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Delivery of Proteins, Peptides or Cell-impermeable Small Molecules into Live Cells by Incubation with the Endosomolytic Reagent dfTAT
Published on: September 2, 2015
Furin substrate as a novel cell-penetrating peptide: combining a delivery vector and an inducer of cargo release
Chunyan Cao1, Danli Sheng2, Xiang Li1
1Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Road, Shanghai 200438, China. yitao@fudan.edu.cn.
Abstract:
We have developed a new cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) using a repeated protease (furin) substrate. This CPP can not only deliver cargo into cells but can also be cleaved by furin in cells and release the cargo. Cell-impermeable antitumor pro-apoptotic peptide KLAKLAKKLAKLAK (KLA) and chemotherapy drug chlorambucil were chosen to be delivered by the CPP into live cancer cells and their cytotoxicity was greatly enhanced for in vivo cancer treatment.
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