Trapping of palindromic ligands within native transthyretin prevents amyloid formation

Simon E. Kolstoe; Palma P. Mangione; Vittorio Bellotti; Graham W. Taylor; Glenys A. Tennent; Stephanie Deroo; Angus J. Morrison; Alexander J. A. Cobb; Anthony Coyne; Margaret G. McCammon; Timothy D. Warner; Jane Mitchell; Raj Gill; Martin D. Smith; Steven V. Ley; Carol V. Robinson; Stephen P. Wood; Mark B. Pepys

doi:10.1073/pnas.1008255107

Trapping of palindromic ligands within native transthyretin prevents amyloid formation

Simon E. Kolstoe, Palma P. Mangione, Vittorio Bellotti, Graham W. Taylor, Glenys A. Tennent, Stephanie Deroo, Angus J. Morrison, Alexander J. A. Cobb, Anthony Coyne, Margaret G. McCammon, Timothy D. Warner, Jane Mitchell, Raj Gill, Martin D. Smith, Steven V. Ley, Carol V. Robinson, Stephen P. Wood, Mark B. Pepys

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University of Oxford

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Abstract

Transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis is a fatal disease for which new therapeutic approaches are urgently needed. We have designed two palindromic ligands, 2,2'-(4,4'-(heptane-1,7-diylbis(oxy))bis(3,5-dichloro-4,1-phenylene)) bis(azanediyl)dibenzoic acid (mds84) and 2,2'-(4,4'-(undecane-1,11-diylbis(oxy))bis(3,5-dichloro-4,1-phenylene)) bis(azanediyl)dibenzoic acid (4ajm15), that are rapidly bound by native wild-type TTR in whole serum and even more avidly by amyloidogenic TTR variants. One to one stoichiometry, demonstrable in solution and by MS, was confirmed by X-ray crystallographic analysis showing simultaneous occupation of both T4 binding sites in each tetrameric TTR molecule by the pair of ligand head groups. Ligand binding by native TTR was irreversible under physiological conditions, and it stabilized the tetrameric assembly and inhibited amyloidogenic aggregation more potently than other known ligands. These superstabilizers are orally bioavailable and exhibit low inhibitory activity against cyclooxygenase (COX). They offer a promising platform for development of drugs to treat and prevent TTR amyloidosis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	20483-20488
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume	107
Issue number	47
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1008255107
Publication status	Published - 23 Nov 2010

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crystallography
mass spectrometry
protein structure
stabilization

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Kolstoe, S. E., Mangione, P. P., Bellotti, V., Taylor, G. W., Tennent, G. A., Deroo, S., Morrison, A. J., Cobb, A. J. A., Coyne, A., McCammon, M. G., Warner, T. D., Mitchell, J., Gill, R., Smith, M. D., Ley, S. V., Robinson, C. V., Wood, S. P., & Pepys, M. B. (2010). Trapping of palindromic ligands within native transthyretin prevents amyloid formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107(47), 20483-20488. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1008255107

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Trapping of palindromic ligands within native transthyretin prevents amyloid formation

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