화학공학소재연구정보센터
학회 한국고분자학회
학술대회 2017년 가을 (10/11 ~ 10/13, 제주컨벤션센터)
권호 42권 2호
발표분야 의료용 고분자 부문위원회 I
제목 Conformation-switchable helical polypeptide eliciting selective pro-apoptotic activity for cancer therapy
초록 Artificial cationic helical peptides possess an enhanced cell-penetrating property. However, their cell-penetrability is not converted by cellular environmental changes resulting in nonspecific uptake. In this study, pH-sensitive anion-donating groups were added to a helical polypeptide to simultaneously achieve tumor targeting and pro-apoptotic activity. The mitochondria-destabilizing helical polypeptide undergoing pH-dependent conformational transitions selectively targeted cancer cells consequently disrupting mitochondrial membranes and subsequently inducing apoptosis. This work presents a promising peptide therapeutic system for cancer therapy.
저자 김유천
소속 한국과학기술원
키워드 Responsive; cancer; apoptosis; polypeptide
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