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ArticleCommunications biology2023

Design of 8-mer peptides that block Clostridioides difficile toxin A in intestinal cells.

Sudeep Sarma, Carly M Catella, Ellyce T San Pedro, Xingqing Xiao, Deniz Durmusoglu, Stefano Menegatti, Nathan Crook, Scott T Magness, Carol K Hall

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Article in Communications biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sudeep Sarma *Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7905, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4642-7689
Carly M Catella *Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7905, USA.
Ellyce T San PedroDepartment of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, USA.
Xingqing XiaoDepartment of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7905, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3462-3049
Deniz DurmusogluDepartment of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7905, USA.
Stefano MenegattiDepartment of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7905, USA.
Nathan CrookDepartment of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7905, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6165-1972
Scott T MagnessDepartment of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, USA.
Carol K HallDepartment of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7905, USA. hall@ncsu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7425-587X
North Carolina State University · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

PILOT AND FEASIBILITY STUDIESP30DK034987 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Temitope O. Keku · 1985 to 2026
$30.5M
DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN INTESTINAL SIMULACRAR01DK109559 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ALLBRITTON, NANCY L., BULTMAN, SCOTT J · 2015 to 2019
$5.2M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK034987NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK109559
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infections by Clostridioides difficile, a bacterium that targets the large intestine (colon), impact a large number of people worldwide. Bacterial colonization is mediated by two exotoxins: toxins A and B. Short peptides that can be delivered to the gut and inhibit the biocatalytic activity of these toxins represent a promising therapeutic strategy to prevent and treat C. diff. infection. We describe an approach that combines a Peptide Binding Design (PepBD) algorithm, molecular-level simulations, a rapid screening assay to evaluate peptide:toxin binding, a primary human cell-based assay, and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) measurements to develop peptide inhibitors that block Toxin A in colon epithelial cells. One peptide, SA1, is found to block TcdA toxicity in primary-derived human colon (large intestinal) epithelial cells. SA1 binds TcdA with a K

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Clostridioides difficileAlgorithmsBiocatalysisColonHumansPeptidesPeptides

Identifiers

PMID37634026
PMCPMC10460389
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