PMID- 38055197 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240205 LR - 20240406 IS - 1439-7633 (Electronic) IS - 1439-4227 (Print) IS - 1439-4227 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 3 DP - 2024 Feb 1 TI - Discovery and Development of Cyclic Peptide Proteasome Stimulators. PG - e202300671 LID - 10.1002/cbic.202300671 [doi] AB - The proteasome degrades proteins, which is essential for cellular homeostasis. Ubiquitin independent proteolysis degrades highly disordered and misfolded proteins. A decline of proteasomal activity has been associated with multiple neurodegenerative diseases due to the accumulation of misfolded proteins. In this work, cyclic peptide proteasome stimulators (CyPPSs) that enhance the clearance of misfolded proteins were discovered. In the initial screen of predicted natural products (pNPs), several cyclic peptides were found to stimulate the 20S core particle (20S CP). Development of a robust structural activity relationship led to the identification of potent, cell permeable CyPPSs. In vitro assays revealed that CyPPSs stimulate degradation of highly disordered and misfolded proteins without affecting ordered proteins. Furthermore, using a novel flow-based assay for proteasome activity, several CyPPSs were found to stimulate the 20S CP in cellulo. Overall, this work describes the development of CyPPSs as chemical tools capable of stimulating the proteasome and provides strong support for proteasome stimulation as a therapeutic strategy for neurodegenerative diseases. CI - (c) 2023 The Authors. ChemBioChem published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. FAU - Nelson, Samantha AU - Nelson S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2850-7105 AD - Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47906, USA. FAU - Harris, Timothy J AU - Harris TJ AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California, 92697, USA. FAU - Muli, Christine S AU - Muli CS AD - Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47906, USA. FAU - Maresh, Marianne E AU - Maresh ME AD - Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47906, USA. FAU - Baker, Braden AU - Baker B AD - Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47906, USA. FAU - Smith, Chloe AU - Smith C AD - Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47906, USA. FAU - Neumann, Chris AU - Neumann C AD - Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47906, USA. FAU - Trader, Darci J AU - Trader DJ AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California, 92697, USA. FAU - Parkinson, Elizabeth I AU - Parkinson EI AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3665-5522 AD - Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47906, USA. AD - Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47906, USA. LA - eng GR - F31 CA247327/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R35 GM138002/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - F31CA247327/NH/NIH HHS/United States GR - 1R35GM138002-01/NH/NIH HHS/United States GR - R01AI150847/NH/NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 CA023168/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI150847/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20231215 PL - Germany TA - Chembiochem JT - Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology JID - 100937360 RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex) RN - 0 (Peptides, Cyclic) RN - 0 (Proteins) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/metabolism MH - Peptides, Cyclic/pharmacology/metabolism MH - Proteolysis MH - Proteins/metabolism MH - *Neurodegenerative Diseases/drug therapy PMC - PMC10993313 MID - NIHMS1980030 OTO - NOTNLM OT - macrocycles OT - peptides OT - proteasome OT - stimulation COIS- Conflicts of interest. The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Prof. Trader is a shareholder and consultant for Booster Therapeutics, GmbH. Other author declares no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/12/06 12:42 MHDA- 2024/02/05 06:43 PMCR- 2024/04/04 CRDT- 2023/12/06 11:14 PHST- 2023/12/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/09/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/02/05 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/12/06 12:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/12/06 11:14 [entrez] PHST- 2024/04/04 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1002/cbic.202300671 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chembiochem. 2024 Feb 1;25(3):e202300671. doi: 10.1002/cbic.202300671. Epub 2023 Dec 15.