Structure-Based Design, Optimization, and Evaluation of Potent Stabilized Peptide Inhibitors Disrupting MTDH and SND1 Interaction

J Med Chem. 2022 Sep 22;65(18):12188-12199. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c00862. Epub 2022 Aug 31.

Abstract

Blocking the interaction of MTDH/SND1 complex is an attractive strategy for cancer therapeutics. In this work, we designed and obtained a novel class of potent stabilized peptide inhibitors derived from MTDH sequence to disrupt MTDH/SND1 interaction. Through structure-based optimization and biological evaluation, stabilized peptides were obtained with tight binding affinity, improved cell penetration, and antitumor effects in the triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells without nonspecific toxicity. To date, our study was the first report to demonstrate that stabilized peptides truncated from MTDH could serve as promising candidates to disrupt the MTDH/SND1 interaction for potential breast cancer treatment.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules / metabolism
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Endonucleases / metabolism
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Nuclear Proteins / metabolism
  • Peptides / metabolism
  • Peptides / pharmacology
  • RNA-Binding Proteins
  • Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms* / metabolism

Substances

  • Cell Adhesion Molecules
  • MTDH protein, human
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Peptides
  • RNA-Binding Proteins
  • Endonucleases
  • SND1 protein, human