Synthesis and application of fluorescein- and biotin-labeled molecular probes for the chemokine receptor CXCR4

Chembiochem. 2008 May 5;9(7):1154-8. doi: 10.1002/cbic.200700761.

Abstract

The design, synthesis, and bioevaluation of fluorescence- and biotin-labeled CXCR4 antagonists are described. The modification of D-Lys8 at an epsilon-amino group in the peptide antagonist Ac-TZ14011 derived from polyphemusin II had no significant influence on the potent binding of the peptide to the CXCR4 receptor. The application of the labeled peptides in flow cytometry and confocal microscopy studies demonstrated the selectivity of their binding to the CXCR4 receptor, but not to CXCR7, which was recently reported to be another receptor for stromal cell-derived factor 1 (SDF-1)/CXCL12.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Biotin / chemistry*
  • Cell Line
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Fluorescein / chemistry*
  • Fluorescence
  • Fluorescent Dyes / analysis*
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemical synthesis*
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Peptides / analysis*
  • Peptides / chemical synthesis*
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Peptides / pharmacology
  • Receptors, CXCR4 / analysis*
  • Receptors, CXCR4 / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Receptors, CXCR4 / metabolism*
  • Substrate Specificity

Substances

  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Peptides
  • Receptors, CXCR4
  • Biotin
  • Fluorescein