Structure-Based Design, Optimization, and Evaluation of Potent Stabilized Peptide Inhibitors Disrupting MTDH and SND1 Interaction. Author Hailing Chen, Meimiao Zhan, Jianbo Liu, Zhihong Liu, Minhong Shen, Fenfang Yang, Yibin Kang, Feng Yin, Zigang Li Publication Year 2022 Type Journal Article Abstract Blocking the interaction of MTDH/SND1 complex is an attractive strategy for cancer therapeutics. In this work, we designed and obtained a novel class of potent stabilized peptide inhibitors derived from MTDH sequence to disrupt MTDH/SND1 interaction. Through structure-based optimization and biological evaluation, stabilized peptides were obtained with tight binding affinity, improved cell penetration, and antitumor effects in the triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells without nonspecific toxicity. To date, our study was the first report to demonstrate that stabilized peptides truncated from MTDH could serve as promising candidates to disrupt the MTDH/SND1 interaction for potential breast cancer treatment. Keywords RNA-Binding Proteins, Nuclear Proteins, Humans, Membrane Proteins, Female, Cell Line, Tumor, Breast Neoplasms, Peptides, Endonucleases, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms, Cell Adhesion Molecules Journal J Med Chem Volume 65 Issue 18 Pages 12188-12199 Date Published 2022 Sep 22 ISSN Number 1520-4804 DOI 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c00862 Alternate Journal J Med Chem PMID 36044768 PubMedGoogle ScholarBibTeXEndNote X3 XML