesized that avidity and preorganization effects at the lipid-water interface could overcome solvent competition and allow for selective hydrogen-bond recognition between small, unstructured components. We have found that electrostatically identical vesicular membranes composed of cyanuric acid and melamine functionalized phospholipids 1 and 2 undergo selective apposition, fusion and adhesion in suspension and on solid support, indicating that their well-known low-dielectric hydrogen bonding properties translate effectively to the lipid-water interface. This work is notable and of general interest given the few detailed studies of aqueous phase hydrogen-bonding systems; we have extensively characterized this system, gaining structural, functional, and thermodynamic data. Furthermore, we have found that the designed lipid-lipid headgroup interactions result in dramatic alteration of the lipid phase morphology, providing insight into the coupling of molecular interactions with assembly state. As such, this work contributes to our understanding of fundamental phenomena such as molecular recognition at the lipid-water interface membrane chemistry and further illustrates the general possibility of designing selective hydrogen-bonding adhesive interactions from simple starting materials at other polar-apolar interfaces; this could have numerous materials and biotechnological applications. Copyright
- Ma, Mingming,Paredes, Angel,Bong, Dennis
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- CHROMOGENIC PEROXIDASE SUBSTRATES
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Chromogenic conjugates for color-based detection of targets are described. The conjugates comprise a chromogenic moiety such as rhodamine, rhodol or fluorescein. The chromogenic moiety is linked to a peroxidase substrate. The chromogenic conjugates can be used in immunohistochemical analysis and in situ hybridization. The conjugates can be used to detect 1, 2, 3 or more targets in a sample by color.
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- Development of cyclic peptomer inhibitors targeting the polo-box domain of polo-like kinase 1
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The polo-box domain (PBD) of polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) is essentially required for the function of Plk1 in cell proliferation. The availability of the phosphopeptide-binding pocket on PBD provides a unique opportunity to develop novel protein-protein interaction inhibitors. Recent identification of a minimal 5-residue-long phosphopeptide, PLHSpT, as a Plk1 PBD-specific ligand has led to the development of several peptide-based inhibitors, but none of them is cyclic peptide. Through the combination of single-peptoid mimics and thio-ether bridged cyclization, we successfully demonstrated for the first time two cyclic peptomers, PL-116 and PL-120, dramatically improved the binding affinity without losing mono-specificity against Plk1 PBD in comparison with the linear parental peptide, PLHSpT. These cyclic peptomers could serve as promising templates for future drug designs to inhibit Plk1 PBD.
- Murugan, Ravichandran N.,Park, Jung-Eun,Lim, Dan,Ahn, Mija,Cheong, Chaejoon,Kwon, Taeho,Nam, Ky-Youb,Choi, Sun Ho,Kim, Bo Yeon,Yoon, Do-Young,Yaffe, Michael B.,Yu, Dae-Yeul,Lee, Kyung S.,Bang, Jeong Kyu
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- Breast-cancer diagnosis by neuropeptide y analogues: From synthesis to clinical application
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chemical equation presented Selective, sensitive, and specific breast cancer diagnosis: Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and the Y1 R-selective [Phe7, Pro34]N PY peptide were labeled with Re/ 99mTc and pre-clinically characterized using competition receptor binding and signal transduction assays, and also microscopic, metabolic-stability, rabbit body-uptake, and protein-binding studies. Selective uptake of the 99mTc(core)3+-(NαHis-ac) labeled [Phe7, Pro34]N PY analogue in human breast-cancer patients was obtained by whole body scintimammography.
- Khan, Irfan U.,Zwanziger, Denise,Boehme, Ilka,Javed, Muhammad,Naseer, Hamid,Hyder, Syed W.,Beck-Sickinger, Annette G.
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- Peptide cyclization and cyclodimerization by CuI-mediated azide-alkyne cycloaddition
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Head-to-tail cyclodimerization of resin-bound oligopeptides bearing azide and alkyne groups occurs readily by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition upon treatment with CuI. The process was found to be independent of peptide sequence, sensitive to the proximity of the alkyne to the resin, sensitive to solvent composition, facile for a- and β-peptides but not for γ-peptides, and inhibited by the inclusion of tertiary amide linkages. Peptides shorter than hexamers were predominantly converted to cyclic monomers. Oligoglycine and oligo(β-alanine) chains underwent oligomerization by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition in the absence of a copper catalyst. These results suggest that cyclodimerization depends on the ability of the azido-alkyne peptide to form in-frame hydrogen bonds between chains in order to place the reacting groups in close proximity and lower the entropic penalty for dimerization. The properties of the resin and solvent are crucial, giving rise to a productive balance between swelling and interstrand H-bonding. These findings allow for the design of optimal substrates for triazole-forming ring closure and for the course of the reaction to be controlled by the choice of conditions.
- Jagasia, Reshma,Holub, Justin M.,Bollinger, Markus,Kirshenbaum, Kent,Finn
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- A credit-card library approach for disrupting protein-protein interactions
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Protein-protein interfaces are prominent in many therapeutically important targets. Using small organic molecules to disrupt protein-protein interactions is a current challenge in chemical biology. An important example of protein-protein interactions is provided by the Myc protein, which is frequently deregulated in human cancers. Myc belongs to the family of basic helix-loop-helix leucine zipper (bHLH-ZIP) transcription factors. It is biologically active only as heterodimer with the bHLH-ZIP protein Max. Herein, we report a new strategy for the disruption of protein-protein interactions that has been corroborated through the design and synthesis of a small parallel library composed of 'credit-card' compounds. These compounds are derived from a planar, aromatic scaffold and functionalized with four points of diversity. From a 285 membered library, several hits were obtained that disrupted the c-Myc-Max interaction and cellular functions of c-Myc. The IC50 values determined for this small focused library for the disruption of Myc-Max dimerization are quite potent, especially since small molecule antagonists of protein-protein interactions are notoriously difficult to find. Furthermore, several of the compounds were active at the cellular level as shown by their biological effects on Myc action in chicken embryo fibroblast assays. In light of our findings, this approach is considered a valuable addition to the armamentarium of new molecules being developed to interact with protein-protein interfaces. Finally, this strategy for disrupting protein-protein interactions should prove applicable to other families of proteins.
- Xu, Yang,Shi, Jin,Yamamoto, Noboru,Moss, Jason A.,Vogt, Peter K.,Janda, Kim D.
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A pharmaceutical of the general formula Z-(L)n-V, wherein V denotes an amino acid sequence X1-X2-Val-Tyr-Ile-His-Pro-X8-X9-X10; L denotes a bond or a linker; Z denotes a group that optionally can carry an imaging moiety M; X1 denotes an amino acid; X2 denotes Arg or N-alkylated Arg or a mimetic of Arg ; X8, X9 and X10 constitute an ACE cleavage site; Z forms a bond with the amino acid X1 optionally through the linker L; and M where denotes an imageable moiety capable of detection either directly or indirectly in a diagnostic imaging procedure.
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- Simple, versatile and highly diastereoselective synthesis of 1,3,4-trisubstituted-2-oxopiperazine-containing peptidomimetic precursors
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The selective O-deprotection of (1'S)-4-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-1-[1'- phenylmethyloxymethyl-2'-[(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)oxy]ethyl]-2-oxopiperazine furnished an enantiomerically pure alcohol whose regio- and diastereoselective C3-alkylation yielded either (3R)- or (3S)-1,3,4-trisubstituted-2- oxopiperazines in high diastereomeric purity. These derivatives were efficiently transformed into (1'A)- or (1'S)-peptide templates utilizable to prepare peptidomimetics. This method provides easy access to each 1,3,4-trisubstituted- 2-oxopiperazine diastereomer and facilitates, through the large choice of substituents at the 3-position together with the chemistry that can be performed on the NI substituent, the preparation of a large number of diastereomerically pure constrained peptidomimetics from a single precursor. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2005.
- Franceschini, Nicolas,Sonnet, Pascal,Guillaume, Dominique
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- Synthesis of N4-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-β-D-glucopyranosyl)-L-asparagine analogues. Complete NMR assignments of chloroacetamide, bromoacetamide and glycinamide analogues
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N4-(2-Acetamido-2-deoxy-β-D-glucopyranosyl)-L-asparagine is the principle linkage in the structure of N-linked glycoproteins. Complete assignments of the 1H and 13C NMR spectra for three analogues of the naturally-occurring N-glycosylic structure were made for N-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-β-D-glucopyranosyl)chloroacetamide, N-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-β-D-glucopyranosyl)bromoacetamide and N1-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-β-D-glucopyranosyl)glycinamide. The methylene groups adjacent to the N-glycosylic bond are AB spin systems. Copyright
- Malik, Jayshri J.,Risley, John M.
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- Chiral assembly of a pair of free base porphyrins and peroxidase-like activity of iron(III) porphyrins in four-α-helix bundle structures with dimerized two-α-helix polypeptides
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A 5-(4α-bromoacetamidophenyl)-10,15,20-tritolylporphyrin was incorporated into a single-chain two-α-helix polypeptide containing 29 amino acid residues via the thiol side chain of a Cys residue. Two molecules of two-α-helix polypeptide connecting free base porphyrin (H2-porphyrin) were strongly associated to form a four-α-helix bundle structure by hydrophobic interaction among α-helix segments and porphyrin rings in aqueous solution. The dimer formation was demonstrated by gel filtration chromatography and various spectroscopic measurements. The Soret band in the UV/vis spectrum was broadened and red-shifted in aqueous solution. In the fluorescence spectrum with excitation at the Soret band the emission at 650 nm was quenched to 40% of the intensity measured in methanol. Especially, at the Soret band was observed a strongly split circular dichroism (CD) signal, which demonstrated the chiral assembly of a pair of porphyrins in a left-handed sense. With increasing methanol content, the intensity of this split signal was decreased and finally diminished probably due to dissociation of the porphyrin moieties in the peptides. The dimerized Fe(III)-porphyrin-linked two-α-helix polypeptide was examined for biomimetic peroxidase-like activity with H2O2 or 3-chloroperbenzoic acid (MCPBA) as the oxidant. The kcat/KM value for the oxidation of 3,7-dimethylamino-10-methylcarbamoylphenothiazine by the polypeptide with MCPBA was increased by 5000 times compared to that with H2O2. This fact suggests that Fe(III) porphyrin was located in the hydrophobic core and more easily accommodated an organic oxidant than does H2O2. The interior of the four-α-helix bundle structure may be further designed to mimic various haemproteins.
- Tomizaki, Kin-Ya,Murata, Tomonori,Kaneko, Kazuaki,Miike, Akira,Nishino, Norikazu
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