Cryptic Host Defense Peptides: Multifaceted Activity and Prospects for Medicinal Chemistry
| Autor: | Octavio L. Franco, Bruna O. Costa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Protein Conformation
Chemistry Pharmaceutical Biological Availability Context (language use) Antineoplastic Agents Biology Protein Engineering Medicinal chemistry 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Anti-Infective Agents Drug Discovery Animals Humans Immunologic Factors 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences Biological Products Heterogeneous group Host (biology) Protein Stability General Medicine Plants Small molecule 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides |
| Zdroj: | Current topics in medicinal chemistry. 20(14) |
| ISSN: | 1873-4294 |
| Popis: | Host defense peptides (HDPs) comprise a heterogeneous group of evolutionarily conserved and biologically active small molecules that are produced by different organisms. HDPs are widely researched because they often have multiple biological activities, for example antimicrobial, immunomodulatory and anticancer activity. In this context, in this review we focus on cryptic HDPs, molecules derived specifically from proteolytic processing of endogenous precursor proteins. Here, we explore the biological activity of such molecules and we further discuss the development of optimized sequences based on these natural cryptic HDPs. In addition, we present clinical-phase studies of cryptic HDPs (natural or optimized), and point out the possible applicability of these molecules in medicinal chemistry. |
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