Disclosed is a general, reversible bicyclization strategy to increase both the proteolytic stability and cell permeability of peptidyl drugs. A peptide drug is fused with a short cell-penetrating motif and converted into a conformationally constrained bicyclic structure through the formation of a pair of disulfide bonds. The resulting bicyclic peptide has greatly enhanced proteolytic stability as well as cell-permeability. Once inside the cell, the disulfide bonds are reduced to produce a linear, biologically active peptide. This strategy was applied to generate a cell-permeable bicyclic peptidyl inhibitor against the NEMO-IKK interaction.
本发明公开了一种通用、可逆的双环化策略,用于提高
多肽药物的蛋白
水解稳定性和细胞渗透性。肽类药物与短的细胞穿透基团融合,并通过形成一对二
硫键转化为构象受限的双环结构。由此产生的双环肽大大提高了蛋白
水解稳定性和细胞渗透性。进入细胞后,二
硫键被还原,生成具有
生物活性的线性肽。我们采用这种策略生成了一种针对 NEMO-IKK 相互作用的细胞渗透性双环肽
抑制剂。