A Cyclic Peptide Inhibitor of HIF-1 Heterodimerization That Inhibits Hypoxia Signaling in Cancer Cells
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Hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is a heterodimeric transcription factor that acts as the master regulator of cellular response to reduced oxygen levels, thus playing a key role in the adaptation, survival, and progression of tumors. Here we report cyclo-CLLFVY, identified from a library of 3.2 million cyclic hexapeptides using a genetically encoded high-throughput screening platform, as an inhibitor of the HIF-1α/HIF-1β protein-protein interaction in vitro and in cells. The identified compound inhibits HIF-1 dimerization and transcription activity by binding to the PAS-B domain of HIF-1α, reducing HIF-1-mediated hypoxia response signaling in a variety of cell lines, without affecting the function of the closely related HIF-2 isoform. The reported cyclic peptide demonstrates the utility of our high-throughput screening platform for the identification of protein-protein interaction inhibitors, and forms the starting point for the development of HIF-1 targeted cancer therapeutics.
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- Authors
- Miranda, E., Nordgren, I. K., Male, A. L., Lawrence, C. E., Hoakwie, F., Cuda, F., Court, W., Fox, K. R., Townsend, P. A., Packham, G. K., Eccles, S. A., & Tavassoli, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Southampton (GB)
- Institute of Cancer Research (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Tavassoli, Ali
- Venue
- Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2013-07-09
- Volume
- 135
- Issue
- 28
- Pages
- 10418-10425
- ISSN
- 0002-7863 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-5126
- PMC
- PMC3715890
- OpenAlex
- W2136374331
- Cited by
- 185
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 6
- FWCI
- 5.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of the American Chemical Society (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion)
- ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Gerald Kerkut Charitable Trust
- Cancer Research UK (A9984, 11566, A10263)
- Directorate for Biological Sciences
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Biochemical and Structural Characterization
- Keywords
- HIF-1, cyclic hexapeptide, protein-protein interaction inhibitors, PAS-B domain, hypoxia signaling, tumor hypoxia, HIF-2, high-throughput screening, cancer therapeutics, transcriptional activity inhibition
- MeSH terms
- Hypoxia, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Humans, Peptides, Cyclic, Structure-Activity Relationship, Signal Transduction, Cell Line, Tumor, Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, MCF-7 Cells
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