Publication Date:
2004-09-09
Description:
BCL-2 family proteins constitute a critical control point for the regulation of apoptosis. Protein interaction between BCL-2 members is a prominent mechanism of control and is mediated through the amphipathic alpha-helical BH3 segment, an essential death domain. We used a chemical strategy, termed hydrocarbon stapling, to generate BH3 peptides with improved pharmacologic properties. The stapled peptides, called "stabilized alpha-helix of BCL-2 domains" (SAHBs), proved to be helical, protease-resistant, and cell-permeable molecules that bound with increased affinity to multidomain BCL-2 member pockets. A SAHB of the BH3 domain from the BID protein specifically activated the apoptotic pathway to kill leukemia cells. In addition, SAHB effectively inhibited the growth of human leukemia xenografts in vivo. Hydrocarbon stapling of native peptides may provide a useful strategy for experimental and therapeutic modulation of protein-protein interactions in many signaling pathways.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1360987/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1360987/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Walensky, Loren D -- Kung, Andrew L -- Escher, Iris -- Malia, Thomas J -- Barbuto, Scott -- Wright, Renee D -- Wagner, Gerhard -- Verdine, Gregory L -- Korsmeyer, Stanley J -- K08 HL074049/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- K08HL074049/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- R37CA50239/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Sep 3;305(5689):1466-70.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Children's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15353804" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
*Alkenes
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Animals
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*Apoptosis
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BH3 Interacting Domain Death Agonist Protein
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Bridged Compounds/chemical synthesis/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology
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Carrier Proteins/chemistry
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Cell Division/drug effects
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Cell Line, Tumor
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Cell Membrane/metabolism
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Cytochromes c/metabolism
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Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
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Endosomes/metabolism
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Humans
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Jurkat Cells
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Leukemia, Experimental/*drug therapy/pathology
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Leukemic Infiltration
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Mice
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Mice, SCID
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Mitochondria, Liver/drug effects/metabolism
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*Molecular Mimicry
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Neoplasm Transplantation
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Peptide Fragments/*chemistry
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Peptides/chemical synthesis/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology
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Protein Binding
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Protein Engineering
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Protein Structure, Secondary
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Protein Structure, Tertiary
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*chemistry
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/metabolism
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Transplantation, Heterologous
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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