Targeting of p53 peptide analogues to anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins as revealed by NMR spectroscopy

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Targeting of p53 peptide analogues to anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins as revealed by NMR spectroscopy
Author(s)
J S Shin; Ji-Hyang Ha; Seung-Wook Chi
Bibliographic Citation
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 443, no. 3, pp. 882-887
Publication Year
2014
Abstract
Inhibition of the interaction between the p53 tumor suppressor and its negative regulator MDM2 is of great importance to cancer therapy. The anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins are also attractive anti-cancer molecular targets, as they are key regulators of apoptotic cell death. Previously, we reported the interactions between the p53 transactivation domain (p53TAD) and diverse members of the anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins. In this study, we investigated the binding of MDM2-inhibiting p53TAD peptide analogues, p53-MDM2/MDMX inhibitor (PMI) and pDI, with anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins, Bcl-XL and Bcl-2, by using NMR spectroscopy. The NMR chemical shift perturbation data demonstrated the direct binding of the p53 peptide analogues to Bcl-XL and Bcl-2 and showed that the PMI and pDI peptides bind to a conserved hydrophobic groove of the anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins. Furthermore, the structural model of the Bcl-XL/PMI peptide complex showed that the binding mode of the PMI peptide is highly similar to that of pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 homology 3 (BH3) peptides. Finally, our structural comparison provided a molecular basis for how the same PMI peptide can bind to two distinct anti-cancer target proteins Bcl-XL and MDM2, which may have potential applications for multi-targeting cancer therapy.
Keyword
Bcl-2 family proteinsCancer therapyMDM2Multi-targetingp53 Peptide analoguepDIPMINMR spectroscopy
ISSN
0006-291X
Publisher
Elsevier
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.12.054
Type
Article
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Division of Biomedical Research > 1. Journal Articles
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