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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Anti-silencing function 1 (ASF1) is a conserved H3-H4 histone chaperone involved
in histone dynamics during replication, transcription, and DNA repair. Overexpressed
in proliferating tissues including many tumors, ASF1 has emerged as a promising
therapeutic target. Here, we combine structural, computational, and biochemical
approaches to design peptides that inhibit the ASF1-histone interaction. Starting
from the structure of the human ASF1-histone complex, we developed a rational
design strategy combining epitope tethering and optimization of interface contacts
to identify a potent peptide inhibitor with a dissociation constant of 3 nM. When
introduced into cultured cells, the inhibitors impair cell proliferation, perturb
cell-cycle progression, and reduce cell migration and invasion in a manner commensurate
with their affinity for ASF1. Finally, we find that direct injection of the most
potent ASF1 peptide inhibitor in mouse allografts reduces tumor growth. Our results
open new avenues to use ASF1 inhibitors as promising leads for cancer therapy.
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: May M
full_name: Bakail, May M
id: FB3C3F8E-522F-11EA-B186-22963DDC885E
last_name: Bakail
orcid: 0000-0002-9592-1587
- first_name: Albane
full_name: Gaubert, Albane
last_name: Gaubert
- first_name: Jessica
full_name: Andreani, Jessica
last_name: Andreani
- first_name: Gwenaëlle
full_name: Moal, Gwenaëlle
last_name: Moal
- first_name: Guillaume
full_name: Pinna, Guillaume
last_name: Pinna
- first_name: Ekaterina
full_name: Boyarchuk, Ekaterina
last_name: Boyarchuk
- first_name: Marie-Cécile
full_name: Gaillard, Marie-Cécile
last_name: Gaillard
- first_name: Regis
full_name: Courbeyrette, Regis
last_name: Courbeyrette
- first_name: Carl
full_name: Mann, Carl
last_name: Mann
- first_name: Jean-Yves
full_name: Thuret, Jean-Yves
last_name: Thuret
- first_name: Bérengère
full_name: Guichard, Bérengère
last_name: Guichard
- first_name: Brice
full_name: Murciano, Brice
last_name: Murciano
- first_name: Nicolas
full_name: Richet, Nicolas
last_name: Richet
- first_name: Adeline
full_name: Poitou, Adeline
last_name: Poitou
- first_name: Claire
full_name: Frederic, Claire
last_name: Frederic
- first_name: Marie-Hélène
full_name: Le Du, Marie-Hélène
last_name: Le Du
- first_name: Morgane
full_name: Agez, Morgane
last_name: Agez
- first_name: Caroline
full_name: Roelants, Caroline
last_name: Roelants
- first_name: Zachary A.
full_name: Gurard-Levin, Zachary A.
last_name: Gurard-Levin
- first_name: Geneviève
full_name: Almouzni, Geneviève
last_name: Almouzni
- first_name: Nadia
full_name: Cherradi, Nadia
last_name: Cherradi
- first_name: Raphael
full_name: Guerois, Raphael
last_name: Guerois
- first_name: Françoise
full_name: Ochsenbein, Françoise
last_name: Ochsenbein
citation:
ama: Bakail MM, Gaubert A, Andreani J, et al. Design on a rational basis of high-affinity
peptides inhibiting the histone chaperone ASF1. Cell Chemical Biology.
2019;26(11):1573-1585.e10. doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2019.09.002
apa: Bakail, M. M., Gaubert, A., Andreani, J., Moal, G., Pinna, G., Boyarchuk, E.,
… Ochsenbein, F. (2019). Design on a rational basis of high-affinity peptides
inhibiting the histone chaperone ASF1. Cell Chemical Biology. Elsevier.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chembiol.2019.09.002
chicago: Bakail, May M, Albane Gaubert, Jessica Andreani, Gwenaëlle Moal, Guillaume
Pinna, Ekaterina Boyarchuk, Marie-Cécile Gaillard, et al. “Design on a Rational
Basis of High-Affinity Peptides Inhibiting the Histone Chaperone ASF1.” Cell
Chemical Biology. Elsevier, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chembiol.2019.09.002.
ieee: M. M. Bakail et al., “Design on a rational basis of high-affinity peptides
inhibiting the histone chaperone ASF1,” Cell Chemical Biology, vol. 26,
no. 11. Elsevier, p. 1573–1585.e10, 2019.
ista: Bakail MM, Gaubert A, Andreani J, Moal G, Pinna G, Boyarchuk E, Gaillard M-C,
Courbeyrette R, Mann C, Thuret J-Y, Guichard B, Murciano B, Richet N, Poitou A,
Frederic C, Le Du M-H, Agez M, Roelants C, Gurard-Levin ZA, Almouzni G, Cherradi
N, Guerois R, Ochsenbein F. 2019. Design on a rational basis of high-affinity
peptides inhibiting the histone chaperone ASF1. Cell Chemical Biology. 26(11),
1573–1585.e10.
mla: Bakail, May M., et al. “Design on a Rational Basis of High-Affinity Peptides
Inhibiting the Histone Chaperone ASF1.” Cell Chemical Biology, vol. 26,
no. 11, Elsevier, 2019, p. 1573–1585.e10, doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2019.09.002.
short: M.M. Bakail, A. Gaubert, J. Andreani, G. Moal, G. Pinna, E. Boyarchuk, M.-C.
Gaillard, R. Courbeyrette, C. Mann, J.-Y. Thuret, B. Guichard, B. Murciano, N.
Richet, A. Poitou, C. Frederic, M.-H. Le Du, M. Agez, C. Roelants, Z.A. Gurard-Levin,
G. Almouzni, N. Cherradi, R. Guerois, F. Ochsenbein, Cell Chemical Biology 26
(2019) 1573–1585.e10.
date_created: 2021-01-19T11:04:50Z
date_published: 2019-11-21T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-02-23T13:46:53Z
day: '21'
doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2019.09.002
extern: '1'
external_id:
pmid:
- '31543461'
intvolume: ' 26'
issue: '11'
keyword:
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Molecular Medicine
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Pharmacology
- Drug Discovery
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chembiol.2019.09.002
month: '11'
oa: 1
oa_version: Published Version
page: 1573-1585.e10
pmid: 1
publication: Cell Chemical Biology
publication_identifier:
issn:
- 2451-9456
publication_status: published
publisher: Elsevier
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Design on a rational basis of high-affinity peptides inhibiting the histone
chaperone ASF1
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