1. Transglutaminase-catalyzed covalent anti-myostatin peptide depots.
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Hamm P, Beckmann D, Worschech R, Braun A, Gutmann M, Korb-Pap A, Lühmann T, Pap T, and Meinel L
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- Animals, Mice, Extracellular Matrix metabolism, Peptides chemistry, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I metabolism, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I administration & dosage, Macrophages metabolism, Macrophages drug effects, Cell Differentiation drug effects, Humans, Delayed-Action Preparations, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Transglutaminases metabolism, Myostatin metabolism
- Abstract
Nature realizes protein and peptide depots by catalyzing covalent bonds with the extracellular matrix (ECM) of tissues. We are translating this natural blueprint for the sustained delivery of a myostatin-inhibiting peptide (Anti-Myo), resulting in an enzyme depot established from injectable solutions. For that, we fused Anti-Myo to the D-domain of insulin-like growth factor I, a transglutaminase (TG) substrate. TG catalyzed the covalent binding of the D-domain to ECM proteins, such as laminin and fibronectin, on bioengineered ECM and in mice. ECM decorated with Anti-Myo suppressed myostatin activity and pathway activation and reduced the differentiation of preconditioned bone marrow-derived macrophages into osteoclasts in vitro., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2024
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