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BIOPOLYMERS
Volume 106, Issue 3, Pages 235-244Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/bip.22851
Keywords
apoptosis; aza-valine; semicarbazide; azo-peptide; aza-Diels Alder
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
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Constrained azapeptides were designed based on the Ala-Val-Pro-Ile sequence from the second mitochondria-derived activator of caspases ( Smac) protein and tested for ability to induce apoptosis in cancer cells. Diels-Alder cyclizations and Alder-ene reactions on azopeptides enabled construction of a set of constrained aza-valine dipeptide building blocks, that were introduced into mimics using effective coupling conditions to acylate bulky semicarbazide residues. Evaluation of azapeptides 7-11 in MCF-7 breast cancer cells indicated aza-cyclohexanylglycyine analog 11 induced cell death more efficiently than the parent tetrapeptide likely by a caspase-9 mediated apoptotic pathway. (C) 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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