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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2017

Development of Cell-Permeable, Non-Helical Constrained Peptides to Target a Key Protein-Protein Interaction in Ovarian Cancer.

Mareike M Wiedmann, Yaw Sing Tan, Yuteng Wu, Shintaro Aibara, Wenshu Xu, Hannah F Sore, Chandra S Verma, Laura Itzhaki, Murray Stewart, James D Brenton and 1 more

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Mareike M WiedmannDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4728-7155
Yaw Sing TanBioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, A*STAR, 30 Biopolis Street, #07-01 Matrix, Singapore, 138671, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-2522-9421
Yuteng WuDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.
Shintaro AibaraSciLifeLab, Tomtebodavägen 23A, 171 65 Solna, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-2221-482X
Wenshu XuDepartment of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1PD, UK.
Hannah F SoreDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6542-0394
Chandra S VermaBioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, A*STAR, 30 Biopolis Street, #07-01 Matrix, Singapore, 138671, Singapore.
Laura ItzhakiDepartment of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1PD, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6504-2576
Murray StewartMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK.
James D BrentonCancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5738-6683
David R SpringDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7355-2824
University of Cambridge · GBAgency for Science, Technology and Research · SGLawn Tennis Association · GBMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilCancer Research UK 15601Cancer Research UK 22905European Research Council 279337Medical Research Council G1002329Medical Research Council MC_PC_14116Medical Research Council MC_U105178939MRF_ C0385
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is a lack of current treatment options for ovarian clear cell carcinoma (CCC) and the cancer is often resistant to platinum-based chemotherapy. Hence there is an urgent need for novel therapeutics. The transcription factor hepatocyte nuclear factor 1β (HNF1β) is ubiquitously overexpressed in CCC and is seen as an attractive therapeutic target. This was validated through shRNA-mediated knockdown of the target protein, HNF1β, in five high- and low-HNF1β-expressing CCC lines. To inhibit the protein function, cell-permeable, non-helical constrained proteomimetics to target the HNF1β-importin α protein-protein interaction were designed, guided by X-ray crystallographic data and molecular dynamics simulations. In this way, we developed the first reported series of constrained peptide nuclear import inhibitors. Importantly, this general approach may be extended to other transcription factors.

Indexed as

Cell-Penetrating PeptidesCrystallography, X-RayFemaleHumansModels, MolecularMolecular Dynamics SimulationMolecular StructureOvarian NeoplasmsProtein BindingCell-Penetrating Peptidesconstrained peptidesdrug discoverynuclear importpeptide therapeuticspeptidomimetics

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PMID27918136
PMCPMC5291322
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