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SUBMITTER: Missirlis D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2997927 | biostudies-other | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Missirlis Dimitris D Krogstad Daniel V DV Tirrell Matthew M
Molecular pharmaceutics 20100924 6
In vivo peptide inhibition of tumor suppressor p53 binding to the protein MDM2 is hampered by inefficient delivery of the peptide. Our approach to couple a hydrophobic lipid-like tail on the inhibitory peptide p53(14-29) allowed its intracellular delivery in vitro, in a panel of different cell lines. The constructed chimeric molecules, termed peptide amphiphiles, further self-assembled into supramolecular structures, identified as elongated wormlike micelles. Internalization of peptides occurred ...[more]