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Drug Design Inspired by Nature: Crystallographic Detection of an Auto-Tailored Protease Inhibitor Template
Gall, Flavio M.,Hohl, Deborah,Frasson, David,Wermelinger, Tobias,Mittl, Peer R. E.,Sievers, Martin,Riedl, Rainer
supporting information, p. 4051 - 4055 (2019/02/16)
De novo drug discovery is still a challenge in the search for potent and selective modulators of therapeutically relevant target proteins. Here, we disclose the unexpected discovery of a peptidic ligand 1 by X-ray crystallography, which was auto-tailored by the therapeutic target MMP-13 through partial self-degradation and subsequent structure-based optimization to a highly potent and selective β-sheet peptidomimetic inhibitor derived from the endogenous tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs). The incorporation of non-proteinogenic amino acids in combination with a cyclization strategy proved to be key for the de novo design of TIMP peptidomimetics. The optimized cyclic peptide 4 (ZHAWOC7726) is membrane permeable with an IC50 of 21 nm for MMP-13 and an attractive selectivity profile with respect to a polypharmacology approach including the anticancer targets MMP-2 (IC50: 170 nm) and MMP-9 (IC50: 140 nm).
Hierarchical supramolecular hydrogels: Self-assembly by peptides and photo-controlled release: Via host-guest interaction
Chu, Chih-Wei,Ravoo, Bart Jan
supporting information, p. 12450 - 12453 (2017/11/22)
A hierarchical supramolecular hydrogel was self-assembled from a Fmoc-RGDS tetrapeptide and showed photo-controlled release directed by host-guest interaction. Multiple payloads, including vesicles, were successively released from a single peptide hydrogel.
Oxidative α,ω-diyne coupling as an approach towards novel peptidic macrocycles
Verlinden,Geudens,Martins,Tourwé,Ballet,Verniest
, p. 9398 - 9404 (2015/09/15)
The Glaser-Hay diyne coupling proved to be an efficient cyclisation approach towards diyne containing peptidic macrocycles. A variety of tetrapeptide-based macrocyclic 1,3-diynes were obtained from O-propargylated serine or tyrosine residues using Cu(OAc)2·H2O and NiCl2 under an O2-atmosphere. The effect of the linear 1,3-diyne on peptide conformations was studied by NMR and compared with a macrocycle bearing a saturated linker.