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Rational Design of Calpain Inhibitors Based on Calpastatin Peptidomimetics
Low, Kristin E.,Ler, Spencer,Chen, Kevin J.,Campbell, Robert L.,Hickey, Jennifer L.,Tan, Joanne,Scully, Conor C. G.,Davies, Peter L.,Yudin, Andrei K.,Zaretsky, Serge
, p. 5403 - 5415 (2016)
Our previously reported structures of calpain bound to its endogenous inhibitor calpastatin have motivated the use of aziridine aldehyde-mediated peptide macrocyclization toward the design of cyclic peptides and peptidomimetics as calpain inhibitors. Inspired by nature's hint that a β-turn loop within calpastatin forms a broad interaction around calpain's active site cysteine, we have constructed and tested a library of 45 peptidic compounds based on this loop sequence. Four molecules have shown reproducibly low micromolar inhibition of calpain-2. Further systematic sequence changes led to the development of probes that displayed increased potency and specificity of inhibition against calpain over other cysteine proteases. Calculated Ki values were in the low micromolar range, rivaling other peptidomimetic calpain inhibitors and presenting an improved selectivity profile against other therapeutically relevant proteases. Competitive and mixed inhibition against calpain-2 was observed, and an allosteric inhibition site on the enzyme was identified for a noncompetitive inhibitor.
Compounds containing a michael-acceptor, especially maleimide or maleic acid derivatives, directly or indirectly linked to a chromophore and their use in long lasting sunscreen compositions
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, (2008/06/13)
The present invention relates to compounds which are useful as sunscreens. The compounds persist on the skin for much longer than conventional sunscreens because they comprise a Michael acceptor linked directly or indirectly to a chromophore. The Michael acceptor is capable of undergoing a conjugate addition reaction with thiol groups present in cysteine residues of keratin and thus the compound is chemically bound to the skin and will not be removed by immersion in water.