Understanding cell penetration of cyclic peptides

PG Dougherty, A Sahni, D Pei - Chemical Reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Approximately 75% of all disease-relevant human proteins, including those involved in
intracellular protein–protein interactions (PPIs), are undruggable with the current drug …

Challenge to overcome current limitations of cell-penetrating peptides

GC Kim, DH Cheon, Y Lee - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins …, 2021 - Elsevier
The penetration of biological membranes is a prime obstacle for the delivery of
pharmaceutical drugs. Cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) is an efficient vehicle that can deliver …

Cell penetration: scope and limitations by the application of cell‐penetrating peptides

S Reissmann - Journal of Peptide Science, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The penetration of polar or badly soluble compounds through a cell membrane into live cells
requires mechanical support or chemical helpers. Cell‐penetrating peptides (CPPs) are very …

Backbone rigidity and static presentation of guanidinium groups increases cellular uptake of arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptides

G Lättig-Tünnemann, M Prinz, D Hoffmann… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
In addition to endocytosis-mediated cellular uptake, hydrophilic cell-penetrating peptides
are able to traverse biological membranes in a non-endocytic mode termed transduction …

Transient focal membrane deformation induced by arginine-rich peptides leads to their direct penetration into cells

H Hirose, T Takeuchi, H Osakada, S Pujals… - Molecular Therapy, 2012 - cell.com
Endocytosis has been implicated in the cellular uptake of arginine-rich, cell-penetrating
peptides (CPPs). However, accumulating evidence suggests that certain conditions allow …

TAT transduction: the molecular mechanism and therapeutic prospects

JM Gump, SF Dowdy - Trends in molecular medicine, 2007 - cell.com
Research into the mechanism of protein transduction has undergone a renaissance in the
past five years as many groups have sought to understand the behavior of transducing …

Thermodynamic studies and binding mechanisms of cell-penetrating peptides with lipids and glycosaminoglycans

A Ziegler - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) traverse the membrane of biological cells at low
micromolar concentrations and are able to take various cargo molecules along with. Despite …

Temperature-, concentration- and cholesterol-dependent translocation of L- and D-octa-arginine across the plasma and nuclear membrane of CD34+ leukaemia …

MM Fretz, NA Penning, S Al-Taei, S Futaki… - Biochemical …, 2007 - portlandpress.com
Delineating the mechanisms by which cell-penetrating peptides, such as HIV-Tat peptide,
oligoarginines and penetratin, gain access to cells has recently received intense scrutiny …

Membrane-active peptides and the clustering of anionic lipids

P Wadhwani, RF Epand, N Heidenreich, J Bürck… - Biophysical journal, 2012 - cell.com
There is some overlap in the biological activities of cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) and
antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). We compared nine AMPs, seven CPPs, and a fusion peptide …

Phosphate-mediated arginine insertion into lipid membranes and pore formation by a cationic membrane peptide from solid-state NMR

M Tang, AJ Waring, M Hong - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
The insertion of charged amino acid residues into the hydrophobic part of lipid bilayers is
energetically unfavorable yet found in many cationic membrane peptides and protein …