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Modulation of the Passive Permeability of Semipeptidic Macrocycles: N- And C-Methylations Fine-Tune Conformation and Properties
Boudreault, Pierre-Luc,Comeau, Christian,Derbali, Rabeb Mouna,Grandbois, Michel,Poulet, Sylvain,Ries, Benjamin,Riniker, Sereina,Sarret, Philippe,Stadelmann, Thomas,Tremblay, Jacob,C?té, Jér?me,Fr?hlich, Ulrike,Leclair, Grégoire,Marsault, éric
, p. 5365 - 5383 (2021)
Incorporating small modifications to peptidic macrocycles can have a major influence on their properties. For instance, N-methylation has been shown to impact permeability. A better understanding of the relationship between permeability and structure is of key importance as peptidic drugs are often associated with unfavorable pharmacokinetic profiles. Starting from a semipeptidic macrocycle backbone composed of a tripeptide tethered head-to-tail with an alkyl linker, we investigated two small changes: peptide-to-peptoid substitution and various methyl placements on the nonpeptidic linker. Implementing these changes in parallel, we created a collection of 36 compounds. Their permeability was then assessed in parallel artificial membrane permeability assay (PAMPA) and Caco-2 assays. Our results show a systematic improvement in permeability associated with one peptoid position in the cycle, while the influence of methyl substitution varies on a case-by-case basis. Using a combination of molecular dynamics simulations and NMR measurements, we offer hypotheses to explain such behavior.
Conjugates of modified cryptophycins and RGD-peptides enter target cells by endocytosis
Nahrwold, Markus,Wei?, Christine,Bogner, Tobias,Mertink, Felix,Conradi, Jens,Sammet, Benedikt,Palmisano, Ralf,Royo Gracia, Soledad,Preu?e, Thomas,Sewald, Norbert
, p. 1853 - 1864 (2013/05/09)
Tumor targeting anticancer drug conjugates that contain a tumor recognition motif (homing device) are of high current relevance. Cryptophycins, naturally occurring cytotoxic cyclo-depsipeptides, have been modified by total synthesis to provide analogues suitable for conjugation to peptide-based homing devices. An array of functionalized β2-amino acids was synthesized and incorporated into cryptophycins. All analogues proved to be highly active in the cytotoxicity assay using the human cervix carcinoma cell line KB-3-1 and its multidrug-resistant subclone KB-V1. Conformational analysis of cryptophycin-52 and two synthetic analogues was performed by NMR and MD methods to obtain information on the influence of the unit C configuration on the overall conformation. An azide-functionalized cryptophycin was connected by CuAAC to an alkyne-containing fluorescently labeled cyclic RGD-peptide as the homing device for internalization studies. Confocal fluorescence microscopy proved integrin-mediated internalization by endocytosis and final lysosomal localization of the cryptophycin prodrug.
