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Cell Permeable Stapled Peptide Inhibitor of Wnt Signaling that Targets β-Catenin Protein-Protein Interactions

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Dietrich, Laura, Rathmer, Bernd, Ewan, Kenneth, Bange, Tanja, Heinrichs, Stefan, Dale, Trevor C., Schade, Dennis, Grossmann, Tom N.·2017·Cell Chemical Biology

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The Wnt signaling pathway plays a critical role in cell proliferation and differentiation, thus it is often associated with diseases such as cancers. Unfortunately, although attractive, developing anti-cancer strategy targeting Wnt signaling has been challenging given that the most attractive targets are involved in protein-protein interactions (PPIs). Here, we develop a stapled peptide inhibitor that targets the interaction between β-catenin and T cell factor/lymphoid enhancer-binding factor transcription factors, which are crucially involved in Wnt signaling. Our integrative approach combines peptide stapling to optimize proteolytic stability, with lessons learned from cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) design to maximize cellular uptake resulting in NLS-StAx-h, a selective, cell permeable, stapled peptide inhibitor of oncogenic Wnt signaling that efficiently inhibits β-catenin-transcription factor interactions. We expect that this type of integrative strategy that endows stapled peptides with CPP features will be generally useful for developing inhibitors of intracellular PPIs.

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  • Several compounds have been selected as inhibitors targeting β-catenin PPI, including small molecules such as ICG-001, NLs-StAx-h, and CRT inhibitors (iCRT3, iCRT5, iCRT14), Henryin, PKF115-584 and CGP049090.

    “In addition, several compounds have been selected as inhibitors targeting β-cateninde PPI, including small molecules such as ICG-001 (176),448 NLs-StAx-h (177)449 and CRT inhibitors (iCRT3 (178), iCRT5 (179), iCRT14 (180)),450 Henryin (181),451 PKF115-584 (182) and CGP049090 (183).452”

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Authors
Dietrich, L., Rathmer, B., Ewan, K., Bange, T., Heinrichs, S., Dale, T. C., Schade, D., & Grossmann, T. N.
Affiliations
  • Max Planck Society (DE)
  • TU Dortmund University (DE)
  • Cardiff University (GB)
  • Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology (DE)
  • Essen University Hospital (DE)
Corresponding author
Grossmann, Tom N.
Venue
Cell Chemical Biology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-08
Volume
24
Issue
8
Pages
958-968.e5
ISSN
  • 2451-9448 (ISSN-L)
  • 2451-9456
OpenAlex
W2741166200
Cited by
126
References
98
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 1
FWCI
5.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell chemical biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) (acceptedVersion)
  • ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) (submittedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
  • VU Research Portal (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
  • Cancer Research UK (C368/A4545, C368/A7990)
  • AstraZeneca
  • European Research Council (678623)
  • Boehringer Ingelheim
  • Bayer HealthCare
  • Bayer CropScience
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (GR3592/2-1)
  • Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (131605)
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/D00117X/1)
  • Merck KGaA
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
Keywords
Wnt signaling, β-catenin, protein-protein interaction inhibitors, stapled peptides, cell-penetrating peptides, T-cell factor, nuclear localization signal, membrane permeability, cancer therapy
MeSH terms
Amino Acid Sequence, Cell Membrane Permeability, Cell Movement, HeLa Cells, Humans, Gene Expression, Genes, Reporter, Microscopy, Confocal, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation, beta Catenin, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins, Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs, Cell-Penetrating Peptides, Wnt Signaling Pathway, Axin Protein

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