Drug Discovery Unit, Ri.MED Foundation, Palermo 90133, Italy.
J Med Chem. 2022 Jun 9;65(11):7438-7475. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c00123. Epub 2022 May 23.
The use of peptides as therapeutics has often been associated with several drawbacks such as poor absorption, low stability to proteolytic digestion, and fast clearance. Peptidomimetics are developed by modifications of native peptides with the aim of obtaining molecules that are more suitable for clinical development and, for this reason, are widely used as tools in medicinal chemistry programs. The effort to disclose innovative peptidomimetic therapies is recurrent and constantly evolving as demonstrated by the new lead compounds in clinical trials. Synthetic strategies for the development of peptidomimetics have also been implemented with time. This perspective highlights some of the most recent efforts for the design and synthesis of peptidomimetic agents together with their biological evaluation toward a panel of targets.
肽类作为治疗药物的应用常常与一些缺点相关联,例如吸收不良、对蛋白水解消化的稳定性低和快速清除。肽模拟物是通过对天然肽进行修饰而开发的,目的是获得更适合临床开发的分子,因此,它们被广泛用作药物化学计划中的工具。揭示创新肽模拟治疗方法的努力是反复出现的,并且随着临床试验中新型先导化合物的出现而不断发展。随着时间的推移,也已经实施了用于开发肽模拟物的合成策略。本文观点重点介绍了一些最新的设计和合成肽模拟物的努力,以及针对一系列靶点对其进行的生物评估。