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ArticleChembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology2020

Stapled Peptide Inhibitors of Autophagy Adapter LC3B.

Robert A Cerulli, Livia Shehaj, Hawley Brown, Jennifer Pace, Yang Mei, Joshua A Kritzer

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Article in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert A CerulliCell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Program Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6043-4789
Livia ShehajDepartment of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
Hawley BrownDepartment of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
Jennifer PaceDepartment of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
Yang MeiDepartment of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
Joshua A KritzerDepartment of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2878-6781
Tufts University · US

Funding

Cell Penetration Profiling for BiotherapeuticsR01GM127585 · NIGMS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD · PI KRITZER, JOSHUA A · 2018 to 2022
$1.6M
Translation of Hot Loops into Macrocyclic Inhibitors of Protein-Protein InteractionsR01GM125856 · NIGMS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD · PI KRITZER, JOSHUA A · 2018 to 2021
$1.1M
Phosphotyrosine-mimicking peptides for the inhibition of the Src Homology 2 (SH2) Domain of the Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3)F30CA220678 · NCI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI CERULLI, ROBERT ANTHONY · 2017 to 2021
$183k
NCI NIH HHS F30 CA220678NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM125856NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM127585
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A growing body of evidence suggests that autophagy inhibition enhances the effectiveness of chemotherapy, especially in difficult-to-treat cancers. Existing autophagy inhibitors are primarily lysosomotropic agents. More specific autophagy inhibitors are highly sought-after. The microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B light chain 3B protein, LC3B, is an adapter protein that mediates key protein-protein interactions at several points in autophagy pathways. In this work, we used a known peptide ligand as a starting point to develop improved LC3B inhibitors. We obtained structure-activity relationships that quantify the binding contributions of peptide termini, individual charged residues, and hydrophobic interactions. Based on these data, we used artificial amino acids and diversity-oriented stapling to improve affinity and resistance to biological degradation, while maintaining or improving LC3B affinity and selectivity. These peptides represent the highest-affinity LC3B-selective ligands reported to date, and they will be useful tools for further elucidation of LC3B's role in autophagy and in cancer.

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Amino AcidsAutophagyDose-Response Relationship, DrugFluorescence PolarizationHeLa CellsHumansLigandsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsPeptidesStructure-Activity RelationshipAmino AcidsLigandsMAP1LC3B protein, humanMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsPeptidesautophagycancerLC3Bprotein-protein interactionsstapled peptides

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PMID32406996
PMCPMC7872222
OpenAlexW3025987802

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