Engineering stabilized vascular endothelial growth factor-A antagonists: synthesis, structural characterization, and bioactivity of grafted analogues of cyclotides

Gunasekera, Sunithi, Foley, Fiona M., Clark, Richard J., Sando, Lillian, Fabri, Louis J., Craik, David J., and Daly, Norelle L. (2008) Engineering stabilized vascular endothelial growth factor-A antagonists: synthesis, structural characterization, and bioactivity of grafted analogues of cyclotides. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 51 (24). pp. 7697-7704.

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Abstract

Cyclotides are plant derived mini-proteins with compact folded structures and exceptional stability. Their stability derives from a head-to-tail cyclized backbone coupled with a cystine knot arrangement of three-conserved disulfide bonds. Taking advantage of this stable framework we developed novel VEGF-A antagonists by grafting a peptide epitope involved in VEGF-A antagonism onto the stable cyclotide framework. Antagonists of this kind have potential therapeutic applications in diseases where angiogenesis is an important component of disease progression, including cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. A grafted analogue showed biological activity in an in vitro VEGF-A antagonism assay at low micromolar concentration and the in vitro stability of the target epitope was markedly increased using this approach. In general, the stabilization of bioactive peptide epitopes is a significant problem in medicinal chemistry and in the current study we have provided insight into one approach to stabilize these peptides in a biological environment.

Item ID: 27083
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1520-4804
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