{"title":"Carrier Free 1,2,3,4,6-<i>O</i>-Pentagalloylglucose Nanoparticles for Treatment of Acute Lung Injury.","authors":"Qi Zhang, Ying Wang, Zixuan Yang, Zhiming Xin, Haohua Deng, Wei Chen","doi":"10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5c00197","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5c00197","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acute lung injury (ALI) is a severe lung disease with a high mortality rate, and novel therapeutic strategies must be developed crucially. The amelioration of inflammation and oxidative stress is a promising strategy for alleviating ALI. 1,2,3,4,6-<i>O</i>-pentagalloylglucose (PGG) has a pronounced therapeutic effect on ALI, with excellent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. However, poor solubility and low bioavailability have affected its clinical application. In this study, carrier-free PGG nanoparticles (PGG NPs) were prepared by antisolvent precipitation method. PGG NPs have been engineered to improve solubility, sustained release behavior, and higher bioavailability than free PGG. Moreover, the pharmacodynamic results showed that the remarkable protective effect of PGG NPs on ALI in rats is better than that of free PGG, which is related to the activation of Nrf2/Keap1/HO-1/NLRP3 pathway. Overall, this study not only demonstrates the efficacy and safety of PGG against ALI, but also holds promise as a carrier-free nanodrug system.</p>","PeriodicalId":29,"journal":{"name":"Bioconjugate Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"1121-1131"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143955695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Glycosylation Modification Balances the Aqueous Solubility of Lipidated Peptides and Facilitates Their Biostability.","authors":"Guozhen Dong, Liyan Gong, Qianqian Zhang, Wenqing Yao, Yiying Shi, Zongwen Gu, Xianmin Yang, Xiang Gao, Yaning Zheng, Chuanliang Zhang","doi":"10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5c00057","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5c00057","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Protein tyrosine phosphatase N1 (PTPN1) is a key regulator of insulin and leptin signaling pathways, making it an attractive therapeutic target for type 2 diabetes. Recent studies have identified fatty acid conjugated BimBH3 analogues as promising PTPN1 inhibitors with antidiabetic potential. Peptide therapeutics have proven successful in the treatment of a wide range of medical conditions, yet challenges such as poor aqueous solubility, proteolytic degradation, and limited bioavailability still hinder their clinical application. In this study, we developed a series of novel BimBH3 peptide analogues through dual modifications involving fatty acid lipidation and glycosylation to address these limitations. These modifications significantly improved the peptides' solubility, proteolytic stability, and plasma half-life while preserving potent PTPN1 inhibitory activity, which is essential for enhancing insulin signaling in type 2 diabetes treatment. Among the analogues, compound <b>L3</b> exhibited the most balanced profile, with an aqueous solubility increase over 10-fold, a half-life extension in rat plasma of 9.92-fold compared to the lead compound, and an IC<sub>50</sub> of 0.78 μM against PTPN1. <i>In vivo</i> studies further demonstrated <b>L3</b>'s efficacy in lowering blood glucose levels in mice. This study demonstrates the utility of glycosylation in overcoming the solubility and stability challenges associated with lipidated peptides. The optimized analogue <b>L3</b> could serve as a proof of concept for developing novel long-acting PTPN1 inhibitors.</p>","PeriodicalId":29,"journal":{"name":"Bioconjugate Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"1004-1012"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143952148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Szilvia H. Toth, Anca D. Stoica* and Cristian Sevcencu,
{"title":"","authors":"Szilvia H. Toth, Anca D. Stoica* and Cristian Sevcencu, ","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29,"journal":{"name":"Bioconjugate Chemistry","volume":"36 5","pages":"XXX-XXX XXX-XXX"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.4c00558","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144390716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bioconjugate ChemistryPub Date : 2025-05-21Epub Date: 2025-04-09DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5c00128
Zhan Si, Lulu Tian, Hongxin Zhou, Jiasheng Lin, Jun Zhou
{"title":"In Vivo Interrogation of Cell-Penetrating Peptide Function: Accumulation in Tumors and the Potential as a Specific PET Probe.","authors":"Zhan Si, Lulu Tian, Hongxin Zhou, Jiasheng Lin, Jun Zhou","doi":"10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5c00128","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5c00128","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We aimed to evaluate the biodistribution and specificity of <sup>68</sup>Ga-DOTA-TAT and RHO-TAT using MGC-803 and HT-29 tumor cells as well as tumor-xenografted nude mice and to demonstrate its application in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. The in vitro evaluation of <sup>68</sup>Ga-DOTA-TAT was assessed in MGC-803 and HT-29 cell lines, and the in vivo evaluation of <sup>68</sup>Ga-DOTA-TAT was also performed in mice bearing MGC-803 or HT-29 tumors, respectively. Fluorescence microscopy was also employed to evaluate the specificity of RHO-TAT in vitro in MGC-803 and HT-29 cells as well as ex vivo in tumor slices of the corresponding tumor models. The in vivo imaging differences between <sup>68</sup>Ga-DOTA-TAT and <sup>18</sup>F-FDG in MGC-803 and HT-29 tumors were also studied. The biodistribution and micro-PET results demonstrated significant uptake of <sup>68</sup>Ga-DOTA-TAT in non-FDG-avid MGC-803 tumors, whereas there was negligible uptake in FDG-avid HT-29 tumors. RHO-TAT showed superior fluorescence microscopy imaging effects in MGC-803 cells and tumor slices but not in HT-29 cells and tumor slices, which were consistent with the in vivo results. <sup>68</sup>Ga-DOTA-TAT combined with <sup>18</sup>F-FDG can be applied noninvasively in cancers with PET imaging for potential patient selection and stratification. We demonstrated a higher binding of <sup>68</sup>Ga-DOTA-TAT and RHO-TAT to MGC-803 cells as well as to non-FDG-avid MGC-803 xenografted tumors and a lower binding to HT-29 cells and FDG-avid xenografted tumors. These results suggest that TAT has the potential to be a ligand for targeting certain tumors.</p>","PeriodicalId":29,"journal":{"name":"Bioconjugate Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"1088-1097"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12101444/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143810197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}