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ArticleScientific reports2016

Inhibiting complex IL-17A and IL-17RA interactions with a linear peptide.

Shenping Liu, Joel Desharnais, Parag V Sahasrabudhe, Ping Jin, Wei Li, Bryan D Oates, Suman Shanker, Mary Ellen Banker, Boris A Chrunyk, Xi Song and 13 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shenping LiuWorldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340 USA.
Joel DesharnaisPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
Parag V SahasrabudheWorldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340 USA.
Ping JinPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
Wei LiWorldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Bryan D OatesPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
Suman ShankerWorldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340 USA.
Mary Ellen BankerWorldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340 USA.
Boris A ChrunykWorldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340 USA.
Xi SongWorldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340 USA.
Xidong FengWorldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340 USA.
Matt GrifforWorldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340 USA.
Judith JimenezSanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, 10901 North Torrey Pines Road, San Diego, CA 92037, USA.
Gang ChenPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
David TumeltyPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
Abhijit BhatPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
Curt W BradshawPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
Gary WoodnuttPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
Rodney W LappePfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
Atli ThorarensenWorldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Xiayang QiuWorldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340 USA.
Jane M WithkaWorldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340 USA.
Lauren D WoodPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
Pfizer (United States) · USSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IL-17A is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that has been implicated in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Monoclonal antibodies inhibiting IL-17A signaling have demonstrated remarkable efficacy, but an oral therapy is still lacking. A high affinity IL-17A peptide antagonist (HAP) of 15 residues was identified through phage-display screening followed by saturation mutagenesis optimization and amino acid substitutions. HAP binds specifically to IL-17A and inhibits the interaction of the cytokine with its receptor, IL-17RA. Tested in primary human cells, HAP blocked the production of multiple inflammatory cytokines. Crystal structure studies revealed that two HAP molecules bind to one IL-17A dimer symmetrically. The N-terminal portions of HAP form a β-strand that inserts between two IL-17A monomers while the C-terminal section forms an α helix that directly blocks IL-17RA from binding to the same region of IL-17A. This mode of inhibition suggests opportunities for developing peptide antagonists against this challenging target.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SubstitutionCells, CulturedCrystallography, X-RayEnzyme InhibitorsHumansInterleukin-17Mass ScreeningModels, MolecularMutagenesisPeptide LibraryPeptidesProtein BindingProtein ConformationReceptors, Interleukin-17Enzyme InhibitorsIL17A protein, humanIL17RA protein, humanInterleukin-17Peptide LibraryPeptidesReceptors, Interleukin-17

Identifiers

PMID27184415
PMCPMC4869123
OpenAlexW2397565578

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