Title
CPP-Ts: a new intracellular calcium channel modulator and a promising tool for drug delivery in cancer cells
Date Issued
01 December 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Oliveira-Mendes B.B.R.d.
Horta C.C.R.
do Carmo A.O.
Biscoto G.L.
Sales-Medina D.F.
Leal H.G.
Brandão-Dias P.F.P.
Miranda S.E.M.
Aguiar C.J.
Cardoso V.N.
de Barros A.L.B.
Leite M.F.
Kalapothakis E.
Publisher(s)
Nature Publishing Group
Abstract
Scorpion sting envenoming impacts millions of people worldwide, with cardiac effects being one of the main causes of death on victims. Here we describe the first Ca2+ channel toxin present in Tityus serrulatus (Ts) venom, a cell penetrating peptide (CPP) named CPP-Ts. We show that CPP-Ts increases intracellular Ca2+ release through the activation of nuclear InsP3R of cardiomyocytes, thereby causing an increase in the contraction frequency of these cells. Besides proposing a novel subfamily of Ca2+ active toxins, we investigated its potential use as a drug delivery system targeting cancer cell nucleus using CPP-Ts’s nuclear-targeting property. To this end, we prepared a synthetic CPP-Ts sub peptide14–39 lacking pharmacological activity which was directed to the nucleus of specific cancer cell lines. This research identifies a novel subfamily of Ca2+ active toxins and provides new insights into biotechnological applications of animal venoms.
Volume
8
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Inmunología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85054326886
PubMed ID
Source
Scientific Reports
Sponsor(s)
This research was funded by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES Edital Toxinologia 63/2010; CAPES/ PNPD), and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG). We thank Programa de Pós-graduação em Genética ICB/UFMG for the support. We thank Dr. Adriana Abalen Martins Dias, Dr. Rodrigo Rezende, and Dr. Francisco C. F. Lobato from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) for providing cell lines, and Dr. Renan Pedra de Souza (UFMG) for assistance with statistical analysis.
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