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ArticleNature chemical biology2025

Rapid discovery of cyclic peptide protein aggregation inhibitors by continuous selection.

Linwei Yang, Jingwei Zhang, James S Andon, Lingjun Li, Tina Wang

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Universal Baseline forbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  7. Phage-Assisted Continuous Selection of Bioactive Cyclic Peptides.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Linwei YangDepartment of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-1171-7495
Jingwei ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
James S AndonDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Lingjun LiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0056-3869
Tina WangDepartment of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. twang495@wisc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7259-7449

Funding

Mass Spectrometric Studies of Neuropeptides in FeedingR01DK071801 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI LINGJUN LI · 2006 to 2026
$6.7M
Creating a region- specific biomolecular atlas of the brain of Alzheimer’s diseaseR01AG078794 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI LINGJUN LI, Luigi Puglielli · 2022 to 2026
$3.7M
DiLeu-enabled multiplexed quantitation for biomarker discovery and validation in Alzheimer’s diseaseR01AG052324 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI LINGJUN LI · 2023 to 2026
$2.3M
Acquisition of a High-Field Dual Source FTICR-MS for Pharmaceutical ResearchS10RR029531 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI LI, LINGJUN · 2011 to 2011
$2.1M
Acquisition of a Dual-Source, High-Performance, Ion Mobility, Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry System for Biomedical Research at UW-MadisonS10OD028473 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI LI, LINGJUN · 2021 to 2021
$1.3M
Acquisition of a High Resolution High Speed MALDI Mass Spectrometer for Biomedical Research at UW-MadisonS10OD025084 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI LI, LINGJUN · 2018 to 2018
$598k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR029531NIA NIH HHS R01 AG052324NIA NIH HHS R01 AG078794NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK071801NIH HHS S10 OD025084NIH HHS S10 OD028473U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01AG078794U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) S10OD025084U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) S10OD028473U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) S10RR029531
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein aggregates are associated with numerous diseases. Here we report a platform for the rapid phenotypic selection of protein aggregation inhibitors from genetically encoded cyclic peptide libraries in Escherichia coli based on phage-assisted continuous evolution (PACE). We developed a new PACE-compatible selection for protein aggregation inhibition and used it to identify cyclic peptides that suppress amyloid-β42 and human islet amyloid polypeptide aggregation. Additionally, we integrated a negative selection that removes false positives and off-target hits, greatly improving cyclic peptide selectivity. We show that selected inhibitors are active when chemically resynthesized in in vitro assays. Our platform provides a powerful approach for the rapid discovery of cyclic peptide inhibitors of protein aggregation and may serve as the basis for the future evolution of cyclic peptides with a broad spectrum of inhibitory activities.

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Amyloid beta-PeptidesDrug DiscoveryPeptides, CyclicProtein AggregatesDirected Molecular EvolutionEscherichia coliHumansIslet Amyloid PolypeptidePeptide FragmentsPeptide LibraryAmyloid beta-Peptidesamyloid beta-protein (1-42)Islet Amyloid PolypeptidePeptide FragmentsPeptide LibraryPeptides, CyclicProtein Aggregates

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PMID39806068
PMCPMC12019813

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