Amphipathic Hybrid Cyclic-Linear Peptides as a Drug Delivery System
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description: Amphipathic Hybrid Cyclic-Linear Peptides as a Drug Delivery System by Jonathan A. Moreno Peptides [RW]4 and [R5W4] have been previously identified as molecular transporter Cell Penetrating Peptide (CPP) and antimicrobial agents, respectively. These peptides consisted of alternating and non-alternating arginine (R) as positively charged residues and tryptophan (W) as hydrophobic residues. Herein we report the synthesis of two hybrid amphipathic cyclic-linear cell-penetrating peptides [RW]4K-AH135 (1) and [R5W4]K-AH135 (2) composed of [RW]4 and [R5W4] and a linear peptide AH-135 (Ac)NH-RWLRRWLRWWRR-COOH. The hybrid peptides were assessed for their antimicrobial activity and capacity to deliver small and large molecules, including proteins. Remarkably, (2) exhibited superior efficiency as an anticancer drug delivery system. Consequently, nonacetylated (2) was fluorescently labeled with FITC using a short β-alanine linker, resulting in [R5W4]K-AH135(βA)-F' (3), to investigate its mechanistic uptake. Similarly, Doxorubicin (DOX) was conjugated to Peptide (2) through a β-alanine, glutarate linker, resulting in [R5W4]K–RRWWRLWRRLWRβA–DOX (4). Antiproliferative assays compared the efficacy of the peptide-DOX conjugate (PDC) to free DOX and its peptide-DOX physical mixtures in cancer cell lines. Conjugate (4) exhibited higher cytotoxicity against cancer cells at concentrations of 5 μM and 8 μM compared to free DOX at 5 μM. After 72 h of incubation, the conjugate inhibited the viability of ovarian adenocarcinoma (SK-OV-3) cells by 63%, and breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7) by 74% and 66%, respectively, in comparison to the free drug 31%, 41%, and 48% in each cell line. The PDC showed lower toxicity towards healthy myocardial cells (H9C2) with 80% cell viability compared to 60% for free DOX. It exhibited higher activity against DOX- vi resistant cells (MES-SA/MX2) with only 13% cell viability compared to 84% for the free DOX treatment. Mechanistic studies revealed th…
abstract: Amphipathic Hybrid Cyclic-Linear Peptides as a Drug Delivery System by Jonathan A. Moreno Peptides [RW]4 and [R5W4] have been previously identified as molecular transporter Cell Penetrating Peptide (CPP) and antimicrobial agents, respectively. These peptides consisted of alternating and non-alternating arginine (R) as positively charged residues and tryptophan (W) as hydrophobic residues. Herein we report the synthesis of two hybrid amphipathic cyclic-linear cell-penetrating peptides [RW]4K-AH135 (1) and [R5W4]K-AH135 (2) composed of [RW]4 and [R5W4] and a linear peptide AH-135 (Ac)NH-RWLRRWLRWWRR-COOH. The hybrid peptides were assessed for their antimicrobial activity and capacity to deliver small and large molecules, including proteins. Remarkably, (2) exhibited superior efficiency as an anticancer drug delivery system. Consequently, nonacetylated (2) was fluorescently labeled with FITC using a short β-alanine linker, resulting in [R5W4]K-AH135(βA)-F' (3), to investigate its mechanistic uptake. Similarly, Doxorubicin (DOX) was conjugated to Peptide (2) through a β-alanine, glutarate linker, resulting in [R5W4]K–RRWWRLWRRLWRβA–DOX (4). Antiproliferative assays compared the efficacy of the peptide-DOX conjugate (PDC) to free DOX and its peptide-DOX physical mixtures in cancer cell lines. Conjugate (4) exhibited higher cytotoxicity against cancer cells at concentrations of 5 μM and 8 μM compared to free DOX at 5 μM. After 72 h of incubation, the conjugate inhibited the viability of ovarian adenocarcinoma (SK-OV-3) cells by 63%, and breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7) by 74% and 66%, respectively, in comparison to the free drug 31%, 41%, and 48% in each cell line. The PDC showed lower toxicity towards healthy myocardial cells (H9C2) with 80% cell viability compared to 60% for free DOX. It exhibited higher activity against DOX- vi resistant cells (MES-SA/MX2) with only 13% cell viability compared to 84% for the free DOX treatment. Mechanistic studies revealed th…
author: Moreno, Jonathan
keywords: Drug Delivery, Molecular Transport, Cell-penetrating peptides, Peptide therapeutics, Peptide-drug conjugate, Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins, Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
date published: 2024-05-01T07:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T01:38:37Z
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