Department of Chemistry, King's College London, London, SE1 1DB, UK.
Peptide Chemistry, The Francis Crick Institute, London, NW1 1AT, UK.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2018 Jan 2;57(1):287-291. doi: 10.1002/anie.201710910. Epub 2017 Dec 5.
The breast cancer stem cell (CSC) and bulk breast cancer cell potency of a series of metallopeptides containing dichloro(1,10-phenanthroline)copper(II) and various organelle-targeting peptide sequences is reported. The mitochondria-targeting metallopeptide 1 exploits the higher mitochondrial load in breast CSCs over the corresponding non-CSCs and the vulnerability of breast CSCs to mitochondrial damage to potently and selectively kill breast CSCs. Strikingly, 1 reduces the formation and size of mammospheres to a greater extent than salinomycin, an established CSC-potent agent. Mechanistic studies show that 1 enters CSC mitochondria, induces mitochondrial dysfunction, generates reactive oxygen species (ROS), activates JNK and p38 pathways, and prompts apoptosis. To the best of our knowledge, 1 is the first metallopeptide to selectivity kill breast CSCs in vitro.
报道了一系列含二氯(1,10-菲咯啉)铜(II)和各种细胞器靶向肽序列的金属肽的乳腺癌干细胞(CSC)和批量乳腺癌细胞活力。线粒体靶向金属肽 1 利用乳腺癌 CSC 中线粒体负荷高于相应的非 CSC 以及乳腺癌 CSC 对线粒体损伤的脆弱性,有效地、选择性地杀死乳腺癌 CSC。引人注目的是,1 比盐霉素(一种已建立的 CSC 有效药物)更能减少类球体的形成和大小。机制研究表明,1 进入 CSC 线粒体,诱导线粒体功能障碍,产生活性氧(ROS),激活 JNK 和 p38 途径,并促使细胞凋亡。据我们所知,1 是第一个选择性地在体外杀死乳腺癌 CSC 的金属肽。