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Development of Peptide Biopharmaceuticals in Russia

Pharmaceutics, 2022
Peptides are low-molecular-weight substances that participate in numerous important physiological functions, such as human growth and development, stress, regulation of the emotional state, sexual behavior, and immune responses.
Vladislav I. Deigin, Elena A. Poluektova, Allan G. Beniashvili, Sergey A. Kozin, Yuri M. Poluektov   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inhibiting stearoyl‐CoA desaturase suppresses bone metastatic prostate cancer by modulating cellular stress, mTOR signaling, and DNA damage response

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Bone metastasis in prostate cancer (PCa) patients is a clinical hurdle due to the poor understanding of the supportive bone microenvironment. Here, we identify stearoyl‐CoA desaturase (SCD) as a tumor‐promoting enzyme and potential therapeutic target in bone metastatic PCa.
Alexis Wilson, Mackenzie K Herroon, Shane Mecca, Laimar C Garmo, Jacob Lindquist, Shrila Rajendran, Steve M. Patrick, Izabela Podgorski   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biological Evaluation and Conformational Preferences of Ferrocene Dipeptides with Hydrophobic Amino Acids

Inorganics, 2023
Despite the large number of peptidomimetics with incorporated heteroannularly functionalized ferrocenes, few studies have investigated their bioactivity.
Monika Kovačević, Mojca Čakić Semenčić, Ivan Kodrin, Sunčica Roca, Jana Perica, Jasna Mrvčić, Damir Stanzer, Krešimir Molčanov, Valentina Milašinović, Lidija Brkljačić, Lidija Barišić   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structural biology of ferritin nanocages

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Ferritin is a conserved iron‐storage protein that sequesters iron as a ferric mineral core within a nanocage, protecting cells from oxidative damage and maintaining iron homeostasis. This review discusses ferritin biology, structure, and function, and highlights recent cryo‐EM studies revealing mechanisms of ferritinophagy, cellular iron uptake, and ...
Eloise Mastrangelo, Flavio Di Pisa
wiley   +1 more source

Protocol for reconstituting peptides/peptidomimetics from DMSO to aqueous buffers for circular dichroism analyses

STAR Protocols
Summary: Circular dichroism (CD) spectrometry is a rapid technique for detecting protein secondary structure, particularly helicity. DMSO is used to ensure optimal solubility of peptides/peptidomimetics; however, its background absorbance hinders ...
William H. Deni, Tong Gao, Jinhua Wu
doaj   +1 more source

Bioinspired Bromination Enables Extensible, Strain‐Stiffening Resilin Peptide Scaffolds with Tunable Degradation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bioinspired bromination of a resilin‐derived peptide enables the fabrication of electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds that uniquely combine strain‐stiffening elasticity, proteolytic stability, and antioxidant functionality. These brominated peptide–gelatin hybrids mimic the extensibility of natural elastomers, demonstrating tunable mechanical resilience ...
Elisa Marelli, Lorenzo Sori, Chiara Russo, Claudia Pigliacelli, Lorenza Draghi, Monica Soncini, Pierangelo Metrangolo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Facile green diversity-oriented synthesis, molecular docking, and cytotoxicity evaluation of quinoline -triazole appended peptidomimetics as inhibitors of human breast cancer cell line MCF-7

Results in Chemistry
The synthesis of quinoline-based drugs has significant interest from researchers due to their broad spectrum of biological activities. In this context, a concise approach for the synthesis of quinoline-functionalized hybrid peptidomimetics is described ...
K. Ramya, Seena Chakko, V.S. Shinu, Davis Varghese, Ron Joy Pullukkara, S. Arun   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

1H-Imidazole-2,5-Dicarboxamides as NS4A Peptidomimetics: Identification of a New Approach to Inhibit HCV-NS3 Protease

Biomolecules, 2020
The nonstructural (NS) protein NS3/4A protease is a critical factor for hepatitis C virus (HCV) maturation that requires activation by NS4A. Synthetic peptide mutants of NS4A were found to inhibit NS3 function.
Abdelsattar M. Omar, Mahmoud A. Elfaky, Stefan T. Arold, Sameh H. Soror, Maan T. Khayat, Hani Z. Asfour, Faida H. Bamane, Moustafa E. El-Araby   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Co‐Electrospinning Extracellular Matrix with Polycaprolactone Enables a Modular Approach to Balance Bioactivity and Mechanics of a Multifunctional Bone Wrap

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The incorporation of nondigested ECM and synthetic polymers into a co‐electrospinning system enables the decoupling of bioactivity and mechanical properties within a single wrap. This technique is used to develop a multifunctional bone wrap that achieves augmented membrane durability, sustained infection control, and enhanced vascularity for use in ...
Sarah Jones, Madeline Laude, Zeenat Oyebanji, Ruchi Birur, Andres Luengo Martinez, Isabelle Gilbert, Phillip Baek, Nichole Longbottom, Nicole McCullough, Staci J. Horn, Chien‐Yu Lin, Matthew J. Lohr, Fred Clubb, Manuel K. Rausch, Elizabeth Cosgriff‐Hernandez   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temperature-Controlled Diastereoselective Doebner/Ugi Tandem Reaction

SynOpen, 2023
Novel peptidomimetics containing a pyrrolone fragment were synthesized by a tandem combination of Doebner and Ugi type multicomponent reactions with controlled diastereoselectivity. This approach represents a convenient synthesis in the temperature range
Yana Sakhno, Oleksandr Radchenko, Vyacheslav Saraev, Yuliia Shliapkina, Mariia Kaidash, Mariia Shyshkina, Svitlana Shishkina, Vladimir Musatov, Sergey Desenko, Valentyn Chebanov   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source