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Exploring new near-infrared fluorescent disulfide-based cyclic RGD peptide analogs for potential integrin-targeted optical imaging.

ABSTRACT: We synthesized disulfide-based cyclic RGD pentapeptides bearing a near-infrared fluorescent dye (cypate), represented by cypate-c(CRGDC) (1) for integrin-targeted optical imaging. These compounds were compared with the traditional lactam-based cyclic RGD counterpart, cypate-c(RGDfK) (2). Molecular modeling suggests that the binding affinity of 2 to integrin ?(v)?(3) is an order of magnitude higher than that of 1. This was confirmed experimentally, which further showed that substitution of Gly with Pro, Val and Tyr in 1 remarkably hampered the ?(v)?(3) binding. Interestingly, cell microscopy with A549 cells showed that 1 exhibited higher cellular staining than 2. These results indicate that factors other than receptor binding affinity to ?(v)?(3) dimeric proteins mediate cellular uptake. Consequently, 1 and its analogs may serve as valuable molecular probes for investigating the selectivity and specificity of integrin targeting by optical imaging.

SUBMITTER: Ye Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3056947 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Exploring new near-infrared fluorescent disulfide-based cyclic RGD peptide analogs for potential integrin-targeted optical imaging.

Ye Yunpeng Y Xu Baogang B Nikiforovich Gregory V GV Bloch Sharon S Achilefu Samuel S

Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters 20110223 7

We synthesized disulfide-based cyclic RGD pentapeptides bearing a near-infrared fluorescent dye (cypate), represented by cypate-c(CRGDC) (1) for integrin-targeted optical imaging. These compounds were compared with the traditional lactam-based cyclic RGD counterpart, cypate-c(RGDfK) (2). Molecular modeling suggests that the binding affinity of 2 to integrin α(v)β(3) is an order of magnitude higher than that of 1. This was confirmed experimentally, which further showed that substitution of Gly wi ...[more]

PMID: 21349709

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Exploring new near-infrared fluorescent disulfide-based cyclic RGD peptide analogs for potential integrin-targeted optical imaging.

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Exploring new near-infrared fluorescent disulfide-based cyclic RGD peptide analogs for potential integrin-targeted optical imaging.

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