PMID- 24039179 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20151026 LR - 20150224 IS - 1860-7187 (Electronic) IS - 1860-7179 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 10 DP - 2013 Oct TI - Anti-HIV-1 peptide derivatives based on the HIV-1 Co-receptor CXCR4. PG - 1668-72 LID - 10.1002/cmdc.201300289 [doi] AB - The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) uses CD4 and the co-receptor CCR5 or CXCR4 in the process of cell entry. The negatively charged extracellular domains of CXCR4 (CXCR4-ED) interact with positive charges on the V3 loop of gp120, facilitating binding via electrostatic interactions. The presence of highly conserved positively charged residues in the V3 loop suggests that CXCR4-ED-derived inhibitors might be broadly effective inhibitors. Synthetic peptide derivatives were evaluated for anti-HIV-1 activity. The 39-mer extracellular N-terminal region (NT) was divided into three fragments with 10-mer overlapping sites (N1-N3), and these linear peptides were synthesized. Peptide N1 contains Met 1-Asp 20 and shows significant anti-HIV-1 activity. Extracellular loops 1 and 2 (ECL1 and 2) were mimicked by cyclic peptides C1 and C2, which were synthesized by chemoselective cyclization. Cyclic peptides C1 and C2 show higher anti-HIV-1 activity than their linear peptide counterparts, L1 and L2. The cytotoxicities of C1 and C2 are lower than those of L1 and L2. These results indicate that Met 1-Asp 20 segments of the NT and cyclic peptides of ECL1 and ECL2 are potent anti-HIV-1 drug candidates. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. FAU - Hashimoto, Chie AU - Hashimoto C AD - Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 2-3-10 Kandasurugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0062 (Japan). FAU - Nomura, Wataru AU - Nomura W FAU - Narumi, Tetsuo AU - Narumi T FAU - Fujino, Masayuki AU - Fujino M FAU - Tsutsumi, Hiroshi AU - Tsutsumi H FAU - Haseyama, Masaki AU - Haseyama M FAU - Yamamoto, Naoki AU - Yamamoto N FAU - Murakami, Tsutomu AU - Murakami T FAU - Tamamura, Hirokazu AU - Tamamura H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130823 PL - Germany TA - ChemMedChem JT - ChemMedChem JID - 101259013 RN - 0 (Anti-HIV Agents) RN - 0 (HIV Envelope Protein gp120) RN - 0 (HIV envelope protein gp120 (305-321)) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (Receptors, CXCR4) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Anti-HIV Agents/chemical synthesis/*chemistry/pharmacology MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Crystallography, X-Ray MH - Drug Design MH - HIV Envelope Protein gp120/chemistry/metabolism MH - HIV-1/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Peptide Fragments/chemistry/metabolism MH - Peptides/chemical synthesis/*chemistry/pharmacology MH - Protein Structure, Tertiary MH - Receptors, CXCR4/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Static Electricity MH - Virus Integration/drug effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - CXCR4 OT - HIV-1 entry inhibitors OT - antiviral agents OT - extracellular domains OT - peptides EDAT- 2013/09/17 06:00 MHDA- 2015/10/27 06:00 CRDT- 2013/09/17 06:00 PHST- 2013/07/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/09/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/09/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/10/27 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1002/cmdc.201300289 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - ChemMedChem. 2013 Oct;8(10):1668-72. doi: 10.1002/cmdc.201300289. Epub 2013 Aug 23.