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ArticleJournal of peptide science : an official publication of the European Peptide Society2023

Successful synthesis of a glial-specific blood-brain barrier shuttle peptide following a fragment condensation approach on a solid-phase resin.

Othman Al Musaimi, Sophie V Morse, Lucia Lombardi, Simona Serban, Alessandra Basso, Daryl R Williams

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Article in Journal of peptide science : an official publication of the European Peptide Society, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Othman Al MusaimiDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2421-1825
Sophie V MorseDepartment of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5184-0200
Lucia LombardiDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5202-9847
Simona SerbanPurolite Ltd, Llantrisant, UK.
Alessandra BassoPurolite Ltd, Llantrisant, UK.
Daryl R WilliamsDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5626-5903

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Imperial College London
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Successful manual synthesis of the TD2.2 peptide acting as a blood-brain barrier shuttle was achieved. TD2.2 was successfully synthesised by sequential condensation of four protected peptide fragments on solid-phase settings, after several unsuccessful attempts using the stepwise approach. These fragments were chosen to minimise the number of demanding amino acids (in terms of coupling, Fmoc removal) in each fragment that are expected to hamper the overall synthetic process. Thus, the hydrophobic amino acids as well as Arg(Pbf) were strategically spread over multiple fragments rather than having them congested in one fragment. This study shows how a peptide that shows big challenges in the synthesis using the common stepwise elongation methodology can be synthesised with an acceptable purity. It also emphasises that choosing the right fragment with certain amino acid constituents is key for a successful synthesis. It is worth highlighting that lower amounts of reagents were required to synthesise the final peptide with an identical purity to that obtained by the automatic synthesiser.

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Blood-Brain BarrierPeptidesAmino AcidsPeptide FragmentsSolid-Phase Synthesis TechniquesAmino AcidsPeptide FragmentsPeptidesblood-brain barrier shuttlecell-penetrating peptidesfragment condensationsolid-phase peptide synthesis

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PMID35997639
PMCPMC10078400

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