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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Development and characterization of peptide antioxidants from sorghum proteins

Xu, Shiwei January 1900 (has links)
Master of Science / Department of Grain Science and Industry / Yonghui Li / Antioxidants are widely used in food industries to delay lipid oxidation and prevent oxidative deterioration. In recent years, growing interests in developing safe and efficient antioxidants from natural sources due to the health-related risks associated with synthetic antioxidants. Recently, peptide antioxidants have drawn growing interests as since proteins are a macronutrient with various functionalities and high consumer acceptability. A lot of dietary proteins have been validated for their antioxidant potentials especially those obtained from animal proteins, nuts and pulses. Relatively less information is available on characterizing the antioxidant profile of cereal protein, and even less for sorghum protein. Sorghum is the fifth largest crop worldwide and is the third in United States. U.S. is leading in global sorghum production and distribution, and the state of Kansas is producing nearly half of U.S. sorghum. Currently, about one third of the U.S. sorghum is being used for ethanol production, resulting in more than 450 kilotons of by-products (e.g., DDGS) annually, which were often discarded or underutilized. DDGS is a premium protein source (~ 30% protein) that could be potentially modified into value-added products such as peptide antioxidants. In this study, relevant literatures detailing the extraction of cereal proteins, enzymatic hydrolysis of proteins, purification and characterization of hydrolysates, and evaluation of antioxidant profiles were extensively reviewed in Chapter 1. As preliminary experiments, sorghum kafirin protein was extracted from defatted sorghum white flour and hydrolyzed by 10 different types of enzymes from microbial, plant and animal sources. Hydrolysates prepared with Neutrase, Alcalase, and Papain displayed the most promising antioxidant activities as well as total protein recovery were primarily selected and investigated in depth described in Chapter 2, Chapter 3, and Chapter 4. The reaction conditions including substrate content, enzyme-to-substrate ratio, and hydrolysis time are critical parameters in producing peptides with desired activity and consistency, were therefore examined and optimized for each case of kafirin hydrolysates. The antioxidant capacity of the resulting hydrolysates was measured for antioxidant capacity through in vitro assays (DPPH, ABTS, ORAC, reducing power, and metal chelating) and then demonstrated in model systems (oil-in-water emulsion and ground meat). The fractions of hydrolysates possessing strongest activities were further fractionated by gel filtration and HPLC. Peaks representing the largest areas from HPLC were identified for major sequences by MALDI-TOF-MS. The experiment results indicated that all the three selected fractions of kafirin hydrolysates revealed excellent inhibition effects against oil and fat oxidations, which could be employed as tools to predict their performances in real food products. In addition, the structure studies showed that medium-sized hydrolysates of Neutrase (3 – 10 kDa) and Alcalase (5 – 10 kDa), and small-sized hydrolysates of Papain (1 – 3 kDa) exhibited relatively stronger activities. This study provided a workable processing method and critical reaction parameters for the production of peptide antioxidants from sorghum protein. The experiment results revealed that the sorghum peptide antioxidant could act through multiple mechanisms including free radical scavenging, metal ion chelation, hydrogen donating, and forming physical barriers to minimize the contact of oxidative agents to targets. These antioxidative peptides are a promising ingredient that can be potentially incorporated to food and feed products as alternatives to synthetic antioxidants or synergetic elements to nonpeptic antioxidants for protection of susceptible food ingredients. This study also made a positive impact to sorghum ethanol industry by guiding the conversion of sorghum protein-rich by-products into value-added antioxidant products as an additional revenue stream.
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Valorisation de métabolites secondaires issus de micro-algues : approches métabolomiques, isolement et caractérisation structurale / Valorisation of secondary metabolites from microalgae : metabolomics approaches, isolation and structural caracterisation

Audoin, Coralie 27 September 2013 (has links)
Les microalgues présentes à la fois dans les eaux douces et salées compteraient plus de 200 000 espèces. Cette diversité en fait une source potentielle de métabolites spécialisés originaux. Parmi les principales familles de substances naturelles valorisées actuellement, on peut citer les pigments, lipides, protéines, polysaccharides, caroténoïdes. Une vision plus globale du métabolome de chacune des espèces apparaît aujourd’hui nécessaire pour mieux mettre en valeur le potentiel commercial que représente cette « microbiodiversité ». Pour cela, nous avons tout d’abord choisi d’approcher le métabolome de différentes souches de microalgues cultivées au sein de la Société Greensea en s’appuyant sur les techniques d’HPTLC, de RMN et d’UHPLC-QTOF pour une visualisation large. Cette étude nous a permis de regrouper les espèces par analogie métabolique après traitement statistique des données. Une seconde partie a consisté en une étude phytochimique approfondie de certaines souches et a conduit à l’isolement et la caractérisation de plusieurs molécules. Ainsi, en plus de métabolites connus, un peptide original portant un motif isoprényl, le cumbriamide a été caractérisé au sein de Lyngbya sp. et une première évaluation de son potentiel thérapeutique a été entreprise. Une large diversité en glycolipides s’est montrée prépondérante dans de nombreuses souches et une méthode de caractérisation a pu être mise au point pour leur identification par UHPLC-QTOF. Enfin, différentes applications des approches métabolomiques ont été envisagées. Ainsi, des études chimiotaxonomiques ont été menées sur les différentes souches de microalgues et l’influence de changements de conditions de culture sur la production de métabolites chez Nannochloropsis oculata a été observée. / Microalgae are present both in Oceans and freshwaters and could include more than 200 000 species. This diversity is a source of original specialized metabolites that can find a large array of applications. Pigments, lipids, proteins, polysaccharides and carotenoids are usual compounds produced by microalgae that have found commercial applications. A global vision of the metabolome of each species has showed promises to highlight the commercial value of this “microdiversity”. We then decided to assess the metabolome of several microalgae species grown at the Greensea company by using HPTLC, NMR and UHPLC-QTOF techniques for a rapid and global overview. A classification of the species according to their metabolomics similarities was obtained after statistics treatment of the data. A second part was dedicated to a phytochemical study of the extracts of selected strains and led to the isolation and characterization of several metabolites. Thus, in addition to known molecules, an original peptide substituted by an isoprenyl moiety and named cumbriamide has been characterized in Lyngbya sp and a first assessment of its therapeutical potential has been undertaken. Glycolipids have been identified as the major metabolites in the extracts of numerous strains and a UHPLC-QTOF method was developed for their identification. Finally, several applications of the metabolomics approaches were considered. Chemotaxonomic studies were first carried out and the influence of growth conditions on the metabolome of Nannochloropsis oculata was observed.
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Study of cellular delivery of siRNA and shRNA targeting bcr-abl in chronic myeloid leukemia using Tat derived peptide

Arthanari, Yamini January 2011 (has links)
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia is characterised by the formation of a fusion gene bcr-abl. The gene product BCR-ABL has deregulated tyrosine kinase activity that plays a direct role in the pathogenesis of the disease. Recently, use of siRNA in leukaemic cells has led to effective gene silencing of bcr-abl. Gene delivery systems like viral vectors, electroporation and lipid based vectors have showed varying efficiencies but are limited by their level of toxicity and immunogenicity. Developments in the field of Cell Penetrating Peptides have shown effective cellular uptake of nucleic acids and proteins by the CPPs in vitro and in vivo. Report from our lab has shown the use of CPP Tat along with membrane active peptide LK15 to improve the transfection efficiency of both Tat and LK15 peptides individually. Hence, this study will focus on the use of Tat-LK15 peptide to study the delivery of siRNA and shRNA plasmid in K562 cells and observe the BCR-ABL protein expression. Cellular uptake studies using Tat-LK15 based complexes of Cy5-labelled DNA and siRNA showed a concentration dependent uptake leading to increase in percentage transfected cells. Tat-LK15 based DNA complexes achieved 80% transfected cells (charge ratio of 2:1) while siRNA complexes resulted in a maximum of 60% (charge ratio of 3:1). However, Lipofectamine based DNA complexes did not show a concentration dependent increase in percentage transfected cells. Interestingly, Tat-LK15 based siRNA complexes showed a similar level of uptake and percentage transfected cells as that of Lipofectamine based siRNA complexes. Cellular uptake studies using confocal microscopy 4 hours post transfection, showed that when 1μg of DNA was transfected, the labelled DNA was primarily localised on the cell membrane. Interestingly, using 5μg of DNA led to increased intracellular localisation of the labelled DNA, but this observation was not made with Lipofectamine based complexes. The observation at 24 hours post transfection of Tat-LK15/labelled DNA complexes was of higher intensity when compared to that of Lipofectamine based DNA complexes. The reason for this is however not known. Interestingly, the cellular uptake profile using siRNA based complexes was different. At 4 hours post transfection, there was intracellular localisation of labelled siRNA. 24 hours post transfection, there was diffuse cytoplasmic localisation using lower concentration of siRNA whereas using higher concentration led to more high intensity punctate localisations within the cell. Similar observations were made for both Tat-LK15 and Lipofectamine based siRNA complexes.Gene silencing studies of Tat-LK15/shRNA plasmid complex resulted in 80% reduction in protein levels 96 hours post transfection for higher concentrations of shRNA plasmid treated. Similar level of reduction in BCR-ABL was observed with Lipofectamine based complex. Supporting evidence of reduction in mRNA levels was observed using qRT-PCR 48 hours post transfection. However, Tat-LK15/shRNA plasmid complexes led to around 80% of protein reduction 192 hours post transfection while Lipofectamine based complexes resulted in only 40% of protein reduction. Transfection using increasing concentrations of siRNA complexed to Tat-LK15 and Lipofectamine led to greater than 70% reduction in protein levels for most concentration ranges tested. This reduction in protein levels lasted only 48 hours post transfection. In conclusion, Tat-LK15 peptide could be used for shRNA plasmid and siRNA based delivery and could offer an efficient gene delivery model for studying RNAi.
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Membranes biomimétiques pour la caractérisation de nouveaux agents thérapeutiques : application à la maladie d'Alzheimer / Biomimetic membranes for the characterization of new therapeutic agents : application to Alzheimer's disease

Smeralda, Willy 16 December 2019 (has links)
L’étude des interactions moléculaires au niveau des membranes biologiques est un enjeu capital pour le développement et le screening de nouvelles molécules médicamenteuses. La MA est la forme de démence sénile la plus répandue dans le monde et représente le principal problème socioéconomique en matière de soins de santé. L'apparition et la progression de cette maladie neurodégénérative sont associées à l'agrégation du peptide Aβ.Une stratégie thérapeutique contre la MA consiste à développer des molécules capables d'interférer à des étapes spécifiques de l’agrégation du peptide. Pour les identifier, des méthodes expérimentales sont nécessaires pour suivre et caractériser le peptide Aβ au cours de son processus de fibrillation. Ces méthodes doivent être suffisamment simples pour rester compatibles avec une démarche de drug discovery. Dans le présent travail de thèse, nous avons proposé de combiner des méthodes expérimentales pour permettre une caractérisation multiparamétrique de modulateurs potentiels de la fibrillation du peptide Aβ1-42, en y intégrant des liposomes de composition définie, comme membranes neuronales biomimétiques. Il est en effet établi que les lipides neuronaux sont un facteur important dans la formation des fibres amyloïdes et leur toxicité. Les liposomes ont été formulés par la méthode de réhydratation de film lipidique, et leurs propriétés physico-chimiques caractérisées par RMN, DLS, potentiel ζ.La détermination expérimentale du coefficient de partage de composés d’intérêt a pu être réalisée par spectrophotométrie, y compris de façon originale, par fluorescence, en utilisant ces liposomes, dans des tests miniaturisés. Des études cinétiques de l’agrégation du peptide Aβ1-42 ont été effectuées en présence de liposomes. La fluorescence de la ThT a été mesurée pour suivre la voie de la fibrillation du peptide Aβ, utilisé dans sa forme sauvage ou celle d’un mutant oligomérique, l’oG37C. Une analyse de fuite d’un fluorophore à partir des liposomes, appuyée par des mesures en DLS, a été réalisée afin d'évaluer l'impact des interactions entre le peptide et les membranes pour prévoir tout effet de déstabilisation. Les fibres toxiques formées par Aβ étant principalement organisées en feuillets β, les données ont été corrélées à l'analyse de la structure secondaire du peptide par spectroscopie ATR-FTIR. Après avoir mis en œuvre cette approche sur différentes molécules modèles et un hit d’intérêt potentiel dans le traitement de la MA, l’ensemble de ce travail a abouti à un test multiparamétrique permettant la caractérisation de l’interactome molécules/Aβ/membranes et la discrimination de modulateurs de l'agrégation du peptide Aβ1-42. Cette approche pourra être avantageusement transposée à d'autres maladies amyloïdes. / The study of molecular interactions at the level of biological membranes is a key issue for the screening and the development of new drugs. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of senile dementia in the world and is the leading socio-economic problem in health care. The appearance and progression of this neurodegenerative disease are associated with the aggregation of the amyloid-β peptide (Aβ). A therapeutic strategy against AD consists in the development of molecules able to interfere with specific steps of Aβ aggregation. To identify such compounds, experimental methods are required to monitor and characterize the Aβ peptide during its fibrillation process. These methods must be simple enough to remain compatible with drug discovery. In this PhD project, we have proposed to combine experimental methods to allow a multiparametric characterization of potential Aβ1-42 fibrillation modulators, by integrating liposomes of defined composition as biomimetic neuronal membranes. It is indeed established that neuronal lipids are an important factor in the formation of amyloid fibers and their toxicity. The liposomes were formulated by the lipid film rehydration method, and their physicochemical properties characterized by NMR, DLS, ζ potential. The experimental determination of the compounds partition coefficient could be carried out by spectrophotometry, including in an original way, by fluorescence, these liposomes, in miniaturized tests. Kinetic studies of Aβ1-42 peptide aggregation were performed in the presence of liposomes.The ThT fluorescence was monitored to follow the Aβ peptide fibrillation pathway, used in its wild form or with an oligomeric mutant, oG37C. A fluorophore leakage analysis from liposomes, supported by DLS measurements, was performed to evaluate the impact of peptide/membranes interactions to predict any destabilization effects. The toxic fibers formed by Aβ being mainly organized in β-sheets, the data were correlated with the analysis of the peptide secondary structure by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. After the implementation of this approach on different model molecules and a hit of potential interest in the AD treatment, all of this work has resulted in a multiparametric test allowing the molecules/Aβ/membranes interactome characterization and the discrimination of Aβ1-42 peptide aggregation modulators. This approach may be advantageously transposed to other amyloid diseases.
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Antimicrobial Peptide Development: From Massively Parallel Peptide Sequencing to Bioinformatic Motif Identification

Erikson, Alexander K. 09 December 2020 (has links)
The isolation, purification, and clinical deployment of antibiotics is one of the major drivers of decrease in morbidity and mortality from infectious bacteria in the 20th century. The rapid, ubiquitous deployment of antibiotics encouraged swift development and distribution of antibiotic resistance. New, novel techniques, technologies, and ultimately therapeutic antimicrobial compounds will be required to counter the rise of antibiotic resistant microbes. Historically, mimicking naturally occurring compounds has been the most fruitful method for discovering new antibiotics; unsurprisingly, many recent efforts have focused on expanding the cultivation and detection of previously unknown microbes and compounds, respectively. Other techniques explore developing compounds de novo, reverse-engineering potential therapies from a detailed understanding of the biochemistry of pathogens. We describe a novel peptide screening tool in E. coli designed to be used for such an application. This platform, termed PepSeq, is capable of screening millions of peptides simultaneously by using Illumina sequencing technology. Additionally, we have explored several peptide scaffolds that have a conserved secondary structure with a large randomizable domain of several amino acids, which allows the screening for new and novel biochemical interactions with more stable structure than a simple linear peptide. Finally, we have developed a bioinformatics workflow that complements PepSeq that allows analysis of PepSeq data for peptide motifs of interest, vastly streamlining motif identification and verification.
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Antimicrobial Peptide Development: From Massively Parallel Peptide Sequencing to Bioinformatic Motif Identification

Erikson, Alexander K. 09 December 2020 (has links)
The isolation, purification, and clinical deployment of antibiotics is one of the major drivers of decrease in morbidity and mortality from infectious bacteria in the 20th century. The rapid, ubiquitous deployment of antibiotics encouraged swift development and distribution of antibiotic resistance. New, novel techniques, technologies, and ultimately therapeutic antimicrobial compounds will be required to counter the rise of antibiotic resistant microbes. Historically, mimicking naturally occurring compounds has been the most fruitful method for discovering new antibiotics; unsurprisingly, many recent efforts have focused on expanding the cultivation and detection of previously unknown microbes and compounds, respectively. Other techniques explore developing compounds de novo, reverse-engineering potential therapies from a detailed understanding of the biochemistry of pathogens. We describe a novel peptide screening tool in E. coli designed to be used for such an application. This platform, termed PepSeq, is capable of screening millions of peptides simultaneously by using Illumina sequencing technology. Additionally, we have explored several peptide scaffolds that have a conserved secondary structure with a large randomizable domain of several amino acids, which allows the screening for new and novel biochemical interactions with more stable structure than a simple linear peptide. Finally, we have developed a bioinformatics workflow that complements PepSeq that allows analysis of PepSeq data for peptide motifs of interest, vastly streamlining motif identification and verification.
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Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Self-Assembling Tetrapeptides for Biomedical Applications and Tissue Engineering

Susapto, Hepi Hari 06 1900 (has links)
Molecular self-assembly is the process of molecules able to associate into more ordered structures. Examples of self-assembling molecules is a class of ultrashort amphiphilic peptides with a distinct sequence motif, which consist of only three to seven amino acids. These peptides can self-assemble to form nanofibrous scaffolds, such as in form of hydrogels, organogels or aerogels, due to their amphiphilic structure which contains a dominant hydrophobic tail and a polar head group. Interestingly, these peptide scaffolds offer a remarkably similar fiber topography to that one found in collagen which is a dominant part of the extracellular matrix. The resemblance to collagen fibers brings a potential benefit in using these peptide scaffolds together with native human cells. Specifically, they can maintain high water content over 99 % weight per volume and are suitable for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. Over the last decade, they have shown promising therapeutic potential in treating several diseases thanks to their high activity, target specificity, low toxicity, and minimal nonspecific and drug-drug interactions. This dissertation describes how to characterize and use ultrashort amphiphilic peptides for tissue engineering and biomedicine. The first chapter offers an overview of already reported self-assembling ultrashort peptides and their applications. As a proof-of-concept, ultrashort peptide scaffolds were used for osteogenic differentiation. Peptide nanoparticles were embedded into 5 peptide hydrogels with the goal to tune the stiffness of the peptide gels. Furthermore, the peptide scaffold was used for the generation of gold and silver nanoparticles after UV irradiation, which allowed the production of nanoparticles in the absence of any additional reducing agent. The mechanism of the generation of these nanoparticles was then investigated. The last chapter describes how tetrameric peptide solutions were utilized for 3D bioprinting applications. Compared to earlier reported self-assembling ultrashort peptide compounds, these tetrapeptides can form hydrogels at an extremely low concentration of 0.1% w/v in a relatively short time under physiological conditions. These promising findings suggest that the peptide solutions are promising bioinks for use in 3D bioprinting.
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Nouveaux peptides chélateurs du Cu(I) comme candidat potentiel pour le traitement de maladie de Wilson / New peptidic Cu(I) chelators as potential candidates for the treatment of Wilson’s disease

Mesterhazy, Edit 12 December 2018 (has links)
Le cuivre est un micronutriment essentiel qui participe à de nombreux processus biologiques. Cependant, le cuivre libre est toxique pour l’organisme parce qu’il catalyse une réaction de type Fenton formant des espèces réactives de l’oxygène. Par conséquent la concentration en cuivre est finement régulée dans tous les organismes vivants. Les maladies de Menkes et de Wilson sont dues à des dérèglements de l’homéostasie du cuivre qui se manifestent respectivement par une déficience ou une accumulation de cuivre dans l’organisme. La maladie de Wilson est traitée avec des chélateurs du cuivre, qui provoquent des effets secondaires importants chez certains patients.Mon projet de doctorat consiste en l’élaboration de trois familles de peptides qui contiennent des acides aminés cystéines et en l’étude de leurs complexes de Cu(I) pour déterminer s’ils sont des candidats adaptés pour le traitement de la maladie de Wilson. L'interaction de certains peptides avec les ions Hg(II) ou Zn(II) a également été étudiée. En effet, le Hg(II) est un cation métallique possédant des propriétés similaires au Cu(I) et donc souvent utilisé pour modéliser le Cu(I) qui est sensible à l'oxygène et se dismute dans l’eau. Le Zn(II) est quant à lui omniprésent dans les cellules et un compétiteur intracellulaire potentiel du Cu().Les séquences des peptides ont été choisies selon trois stratégies différentes. Dans la première, des séquences inspirées de la boucle de liaison du cuivre de la protéine bactérienne CueR (copper efflux regulator), contenant deux cystéines, ont été étudiées afin de bénéficier de la sélectivité et de la sensibilité de ce régulateur. Dans une deuxième approche, des peptides contenant trois cystéines dans les motifs CxCxxC et CxCxC ont été étudiés pour combiner les avantage des peptides (bonne internalisation dans les cellules hépatiques quand ils sont judicieusement fonctionnalisés) et des tripodes (très forte affinité pour le Cu(I)) de l’équipe CIBEST. Finalement, la pré-organisation a été exploitée dans un tétrapeptide rigide où les deux cysteines sont liées dans un coude β préformé.Les trois peptides modèles du régulateur CueR miment la capacité de la protéine à accueillir exclusivement un ion Cu(I) dans des conditions d'excès de ligand et une forte affinité et sélectivité par rapport au Zn(II). Ces caractéristiques sont avantageuses dans la perspective du développement de nouveaux chélateurs du Cu(I).Les peptides contenant trois cystéines s’avèrent trop flexibles pour contrôler la spéciation des complexes du Cu(I). Par ailleur, ces peptides sont bien adaptés pour une coordination efficace du Hg(II) par trois groupes thiolates. Les différences structurales n’ont qu’une influence modeste sur les stabilités des complexes. La différence dans la coordination des peptides vis-à-vis des deux ions mous Hg(II) et Cu(I) démontre que l'utilisation du Hg(II) comme ion modèle pour la coordination du Cu(I) avec des peptides ou des protéines riches en soufre dans des conditions physiologiques n’est pas toujours appropriée.La pré-organisation de la structure peptidique est un élément clé du contrôle de la spéciation du complexe Cu(I) et de l’affinité des ligands pour le Cu(I). Le peptide CDPPC forme uniquement le cluster Cu4P3 avec une grande stabilité et une bonne sélectivité Cu(I)/Zn(II). Au contraire, les données expérimentales avec le tétrapeptide plus flexible CPGC montrent la formation d’un mélange de complexes polymétalliques de Cu(I). Il est intéressant de noter que le peptide simple CDPPC est capable d’imiter la formation des clusters Cu(I)-thiolates identifiés dans de nombreuses protéines impliquées dans l’homéostasie du cuivre, comme Cox17 ou Ctr1. CDPPC est intéressant pour mettre au point un chélateur intracellulaire du Cu(I), et sa fonctionnalisation afin de pouvoir cibler les cellules hépatiques pour le traitement de maladie Wilson sera donc pertinente dans le futur. / The essential micronutrient copper participates in several biological processes, like respiration, iron homeostasis, antioxidant defense or pigment formation. However, excess of copper can promote ROS formation and thus induce oxidative damages. Therefore, intracellular copper concentration is under strict control. Menkes and Wilson’s diseases are genetic disorders causing impairment in copper homeostasis leading to copper deficiency or overload, respectively. Wilson’s disease is treated by chelation therapy, but the presently used drugs have several adverse side effects.The aim of my Ph.D. work consisted of the design of three groups of cysteine containing peptides and the characterization of their Cu(I) complexes to determine whether they are appropriate candidates for the treatment of Wilson’s disease.The peptides were designed following three different approaches. In a first strategy, we attempted to take advantage of the outstanding selectivity and sensitivity of the bacterial copper efflux regulator protein CueR by studying oligopeptides based on the metal binding motif of CueR involving two cysteine residues. Second, three-cysteine containing linear and cyclic peptides were designed with the aim of merging the better internalization of peptides by hepatocytes and the high Cu(I) affinity of tripods previously studied in the Delangle’s lab. Finally, the advantages of a highly preorganized peptide structure were exploited in a short, rigid tetrapeptide where two cysteines were linked by a turn motif (CDPPC). For comparative purposes studies were also performed with another, less rigid tetrapeptide ligand containing the PG unit as a turn inducing motif.The three CueR model peptides resemble the ability of the protein to exclusively accommodate one metal ion under ligand excess conditions. This, combined with the large affinity and high selectivity vs. Zn(II), are the features that are advantageous in the view of the development of new Cu(I) chelators.The three-cysteine-containing peptides proved to be too flexible to control the speciation and hereby leading to the formation of several species. On the other hand, they are well adapted for an efficient trithiolate coordination of the thiophilic cation Hg(II). Structural differences in the three-cysteine containing peptides have minor effect on the affinity of the ligands towards Cu(I) and Hg(II) ions. The striking difference in the behavior of the peptides towards the two soft metal ions demonstrate that the use of Hg(II) as a probe for Cu(I) coordination with sulfur-rich peptides or proteins in physiological conditions may not always be fully appropriate.Preorganization of the peptide structure is a key element in the control of Cu(I) complex speciation and in the affinity of the ligands for Cu(I).CdPPC forms a single Cu4P3 cluster with high stability and displays large selectivity for Cu(I) with respect to the ubiquitous Zn(II). In contrast, The CPGC-Cu(I) system is characterized by a more complicated complex formation. It is worth to note, that the simple CdPPC peptide is able to mimic the Cu(I)-thiolate cluster formation that are typical in proteins like Ctr1 or Cox17. CDPPC is an interesting simple peptide candidate to be targeted to the liver cells for the localized treatment of Cu overload in Wilson’s disease.
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Investigation on Piezoelectric Properties Reflecting Hierarchical Organization of Cyclic Peptide Nanotubes / 圧電特性に現れる環状ペプチドナノチューブの階層構成に関する研究

Tabata, Yuki 25 March 2019 (has links)
京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第21777号 / 工博第4594号 / 新制||工||1716(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院工学研究科材料化学専攻 / (主査)教授 木村 俊作, 教授 瀧川 敏算, 教授 藤田 晃司 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) / Kyoto University / DGAM
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Synthesis, Purification, and Structural and Dynamic Studies of the Amino-Proximate Transmembrane Domain of CREP-1, a Diverged Microsomal Delta-12-Desaturase

Gibbons, William Johnathan, Jr. 26 November 2002 (has links)
No description available.

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