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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2023

Development of N-Terminally Modified Variants of the CXCR4-Antagonistic Peptide EPI-X4 for Enhanced Plasma Stability.

Mirja Harms, Rikke Fabech Hansson, Andrea Gilg, Yasser Almeida-Hernández, Jessica Löffler, Armando Rodríguez-Alfonso, Monica M W Habib, Dan Albers, Nermin S Ahmed, Ashraf H Abadi and 10 more

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Mirja HarmsInstitute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm 89081, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5460-5166
Rikke Fabech HanssonDepartment of Chemistry and iNANO Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8000, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-8911-1801
Andrea GilgInstitute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm 89081, Germany.
Yasser Almeida-HernándezDepartment of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, Computational Bioengineering, Emil-Figge Str. 66, Dortmund 44227, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9832-3534
Jessica LöfflerDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm 89081, Germany.
Armando Rodríguez-AlfonsoCore Facility Functional Peptidomics, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm 89081, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5921-3770
Monica M W HabibDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, German University in Cairo, Cairo 11835, Egypt.
Dan AlbersInstitute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm 89081, Germany.
Nermin S AhmedDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, German University in Cairo, Cairo 11835, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-8869-3387
Ashraf H AbadiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, German University in Cairo, Cairo 11835, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-7433-261X
Gordon WinterDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm 89081, Germany.
Volker RascheExperimental Cardiovascular Imaging (ExCaVI), Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm 89081, Germany.
Ambros J BeerDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm 89081, Germany.
Gilbert WeidingerInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ulm University, Ulm 89081, Germany.
Nico PreisingCore Facility Functional Peptidomics, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm 89081, Germany.
Ludger StändkerCore Facility Functional Peptidomics, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm 89081, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8436-4260
Sebastian WieseCore Unit Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm 89081, Germany.
Elsa Sanchez-GarciaDepartment of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, Computational Bioengineering, Emil-Figge Str. 66, Dortmund 44227, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9211-5803
Alexander N ZelikinDepartment of Chemistry and iNANO Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8000, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-9864-321X
Jan MünchInstitute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm 89081, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7316-7141

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

EPI-X4, a natural peptide CXCR4 antagonist, shows potential for treating inflammation and cancer, but its short plasma stability limits its clinical application. We aimed to improve the plasma stability of EPI-X4 analogues without compromising CXCR4 antagonism. Our findings revealed that only the peptide N-terminus is prone to degradation. Consequently, incorporating d-amino acids or acetyl groups in this region enhanced peptide stability in plasma. Notably, EPI-X4 leads

Indexed as

HIV-1HIV InfectionsAlbuminsAminesHumansPeptidesReceptors, CXCR4Signal TransductionAlbuminsAminesCXCR4 protein, humanPeptidesReceptors, CXCR4

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PMID37940118
PMCPMC10682998

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