Wang Zhihang, Tan Mixiao, Su Wen, Huang Wenping, Zhang Jie, Jia Fuhao, Cao Guoliang, Liu Xinyang, Song Haohao, Ran Haitao, Nie Guangjun, Wang Hai
CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety and CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
J Med Chem. 2023 May 11;66(9):6263-6273. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c00013. Epub 2023 Apr 24.
Proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) has emerged as a promising strategy for degrading proteins of interest. Peptide-based PROTACs offer several advantages over small-molecule-based PROTACs, such as high specificity, low toxicity, and large protein-protein interaction surfaces. However, peptide-based PROTACs have several intrinsic shortcomings that strongly limit their application including poor cell permeability and low stability and potency. Herein, we designed a nanosized hybrid PROTAC (GNCTACs) to target and degrade human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) in tumor cells. Gold nanoclusters (GNCs) were utilized to connect HER2-targeting peptides and cereblon (CRBN)-targeting ligands. GNCTACs could overcome the intrinsic barriers of peptide-based PROTACs, efficiently delivering HER2-targeting peptides in the cytoplasm and protecting them from degradation. Furthermore, a fasting-mimicking diet was applied to enhance the cellular uptake and proteasome activity. Consequently, more than 95% of HER2 in SKBR3 cells was degraded by GNCTACs, and the degradation lasted for at least 72 h, showing a catalytic-like reaction.
蛋白酶靶向嵌合体(PROTAC)已成为一种有前景的降解目标蛋白的策略。基于肽的PROTAC比基于小分子的PROTAC具有多个优势,如高特异性、低毒性以及大的蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用表面。然而,基于肽的PROTAC存在一些固有缺点,严重限制了它们的应用,包括细胞通透性差、稳定性低和效力低。在此,我们设计了一种纳米级混合PROTAC(GNCTACs),以靶向并降解肿瘤细胞中的人表皮生长因子受体2(HER2)。利用金纳米簇(GNCs)连接靶向HER2的肽和靶向大脑神经酰胺酶(CRBN)的配体。GNCTACs可以克服基于肽的PROTAC的固有障碍,在细胞质中有效递送靶向HER2的肽并保护它们不被降解。此外,采用模拟禁食饮食来增强细胞摄取和蛋白酶体活性。因此,SKBR3细胞中超过95%的HER2被GNCTACs降解,且降解持续至少72小时,呈现出类似催化反应的效果。
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