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PDBsum entry 5mco
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Title
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Potent and selective bace-1 peptide inhibitors lower brain aβ levels mediated by brain shuttle transport.
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Authors
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N.Ruderisch,
D.Schlatter,
A.Kuglstatter,
W.Guba,
S.Huber,
C.Cusulin,
J.Benz,
A.C.Rufer,
J.Hoernschemeyer,
C.Schweitzer,
T.Bülau,
A.Gärtner,
E.Hoffmann,
J.Niewoehner,
C.Patsch,
K.Baumann,
H.Loetscher,
E.Kitas,
P.O.Freskgård.
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Ref.
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EBioMedicine, 2017,
24,
76-92.
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PubMed id
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Abstract
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Therapeutic approaches to fight Alzheimer's disease include anti-Amyloidβ (Aβ)
antibodies and secretase inhibitors. However, the blood-brain barrier (BBB)
limits the brain exposure of biologics and the chemical space for small
molecules to be BBB permeable. The Brain Shuttle (BS) technology is capable of
shuttling large molecules into the brain. This allows for new types of
therapeutic modalities engineered for optimal efficacy on the molecular target
in the brain independent of brain penetrating properties. To this end, we
designed BACE1 peptide inhibitors with varying lipid modifications with
single-digit picomolar cellular potency. Secondly, we generated active-exosite
peptides with structurally confirmed dual binding mode and improved potency.
When fused to the BS via sortase coupling, these BACE1 inhibitors significantly
reduced brain Aβ levels in mice after intravenous administration. In plasma,
both BS and non-BS BACE1 inhibitor peptides induced a significant time- and
dose-dependent decrease of Aβ. Our results demonstrate that the BS is essential
for BACE1 peptide inhibitors to be efficacious in the brain and active-exosite
design of BACE1 peptide inhibitors together with lipid modification may be of
therapeutic relevance.
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