Cyclic peptides for drug development

X Ji, AL Nielsen, C Heinis - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cyclic peptides are fascinating molecules abundantly found in nature and exploited as
molecular format for drug development as well as other applications, ranging from research …

Protease-resistant peptides for targeting and intracellular delivery of therapeutics

MC Lucana, Y Arruga, E Petrachi, A Roig, R Lucchi… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Peptides show high promise in the targeting and intracellular delivery of next-generation bio-
and nano-therapeutics. However, the proteolytic susceptibility of peptides is one of the major …

Recent advances in proteolytic stability for peptide, protein, and antibody drug discovery

X Lai, J Tang, MEH ElSayed - Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: To discover and develop a peptide, protein, or antibody into a drug requires
overcoming multiple challenges to obtain desired properties. Proteolytic stability is one of …

OFP011 cyclic peptide as a multifunctional agonist for opioid/neuropeptide ff receptors with improved blood–brain barrier penetration

M Zhang, B Xu, N Li, R Zhang, Q Zhang… - ACS Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Mounting evidence indicates that the neuropeptide FF (NPFF) system is involved in the side
effects of opioid usage, including antinociceptive tolerance, hyperalgesia, abuse …

Development of multifunctional and orally active cyclic peptide agonists of opioid/neuropeptide FF receptors that produce potent, long-lasting, and peripherally …

M Zhang, B Xu, N Li, R Zhang, Q Zhang… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We previously reported that a multifunctional opioid/neuropeptide FF receptor agonist, DN-9,
achieved peripherally restricted analgesia with reduced side effects. To develop stable and …

Diastereoselective Anomeric C(sp3)−H Cyclization Towards the Design of New Cyclophane‐Braced Glycopeptides

S Bazzi, A Hadj Mohamed, D Ryzhakov… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Diastereoselective Anomeric C(sp3)‐H Cyclization Towards the Design of New Cyclophane‐Braced
Glycopeptides Page 1 Angewandte Eine Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker …

Peptide Stapling Applied to Antimicrobial Peptides

ALP Lourenço, TB Rios, ÁP da Silva, OL Franco… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are considered a promising therapeutic approach against
multi-drug resistant microorganisms. Besides their advantages, there are limitations to be …

[HTML][HTML] Rational design of glycosaminoglycan binding cyclic peptides using cPEPmatch

BL Santini, M Gaardløs, D Wyrzykowski… - Computational and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cyclic peptides present a robust platform for drug design, offering high specificity and
stability due to their conformationally constrained structures. In this study, we introduce an …

A CcdB toxin‐derived peptide acts as a broad‐spectrum antibacterial therapeutic in infected mice

J Bhowmick, M Nag, P Ghosh, RS Rajmani… - EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Abstract The bacterial toxin CcdB (Controller of Cell death or division B) targets DNA
Gyrase, an essential bacterial topoisomerase, which is also the molecular target for …

Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Lysine-Stapled Peptide Inhibitors of p53-MDM2/MDMX Interactions with Potent Antitumor Activity In Vivo

L Xu, X Fan, Y He, X Xia, J Zhang - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
We introduce novel lysine-stapled peptide inhibitors targeting p53-MDM2/MDMX
interactions. Leveraging the model peptides pDI (LTFEHYWAQLTS) and PMI-M3 …