Binding-Induced Fibrillogenesis Peptides Recognize and Block Intracellular Vimentin Skeletonization against Breast Cancer.

Nano Lett

CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China.

Published: July 2021

Life is recognized as a sophisticated self-assembling material system. Cancer involves the overexpression and improper self-assembly of proteins, such as cytoskeleton protein vimentin, an emerging target related to tumor metastasis. Herein, we design a binding-induced fibrillogenesis (BIF) peptide that in situ forms fibrous networks, blocking the improper self-assembly of vimentin against cancer. The BIF peptide can bind to vimentin and subsequently perform fibrillogenesis to form fibers on vimentin. The resultant peptide fibrous network blocks vimentin skeletonization and inhibits the migration and invasion of tumor cells. In mouse models of tumor metastasis, the volume of tumor and the number of lung metastases are markedly decreased. Moreover, the efficacy of BIF peptide (5 mg/kg) is much higher than small molecular antimetastasis drug withaferin A (5 mg/kg) as a standard, indicating that the BIF peptide shows advantages over small molecular inhibitors in blocking the intracellular protein self-assembly.

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