Discovery of Potent Cyclic Sulfopeptide Chemokine Inhibitors via Reprogrammed Genetic Code mRNA Display

J. Johansen-Leete, T. Passioura, T. Passioura, T. Passioura, T. Passioura, S.R. Foster, R.P. Bhusal, D.J. Ford, M. Liu, S.A.K. Jongkees, H. Suga, M.J. Stone, R.J. Payne, R.J. Payne

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Abstract

© 2020 American Chemical Society.Targeting chemokine signaling is an attractive avenue for the treatment of inflammatory disorders. Tyrosine sulfation is an important post-translational modification (PTM) that enhances chemokine-receptor binding and is also utilized by a number of pathogenic organisms to improve the binding affinity of immune-suppressive chemokine binding proteins (CKBPs). Here we report the display selection of tyrosine-sulfated cyclic peptides using a reprogrammed genetic code to discover high-affinity ligands for the chemokine CCL11 (eotaxin-1). The selected cyclic sulfopeptides possess high affinity for the target chemokine (as well as one or more of the related family members CCL2, CCL7 and CCL24) and inhibit CCL11 activation of CC chemokine receptor 3 (CCR3). This work demonstrates the utility of exploiting native PTMs as binding motifs for the generation of new leads for medicinal chemistry.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9141-9146
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume142
Issue number20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 May 2020
Externally publishedYes

Funding

We acknowledge funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (Investigator Grant APP1174941, Project Grant APP1140867 to M.J.S. and R.J.P. and APP1140874 to M.J.S.) and the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement 746631 (to S.A.K.J.).

FundersFunder number
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
National Health and Medical Research CouncilAPP1140874, APP1140867, APP1174941
Horizon 2020746631

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