K-Ras(G12D)-selective inhibitory peptides generated by random peptide T7 phage display technology
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Amino-acid mutations of Gly 12 (e.g. G12D, G12V, G12C) of V-Ki-ras2 Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (K-Ras), the most promising drug target in cancer therapy, are major growth drivers in various cancers. Although over 30 years have passed since the discovery of these mutations in most cancer patients, effective mutated K-Ras inhibitors have not been marketed. Here, we report novel and selective inhibitory peptides to K-Ras(G12D). We screened random peptide libraries displayed on T7 phage against purified recombinant K-Ras(G12D), with thorough subtraction of phages bound to wild-type K-Ras, and obtained KRpep-2 (Ac-RRCPLYISYDPVCRR-NH 2) as a consensus sequence. KRpep-2 showed more than 10-fold binding- and inhibition-selectivity to K-Ras(G12D), both in SPR analysis and GDP/GTP exchange enzyme assay. K D and IC 50 values were 51 and 8.9 nM, respectively. After subsequent sequence optimization, we successfully generated KRpep-2d (Ac-RRRRCPLYISYDPVCRRRR-NH 2) that inhibited enzyme activity of K-Ras(G12D) with IC 50 = 1.6 nM and significantly suppressed ERK-phosphorylation, downstream of K-Ras(G12D), along with A427 cancer cell proliferation at 30 μM peptide concentration. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a K-Ras(G12D)-selective inhibitor, contributing to the development and study of K-Ras(G12D)-targeting drugs.
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Peptide KRpep-2 and optimized KRpep-2d selectively inhibit K-RasG12D and downstream ERK activation.
“For example, by screening phage-displayed peptide libraries against K-RasG12D versus wide type K-Ras, peptide KRpep-2 (Ac-RRCPLYISYDPVCRR-NH2), and the optimized sequence, KRpep-2d (Ac-RRRRCPLYISYDPVCRRRR-NH2), were identified as capable of selectively inhibiting K-RasG12D and downstream ERK activation.54”
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- Authors
- Sakamoto, K., Kamada, Y., Sameshima, T., Yaguchi, M., Niida, A., Sasaki, S., Miwa, M., Ohkubo, S., Sakamoto, J.-I., Kamaura, M., Cho, N., & Tani, A.
- Affiliations
- Takeda (Japan) (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Sakamoto, Kotaro
- Venue
- Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-03
- Volume
- 484
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 605-611
- ISSN
- 0006-291X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2580339463
- Cited by
- 118
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 8
- FWCI
- 3.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
- Keywords
- KRAS G12D, peptide inhibitors, T7 phage display, peptide library screening, ERK1/2 phosphorylation, cancer drug targets
- MeSH terms
- Antineoplastic Agents, Binding Sites, Enzyme Activation, Humans, Neoplasms, Experimental, Protease Inhibitors, Protein Binding, Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras), Bacteriophage T7, Peptide Library, Protein Interaction Mapping, Cell Line, Tumor, Drug Discovery
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