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Enzyme-triggered delivery of chlorambucil from conjugates based on the cell-penetrating peptide BP16
- Source :
- © Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2015, vol. 13, p. 1470-1480, Articles publicats (D-Q), DUGiDocs – Universitat de Girona, instname
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2015.
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Abstract
- The undecapeptide KKLFKKILKKL-NH2 (BP16) is a non-toxic cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) that is mainly internalized into cancer cells through a clathrin dependent endocytic mechanism and localizes in late endosomes. Moreover, this CPP is able to enhance the cellular uptake of chlorambucil (CLB) improving its cytotoxicity. In this work, we further explored the cell-penetrating properties of BP16 and those of its arginine analogue BP308. We investigated the influence on the cytotoxicity and on the cellular uptake of conjugating CLB at the N- or the C-terminal end of these undecapeptides. The effect of incorporating the cathepsin B-cleavable sequence Gly-Phe-Leu-Gly in CLB-BP16 and CLB-BP308 conjugates was also evaluated. The activity of CLB was significantly improved when conjugated at the N- or the C-terminus of BP16, or at the N-terminus of BP308. While CLB alone was not active (IC50 of 73.7 to >100 μM), the resulting conjugates displayed cytotoxic activity against CAPAN-1, MCF-7, PC-3, 1BR3G and SKMEL-28 cell lines with IC50 values ranging from 8.7 to 25.5 μM. These results were consistent with the internalization properties observed for the corresponding 5(6)-carboxyfluorescein-labeled conjugates. The presence of the tetrapeptide Gly-Phe-Leu-Gly at either the N- or the C-terminus of CLB-BP16 conjugates further increased the efficacy of CLB (IC50 of 3.6 to 16.2 μM), which could be attributed to its selective release in the lysosomal compartment. Enzymatic assays with cathepsin B showed the release of CLB-Gly-OH from these sequences within a short time. Therefore, the combination of BP16 with an enzymatic cleavable sequence can be used as a drug delivery system for the effective uptake and release of drugs in cancer cells This work was supported by Consolider Ingenio CSD/CSD2010-00065 from MICINN of Spain. We also thank the Catalan DIUE of the Generalitat de Catalunya (2009SGR637). X. R. acknowledges financial support from INNPLANTA project INP-2011-0059-PCT-420000-ACT1
- Subjects :
- Endosome
Cytotoxicity
media_common.quotation_subject
Molecular Sequence Data
Citotoxicitat
Cell-Penetrating Peptides
Biochemistry
Cancer -- Treatment
Cathepsin B
Cell Line, Tumor
Humans
Amino Acid Sequence
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Internalization
media_common
Cathepsin
Drug Carriers
Tetrapeptide
Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Biological Transport
Drug Liberation
Drug Design
Proteolysis
Drug delivery
Cell-penetrating peptide
Chlorambucil
Càncer -- Tractament
Pèptids
Peptides
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14770539 and 14770520
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a548005e9c612fce1fcf72d23ef2eb3c
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ob01875c